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<blockquote data-quote="Singleshotneeded" data-source="post: 1653555" data-attributes="member: 60284"><p>Hey Pete, I have a few friends in the repair end of the ATV industry, and of course several friends I ride with...also recently looked at Consumer Reports as I'm looking at buying a new quad for myself and giving my bulletproof 2008 Suzuki KingQuad 750 to my son. So...the worst quads for reliability are Chinese, they're getting better but still the worst. Quite a bit better but still spotty are Arctic Cats. A bit better than AC is Polaris, who have improved a decent bit in the last few years. A bit of a hop up in reliability from Polaris is Can-Am, but make sure you put aluminum armour underneath and replace the stupid plastic. The Japanese brands are the best for reliability...trailing the group is Kawasaki, though it's still a very reliable machine. A degree better is Suzuki, that I've owned for years with zero issues, and tied for first place is Honda and Yamaha. If you buy a Honda, make sure you get an independent rear suspension model, it makes a big difference on the trails. Yamaha was the first with power steering so there's used Grizzlies out there with EPS going back to 2006. A friend bought one new in 2007 and it has great suspension, clearance, and reliability. The reason the EPS is so great is it absorbs the bumps you get from a large rock, say, just hitting one front wheel, without the bars trying to wrench out of your hands and turn the quad to the side of the rock. It's caused a lot of accidents. You can ride faster and safer in rough terrain with EPS, and feel more relaxed and less tired at the end of a long ride. If you can find one in your price range, I'd suggest a Yamaha Grizzly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Singleshotneeded, post: 1653555, member: 60284"] Hey Pete, I have a few friends in the repair end of the ATV industry, and of course several friends I ride with...also recently looked at Consumer Reports as I'm looking at buying a new quad for myself and giving my bulletproof 2008 Suzuki KingQuad 750 to my son. So...the worst quads for reliability are Chinese, they're getting better but still the worst. Quite a bit better but still spotty are Arctic Cats. A bit better than AC is Polaris, who have improved a decent bit in the last few years. A bit of a hop up in reliability from Polaris is Can-Am, but make sure you put aluminum armour underneath and replace the stupid plastic. The Japanese brands are the best for reliability...trailing the group is Kawasaki, though it's still a very reliable machine. A degree better is Suzuki, that I've owned for years with zero issues, and tied for first place is Honda and Yamaha. If you buy a Honda, make sure you get an independent rear suspension model, it makes a big difference on the trails. Yamaha was the first with power steering so there's used Grizzlies out there with EPS going back to 2006. A friend bought one new in 2007 and it has great suspension, clearance, and reliability. The reason the EPS is so great is it absorbs the bumps you get from a large rock, say, just hitting one front wheel, without the bars trying to wrench out of your hands and turn the quad to the side of the rock. It's caused a lot of accidents. You can ride faster and safer in rough terrain with EPS, and feel more relaxed and less tired at the end of a long ride. If you can find one in your price range, I'd suggest a Yamaha Grizzly. [/QUOTE]
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