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Message: <blockquote data-quote="snow" data-source="post: 269177" data-attributes="member: 1056">I was on the hunt last spring to upgrade my honda foreman 450 after 18yrs bullet proof rig only had 1100 miles on it used on the farm (plow and ice fishing mostly,wanted air cooled engine at the time cause buddies with polaris liquid rigs were worthless in the cold and high altitude cold blooded somebeeches would'nt start below 10 degrees w/o jacken around with it plus I wanted  a solid rear axel to handle my utility trailer,narrowed down to yammie and honda back then,yammie had a few more upgrades that honda didn't offer like locking front diff plus the machine appearence on yammie was rough not a good design and the yammie was liguid cooled so no regrets honda it was put two starters into it(rebuilt) to cheap to buy new starter,incase of battery failer honda had "pull start"  on they're rigs which came in handy when battery went flat.so fast forward to 2019 whatever I bought had to have powersteering ,fuel injection and accessory for front mounted plow,honda had aluminum frame(still do) making attaching the plow a bitch,mid mount bracket underneath quad to attach said plow,not a big deal usually but after knee surgery needed a change just for the plow,last winter re attaching the plow in march got stuck on my back attaching the damn plow for 30 minutes,felt like a turtle laying on my back....So I looked at can-am polaris and went in for a new honda rubicon,dang thing had'nt changed since the mid 80's,little cycle place here in minn had all models including susuki on hand which wasn't on my radar,after pricing out these other rigs including honda  Iwas confused,sales guy said "what about susuki?" well after some research and how susuki re-invented a proven quad in the 500 and 750,test driving a couple different units I  landed on the 500 king quad,powersteering is great to have an option still on most units,fuel injection is also great fuel recommended is ethanol free super,put a warn winch on for the american front attach 60" plow  replaced winch cable (which will fray and break with heavey duty 4" 7000lb strap that won't fray or break plowing like cable or synthetic rope,upgradesd factory wheels/tires to 14" rather than doing a lift,reduces top end of 65mph but i don't trail ride she has plenty of balls still had her up to 30+ mph,my avg speed on my old honda was 5mph at best.like the locking front diff option rear shocks have 5 load sets,comes pre factory set at #3 plenty rigid for my trailer lots of storage put flat aluminum racks on front and rear for dog n stuff,just a great rig also added hand warmers and thumb warmer on this rigpolaris and can-am had to much plastic for my liking plus friends with polaris always have belt issues pulling stuff or when they put tracks on,in my old age I'm lazy plus not good with wrenches,hell my tool box has duct tape,bailin wire,couple screwdrivers, a wrench and hammer,if I can't fix something I buy new.just a few thoughts...oh susuki reinforced the quads frame too so shes plenty heavy duty and rides smooth.</blockquote>

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