Artic Cat XC 450, Kymco Maxxer 450,

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Honda power is so low I can only turn half the lights on in the trailer.

minimum 3kw for trailer with air conditioning, anything lower just wont cut it, you will pop the breaker with heavy resistive loads like toaster, curling iron, hairdryer.....
 

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minimum 3kw for trailer with air conditioning, anything lower just wont cut it, you will pop the breaker with heavy resistive loads like toaster, curling iron, hairdryer.....

Who in hell needs air conditioning in Alberta, Thus you also don 't need no 3kw gen, And as rzzrgade says, hondas equipment is so underpowered, they can't turn the friggin tires, thus if ya can't ride them they never get used, you don't see no farmer honda crap in the west country, other than holding down fence posts. Friggin granny machines
 

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Who in hell needs air conditioning in Alberta, Thus you also don 't need no 3kw gen, And as rzzrgade says, hondas equipment is so underpowered, they can't turn the friggin tires, thus if ya can't ride them they never get used, you don't see no farmer honda crap in the west country, other than holding down fence posts. Friggin granny machines

That is true, but some people actually leave Alberta and go to BC, for Holidays , there you need air conditioning, also... I didn't mention Honda , i Got a 2K Kipor, for a Genset, However the Wife... drives a Honda 420,... and Yes she is a Grandma hehehe !!!
 
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I think a lot of hondas just dont have adequate brakes..............

had a 2001 rubicon 500, brakes were very bad on it, sold it to a friend he put on disk brakes, got the kit from super ATV, stops real well now.
 

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I think a lot of hondas just dont have adequate brakes..............



Got that right. Honda school bus (pioneer) rear ended our rzr on the weekend. Scratched my beer opener tow bar. Destroyed the front of the bus bumper and plastic. Luckily no green blood..Friggin Honda demo..
 

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Got that right. Honda school bus (pioneer) rear ended our rzr on the weekend. Scratched my beer opener tow bar. Destroyed the front of the bus bumper and plastic. Luckily no green blood..Friggin Honda demo..

Did it bend Ray? Warranty is for only normal wear and tear not driver abuse! lol
 

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I was looking at them too for my lady. I haven't heard any feedback on either though or ridden with one to make an assessment of their performance.
Only difference or plus either way that I could see is the AC warranty may be better and easier to deal with.

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If your still considering it I can tell you I am super impressed, threw a set of 27" Zilla's on it snorkelled the belt exhaust and the machine blew away my expectations especially considering the price I got it out the door for. Bought it at Barry's Marine in Edmonton they had two 2012's left and I got mine for just under $5000 out the door which so far seems to be worth every penny, dollar for dollar I doubt you will find a better machine.
 

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If your still considering it I can tell you I am super impressed, threw a set of 27" Zilla's on it snorkelled the belt exhaust and the machine blew away my expectations especially considering the price I got it out the door for. Bought it at Barry's Marine in Edmonton they had two 2012's left and I got mine for just under $5000 out the door which so far seems to be worth every penny, dollar for dollar I doubt you will find a better machine.
Lets see a pic or three, dude.....
 

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That is a sick lookin bike for 5 K !!! I like it..........Its nice to see some one smart enough to think outside of the box.....Kudos to you.
Keep us posted,i know you will like it though, I have a few friends down south that mess with them and understand that they are not CHINESE crap at all........They have built a few and realize there is a ton of potential to these bikes....
 

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That is a sick lookin bike for 5 K !!! I like it..........Its nice to see some one smart enough to think outside of the box.....Kudos to you.
Keep us posted,i know you will like it though, I have a few friends down south that mess with them and understand that they are not CHINESE crap at all........They have built a few and realize there is a ton of potential to these bikes....
As she sits i am in about 6000 with tires, hand guards and the winch. The whole china bike thing that was big worried me but the reviews are favourable as was the actual owner feedback and they sponsor a gncc team( that does well) and are taking steps to separate themselves from that crowd. Interested to see how it holds up, looks solid hell there is no way that bike ever breaks an axle they are just as big if not bigger than the factory axles on my scrambler. I rode it through some big holes the other night to see what it could do and didn't disappoint even made it through one a buddies stock outlander 800 couldn't last time we were out. Most impressed I have ever been with a machine, now admittedly I have higher expectations when I spend 3x as much but still far better than expected.



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How did you snorkel belt exhaust? My son has the Kymco version, we put some 25" Zillis on it, still a bit low on the ground clearance but very stable with low seat height. Would like to snorkel both intakes but not much room under the plastic to plumb.
 
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