Rubicons

[duckhnter2003]

mallardchaser i am probably going to buy one new but thanks for the concern.

[FARMDUX]

i have one and it stays in the water working rice fields. ride to one of our blinds on it and in spots water is over the case of the motor. never had a problem and it has 4200 miles. i prefer it over my 400.

[mallardchaser]

I stopped an test drove the for sale rubicon. It's a nice bike. It's got aftermarket tires (big), a winch and low hours. He wants $5700, say's he has over $9k in it. It shifts from auto to manual shift...

[Unlucky Ducky]

I bought a Rubicon earlier in the spring, my father has one that I used last year and never had any problems with it, thats what sold me on getting one. I've never had any problems with the shifting on either one, and as mentioned earlier you can go from automatic to the push button shift if the situation arises where you want control of it.
I satisfied with mine and have no regrets with my purchase.

[WhoaBeaver]

anyone know anything about the Bombardiers?

[mallardchaser]

I road one last year at the DW banquet...great ride with lots of power..handled good too.

It looks kinda funny with the way they do the seat, but seems to be a heck of a bike..

[hillhunter]

We go ridding in the early spring a lot when it's still muddy. The best bike i've seen is a 450s with the vampire tires. the rubicons must be heavier or something because they always need a winch where we go. The polaris 700 will haul, but it might break down tomorrow.

One of my grandfathers buys hondas, the other polarises. The one with the polaris has been through four of them. The one with the honda has had his since '87 and it's still running strong as ever.

just a thought.... everone we ride with that has the oversized tires has problems with the bearings going out about every six months. The mechanics we talk to say that they don't make a large enough 4-wheeler to handle those tires for very long.

[mallardchaser]

I heard the big kawasaki will go through the stuff, never ridden one though. I've seen a suzuki go through some pretty rough stuff too.

[HARLEY]

Ford - Chevy, Coke - Pepsi, everybody's heard someting good and bad about everything. The best thing to do is pick the one you like and go with it. My vote goes for the Polaris, had one for three years never done anyhting but change oil. I use mine pretty hard with duck hunting all winter in rice, and kids all summer. I can say one thing for sure, that is that a Honda cant hold a candle to a Polaris in the mud! Ground clearance and true 4-wheel drive make the Polaris a monster.

[mallardchaser]

That's true Harley on the personal preferance.

All of them these day's are pretty good. I'll still stick with my honda's, have had good luck in the past with them..

[DuckyDan]

Speaking of four wheelers, I have a question:

I have a Honda Foreman 450. I've run into a stupid little problem that really really bugs me. When I get in deep water (not deep enough to get into the air intake or airbox.......just over the tailpipe or headlights) it will flutter out and go dead. I'll push it out or someone else will push/pull me out, check the airbox and it's always dry. The four wheeler won't crank after that. The only way to get it to crank is to turn the choke on all the way, hold the starter down and the gas wide open. After about 30 or 40 seconds, it'll fire up.

I found the problem, but I'm not sure how to fix it. There's a tube that comes out from the bottom of the bowl on the carb. If I put my finger over that tube while the four wheeler is running, it will do the exact same thing. I'm thinking that when that tube gets under water, it's forming a vacum on the carb, causing it to go dead. HOW DO I FIX THIS?????

[mallardchaser]

Maybe add some more tube and plastic tie it off a little higher up.

[DuckyDan]

I tried that one time, but if anything ever DOES get in it, or if it gets pinched, it does that. I have several friends with the same four wheeler and they don't have that problem. There's a little check valve in the middle of that tube. You think maybe it's messed up or something?

[damnyankee]

Take the gas cap off and then pinch the line off and see if that kills the motor.

If it does check the vent hole on the gas cap, it sounds like your fuel system isn't breathing.

[SoftCall]

this thread reminds me of an old saying...

what does a polaris and a 400 lb woman have in common???

they both feel good until someone sees you riding one....