Honda UTV / Side by Side ATV?

mason1203 · Postby **mason1203** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 10:00 pm

Has anyone heard anything about honda coming out with an ATV like the Polaris Ranger or Yamaha Rhino? It is about dang time they came out with one. I haerd one was on the way but not sure if that is correct. Can anyone give me info on this topic?

mshunter77 · Postby **mshunter77** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 10:10 pm

last i heard was that they had and had it out in europe or somewhere but had not put it out here because it would cost too much

Johnny Hall · Postby **Johnny Hall** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 10:38 pm

I have a rhino and bought it from a dealer who sells honda and yamaha. Now I know he didnt have a honda to sell at the time but. Supposedly honda's answer to the ranger and rhino was supposed to come out in Sept 2005. According to him the honda was not yet good enough to out do the rhino so honda took them back to the drawing board. I actually had two different saleman tell me that . One of them was strictly a honda dealer because I kept bothering him wanting to know when the honda was coming out and the last time I went to his place that is what he told me also. That is my story and I'm sticking to it!

mshunter77 · Postby **mshunter77** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 10:51 pm

if they are waiting to out the rhino they will probably be a while, honda lags way behind all of the other atv companies in technology and performance

B.M.F.T. · Postby **B.M.F.T.** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:29 am

You can bet for sure Honda is testing one. I saw one of the models at the INDY show awhile back. This was prior to the Rhino and this thing was big as a house. It looked like the dunebuggy they put on the moon. The Honda reps at that INDY show said they had several styles they were testing and that was in 1999. I am sure Honda will release one in the near future and it will be a good machine.

Duck Sniper · Postby **Duck Sniper** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 10:17 am

Johnny Hall wrote:I have a rhino and bought it from a dealer who sells honda and yamaha. Now I know he didnt have a honda to sell at the time but. Supposedly honda's answer to the ranger and rhino was supposed to come out in Sept 2005. According to him the honda was not yet good enough to out do the rhino so honda took them back to the drawing board. I actually had two different saleman tell me that . One of them was strictly a honda dealer because I kept bothering him wanting to know when the honda was coming out and the last time I went to his place that is what he told me also. That is my story and I'm sticking to it!

this is also what i heard( couldn't outdo either the rhino or ranger so back to square 1). they need to hurry up cause I am getting a rhino or ranger or honda before next year.

cwink · Postby **cwink** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 11:43 am

Check out this UTV...

http://www.arcticcat.com/atvs/lineups/gallery.asp?y=115&c=119&s=119&m=728

Artic Cat is making a pretty good case for thier ATV's. For price, performance and features you just can't beat them.. Plus they all come with 4 Wheel Dif Lock, 12 inches of Ground Clearance, 2 In reciever hitches, Independent Suspension, and 3 year bumber to bumber warranty

mason1203 · Postby **mason1203** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 3:26 pm

Thanks for all the info. I am also buying one within the next year and was hoping honda would come out with one.

crow · Postby **crow** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 3:41 pm

For those who have them....Do you really need the 650 or is the 450 plenty for the delta? I have a honda 400 and it is all I've ever needed. Just curious.

Johnny Hall · Postby **Johnny Hall** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 3:47 pm

Well I waited on a Honda until I got tired of it, waiting that is. I don't have a lot of patience when I decide to get something. I knew severaal folks with rhino and never heard a complaint so, now I has a yamaha.

I have the 660 and love it. It has plenty of power have had 2 dogs and 4 folks plus guns and gear all at one time and it never bobbled. Will only run 42 miles an hour from facotry but it will do that real quick. They tell me you can put a grizzly chip in the thing and it will run upwards of 70 mph. Well I have a teenager and we don't need that for sure, me or him.

mshunter77 · Postby **mshunter77** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 4:55 pm

the 450 will be plenty of power for most people, it will do fine as long as you are not putting on huge really aggresive mud tires, the original ranger only had a 500 and i weighs a good bit more than the rhino so the 450 should perform about the same as a ranger with the 500. The new arctic cat prowler looks like a good machine too

mason1203 · Postby **mason1203** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 5:45 pm

are you talking about 4 wheelers or side by sides

mason1203 · Postby **mason1203** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 5:47 pm

crow wrote:For those who have them....Do you really need the 650 or is the 450 plenty for the delta? I have a honda 400 and it is all I've ever needed. Just curious.

are you talking about 4 wheelers or side by sides? A 450 foreman is definetly enough power for a fourwheeler... I haul a couple of people and three sacks of decoys with ease on mine

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