Anyone using a Honda or Yamaha sxs at the moment? looking at a couple second hand and wondered if anyone has experiences they were willing to share , Good or Bad,
Cheers
Dave
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Anyone using a Honda or Yamaha sxs at the moment? looking at a couple second hand and wondered if anyone has experiences they were willing to share , Good or Bad,
Cheers
Dave
Have both honda 500 and 700 sxs at work both have been great machine's and both have there purpose. @davhope what are you going to be using it for and what terrain?
Mostly carting the family around on tracks, not too much farm work, Picking up the odd deer and goat when I manage to bumble into one,
Really want 3 seats so,was looking at the 4 seat Hondas and Yamaha Vikings,
I mainly use the 500 at work on high country and have found it to be a reliable bike. The 700 will climb a lot more places and seems to get through the bog alot better then the 500 especially on uneven terrain., 500 tends to pick up a front wheel. 700 is a lot more stable and does have a diff lock option. Both have enough power. 700 is a auto and have never had any problem's on high descent's even on clay tracks. servicing is every 100hrs and after 3 years have only just done a wheel bearing (most days going through a creeks) apart from the normal brake pads etc. I would not touch a polaris even if it was free.
We have had a excellent run with the honda sxs and will be replacing them with honda's in the future.
Our last one was a Honda 700 it was a good machine, now have a Kawasaki mule pro fxt 6 seats it’s next level good more comfortable and much quieter, both serviced every 100hrs neither had given any issues.
Landcorp tried all the brands since getting rid of quads. Found Kawasaki to the strongest and most reliable. Servicing costs are worse than a Hilux though :o
Used the Viking for a few years 6 deer and 3 hunters would max her out but never had any issues, and man it had a hard life. Was my mane transport hauling fencing gear into some rough countryQuote:
Originally Posted by davhope
The can am defender I use now is way better imo
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were these faces crossed out so wifes wouldnt see them having fun haha
Can you still get 3 people into the Canam?
Had both on 1200ha dairy farm
, Honda was by far the better of the 2 plus better resale with the Honda.
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100% correct on all accounts.
Hi Guys,
Ended up with a second hand Honda 700 M4, Its taken a bit of work to get it to what I wanted but we are just about complete.
Thanks everyone for their input.
Cheers Dave
@davhope Photos?
So what modification's are you doing to it?
Once i got it home and cleaned all the mud off it there were a few too many areascof rust for my OCD to live with, so i stripped out the frame parts i wasnt happy with and got them sandblasted and powdercoated,
Have also made a polycarb foldingvwindscreen and fitted a canvas roof
Good thing about the honda frame is its all modular so if you want to replace something it just unbolts.
Just waiting gor a winch mount off amazon to show up.
Haha. Sounds like me... I spent hours cleaning mine up, pulling out rusty screws/bolts and assembling everything with lube etc. I have a winch waiting patiently on the garage floor for me to have time to fit it. I don't want the winch down low as I spend a bit of time in and out of water. It won't last 5 min if I use the standard mounts so I need to make some new plates up.
I also made up a tube frame for shooting off the rear deck - works very well. Very comfortable. It's surprising how stable they are to shoot off.
As a bit of a post script to this I had a couple of the seatbelts play up, wouldn't release when retracted, last week.
So I contacted the dealer I bought it from and voiced my frustration with this, They have just emailed to say they are going to replace all 4,
Really Good service and easy to deal with, Langlands Honda in Masterton.
I also now have a winch lying on the floor waiting for its mount to arrive.
Cheers
Dave
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Finally got everything sorted.
I like the folding windscreen with a bit of one of those flotation noodles it would make a good shooting rest.
Yeah that was the intention
Also got lucky and found a guy whose 8×5 trailers are 1530mm as standard for the internal width measurement.
And Kiwi built for a bloody good price.
After doing a fair bit of research, I chose the Yammie Wolverine X2 R-Spec. The size was right and the trannie by all accounts is right up there for reliability. The 875 V-twin is quite adequate. After a year of use including towing decent trailers and deer use on somewhat gnarly stuff, I'm very happy with it. I keep one of those foam noodles in the cab to shoot over the half screen if necessary. We built a nice twin gun rack behind the cab, ideal for hunting rifles and it looks like a factory option with the matching matte black crackle powdercoating.
It also has some accessories I made for LR varminting. There's a detachable tray roof held on by cam-over latches. I have rest bags tethered up there and it works very well. There are two pneumatic stools that are removable from their bedded sockets. The rear shelf behind the seats has two padded gun racks. I can remove all of this back to a std machine in prob 15mins so no biggie. I was pleasantly surprised how stable it is to shoot off parked in a decent wind with two of us on it.
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