I am the type of person that is not brand loyal towards material items. I like Ford,Chevy,Dodge, Honda,Yamaha, etc but I have never noticed so much hatred towards something until I bought my 700xx. I know the I.R.S and styling are not gonna be appealing to some people but jeez, it's the black sheep of the ATV community. It seems any time someone asks a question about them on one of the Facebook pages, majority of the replies say "junk", "piece of bleep", "over weight, slow pig's" and so on. I know the quad has it's limitations but find me one that doesn't. I took mine to the dunes this past weekend, surprisingly it got a lot of attention cause none of the guys I rode with had seen one in action before but I was riding with knobbies, so I couldn't race their Raptors to see how well I would do. They all had to mention the 80ish extra pounds the Honda weighs but they weighed 100lbs more then me, so the weights were offset at that point. It's just annoying how people can consider something junk, when half of them have never even ridden whatever they are talking about. I have owned vehicles from other manufacturers and yes, I liked some more then others and no the 700xx isn't my favorite quad of all time but I would never consider it junk, just cause it's not the fastest quad around or not the lightest. It doesn't get the credit it deserves, I rode all day and never got fatigued, wasn't sore the next day, never got stuck and it ran great! Some poor girl was riding with us on a stock 400ex with dirt tires and she constantly kept getting stuck.
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I'll never understand why people bash other makes of things, I dislike a lot of things but if someone else likes it then oh well, my money wasn't used to buy it. After owning the two 700xxx torque monsters I have now, it would be hard to own anything smaller.
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I bought a low hour 07 400ex from a friend, it was practically brand new but I only had it for three months. I had just sold an 06 KFX 400 a few months before and the Honda was so disappointing compared to the KFX. It's funny reading comments from 400ex owners bashing the 700xx, weight and reliability is the only category that quad will win.
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One of my friends bought a 700xx when they first came out and I thought it was ugly, I laughed at it when I first saw it but it has grown on me. Especially after I saw pictures of one with orange fenders and one with white, they looked so good!
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I read that the other day and really enjoyed the article.
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It's crazy that you can go to the dunes and 90% of the quads riding around are some brand of 450. People find something good and everyone seems to follow behind, just like how the Banshee used to be the most popular dune quad. I love the 450 quads but comfort and torque are not their strong points.
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Just yesterday a guy posted on a Facebook group I am a member of asking about the Bombardier DS650 and the keyboard warriors were all over the post calling it junk, a turd and all kinds of stuff. LOL I am the type of person that doesn't a lot of research before buying something, I rarely ask for advice before buying something, cause you are either gonna get one sided opinions or opinions from keyboard warriors. I lurked all over this forum before buying my 700xx but I never made a post until I bought the quad. I wish their was some way you could make a chart showing how many buyers changed there minds on buying one brand just because a bunch of keyboard warriors told them it was not as good as another brand.
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Here's the only dyno chart I have been able to find of a stock Raptor and Honda. It confirms pretty much everything I have read in comparison tests of both quads.
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I was at Sand Lake last weekend but I don't know when I will be back again.
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I can't wait to get a chance to race a stock Raptor to see how I do. I tried finding videos on YouTube but none are really a good example, either one quad has more modifications or one of the riders suck.
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Thanks! I really feel as though I have the two best trail quads ever made. It's funny you say that cause I looked for an Outlaw 525 but none were available near me and I knew the Honda was worth getting. I see you live in the Northwest. What state?
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Don't get me wrong, I do like the quad. It would just be nice if we didn't have to deal with so many idiot's. LOL I don't see why people can't be open minded like me. Right now I own the Honda and a Kawasaki KFX 700, the Kawasaki gets a lot of hate as well but the reason people hate both quads is what appeals to me.
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