JACKAL
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I have been a Honda diehard since the age of 7, only had Honda ATV & SXS as long as Honda made one (save for a PoPo in 2012 waiting on Pioneers). For 48 years I never considered another brand, but my wife needed something that was more comfortable for her and the bench seat wasn't cutting it and had to be able to have the doggo tag along.
After much consternation, finally settled on the Yamaha Wolverine RMAX4 1000 XT-R, located one in mid TN with no markup and made the 90 min drive to check it out, it followed me home.
Once home ran it for a little over 20 miles, swapping with wife driving and each of us riding in the back seats, had in running nonstop for 90 minutes and was very impressed with the absence of heat from the engine / exhaust / etc. compared to my old reliable P1K5LE with 12K miles on it.
Trail Speed noise Honda wins hands down - will definitely have to get used to the CVT system on RPM, spoiled by DCT that works perfectly.
Ride - no fair comparing a 5 yr old 12k miles clapped out machine to brand new but the RMAX4 was very nice, power steering is heaven.
Back Seat - no comparison in comfort, not same machines but RMAX is niiiiice oh did I mention no heat, even with engine cover up against your leg in back, no transfer through plastic.
Didn't waste anytime adding front bash plate, A-arm guards front and back with rock sliders. Got the full UHMW skid arriving tomorrow, was impressed to see a full steel welded skid underneath, but don't want to ding it up on the rocks here.
Mighty slick machine, take the P1K5 Trail Edition add the Honda radio, OEM infotainment gadget, & roof you're talking the same price as the RMAX4 XT-R. Yamaha did their homework with integration, initially very impressed. Now will it hold up to 12K miles in East TN? We will see!
After much consternation, finally settled on the Yamaha Wolverine RMAX4 1000 XT-R, located one in mid TN with no markup and made the 90 min drive to check it out, it followed me home.
Once home ran it for a little over 20 miles, swapping with wife driving and each of us riding in the back seats, had in running nonstop for 90 minutes and was very impressed with the absence of heat from the engine / exhaust / etc. compared to my old reliable P1K5LE with 12K miles on it.
Trail Speed noise Honda wins hands down - will definitely have to get used to the CVT system on RPM, spoiled by DCT that works perfectly.
Ride - no fair comparing a 5 yr old 12k miles clapped out machine to brand new but the RMAX4 was very nice, power steering is heaven.
Back Seat - no comparison in comfort, not same machines but RMAX is niiiiice oh did I mention no heat, even with engine cover up against your leg in back, no transfer through plastic.
Didn't waste anytime adding front bash plate, A-arm guards front and back with rock sliders. Got the full UHMW skid arriving tomorrow, was impressed to see a full steel welded skid underneath, but don't want to ding it up on the rocks here.
Mighty slick machine, take the P1K5 Trail Edition add the Honda radio, OEM infotainment gadget, & roof you're talking the same price as the RMAX4 XT-R. Yamaha did their homework with integration, initially very impressed. Now will it hold up to 12K miles in East TN? We will see!
