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Love the PS . Haven’t driven one without it so not sure what that’s like. I love the paddle shifters. Mainly allows shifting into higher gears at slower speeds. Great for cruising at lower speeds and keeping noise to minimum.
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Installed my first mod today, right from the Club Store here - works great, so easy:
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Had the kids in bed early last night so I tore apart the dash and installed this switch panel - it's wired up to the club store front LED bar, which I didn't manage to take a picture of yet...plenty of space for other accessories!
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And, a word on performance, this "little" machine had blown me away during firewood season - I have a heavy duty 3x8 farm trailer (on an old Willy's jeep axle and wheels) that I have completely filled with green rounds of oak and hauled out of the woods over steep hills, in snow and soupy, greasy mud.
I put it in diff lock for the hills but otherwise no problem...
I put it in diff lock for the hills but otherwise no problem...
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I'm on my second to last day of two weeks off before starting a new job and tackled a long overdue project: a recycled deck post and locust fence post bridge over our creek, this will cut my maple sap hauling trips in half this year:
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Last show before the curtain calls and I head in for my new job...in just a month this thing has proved itself very useful, I've got just over 20 hours on it and countless loads of firewood like this:
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It's been just shy of 6 months since I picked up my 700-4, I've put 135 miles on it and just over 60 hours of ride time, most of that done while I was in between jobs during the holidays.
I have to say, pretty much every single element of the Honda has blown me away. To answer one key question I had while I was in my buying process: I do not miss not having the power steering. I just don't. I am sure it would feel different if I were coming from a utility vehicle with EPS but we have (very) tight wooded trails with tons of switchbacks and sharp inclines that I'm often hauling wood or maple sap on...and I've managed it just fine.
Other things that have impressed me are the engine braking, it's really excellent and not letting me free wheel down a steep incline even with a pretty heavy load. I like the overall setup of the cab and the instrumentation as well, it's "sparse" to say the least but my take on that is "less to break."
And the overall performance is just excellent. I had four grown, adult males in it on Easter and did some trail riding...we went across a pretty sketchy portion of a bog that my neighbor recently had to winch out of with his Suzuki 700cc King Quad and I just dropped it into diff lock with no issues crossing in the same spot with almost 1000 pounds onboard.
A windshield and roof package are clearly must-haves, cannot believe I thought I'd get by for a while without them.
If you're hauling a lot of stuff in the winter, like I do, then you definitely will want tire chains and I would suggest getting sort of cargo mat (I used a horse stall mat cut to size) to cover the back dump area so that wood chips and spilled chainsaw fluids don't accumulate in the cold weather and make a HUGE mess.
Pretty much the only true-blue downside? Accessories. I just wish there was more selection out there, perhaps not as much but on par with Polaris would be great. I would totally shell out for some modular storage options or more interior enhancements. I will likely add a speaker of some kind, maybe just to the roll bar but I've found roll bar add-ons loosen up too quickly...
All-in-all, I would buy the 700-4 again 10 times out of 10. Sure, if money were no object I would consider upgrading to the 1000-5 but it would not fit on our trails as things stand so it'd be useless to shell that money out now. Great buy, great company, great time with it!
I have to say, pretty much every single element of the Honda has blown me away. To answer one key question I had while I was in my buying process: I do not miss not having the power steering. I just don't. I am sure it would feel different if I were coming from a utility vehicle with EPS but we have (very) tight wooded trails with tons of switchbacks and sharp inclines that I'm often hauling wood or maple sap on...and I've managed it just fine.
Other things that have impressed me are the engine braking, it's really excellent and not letting me free wheel down a steep incline even with a pretty heavy load. I like the overall setup of the cab and the instrumentation as well, it's "sparse" to say the least but my take on that is "less to break."
And the overall performance is just excellent. I had four grown, adult males in it on Easter and did some trail riding...we went across a pretty sketchy portion of a bog that my neighbor recently had to winch out of with his Suzuki 700cc King Quad and I just dropped it into diff lock with no issues crossing in the same spot with almost 1000 pounds onboard.
A windshield and roof package are clearly must-haves, cannot believe I thought I'd get by for a while without them.
If you're hauling a lot of stuff in the winter, like I do, then you definitely will want tire chains and I would suggest getting sort of cargo mat (I used a horse stall mat cut to size) to cover the back dump area so that wood chips and spilled chainsaw fluids don't accumulate in the cold weather and make a HUGE mess.
Pretty much the only true-blue downside? Accessories. I just wish there was more selection out there, perhaps not as much but on par with Polaris would be great. I would totally shell out for some modular storage options or more interior enhancements. I will likely add a speaker of some kind, maybe just to the roll bar but I've found roll bar add-ons loosen up too quickly...
All-in-all, I would buy the 700-4 again 10 times out of 10. Sure, if money were no object I would consider upgrading to the 1000-5 but it would not fit on our trails as things stand so it'd be useless to shell that money out now. Great buy, great company, great time with it!
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