[Bigvick]

Well, we could all give advice on what to do but it all comes down to what you feel comfortable doing. I will say that in my opinion the brute force lineup are great machines. I just purchased my wife an 06' Brute Force 650i and she loves it. She also loves reminding me that she now has the most powerfull ride! We have one rider in our group that has an '05 BF 750 and that thing has seen more punishment and abuse than my wife would ever give hers and he has never broken down or had any major problems other than normal maintenence, oh yeah he also has nearly 5,000 miles on his.

The main thing to remember is more power, the easier parts can break (axles and such).

I'll still ride my honda because I like changing gears!!

 

[Bigvick]

QUOTE ("tmeasel":3scip67g)

My brother-in-law has a lot of electrical problems with his Brute Force,could be just an isolated problem with his bike but everytime he goes deep he has to let it dry out for a couple of days to get his gauges to work.

This was a problem and supposedly is fixed on the newest models. Has he sealed everything good? If not you need to take every electrical connection loose and put die electric grease in them. This will seal it and keep water from shorting out the connection.