Hi, great site. I was lead here by someone on atvconnection to get some straight answers from Honda guys. I am coming off an 03 Suzuki Vinson 500 auto, which has been trouble free. My problem with it is I use it for hunting mostly and it is way too loud. Engine rattles under load and cvt tranny is always clanking around. It is normal, but annoys the crap out od me and I've been told I can be heard coming 10 minutes away. I like riding an auto, because it's comfortable and I'm lazy I guess, but I'm thinking I should go back to a manual shift for quietness and effieciency.
What are the major differences between the rubi and foreman? So far all I see is auto and liquid cooling on the rubi. Am I missing something else? Reliability is huge to me, and I will use it for some rockcrawling type stuff in the sierra's as well as hunting. Is there a downside to air cooled over liquid in slow speed operation? I will rarely go over 25 mph and mostly be in the 5-10 range. I don't do mud ever and rarely see water over the floorboards. Finally, I read somewhere about a guy running a manual foot shift foreman who said he could coast by simply pressing the shift down all the way and holding it, is this correct? Pretty cool feature if its true. I know I asked a lot, thaks for reading and responding. Most important question is what is the quietest rubi or foreman? Thank you
What are the major differences between the rubi and foreman? So far all I see is auto and liquid cooling on the rubi. Am I missing something else? Reliability is huge to me, and I will use it for some rockcrawling type stuff in the sierra's as well as hunting. Is there a downside to air cooled over liquid in slow speed operation? I will rarely go over 25 mph and mostly be in the 5-10 range. I don't do mud ever and rarely see water over the floorboards. Finally, I read somewhere about a guy running a manual foot shift foreman who said he could coast by simply pressing the shift down all the way and holding it, is this correct? Pretty cool feature if its true. I know I asked a lot, thaks for reading and responding. Most important question is what is the quietest rubi or foreman? Thank you