[DaBomb6988]

I just received a survey in the mail with a crisp new dollar bill lol

What would be your biggest complaint with your new Honda atv? Mine would be the low top speed (which I knew BEFORE purchasing.) Other than that I'm VERY satisfied with my purchase.

 

[DaBomb6988]

I don't care so much about top speed, it's more about keeping up with the group once you get out on the flats. I just move to the side let everyone go by and say see you f**k*rs in the woods lol :biggrin:

 

[DaBomb6988]

A lot of good info here! Forgot about starting hesitation. I will def put that in my review and about the top speed, low HP. And I agree with the putting the center piece back on. I greased the tip on the males and it makes it a little easier to argue that thing into place lol

I doubt my survey will do anything but why the heck not try. They did pay me a dollar after all... :funnyhonda:

 

[DaBomb6988]

Full set of gauges would be cool. Hell even just a tach would be handy.

 

[DaBomb6988]

Full set of gauges would be cool. Hell even just a tach would be handy.

why would you need a tach on a semi-automatic motor ?, that's like having it in my automatic transmission in my '00 Silverado ?, freaking useless for the most part.

So you would be fine not having anything other than idiot lights and speedometer on a pickup?

I know I'm not. I use my truck as it was designed. To pull trailers, plow snow, haul my four wheeler. I like to know if my plow is causing it to overheat or draining the battery down. Same thing with the trans temp.

What difference does it make if it had 1 gauge or 10? If a gauge fails it's not like you will be walking home lol

 

[DaBomb6988]

why would you need a tach on a semi-automatic motor ?, that's like having it in my automatic transmission in my '00 Silverado ?, freaking useless for the most part.

So you would be fine not having anything other than idiot lights and speedometer on a pickup?

I know I'm not. I use my truck as it was designed. To pull trailers, plow snow, haul my four wheeler. I like to know if my plow is causing it to overheat or draining the battery down. Same thing with the trans temp.

What difference does it make if it had 1 gauge or 10? If a gauge fails it's not like you will be walking home lol

never said anything about the idiots lights ?..I SAID TACH !!..LOL. no automatic tranny should have a tach, unless your stickily working by the book ?. you don't need a tach for an automatic transmission ?..it aleady knows when to shift while in D, correct ?, it also has tow mode, knows when to shift then ?, a tach is worthless on a automatic, heck, I never even used it when I was driving a standard transmission truck ?, if you can't shift gears by ear ?, you don't need to drive a standard !..lol. ever wonder how many truck drivers ( real truck drivers that drive over the road ) use their clutch ??. I know a lot that never touch it, cept when in town ?..lol.

Well if an auto truck doesn't need a tach then why does it need all those other gauges?

And being you brought up "real truck drivers". I drive trucks. 8-10 speed mostly but have run a few 18 speeds. 6 wheelers all the way up to 22 wheelers. Starting out in construction you don't get assigned one truck. You get whatever piece junk is left. And that changes daily lol. If any of them tell you they've never used the tach they're full of sh*t. Every truck is different. Different manufactures have higher or lower rpm shift points depending on the torque curve. Sure once you get some miles in it you don't need the tach and can go by ear.

Then there's progressive shifting. Which is used to save fuel while on the way to highway speed by over the road truckers. You need to use the tach for that or else you're defeating the purpose of it. Unless they have a perfectly tuned ear and can tell rpm differences of about 500 rpm lol

And as far as the clutch goes, the reason they don't need a clutch is because they've used the tach to find the the proper shift rpm and then learned the sound from that. I don't need to use the clutch. But if I'm loaded heavy I might. They put it there for a reason. And if it makes easier on the trans then why not use it? When your at about 90k lbs banging gears hard can leave you stranded.

 

[DaBomb6988]

I could see cruise control having a place. A few farmers I know that spray crops with their wheelers could use it. Most of their equipment/chemicals is calibrated for a certain speed for the output. But for the other 90% using their atvs no they wouldn't need it.

 

[DaBomb6988]

as much as I am against adding extra wires and electrical devices on a bike that I am going in the water with , a brake tail light seems something that every bike should come with , just on a safety issue , I have been run into the back of my bike more times then I can remember on night rides , and I can't lie , I have run into the back of others many times

I thought all Honda's from early 2000's on had brake lights? I know the 300fw's didn't. But I thought when they went to the Rancher everything from then on did? My new Rubi has one. And IIRC my buddies 08 Rancher has one too.

 

[DaBomb6988]

SOO does Honda still offer a model without brake lights?!?!?