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I need honest feed back to this quandry: How bad is the ES on these newer machines? Is it worth spending the extra $$$$ for the extended warranty Just in case? If you buy a new ES machine is the first thing you do remove the shift motor clean out the factory grease and replace it with white lithium grease?
Reason for asking: For kicks and giggles the wife and I went out to the dealership and test rode some new machines with Power Steering, IRS, and with Electric shift. They have one Honda Foreman with PS, IRS, and manual shift but it is the most God awful yellow I've ever seen on an ATV. Wife absolutely hated the color. It must be a (and I didn't even ask due to color) 2016 leftover that they can't get rid of. Full retail is $9200 Said if I wrote them a check I could have it for $8100 plus an additional $630 something for the extended warranty, but my goodness the color:shocked::sad.
I could get another Rancher in red with PS, IRS, but ES and am just not sure I want to go that route. But my goodness, what an unbelievable difference in ride and steering, I would have never thought it! But rode IRS and SRA back to back and was dumbfounded.
So the question stands: Is it worth the risk of the ES? Or should I just start saving, and when the time comes sell one of my Ranchers and make up the difference with savings to get a Foreman with the Manual transmission and a different color of course? (down the road) The wife reeeeaaaaalllllllly liked the IRS and PS!
I need honest feed back to this quandry: How bad is the ES on these newer machines? Is it worth spending the extra $$$$ for the extended warranty Just in case? If you buy a new ES machine is the first thing you do remove the shift motor clean out the factory grease and replace it with white lithium grease?
Reason for asking: For kicks and giggles the wife and I went out to the dealership and test rode some new machines with Power Steering, IRS, and with Electric shift. They have one Honda Foreman with PS, IRS, and manual shift but it is the most God awful yellow I've ever seen on an ATV. Wife absolutely hated the color. It must be a (and I didn't even ask due to color) 2016 leftover that they can't get rid of. Full retail is $9200 Said if I wrote them a check I could have it for $8100 plus an additional $630 something for the extended warranty, but my goodness the color:shocked::sad.
I could get another Rancher in red with PS, IRS, but ES and am just not sure I want to go that route. But my goodness, what an unbelievable difference in ride and steering, I would have never thought it! But rode IRS and SRA back to back and was dumbfounded.
So the question stands: Is it worth the risk of the ES? Or should I just start saving, and when the time comes sell one of my Ranchers and make up the difference with savings to get a Foreman with the Manual transmission and a different color of course? (down the road) The wife reeeeaaaaalllllllly liked the IRS and PS!