re: Bought a new atv- junk? UPDATE page 4

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Well the rest of the atv world disagrees considering Hondas with manual transmission have been their best selling forever.

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Polaris might tend to disagree there, seeing as how starting in around 98 their market share began to make leaps and bounds. Honda manual 4 wheelers name make up less than 25% of total ATV sales.

Honda's sales numbers have trended down since the late 90s. Right Bout the time they started outsourcing parts from Thailand and their reliability started trending down.

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There was a 17 Kodiak and 16 grizzly in our lease this year and both had issues in the deep mud and water.

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Both bikes have intake/exhausts that are higher than anything Honda sells. If they got water in their belt housings, they also got water into their engines. At that point, not moving is the least of their worries.

Only a Honda buyer would defend the brand in a thread where the OPs bike was defective day one.