From my experience the ATV owners who are proactive about maintenance have the least problems on the trails !! I have a 2011 Suzuki 500 fuel injected,in 2 years I have put 7,000 km of trail riding on it and the guy I ride the most with has 16,000 on his 97 Suzuki. We ALWAYS go over the bikes and check out the drive train after every ride.Last year I towed 3 bikes home when they broke down all because of the lack of maintenance,the worse was the guy with the broken drive shaft yoke and when he took it in to get fixed found out that EVERY CV joint was also worn out and he needed front bearings.You can't have a drive it and park it mentality with ATVs.As far as makes go there is not a lot of difference between them they all have faults and pluses and I bought mine based on the dealer not the make,good service goes a long way!!!!
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