Honda 500esp or Suzuki 500 auto

[Amcnab]

Which is best bike? Both with eleccy steering. Will the suzy auto rev a bit. like the idea of the electric shift you can run in a highish gear with little revs

 

[Dave6170]

Suzuki every day!!

 

[Tony1989]

Suzuki will be a nicer bike and more reliable

 

[Amcnab]

Interesting Honda arnt what they used to be then? Lot of the hill boys are on suzys now.

 

[hally]

Yeah same around here, yams seem the most popular, jumpy Honda auto the reason.

 

[west coast angus]

Which is best bike? Both with eleccy steering. Will the suzy auto rev a bit. like the idea of the electric shift you can run in a highish gear with little revs

You would be mad not to look at the yamaha kodiack 700, don't be put off thinking it's a massive big thirsty bike, it's not at all, you will not regret spending slightly more for a far far better bike. ?

 

[DrDunc]

You would be mad not to look at the yamaha kodiack 700, don't be put off thinking it's a massive big thirsty bike, it's not at all, you will not regret spending slightly more for a far far better bike. ?

Hope they've improved the suspension since I got a demo of a Kodiak 700 3 years ago.....

......I didn't get out of the yard before turning to go check the tyre pressures weren't rock hard. They weren't, the ride really was that hard ?

Honda IRS better, but still liked to bounce when on the heather Muir.

I bought a Suzuki that time ?

 

[willy]

Just bought a Suzuki 500 king quad, had it 3 weeks and love it. Bought it from Mkm agriculture and had its first service. Fantastic bike my only gripe is why would the front rack lean forwards

 

[hally]

Hope they've improved the suspension since I got a demo of a Kodiak 700 3 years ago.....

......I didn't get out of the yard before turning to go check the tyre pressures weren't rock hard. They weren't, the ride really was that hard ?

Honda IRS better, but still liked to bounce when on the heather Muir.

I bought a Suzuki that time ?

It’s adjustable, set it where you want

 

[JP1]

Just bought a Suzuki 500 king quad, had it 3 weeks and love it. Bought it from Mkm agriculture and had its first service. Fantastic bike my only gripe is why would the front rack lean forwards

Anthony (at Marston Moretaine) is my school bestie's neighbour and is very good to deal with - as is Keith at MKM at Ixworth Thorpe (ex Fieldens)

 

[west coast angus]

Hope they've improved the suspension since I got a demo of a Kodiak 700 3 years ago.....

......I didn't get out of the yard before turning to go check the tyre pressures weren't rock hard. They weren't, the ride really was that hard ?

Honda IRS better, but still liked to bounce when on the heather Muir.

I bought a Suzuki that time ?

The one I had on demo a 2019 model, had brilliant suspension, not hard at all! Maybe yours was not broken in or was set on hard. I went for the grizzly in the end, its a brilliant bike.

 

[DrDunc]

It’s adjustable, set it where you want

It was on the softest setting (standard would be 1 click up from there)

"Sports" cars are often tuned with stiffer spring and damper settings to give the driver the "impression" that they're going faster

Monks used to flagellate themselves to atone for their sins

Some people gain sexual release from being hurt physically

Reckon that those types of people must have tuned the Kodiak 700 suspension ??

 

[Katarina]

Looks like im the only on here who would pick the Honda then.
We've got a 2013 500 manual/Auto. Its clocking on 49000 km and its been one heck of a good bike. Strong work horse that will go across some mighty steep hill ground and you feel safe on it doing so.

 

[Al R]

Looks like im the only on here who would pick the Honda then.
We've got a 2013 500 manual/Auto. Its clocking on 49000 km and its been one heck of a good bike. Strong work horse that will go across some mighty steep hill ground and you feel safe on it doing so.

Try a new one and you’d swap makes or keep your one. You can’t have it in 5th and tootle along now, the gearbox automatically drops down, get to a gate and it goes to 1 every time and not 2, 1 is to slow and the gearboxes don’t go up fast enough. Had 10-12 ES’s over the years and a foreman ES/Auto in 2005 and all were faultless apart from the 2015 Honda 420 ES/DCT which is crap, troublesome and horrible to drive. My pickup’s turning circle is almost better than it!

main bike is a Yam kodiak 450 here and very happy.

 

[Amcnab]

Just bought a Suzuki 500 king quad, had it 3 weeks and love it. Bought it from Mkm agriculture and had its first service. Fantastic bike my only gripe is why would the front rack lean forwards

a manual or auto?

 

[Amcnab]

You would be mad not to look at the yamaha kodiack 700, don't be put off thinking it's a massive big thirsty bike, it's not at all, you will not regret spending slightly more for a far far better bike. ?

Suzuki and Honda dealirships are closest.

 

[willy]

a manual or auto?

auto

 

[west coast angus]

Suzuki and Honda dealirships are closest.

I am 200 miles away from the nearest dealer, that's why I went for a yamaha?

 

[spitfire]

Try a new one and you’d swap makes or keep your one. You can’t have it in 5th and tootle along now, the gearbox automatically drops down, get to a gate and it goes to 1 every time and not 2, 1 is to slow and the gearboxes don’t go up fast enough. Had 10-12 ES’s over the years and a foreman ES/Auto in 2005 and all were faultless apart from the 2015 Honda 420 ES/DCT which is crap, troublesome and horrible to drive. My pickup’s turning circle is almost better than it!

main bike is a Yam kodiak 450 here and very happy.

Just had my Honda 420back from dealer wouldn't buy another 550hrs light use 3 starters king pins ,ball joints axel seals dealer said most starters last no more than a year rand Honda are not interested ,he recommends a Suzuki or yam

 

[exmoor dave]

Looks like im the only on here who would pick the Honda then.
We've got a 2013 500 manual/Auto. Its clocking on 49000 km and its been one heck of a good bike. Strong work horse that will go across some mighty steep hill ground and you feel safe on it doing so.

2017 500es irs here
It's been brilliant.
Auto mode is abit of a gimmick..... that is till you need to hold a sheep or something with your left arm, then auto is the best thing ever ?