Having migrated from the Polaris 500 to a Rincon, and now to the Brute Force, I am perfectly satisfied with my new unit. I rode dirt bikes for many years, still have an Xr600, but the best way to describe the Brute is that it is the one unit out there that has the sport feel, quickness of a trail bike with 4 wheels. I can now gun down the bikers I ride with, and they are truly amazed when I come up behind them and even pass them in the gnarly stuff. There is a 20% hp chip boost I may install just for grins, but the stock unit doesn't really suffer from lack of power. About the only problems I have had were bending the tie rods, but I ride very aggressively, in lots of Arizona rock country, and if I just would slow down a little...
I see I'm not the only one that has had tie rod problems. I have bent the left tie rod on 2 separate trips, 2x each trip! I now carry a spare.
I have recently purchased chrome allow replacement tierods through ebay. They look to solve the problem, but haven't tested them to the max yet. As an interim fix, I put small channel or pipe around the tie rods, and used a little silicon to keep the pipes from rattling. I think it is about impossible to break the stock tie rods with the pipes around the rods. Cheap fix, but effective. My concern is the design of the tie rods, being easy to bend, might be a fail safe part to keep something else from breaking in a big whoop! Other suspension parts might be far more expensive to break with a severe impact. Time will tell. My oversize tires and offset aluminum rims may be further exacerbating the problem...
Upgrades/Accessories: C series rims with Maxxis Big Horn overside 26" tires.
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