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Took my new 2020 Kodiak for its first ride this past weekend. Only did about 3 hours this trip as I had a lot of work to do around Camp but it was a good 1st day on the new ATV.
All trail are around our Camp in the Adirondacks in an area not too far from Gore Mt. NY. A big storm had come through a few days earlier so most of the trails were either very wet or impassible due to high water in the creeks/brooks so I didn't push any limits on fording any deep water this trip. I'll wait until it warmer and see what happens
Initial impressions are all good. Runs a bit different than my old Rincon, and our current 300 for sure. Off the line, the CVT doesn't seem as quick as the Rincon, but after you get rolling power comes on quick then levels off. This took some getting used to in some technical rock crawling though a nearby brook, almost flipped in low range trying to be subtle with the throttle in the rocks
Running tight trails at speed was pretty smooth, and drifting turns was very similar to the Rincon (easily controllable and fast). Happy I went with the Kodiak rather than the Griz XT-R I was also looking at, rubbed fenders on a bunch of trails with the Kodiak, so the XT-R would have been a tight fit!
Heading back up for Thanksgiving weekend so hope to get more seat time!
All trail are around our Camp in the Adirondacks in an area not too far from Gore Mt. NY. A big storm had come through a few days earlier so most of the trails were either very wet or impassible due to high water in the creeks/brooks so I didn't push any limits on fording any deep water this trip. I'll wait until it warmer and see what happens
Initial impressions are all good. Runs a bit different than my old Rincon, and our current 300 for sure. Off the line, the CVT doesn't seem as quick as the Rincon, but after you get rolling power comes on quick then levels off. This took some getting used to in some technical rock crawling though a nearby brook, almost flipped in low range trying to be subtle with the throttle in the rocks
Heading back up for Thanksgiving weekend so hope to get more seat time!
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