ArcticCats?

[gemer]

Originally posted by irondog
My wife is a musher and for that reason they are all manual transmissions.

Correct me if I'm wrong, I'm new to this. The service rep here at local shop told me that utility ATV never come in manual trans!

[kdboutel]

Originally posted by gemer
Correct me if I'm wrong, I'm new to this. The service rep here at local shop told me that utility ATV never come in manual trans!

Your service rep is right, and wrong.

He's right in that there hasn't been a utility ATV with a true manual transmission since the Kawasaki 3 wheelers. In this case I define "manual transmission" as manual clutch and shifting necessary,

He's wrong in that there are actually two automatic transmissions these days. One is of course the CVT machines with transmissions based on the "snowmobile" centrifical clutch. This is a true automatic, no shifting necessary. Here's where it gets sticky...

The "manual transmission" that Suzuki & Arctic Cat used in the 400cc and 500cc utility ATV's is in actuality an automatic-clutched, 5 speed manually-shifted transmission. This last transmission type is what we used to call auto-clutch back before the days of CVT.

Think about machines like the US 90, the Big Red, the Yamahauler and so on. Those machines all had automatic clutches but you still had to shift from gear to gear.

Make sense?

[gemer]

Originally posted by kdboutel
Your service rep is right, and wrong.

In this case I define "manual transmission" as manual clutch and shifting necessary,

Thanks for the reply...
I want a true manual clutch! Does anybody make them anymore? I want to able to hold the clutch and shift just as in sports ATVs. For some odd reasons I can't stand automatic trans, clutchless or steptronics. It's just me...

[gipsy]

Originally posted by gemer
Thanks for the reply...
I want a true manual clutch! Does anybody make them anymore? I want to able to hold the clutch and shift just as in sports ATVs. For some odd reasons I can't stand automatic trans, clutchless or steptronics. It's just me...

If you want a quad with lots of testerone, buy a arctic cat. I love the big fuel tank, 220 km on it but fuel gauge is not accurate. Never have problem with my cvt belt. 2000 km on it and carried 9 tons of rocks to built a wall. Have to climb a 23% hill to carry it! I ride four seasons and love to get stuck with my winch (get the 3000 lb.) there is lot of snow here . My cat always start in very colt weather (-20...). But thoses quads are HEAVY.