What Quad to buy ?

[spike1]

I'm looking to buy a Quad and need some feedback. For several reasons I need to keep the weight down, I would like the machine to be around 400 pounds. I want to stay with the utility version, hopefully I'm older and smarter now and need to keep the speed down for more exploring/hunting rather than racing. I live in Arizona and don't require the 4X4 for going through lots of mud, 4X2 is just fine. I really don't like this crash box shifting they have now. I prefer a real clutch but have found out they don't exist anymore. I like the Artic Cat 250 but it is so heavy 500+ !

The contenders are the Bombardier Rally 200, Suzuki Ozark 250, Kawasaki Bayou 250, and the Honda Recon 250. These machines all seem about equal to me. The leader of the pack if I had to choose today would be the Bombardier Rally. The Rally has the CVT transmission (or lack of). It is the lightest of them all at 388. The dealer is just down the street (Mom and Pop) and I can get out the door with everything ~ 300 less than other units,,, and ! the dealer is throwing in a 3 year warranty (or was it 2 years ?).

So are the Bombardier's OK ? Am I missing something?