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Kawasaki Teryx 750

http://dragonfireracing.com/ca...wasaki_teryx_750.html

The 90-degree 749cc V-twin engine is the largest, most powerful engine in its class
Positioned mid-ship for optimum front/rear balance - good for power slides and cornering control
Straight intake tracts and 34mm downdraft carburetors enhance power delivery throughout the rpm range
Radiator is compact and placed high in the chassis for better protection against mud and debris
Ducts located by the cargo bed direct cooling air to the engine
Aluminum cylinders are Electrofusion-plated for light weight, long wear and excellent heat dispersion
Engine can be started in any gear when the rear brake is applied
Electronically controlled Kawasaki Engine Brake Control helps to slow the RSV when traversing steep down hills


CVT features high and low ranges, plus reverse
Combined with the engine power characteristics, provides instantaneous acceleration
Rider can select two- or four-wheel-drive operation by pressing a button located on the dash
Limited-slip front differential reduces steering effort under normal four-wheel drive operation, while Variable Front Differential Control permits rider to distribute torque equally to left and right front wheels for maximum traction via a hand lever
Rear wheels are locked and always turning together for cornering control


Large-diameter thin-walled tubular steel frame
Only RSV with integrated occupant protection
First with sport performance-focused suspension - low-speed comfort not a main design priority
Wide track provides excellent stability and chassis has 11.2 inches of ground clearance
Long dual front A-arm suspension and narrow frame concept provides 7.5 inches of travel and features adjustable gas-charged Kayaba shocks
Independent rear suspension provides the best balance of rider comfort and handling at high speeds, and adjustable gas-charged Kayaba shocks with reservoirs provides 7.25 inches of travel
Chassis offers the right balance of bump absorption while limiting understeer
Able to tackle corners in either a drift or grip style and operate beyond the limits of its rivals


Dual front 200mm disc brakes with two-piston 27mm calipers and Kawasaki's sealed, oil-bathed, multi-disc rear brake system provide maximum stopping power in all conditions
Front discs are recessed in wheels for protection from debris
Good rough terrain performance and obstacle clearance with 26-inch Maxxis tires specially built for the Teryx 750 4x4
Tread design enables both controlled sliding and forward traction
Bucket seats with retractable three-point seat belts
Foot guards designed into the floor and body
Padded steering wheel positioned low for better control
Body work is made of high-gloss scratch resistant Thermo-Plastic Olefin
Steel floor boards and engine guards for maximum protection
Dual 40W headlights and dual taillights
Cargo bed has 500 lb capacity, tie down hooks in all four corners and cargo net standard


Digital Meter
Dual retractable cup holders
Hard top
Half-Windshield
Tilting cargo bed with gas assist

The specs look pretty darned good, EXCEPTING carburetors! However, the present injection systems also leave something to be desired. The biggest plus is cold weather starting. Does Kawasaki have a constantly tensioned CVT belt as Yamaha, or does it double as a clutch (as in a Polaris)?

I will guess about 60-65 mph?

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Love the Bomb machines, but hate the crappy BRP customer service when you call Canada!! Screw you BRP, you SUCK and will never see my money again!2006 Arctic Cat Prowler - faster than my Outlander!
2006 Max XT 400 - overweight!
2004 Rev 600HO
2002 MXZ 6002006 BMW 750Li
2004 Tahoe LT - another overweight pig!
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This sounds like it has the same CVT transmission as the Kawasaki utility ATVs have, which is more like the Polaris transmission than the Yamaha transmission. It has electronic engine braking, and the belt is not under continuous tension.

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'09 Can-Am Renegade 800: ATVTorture.com project quad
'08 KTM 950 R Super Enduro
'08 Dodge Challenger SRT8
'04 Jeep Wrangler Sport

"...Able to tackle corners in either a drift or grip style and operate beyond the limits of its rival....Positioned mid-ship for optimum front/rear balance - good for power slides and cornering control...."

It's interesting to me that any corporate entity would let this kind of promotional wording fly when we certainly haven't seen anything approaching these kind of handling descriptions to date.

"So what 'style' were you into before you were 'beyond the limits' of your buddy's machine and rolled that thing....'drift' or 'power grip'???"

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Forming a "Long Range Financial Subcommittee" in MI.:
Take two inexplicably expired term motorcycle reps. still serving on the board (one names yet another motorcycle rep)
Add 1 full-size and but 1 atv rep.
Arrogantly claim that the entire process should be finished in 4 conference calls with absolutely no public involvement or any meeting minutes recorded.
Result?
No complaint whatsoever from sheep-like atv clubs with literally tens of millions in play.

Its the high side barrel roll that happens when the drift style changes to the grip style that gets exciting.

That description sound like the same text used to describe something in my kids Forza II video game. I wonder if they have the same writer?

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'09 Can-Am Renegade 800: ATVTorture.com project quad
'08 KTM 950 R Super Enduro
'08 Dodge Challenger SRT8
'04 Jeep Wrangler Sport

Anyone know the release date of this SxS? I think I read December 07 somewhere.

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Love the ride. Respect the Earth.

I called my Kawasaki Dealer yesterday and asked if there had been any information leaked on the release date of the Teryx. He didn't know and said his Kawasaki Rep didn't know either.

Looks like it's no time soon.... Bummer. I'm in the market now but don't want to wait without some kind of date....

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Love the ride. Respect the Earth.

It is very disappointing Kawasaki would "leak" information on such a machine, and yet even the dealers have a clue as to an availability date. It must be a marketing tactic to hold potential buyers at bay when the RZR is on the street, and Honda is fairly sure to announce a SxS this week. However, whatever Honda comes out with will also probably not be to the customers before December. If Kawi is smart, they will add EFI before the release date.

Stopped by a dealer yesterday and according to him, "after the first of the year".

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'02 Duramax
'01 Raptor/FMF/K&N and jetted
'07 Rhino Sport
Goodyear Mud Runners

I've heard from some people at Kawi corporate that's looking more like March/April.

got our first one yesterday. we are also yamaha dealer, so we compared them. 120 rider in kawi and 220 rider in rhino, kawi one by 2 lengths. swapped riders, yamaha won by nose. roll on at 5 mph, dead even. top speed test was dead even until yamaha hit limiter at 42, kawi pulled away little. it doesnt have speedo(base model) so it wont run 55-60. more like 43-44mph. in end weight made difference, but kawi is just hair quicker and faster top speed. really both pretty equal. base kawi doesnt have speedo, tilt bed like rhino.

Rode both a Silver SE 700 Rhino and Teryx today. Not sure how you are saying they are close in power, we found the opposite to be true. The Rhino doesn't have nearly the torque of the Teryx. And this one had 27" XTRs on it. The Rhino has a lot of nice features, is more refined in the placement of the electricals, oil filter, belt access, and details. It also vibrated badly, shook the dash a good bit. In the end after close comparision of the pluses and minuses of each, the Teryx won out due to the much better performance. Camo SE on the way. They are saying a couple of weeks.

Don't take my word for it, try them both for yourself and decide. I personally was thinking the Rhino would be the better overall machine but after riding both changed my mind in a hurry.

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2008 Renegade

how i based my info was test riding them both, then drag race for 2 blocks, from dead stop and then from roll on. if u go by seat of pants.. sure one will be different, which is why we raced them. i work for dealer that carries both brands,well actually all 4 jap brands and ktm. we even swapped riders from the races.. to make sure weight of rider wasnt factor. in end there close in power, acceleration, with kawi being just tad quicker and faster. basically it ran @ 2 more mph faster than rhino, but no speedo so hard to tell, in drag race terxy from dead stop and roll on, was a hair faster. not 5 or 10 feet ahead.. just inches. really with either u cant go wrong. both great, with yamaha having more features,unless u get higher model kawi. but if u get one to blow doors off other....then get razr. and nope we dont sell them, but we did line up rhino 660, rhino 700 and razr. rhino660 had full yosh, extened ecu for more top speed, jet kit, filter, and 700 rhino still outran it, but razr beat them both by ton. where it gets ahead is right off line, or hit of gas from roll on. hit gas and it would jump out 2 lengths, then remain close until rhino top speed, and it would pull away. one of our parts guys owns one, and he was going to bring it up to race teryx, but after rhino race...he said it wasnt worth it, teryx wouldnt be close to it. if u like, ill send you videos of rhino 660,700 and razr race.

Maybe in a drag they are close but not in real world usage like climbing a large hill. Both on a very steep hill, the Teryx keeps going, the Rhino runs out of power. Probably due to the torque of the twin. It was a big selling point. Well, that and the fact that the Teryx didn't vibrate nearly as bad. Like I mentioned, the Rhino was a more refined machine, probably since they have had a few years to update things, work out any issues. But in our opinion it did not perform overall nearly as well as the Teryx.

Why Kawi went with the carbs still doesn't make much sence. They are standard on the Brute so they had the tech already available. But if someone was wanting to hop their machine up at this point in time, I guess the carb setup would probably be easier to work with. You could buy a timing module to fix the low end lag like on the quads, something you can't do without replacing the entire ECM on an EFI model. And they are few and far between at this point in time. That should change though as the aftermarket sees the opportunity growing as more and more machines switch over to EFI.

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2008 Renegade

I was reading a review of the Teryx and one of the magazine reps from the Utah release stated that the machines there with hours on them were completely different than the ones that were brand new. Not sure but maybe this is why the one we rode did so much better for us than the Rhino. The Teryx that we drove was run a good bit, the Rhino was brand new. There was a dramatic difference between the two. I also am seeing conflicting info on the various forums. One thing for certain, the Teryx we rode made the Rhino feel like a golf cart. As I mentioned above, we were dead set on the Rhino being the better overall machine of the two but that changed after riding both. The access to maint items and the details are so much better on the Rhino but the performance just wasn't there. At least on the one we test drove.

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2008 Renegade

both we raced were new. i too thought v twin and Tq would be much more on terxy. it wasnt that great of difference from what we tested.. tho more to come when we get one with several hours on them.

on FI thing.. well this is first year they put FI on 750 brute force. figure carbs are easier and cheaper than FI and they wanted base model to come in under price of rhino.. they did. 09 will prolly be same, cept for few changes to any bugs, then figure FI to come out in 2010. only tme will tell tho. see kawi put FI on euro ninja 250 and didnt on US model. cost is only thing i can think off, since it had 400$ price increase to begin with. 07 rhino 660 with carbs. 9399, 08 rhino 700 FI, $10,399 or so. pretty healthy price increase for them which is totally unusual. been in business long enuff.. most of time chanes in models increase price 1-200$ and brand new models might(and i say just might, not always) go up $500. so big jump in cost of rhino was quite a shock.

Wow, you guys got them all tricked out already!

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2008 Renegade

I bought one yesterday - It's a blast. I'm trying to break it in according to the manual, however I'm having great difficulty keeping the gas pedal off the floor. Here's a couple of things I've notice so far:

A. The roof on the LE model vibrates against the roll cage. Solution: 2 pieces of foam.
B. The gas pedal is super sensitive. I'm not sure how to explain this, but here goes... When bumping over "textured" terrain, my foot has a tendency to tap the pedal which causes the motor to rev. Solution: I'm heading to the BOB (Big Orange Box - Home Depot) tomorrow for a stiffer return spring. Hopefully this will do the trick. Otherwise keep it floored and don't worry about it.
C. The seat belts suck. They don't seem to retract very good. Solution: ??? replace them with automotive ones?
D. I got a jealous look from some dude at the grocery store earlier today. He was parking his Rhino as I drove by!!!
E. I tossed the spark arrestor in a box of spare parts. The machine sounds much better and may have picked up 1 extra horsepower.
F. Top speed according to dash speedo is 51mph. I'll have to check it with my GPS.

Congrads on your new machine! My buddy's didn't get here yet. The dealer got their first LE a week or so ago but not in his color, camo.

How's the tilt bed? Saw someone post it rattled a little. Not sure if his was loose or what.

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2008 Renegade

The only time I heard the bed rattle was when I pounded a few serious whoops. I think there is an adjustment near the hinge.