2018 Kawasaki Brute Force 750 Review

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2018 Kawasaki Brute Force 750 Review The brute force Kawasaki 750 ATV is exactly what its name implies. A powerful engine coupled to a large off-road transmission adds to an AG/REC hybrid that is hard to beat and huge fun to ride. Kawasaki’s brute force 750 does not feign false modesty. It’s a big ‘ Super black ‘ beast with an aggressive posture, go to the acceleration of hell and go to hell everything else. It’s going to break the floor like a stick of dynamite if that’s what you want, but in the right hands you have a subtle talent to reduce the difficult obstacles to an exercise in throttle control.

As far as we know, this is the only ATV with a diff front lever action lock with benefits that can be applied incrementally. It’s like asking for more traction and getting it. And then when you’re done with it, you put it back in the box. When the definitive bikes delivered our review of the brute force 4x4i, it did not seem to be hiding any secrets. Seemed the way all full size 4WD quads look; Square, thick, full of energy barely contained and slightly dull – apart from the blocking lever of the bright yellow difference, it had no real distinctive features.

That changed when we shot him. 749cc V-Twin on this machine is manufactured in Lincoln, Nebraska (the USA) and makes this the first 4WD Japanese ATV to sound like a Formula One car in a bottle. A big bottle. But this is not the biggest or heaviest ATV on the market. Compare brute force with the Polaris Sportsman 850 SP and you will find that the Polaris remains thick with a dry weight of 349kg. Since the “dry weight ” means without fuel or oil, you could probably add another 20kg to that.

The reason we mentioned this is because the direction of Kawasaki’s energy feels a little light for us, as if it were designed for a heavier Quad. On the other hand, the fact that it accelerates so fast and has a maximum speed of about 120 km/h is a valid reason for the assisted management to feel slightly nervous. It has a great job to do, maintaining the propensity of the machine for pillage under control.

2018 Kawasaki Brute Force 750 Specs

OFF-Road The Kawasaki has no cracks, unless you consider that the small slip-resistant plastic plate is less than an ideal farmer’s armor. There is nothing unusual or innovative of the CV joints at one end to the joints of the CV on the other. (no zerks fat.) The suspension is what you would expect from almost any 4WD ATV-independent front and rear suspension, and shock absorbers with preload adjustment only. The quality of the ride in the Kawie is firm, it is definitely not as luxurious or ‘ fixed ‘ as the last Quad we evaluated in the same territory – the Suzuki KingQuad 500 AXI.

It’s not rough as such, plus the ride you would expect in a hybrid with power GoBS and a suspension layout designed to keep it all right side up. You don’t want a 750 brute force with sloppy suspension.

The 25-inch cast aluminum wheels, instead of the most common, 26-inch, six-spoke, look a little small, but do not seem to affect the ground clearance in any way measurable, and we know from experience that rough terrain tires this machine are capable and durable. The front brakes are strong, no surprise, but the wet rear disc feels a little weak – as do most wet brakes. The butterfly adjusters are there to remove any slack on the lever, and they succeed, but you are still driving with the same type of brake and living with your inherent weakness. Adjust away. It’s still a weak brake.

The storage space is pretty good, with a small pocket on the back of each front guard and a larger but somewhat superficial waterproof box on the front of the machine, where on most ATV’s you would find the top-up point. of the radiator. The air filter is easy to get, so it is the oil filling point of the engine, and the racks are steel.

To engage 4WD you press the button and get 3WD-I didn’t know that, did you? – but when it is transported on the diff lock lever you actually get 4WD, and a lot of it. Brute force emits the message that nothing less than a tank trap will stop it.

2018 Kawasaki Brute Force 750 Design

The control is one of the strengths of this machine, and much of it oscillates in learning to use that little lever on the handlebar. We have heard the riders complain that a modulating differential blockade is a waste of time: “Just another control you have to lose the turn with. “We’d like to defer.

Granted, extending a single finger may sound like too much hard work for some people, but we believe that the diff blocking on this machine is a brilliant yellow blow of genius. When you learn to use it properly, you will also notice the benefits. And what could they be? Well, there’s always a great record test. In our brute force video (Reggie’s Day Off), you will see Reg Grant and the Kawasaki climb over a large pile of logs, the remains of a long-spotted eucalyptus dead.

The Quad falters as he tries to get the front wheels on the first trunk, at which point Reg extends his finger and pulls the lever. The front wheels grab the traction and the Quad then drags up and over the first obstacle. Having done the hard bit, REG then releases the diff lock Lever and has no more need of it on its way through the mixed stack.

REG made it seem easy – and, for a rider of his ability, it is. The only evidence he had traced on an unpleasant object was a scratch mark on the slip plate, a three-piece plastic device that promises little protection for riders who have to negotiate rocks, boulders Creek and other objects Challenging.

Fortunately, Kawasaki has genuine aluminum skid plates. For a complete system, protecting everything between front and rear CV splices, the price will be very close to $1300. If you can afford it, or even if you can’t, I would recommend it. The money can’t buy everything, of course, but you get a lot for the money with this machine.

2018 Kawasaki Brute Force 750 Engine

We are tempted to say that the Kawasaki brute Force 750 ATV shares with the Suzuki 500 AXI an indefinable quality that adds to its attractiveness. It is true that it needs more than the quality of the star to carry and tow heavy loads, but having a machine that seems able to do so easily makes the task itself seem easier. This Quad is actually what the industry now likes to call a hybrid. It has all the hard bits to carry, towing and going off the highway, but also the fun bits to assemble quickly, sliding across gravel corners and blasting up hills.

You’ll never need more energy than this engine gives you. Few Japanese ATV manufacturers quote engine performance figures, but Kawasaki is not shy about it. The fuel-injected V-twin develops 50HP (37kW) in 6750rpm and the maximum torque of 59Nm in 5250rpm. And yes, that’s enough.

The trailer rating is 567kg but, to be honest, we have no idea how the manufacturers determine the towing ratings. You would expect a larger, heavier machine like the Polaris Sportsman 850 SP to have a higher trailer score, and it does, but in 680kg it is more than 100kg higher. Perhaps the manufacturers give their machines a trailer rating that they believe the market will withstand. Maybe the farmers hook up what they think their machines will tow.

There is certainly a lot for the V-Twin to do here, but, oddly enough, the only thing you can do well is slow down the machine in a descent. The V-Twin has fewer engine brakes than we expected. Where the engine Suzuki 500 AXI happily restrained its descent speed to 2km/h without brakes, OL ‘ Super black whistled down the hill at 7km/h and counting. This was disappointing and the only weakness we found in brute force 750, a Quad we really liked in all other respects.

2018 Kawasaki Brute Force 750 Price

$13,999 more dealer delivery costs.