We took our Ridge out on the trail again today, in the Modoc Forrest. The trails / roads were rough with fairly deep ruts and bumps, with water crossings etc. The Ridge did fantastic. It was surprising how smooth the ride was.
Starting from a stop is clunky, even worse in reverse and that is my biggest complaint. We have purchased the Aftermarket Assassins, complete clutch kit. It did cost over 550.00 It did already arrive. However we are having so much fun its going to be a minute or two before we head home to put the clutch in. I am hoping it will reduce or even eliminate the clunky take off, also I am hoping for a little lower RPM. I do have the electrical gremlin that sometimes keeps the accessories from turning on. When that happens I just shut it off and restart it and all is well. I will be taking it in in October to the Tractor dealer where I purchased mine to repair that and give it the once over. We are retired and purchased the Ridge to replace our Quads. Guess what ..... It has made our Quads absolutely obsolete for us.
At this point we have only had the Ridge for a little over a week, and 246 miles as of today. Even with the clunky take off we are very happy with it so far. Would I buy it again YES! Anyway, just wanted to share our limited experience with our 2024 Ridge with HVAC. In a few weeks when we get home, I will install the clutch kit and give my thoughts on it. My wife is also making me install the horn and side mirrors on it. I already installed a winch and the Garmin . The horn is so when my wife is driving it around the area she can honk at me as she goes by.
Starting from a stop is clunky, even worse in reverse and that is my biggest complaint. We have purchased the Aftermarket Assassins, complete clutch kit. It did cost over 550.00 It did already arrive. However we are having so much fun its going to be a minute or two before we head home to put the clutch in. I am hoping it will reduce or even eliminate the clunky take off, also I am hoping for a little lower RPM. I do have the electrical gremlin that sometimes keeps the accessories from turning on. When that happens I just shut it off and restart it and all is well. I will be taking it in in October to the Tractor dealer where I purchased mine to repair that and give it the once over. We are retired and purchased the Ridge to replace our Quads. Guess what ..... It has made our Quads absolutely obsolete for us.
At this point we have only had the Ridge for a little over a week, and 246 miles as of today. Even with the clunky take off we are very happy with it so far. Would I buy it again YES! Anyway, just wanted to share our limited experience with our 2024 Ridge with HVAC. In a few weeks when we get home, I will install the clutch kit and give my thoughts on it. My wife is also making me install the horn and side mirrors on it. I already installed a winch and the Garmin . The horn is so when my wife is driving it around the area she can honk at me as she goes by.
