@Springbran1 awesome to hear, and we can sure help you make it your own any way you want. Thank you for watching 👍

Correct, you put only a film on the shaft it slides on, like I talked about, once you get the 1st one in, it is just a little jiggle and they drop in, the grease helps hold them in place so they don't just fall out, and I like to twist to hold it till I get the spring back on and under pressure.

If you are eating belts there could be several things that "could" be the cause. My #1 would be damaged shieve faces, something got in there and damaged the metal and as the belt passes by it rips up the belt. LOTS of force on these belts. #2, if the clutches are wore out, lots of rocking play from wore out bushings, you can sure get abnormal wear. #3, cheap aftermarket belts, I will only recommend the OEM, on this unit, anything else is asking for failure, never see good luck.

I thank you kindly sir . I'm sure I will be asking for your advice again in the near future.

@Perkbythapound yes, we are working on all 3 Gen 3s at the same time. Keep an eye out, we are getting close 😁

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@@HesterEdition my man!

On the stock shocks? Honestly, you can play with them till the cows come home, and never really get them to ride correctly, you can play with the stockers and get a tad better, but the internals are valved so wrong and cheap, just upgrade to a set of our Hester Editions in any of the 5 stages (see the Elka 5 stage breakdown video on our channel) and be in a totally new world of ride quality and performance. We have never found any setting that worked properly with the stock shocks.

We are working on all 3 Gen 2 models now, time is my biggest enemy right now, the dealership is eating so much of it I can't get out and work on them that much, but I am progressing on all 3. I know I am way behind on them, but I will not release a shock that is not perfect :), they are going to be CRAZY GOOD upgrade!

@@HesterEdition well that gives me some time to save up some money for them 🤞🏽

What part was the deciding factor?

It shouldn’t. Defenders are brutal. I had one - AC didn’t work from factory after 5 min ride. Pure junk. At least Kawis are built like tanks and backed by a 3 year warranty…. I traded my defender in on a Teryx 4 and haven’t looked back!

Welcome. Us personally are going to wait for a 4 seater to come out, probably 2-3 years though.

The Kawasaki Mule MX is made by Kymco in Taiwan, the CF-Moto Is made in Mexico on the same street as Polaris and Can Am. Also Kawasaki moved the side by side and ATV plant to Mexico. Hope that helps.

@@HesterEdition It's like a nike made in china, it's a nike quality, US quality. China company brand made in Us, china quality. But it helps that I know.

Thank you, short answer, YES! kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZ6vmJl4bZ59g5osi=g8Jszh1kHw421DE5

@@HesterEdition Awesome, thanks for the response. I feel like its a "downgrade" going with a teryx over a rzr or krx. but with your kit i think its an upgrade. haha and at a much more reasonable price.

@Not_Tony not as fast no, but Billy goats and super reliable for sure, great tight turning as well.

@@HesterEdition I hate to keep bugging you, but aside from speed what are you losing with the 'flag ship' models. XP KRX etc. Does the 4 link rear suspension help with trail riding? Or is that better for jumps and high speed? I think one thing i prefer about them is the seating positions are more "in" the sxs instead of "on" the sxs if that makes sense. lol once again sorry for all the questions. Probably going to buy a T4 in the next couple months and just want to make sure im not disapointed coming from an xp1k and xp turbo.

For sure, the stock shocks are made so terrible, our Hester Edition Elkas are truly night and day! Join our "Hester Edition Elka Suspension Owners" Page on Facebook, there are owner videos on the 950 EX and the owners are blown away with how much better the machine is now. Just call us when ready to get the shocks or dang near anything else for your ride! Tuesday-Saturdays (575) 445-3558

No SXS will ever be "car" quiet, I mean it is on off-road vehicle, BUT, everyone's perception of "quiet" is different, This thing at 60 sounds like my Teryx driving 10mph, to me, this thing is pretty dang quiet, but this is why we also tell customers to drive them and see for themselves. :)

This model has 27" stock, but room to fit up to 32s.

I did, it's not a "my thoughts in 5 seconds or less" video.

No SXS will ever be "car" quiet, I mean it is on off-road vehicle, BUT, everyone's perception of "quiet" is different, This thing at 60 sounds like my Teryx driving 10mph, to me, this thing is pretty dang quiet, but this is why we also tell customers to drive them and see for themselves. :)

@@HesterEdition Absolutely, can't agree more, DRIVE one, might be totally acceptable for you. I ended up buying a Ranger last week because it was considerably quieter at speeds over 35.... my wife and 9 month old ride with me regularly, so I wanted to be able to have conversation on the road. Thanks for the excellent review by the way. I still think the Ridge is a very nice machine, just not for me. Looking forward to more reviews on it.

@@Roy-gi1lu thank you for watching 👍

Thank you for your time for talking about this fine machine. Always do your best and have fun. Never quit when you still have something to give. It's not a funeral, make some noise. You can't make everyone happy and if you do, then you are not doing your job right. ​@@HesterEdition

We have several videos on the Teryx's, also join our owners page to hear from many owners as well. They are night and day compared to stock 😁 facebook.com/groups/hestereditionelkaowners/?ref=share&mibextid=NSMWBT

Yes because you don't put it on the hood, only the body, you end it where the body bolts down, the hood is not touched.

You have a point, I ain't gunna lie! This is meant to be the "accessorized" unit from the manufacture and would think they would have thrown the book at it. But I think they guessed a rear-view mirror and front and rear cameras would have been enough.

Should come with a lot more for that money Better mileage higher speed limit Quieter better interior better tires longer lasting Man we can critic a lot You can buy a jeep for about the same price

@@gabrielrocha560 It is governed at 75mph, how much faster do you want to go? lol. There are a few vehicles that meet your criteria, but they are not in this price range, more like 45k+. Once you cross that HVAC line, that is where the money is dumped, you can get a non-HVAC for over 10k less. Then build it how YOU want it.

The seat is 19" front floor to top of seat bottom, same as a Teryx, and MX mid size mule, and a CFMoto U-Force 1000 as comparison, it is slightly lower than a mule 1000 FXT which is 20". I am 6 ft with 36" inseam and my legs have lots of room, but are well bent. My wife drove one of the ridge and she is 5'2" with real short legs and her feat were not dangling, but not as flat planted as mine. We have a Teryx-4 (same seat height as mentioned) and she has never complained. The seat base is about 2" thick and is plush.

@@HesterEdition I have a 2017 mule pro fx Ranch edition and the seat height on it is perfect. I sat in a new Ridge Ranch, and the seat was way taller. The glove box wouldn't stay latched on it and another Ridge Ranch that I was in was the same way.

@timdavison2417 I covered that well on the long uncut video on the ranch Edition video too, yes needs reinforcement to stop from flexing. I measured the seats on new units on the floor to get those numbers, the ridge might feel like a taller seat but the pro F mule does have a longer distance from the floor to the top of the seat base "slightly". But I did measure a ranch Edition mule which does have the thicker seat, a non-ranch (did not have on the floor) is thinner.

The kawi belts are best by far from our experience. But you can use the epi belt as well, just won't get the life span, but will work fine

Knowing Kawasaki, anywhere from 2-4 years

75ish

Darn right, short bursts are nothing to a machine, you just don't want to wring its nuts off for miles new

I hate all the color schemes for them. I bought a new 2024 green mile pro mx a couple months ago and was thinking about waiting for one of these but then saw how ugly the colors are. I figure in a couple years I may buy one if they come out with new colors. My rule is to wait a couple years after something new comes out anyways. We have learned that new models always have some unforeseen issues on any vehicle.

There are many colors and trim levels of the ridge.

The gold would match my Jetski perfectly. It’s a beautiful colour out in the sun!

​@@HesterEdition The limited only comes in the color you see in the video

@mrwhamisrick for the limited yes, but there are several trim levels and colors to pick from, meaning you can select a different hvac or non-hvac machine and build what you want out of it... OR you can pic the one you want, change plastics color or wrap it to what you want, customization is beautiful. Make it your own. There are several hvac models in 2 HP levels, all the rest is add ons. The limited it just a standard hvac, and the accessories book tossed at it from the factory.

I know how to put AC in the Teryx... It won't be easy or cheap, but heck yeah, it can be done lol.

Yup. Bolt right up! Thank you!

Welcome.

They are wider wheels in the rear, but as you can see in the video, nothing you can tell, you run different tire pressures F to R. so this has 9psi from and 11psi rear, your pressure may very based on your use and loads.

Give us a call Tuesday-Saturdays (575) 445-3558 to get current prices. 👍

@@HesterEdition I asked on face book and you guys sent me your KZbin. Now I’m here and you’re telling me to call. Just tell me the price

@@HillsideAcres We send to you tube to see the stages to pick from, then you call us OR message us on facebook in you wish, there are 6 price structures, now that you know the stages you want prices on just give us a call Tuesday-Friday (575) 445-3558. We can get you prices and get you rolling on the set you choose :)

@@HesterEdition I don’t want to spend any more time just trying to get a price but thanks.

as far as outright performance the U-Force has impressive torque and get up and go, the owner of the Defender would not let us run them so I can no prove which is faster. I will say the throttling of the defender BOX STOCK, is much smoother but feels disconnected, as in you punch it and then you feel the throttle servo's opening up a couple seconds later. I get why they do it and it's all about use of power, and the uforce is very snappy and we do a lot of clutch kits to ton down the snappiness. Once again bone stock the ride quality win would be the defender, but it's not THAT much better, just add a set of our Hester Edition Elkas to the U-Force with the vast amount of savings and hands down the U-Force is in another world of ride quuality over the Defender, till you add our Shocks to the defender lol. It is a kind of back and forth battle, neither one wins hands down over the other, it's little battle wins back and forth, but when you lay your hard earned money, that is a HUGE chunk in price tag, and you can build one SUPER nice U-Force for a box stock XT Defender. And with good maintenance on either one, they will last thousands of miles and years of service. I really wish I could have done a FULL review and shown the driving, performance and talk about the throttle more.

Thank you!! really appreciate it!

Right to business!

Thanks so much! Going to have a video on the limited with HVAC soon! Just got it in

If you are wanting to go that high, we have many set ups to achieve that, but it will not be a standard Long travel build, give us a call and we can go over that with you and help you build what YOU wish.

@@HesterEdition Hester is the man!! They have the best setup. and the most knowledge of anyone.! I can't wait to get my Hester long travel kit and Elka stage 3 shocks. Hester Elka shocks are the best thing you can get for your ride. I can't wait until my kit arrives.