ALL NEW 2024 Kawasaki Ridge review and ride (honest thoughts, long uncut) 

lol Thank you, But I would just be happy having my hands in building what the customer WANTS lol

And I love to talk haha. Thank you for watching! We greatly appreciate it!

Thank you, and thank you for watching. :)

You as well! Thank you

Thank you for watching.🙏

Awesome to hear. Thank you for watching!

Thank you for watching 👍 yes us too lol.

Always room for upgrades for sure.

@@HesterEditionafter spending that kind of money I don’t want to do “upgrades”

@chadsteele1315 this is true, we all wish for something on a new unit, one day we will get a unit the way WE the customer want it.

@@HesterEdition Arched A-arms come on most machines now. The KRX and even the Teryx S has em to a certain degree. They should be standard equipment. I added Super ATV ones to my Teryx and love em. I expect to upgrade a couple things like tires or added accessories but some of this stuff should just come standard!

Thank you!! really appreciate it!

Thank you!

Thank you! Yes I can't wait till tons of parts are made and it open up the flood gates of custom ridges. Thank you for watching.

At the time of this video the Ranch Edition is $23,999.00 MSRP. We always like to say, ask the dealer the Out The Door price as there is Freight from kawi (can see it on their site on each model) set up to build and service the unit then any doc fee and taxes, gotta love them taxes (shakes fist at Government) 😆 Thank you for watching, as more units come out I'll get videos on those to talk the differences.

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

Why did you sell it? If you mean behind, as it drag race speed? Wait till you see the new pure sport that's coming! EVERYONE who wants power will love it! But as for a rock God, it is hard pressed to beat a KRX in the crawling stuff!

@@HesterEdition I had so many problems with it. It was exhausting. My local dealer sucked also. 2020 green, had issues with primary and secondary clutches grooving, belt over temp, one way bearing, door separation, axles popping out, sagging suspension after 500 miles from the tender springs, dealer said the springs are a maintenance item. First I’ve heard of that. The cab heat was unbearable in the summer due to the coolant lines running down the center console. 140+ in the cab. Knuckles kept hitting when turning which turned into a recall cause some wheels were flying off with other riders. Was at dealer 2 months with no parts. There was a noise that they couldn’t diagnose, they heard it and said it was abnormal and compared it to new KRXs that did not have the noise. It would rattle and drone the whole cab above 40 mph. Said to “drive it till it breaks”. Kawasaki reps won’t meet with their customers no matter how much you try to contact them. Wrote them emails, phone calls, voicemails and they never returned my calls. 1800 did though.

Everything they’ve made is a direct copy of their competition. This thing looks exactly like a Polaris ranger or can am hd10. Once I rode in a can am maverick R I had a deep sense of regret. What a machine.

All valid points, and we all wish manufacturers listened more to the owners, we agree, for the price point, we should have a better suspension, and the sad part is, the price the stock shocks are, you can almost get stage 3s of ours, and the stage 1s would flat blow them out of the water. Someone is getting rich on those shocks, because no way no how they should retail for $5-600 each!

Yes, now to see how it handles dirt out here in the western states, then we can see what improvements on that we can make 😁

We really want a 4 seater, we'll crew ourselves.

Right? We want a crew! Thank you for watching!

Yes we need a crew!!!!!!! XR Crew fully loaded is what I’m hoping for!

As of right now I have not driven the HVAC unit, as quiet as it is now I know nothing in the sxs will be "car" quiet, but it has got to be pretty dang quiet for the industry. When I get one I will do a DB meter in the cab as different speeds and we shall see.

@@HesterEdition awesome. I’ll look forward to that. Perhaps a comparison between the Kawasaki, defender and Ranger in similar configurations ? Cheers

@chadsteele1315 If I could get the vehicles together I would 100% for SURE do that. In our immediate area not a lot of Polaris Rangers or Can-Am Defenders, but will have to see if anyone around us would lend us a vehicle for a comparison. I saw one on RU-vid the Ridge vs a 24 Ranger 1000XP, and when it came to the work part, they just flat ended the comparison and said Ridge wins, they were so frustrated with the Ranger trying to tow a trailer, they hooked the ridge to the polaris's trailer and hauled it out.

Yes

@@HesterEditiononly front and back on the XR....the others don't have front locking diff.... I almost bought the ranch but found out there's no front locking diff

@andregiroux9839 you are right, it is 2wd, 4wd, REAR diff lock on this model.

All current details will be on Kawasaki.com. This unit at the time of video had an msrp of $23,999.00 (plus any fees and taxes)

We agree, everyone knows crews sell a good 20-1 vs 2 seaters, heck, we don't even stock 2 seat Teryx's anymore, just Teryx-4 models, and on mules, we'll do a handful of single bench vs the 90% of FXT crews. If this unit was to go after the Polaris General area, they could have looked and seen that there are way more General crews sold.