Never heard anything to support the claim that Yamaha had a Made in China 700 engine ..

2007-2008 are generally regarded as good motors minus stators burn out issues. The later years have an updated cover that uses oil to cool down the stators.

The best seem to be 2009 to 2015 686cc. 14-15 being a revamp version with updates piston, cylinder head , exhaust system and fuel mapping

2016 - 2018 708cc are entirely different platform with DOHC. They were apparently made under devision of Subaru . Many have had great luck with these, but documented oil burning issues plague some..


2019 and later are basically identical to the bullet prof 2014- 2015 version of the 686cc and we hope will prove as durable, and reliable.

 

Never heard anything to support the claim that Yamaha had a Made in China 700 engine ..

2007-2008 are generally regarded as good motors minus stators burn out issues. The later years have an updated cover that uses oil to cool down the stators.

The best seem to be 2009 to 2015 686cc. 14-15 being a revamp version with updates piston, cylinder head , exhaust system and fuel mapping

2016 - 2018 708cc are entirely different platform with DOHC. They were apparently made under devision of Subaru . Many have had great luck with these, but documented oil burning issues plague some..


2019 and later are basically identical to the bullet prof 2014- 2015 version of the 686cc and we hope will prove as durable, and reliable.

Good to know the new engines seem to be well made. I know my Suzuki Vinson had it's problems as well. One of them was if the battery did not have enough power to spin the starter over easily it would torque a gear in the engine housing and bust the gear off. The only way to fix it was a new engine case. So i was always sure to keep the battery charged and if the battery got weak i replaced it. I have never had that problem because i made sure to avoid it.

 

It's sleeved, 2011 was the last year they were made in Japan. I'm over 10k miles trouble free.

 

2011 was the last year they were made in Japan.

I looked into where Suzuki built their ATV and it seems they went to American production in 2001. Japan built stuff seems to have much better quality than American built. Back in the 2000's all of my friends owned 500cc polarises and they were absolute garbage. The only thing that was well built on them was the engines and come to find out the 500cc engines were built by a Japanese company called Fuji in Japan. I wish Japanese power sports companies would have kept their production in Japan.

 

I was was one of those oil burners 2016 was rebuilt 2 times since July of this year first time dealer nicked the ring on a jug piston recall. Just got it back a week or so ago and have only put 10 or 15 miles on it . New valve guides ,seals and new fuel pump and piston and rings this time . Keeping my fingers crossed only 756 miles onit ! 10 grand for a machine and i had to deal with this ?

 

"Japan built stuff seems to have much better quality than American built."

Agreed. The 2011 model Grizzly was the last year of that generation. The previous bugs of that generation had been addressed and fixed for 2011 such as the big E instrument cluster fail, over heating stator, faulty roll over valve, boiling gas issue, vented corroded EPS unit, etc.
In 2012 to present they started making them in America with issues like ball joints failing, decompression springs failing, seats falling off, oil burning 708, defective hubs "wheel bearing bore too deep", and faulty 4 wheel drive switch to name a few.
If I could find another 2011 in pristine condition I'd probably buy it even though I really don't need it. Over 10k miles on mine with no issues at all. I've never even adjusted the valves, just routine maintenance and wear and tear items.

 

Well that dont inspire my confidence in buying a 2021 Grizzly...

 

So what is required to fix the factory air filter?

 

All I did was grease the foam donut, and made a shim out of a margarine container placed at the back of the filter to keep a bit more pressure on the donut against the air box housing on the opposite end...

Heck one member used a 2x4 of wood to achieve similar results