They worked fine, but we have found a sintered brake pad from someone like DP Brakes will improve the overall stopping power. Kawasaki says the brakes are unchanged on this heavier 4 seater. The Maxxis Carnivores tires are more suited for hand pack or loamy terrain. Steering is light although the front end seamed to push some on the sand trails we tested on. It corners well and the rear end doesn’t hit things unexpectedly. On the trail, the vehicle doesn’t seam too big. If you were to put a two seat KRX back to back with a KRX4, the 4 is about 1.5-2” taller even though the specs claim the ground clearance is nearly the same at around 15 inches. We were only able to put 35-miles on the KRX4 so far, so we haven’t seen this happen yet. However, if you’ve paid close attention to our tests of the two seater, the springs sag and take a set after about 700-miles. So slow speed comfort wasn’t as good as we expected. In our initial test it seams that the springs are a set tad stiff to keep the ride height up. In slow technical terrain, we didn’t find the need to use low gear more than normal, but when we did, it helped. Our test drive took place with two and three occupants on board. It works decent in sand but this is not the vehicle we would recommend for the dunes. It has more than enough power to get down a trail at a decent clip and have a good time. The 4 seater is less than 200 pounds heavier than the 2 seater, so it’s like having an extra passenger on board when you drive the KRX4. Kawasaki achieved this by ditching the heavier bead lock wheels for non bead lock versions reducing rotating mass. Acceleration feels nearly identical to the two seater. It has 112 horsepower and a 70 MPH top speed. The same compact, twin cylinder, normally aspirated mill that is found in the first gen KRX’s. However those last three mentioned more closely compare to the Kawasaki Teryx S which is also sells for right around $20,000. The two more compact Commander and Maverick Sport from Can-Am have less travel and use A-arm suspension like a Polaris General ($29,599) start at just over $20K. The Polaris is $2000 less and again narrower with slightly less travel. The Honda Talon X4 starts at $5000 less but its a narrower car with less travel. All four are narrower, have slightly less horsepower but are lighter. As for long wheelbase competition with 4-seats and a naturally aspirated engine, you have the Polaris RZR 4, the Honda Talon 4X and two Can-Ams the Maverick Sport Max and new Commander Max.
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