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.

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. :)

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.

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 👍

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

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.

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

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.

Knowing Kawasaki, anywhere from 2-4 years

75ish