I don't really ride with anyone that has one. Most of the people I ride with ride the Honda 400EX. I have met some people out at riding areas that ride the Predators. I haven't heard anything like from them, but since I don't really know them very well, they probably wouldn't mention any kind of problems or regrets they had. I remember a lot of magazines named the Predator "ATV of the Year" when they were first realeased. I guess that really doesn't mean much though. I think a lot of the magazines favor certain brands and get some sort of kickbacks for it....