Upgrade Honda ATV to power steering?

[weekender7]

Can you upgrade a non-steering Honda 500 Foreman that did not come with power steering to power steering? I recently rode a friends that had power steering and MAN, what a difference.

 

[SWOHTR]

What year?

I’ll admit I don’t know. I had a 2000 Foreman Rubicon 500 w/o power steering and I know what you mean.

What I was able to do was add a warn 4wd/2wd disconnect. THAT made a huge difference, almost like having power steering.

This was 15 years ago though.

 

[TxLite]

I’m sure it can be done but not sure if the juice is worth the squeeze. It might be cheaper/easier in the end to sell it and get what you’re wanting. I absolutely adored my 2015 with power steering.

 

[fmyth]

 

[Wrench]

One of my friends did the aftermarket power steering on his polaris with tracks and I did not. HUGE difference. It was about $700 for his kit.

 

[weekender7]

Mine is a 2007. I don't use it a lot, mainly only for hunting. I am old and after driving one with power steering would like to have it if possible. I can't see shelling out 10K for a new one.

the one shown above by fmyth is for a SXS, not an ATV.

 

[fmyth]

Mine is a 2007. I don't use it a lot, mainly only for hunting. I am old and after driving one with power steering would like to have it if possible. I can't see shelling out 10K for a new one.

the one shown above by fmyth is for a SXS, not an ATV.

Crap you are correct. You might call Super ATV and see if they have a kit for your machine. If not here is a link to a forum post from a guy that adapted a Can Am kit to an older Honda ATV. The motors are all the same it's the brackets and steering shafts that would need to be modified. https://www.hondaforeman.com/thread...2004-honda-foreman-trx450es-beautiful.312943/

 

[weekender7]

Thank you for the link fmyth, I may call that guy. I get different responses from
SuperATV, I called them and the lady said no. I emailed them a different lady said their universal kit would work.

 

[11boo]

Man, just sell yours and buy a used one with. As you learned, PS is a worthy investment. I’ve ridden both, the PS quad first. I thought the non PS machine was broken lol.

 

[weekender7]

11boo, I am 69, not rich, handy with my hands still. I had rather ride my old ATV modified on my next hunt than sit at home and look at a new one.