my dad has a 2" highlifter lift on his 800 sportsman with 28's it made a big difrence in grownd cleerence
he hasnt changed an axe since
i have one to with 26's on my 500 it works grrrrrrrrrate
thats funny but yamaha and honda arnt the best ither lol!!
try to take the honda in some muskag sholder deep and tiping the front tire in it and falling in the muskag.