Concidering ATV purchase

[darkstar]

Just for me and wife to ride for fun.
I keep hearing buy two 250cc models.
I was thinking but a 4 wheel drive model and we both cruise to start with plus i can use it in tree work;)Uncle sam...
Any reccomendations?

[Dave Shepard]

Honda, it's the only name you need to know.

[The Branch Doctor]

Yeah, 250cc sucks. They're weak and small. I had a Kawasaki Prairie 650 4x4 and it was the cat's meow.

Just my .02:)

[squisher]

Yah 250 will be to small for ya I think. I had a sportsman 500 and after a couple of months I found it underpowered.

[sotc]

250 is fine for forwarding brush with a trailer, if your dragging brush and logs you want something bigger

[squisher]

My wife rides a 250....................two stroke.:D If you want fun on the trails, buy the largest discplacement you can find. Two months in I would have easily forked out the difference to have had a 700. I called mine the rubber band machine, as in put a rubber band on the throttle and go cause it felt so gutless to me. I was swapping off with my buddies DS650 every chance I got. He he my buddies 650 was also bottle fed(nitrous) which made it even more insane to ride.

[sotc]

i like the 4x4s, not really into racing but more ponies the better:D

[Dave Shepard]

The Honda Rincon is an awesome machine. Mine's the 650, the newer ones are even better.

[The Branch Doctor]

i like the 4x4s, not really into racing but more ponies the better:D

Yep, what Willie said.

[The Branch Doctor]

Honda, it's the only name you need to know.

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: :lol::lol:

Dude, when it comes to ATV's...... somebody LIED to ya.


Sorry, not trying to be a dick.:D

[squisher]

I should've probably got a sport quad. I spent most of my time trading off between one buddies DS650(giant sport quad) and my other buddies piped/reeded Banshee which are a fun little ripper.

I was bitterly dissapointed with my machine and rolled it twice trying to do things with it I shouldn't have been.

[CurSedVoyce]

I burned my pro hauler out twice on brush and wood dragging at it 230 cc. Low geared though and low gearing is also something to consider. Thing was only 2wd and would go anywhere. So definitly go bigger if you use it for work.. I miss our quad. It was a handy lil bugger and lots of fun for the family....

[Dave Shepard]

I bet you buy your atv's at Tractor Supply?

[The Branch Doctor]

I bet you buy your atv's at Tractor Supply?

Who?

[Dave Shepard]

You.:P














:D

[squisher]

Hahahahaha it's not arctic crap is it?:P

[The Branch Doctor]

Oh yeah..... maybe I buy them at Walmart, what's it too ya?:D

[sotc]

we had a couple of these little bad boys growing up, i loved em.
http://www.williamsoffroadspecialties.com/images/forsale/04-07-08/04-07-08%20Quadrunner%20Side.jpg
my buddy has a couple of these, sweet work horses!!
http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Geophysics/4Dseismic/Reports/March_2005/gifs/fig8.jpg

[Dave Shepard]

I'm just startin' chit. In my experience, the Hondas were just getting nicely broken in when the others were just plain broken. Your mileage may vary.

[The Branch Doctor]

That Polaris would be great for pulling an elk out..... damn them buggers are big and HEAVY.

[CurSedVoyce]

My next quad for work if possible:evil:

[squisher]

Suzuki, nice Willie! I bet that was a blast growing up with. Only four wheeler I had as a kid was red, radio flyer I beleive.:D

[The Branch Doctor]

I'm just startin' chit. In my experience, the Hondas were just getting nicely broken in when the others were just plain broken. Your mileage may vary.

I have a tendency to break them. I'm kinda tough on em.:evil:

[The Branch Doctor]

My next quad for work if possible:evil:

Dude, what the hell is that.... I like it!

[Dave Shepard]

Strange, they are the only ones that'll stand up to my fat ass.:roll: I run the hell outta mine. They seem to crash well, too.:/:

[sotc]

i have an old 4trax right now, starts good and runs good but that 6wheeler! front tires come off the ground going up steep stuff and you can keep going if you dont have to turn! shoot, we have even put people on the front rack to keep it on the ground so we could go up stupid steep:D

[CurSedVoyce]

M274 military... 1/2 ton frame, boxer air cooled 4wd 4 wheel steering and the steering can flip so you can walk and drive.. Also tows as a trailer and is also roadable, just slow at about 25 MPH.
Will also pull itself up about 60 degrees of grade from what I understand....
And yes you can still get parts for them ;)

[The Branch Doctor]

Friggin cool!

[squisher]

i have an old 4trax right now, starts good and runs good but that 6wheeler! front tires come off the ground going up steep stuff and you can keep going if you dont have to turn! shoot, we have even put people on the front rack to keep it on the ground so we could go up stupid steep:D



Going up stupid steep was my first rollover, up and rightover backwards. Less than a month old and massive damage, all the lights, front rack, bumper, and handlebars/instruments munched. Me riding about 15km home, trying to hold onto the instrument cluster and having a machine that could only really turn one way. That sucked, minor concussion and lots of scrapes and bruises, but did I learn noooooo. I went back for more.:D

[sotc]

haha, its not broke in till the headlight is dangling:D

[The Branch Doctor]

i have an old 4trax right now, starts good and runs good but that 6wheeler! front tires come off the ground going up steep stuff and you can keep going if you dont have to turn! shoot, we have even put people on the front rack to keep it on the ground so we could go up stupid steep:D

Gay! That wouldn't do me any good with an elk.... they're ALWAYS in fugged up places..... good thing they taste so damn good!:)

[sotc]

yeah its only for my father in law on his farm (may as well be his now, he loves it!) and going around gates during hunting season. i got a knife and a back pack, still waiting to use my grcs to haul one out:D

[MasterBlaster]

How do you access the engine?

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[CurSedVoyce]

Panel on the bed in the back. However for really getting in deep. Most just remove the deck. And its a whillys motor I forgot to mention 2 cyl.

[The Branch Doctor]

That thing is cool as hell! I bet it'll take a licking and keep on ticking.

[Cobleskill]

I had a 250 sx Honda come up on me and I bailed off. It crashed and flipped its way down about 50 feet of brush and poison ivy. Bent the handlebars.

I have a 300trx Honda now. It is 20 years old and both my kids abused it as well as me. Looks like chit but keeps on going. The seat has been hard plastic for about 10 years. I stand up anyway. Every corner has been bashed the bumpers and the plastic. It is 2 wheel drive and it has been stuck even with good Carlisle Strykers on the rear.

[sotc]

like mine, zip tie stitches, it looks like frankenstein

[The Branch Doctor]

like mine, zip tie stitches, it looks like frankenstein

Ha, that's what I'm talking about Willy! Zipties have saved my life..... when in doubt, get the zipties and duct tape out.:lol:

[top hopper]

Ive riden them all. If you want a work horse, the best machine is a Suzuki. Get a solid rear axle, not independent rear suspension, and dont get an automatic.

For play Id go with a Polaris

[Dave Shepard]

Why don't you like auto?

[No_Bivy]

I have ridden the SHAT outta a Rubicon.......very nice

[top hopper]

Auto is good for cruisin and such, but if you are pulling heavy loads, you want (need) more control of the transmission.

[top hopper]

I have ridden the SHAT outta a Rubicon.......very nice

For a work horse Honda would be my second choice

[Cobleskill]

I have used and abused my Honda and it hasn't had one major problem yet. Other than an electrical probem that means I have to kickstart it and the headlight only works good at an idle. When I rev it up the headlight gets dim.

[squisher]

That seems azz backwards.

[The Branch Doctor]

I like the kawasaki Bruteforce series.

[top hopper]

The Suzukis are nice with the differential lock option on the King quad models. Nice being able to lock all 4 in and have true 4 wheel drive

[top hopper]

Heres my old Suzuki 400.

That thing was unstoppable.

[sotc]

super low diff lock is awesome!

[MasterBlaster]

I wonder - can a person hold one of those back? You know, with a rope attached and a slow start?

I'd like to try that.

[Cobleskill]

It would take ya skiing MB!!

[sotc]

drag your face in the dirt very slowly:D

[MasterBlaster]

Hahahaha!