What is a good 4x4 bike and how much should I pay Second Hand
Do they fit in the back of a standard ute or will a trailer be required
Is there an advantage over a 4x4 ute
Been looking but it's beyond me whats good and whats not
Thanks.
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What is a good 4x4 bike and how much should I pay Second Hand
Do they fit in the back of a standard ute or will a trailer be required
Is there an advantage over a 4x4 ute
Been looking but it's beyond me whats good and whats not
Thanks.
Come and try ours and see what you think.Quote:
Originally Posted by jakewire
Trx500 fits between the wheel arches of my hilux, tailgate down.
TRX420 or 500 will see you right, pre 2014 as the new ones are shitbags. I can fit most Quads on the back of my wellside hilux
If you are still hunting where/how you used to I think you would enjoy it on a quad. It will eliminate all wear and tear in the ute and it will not tax the quad.
Cheers Tim
Thanks Ryan/MSL
I shall look those up
What price is a good one and what is to much
Been looking for something as well. What I've found out is Honda is the way to go.
Suzuki would be the next choice.
Anything decent is 2K or more. Don't touch anything that's been on a dairy farm. Frames will have rusted out from the cow shit.
Apparently there's shit loads of bikes that have been traded in and tucked away in containers by the shops down far south. Trying to stop a flood of cheap bikes coming on the market.
Landcorp are dumping heaps of quads and side by sides on Turners to clear at the moment. Typically not cheap though
I do know of a good bike for sale in Geraldine if you're interested @jakewire
Not a huge Honda fan. I get they are strong bikes and all that, good for farms. They are not that pleasant to ride. If it was a recreational quad for stooging around and you want to enjoy riding it I would find something with a CVT transmission.
This is the bike @jakewire He's asking 3K
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Very hard to fault the Honda trx350 manuals, nearly bulletproof. When the old man worked at Southland Honda he said by far these were the most reliable and had the least repairs over any other.Will fit on standard well side. Don't buy one that's been on a dairy farm and give the frame a really good look over on any bike ya check. Wheel beatings and worn a arm bearings are common on older bikes so check them too.
Foreman 450 is where it’s at. Always felt the 350s wee underpowered. Problem is age of bike for getting parts...
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Cheers Harry.
Get power steering
If you have ridden a quad a lot you just ride it and notice very little. If you ride one with no experience, as I did a few years ago, you might as well get a helicopter. They feel awful and you get tired. They feel even worse with a load on.
He said "Is there an advantage over a 4x4 ute". There is if you have a proper RV quad like a Canam. A utility quad, while very very very practical, is not always enjoyable.
He posted after me. Spend $5000-6000 on the same thing and you should have a ball.Quote:
Originally Posted by berg243
TRX500 a good solid bike, I've had one for years. Not as comfortable to ride as an independent rear suspension machine due to the solid rear axle and double shocks, but tow trailers well if needed.
Stick to a manual or the manual / auto gearbox, CVTs are a shit to use as a sneaky hunting bike as you have to rev the crap out of them to get them rolling. Got two mates with Can Am's and you can hear them take off from miles away, while the Honda just quietly purrs away off then mark in stealth mode.
Maybe a the problem with the noise from the V twins was not the CVT?:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Mathias
Still wondering why my neighbor asks me how often my 750 rears up on me going up hill, as this does not happen. I'm guessing an uphill down change in an auto can be stimulating.
I've had a good run with suzuki's. Whatever you get an extra muffler welded on makes a big difference in noise.
Yeah those V twins are noisy, one mate has added another muffler. What I was really pointing out, the CVT needs a lot more revs to spool up and drive than the typical centrifugal clutch as per the manual bikes hence the extra noise. I use mine mostly on high country stations shooting pesties, and being able to move along with the least amount of noise helps.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tussock
Power steering on these beasts is a great thing, less chance of the bike taking over control when on rutted track.
This was a Canam issue as well. Personally I think they set the CVT in the wrong rev range and don't make enough use of engine torque. My boss trialed Canams and stayed with Kingquads for the reason you state. Our 750 Kingquads are very quiet when you are gentle on the gas. Our brand new one is exactly like a Canam. Revving its tits off going slow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mathias
Also, you need to clean the CVT occasionally. They go fine with crap in them but it shift your bottom "gear" higher and your top "gear" lower. My slowest speed went from 6ks/hr down to <1ks/hr and my top speed went from 86ks/hr to 106ks/hr after a clean out.
The can-am cvt transmissions are trash hands down. Seen a fair few smoke the belts up that have come on rides with us in the local atv club. Everything else about them is great. Honda, a few mates have the trx500's they seem sorta reliable but lacking power still using the ohv engine, the 420cc model uses an different engine but are crap also. and suspension wise is not fantastic . Kawasaki KLF etc, riden one didn't like them. Yamaha grizzly, the 700cc is a great machine definitely worth a look at. Suzuki king quad which I maybe be sounding bias here cause I have one is the pick of the bunch in the big bore department, top notch transmission, twin overhead cam engine, easy to work on readily available parts, easy to modify and hotrod if that's what ya into . Don't be put off from CVT, I would never go back to a manual shifting quad.
I’ve got a Yamaha Bigbear, it’s a 350cc 4wd. I use it a lot around my block towing trailers etc. it’s an older bike (early 90’s I think), has been relatively trouble free and only cost $1500. My only gripe is the front diff is open.
IMO you don’t need more power than that, a lot of these big 700cc bikes have been made due to farmers using quads to tow trailers full of PKE etc.
Bugger. The cvt belts aren't to hard to change. Check out YouTube. Il have a look after work and post a vid of how it's done. It pays to use low range when working them hard.
Heard of a 400cc kingquad coming up for sale in Timaru if you're interested, can get you the owners details. All set up for shooting apparently.
Dead right, labouring them with a heavy load/taking off steeply uphill in high range is hard on the belt. It's 2 secs to select Lo-rangeQuote:
Originally Posted by Magnus
I pulled a long wheel base landrover up and bank and over a pile of scrap metal with my Kingquad.
