Thread: Quad Bikes What to look for

Originally Posted by sakokid

my king quad was never lite in the front due to the size of deer i strap to the front!

Hehehehe ... mine too.

Except It's only my fat guts holding down the front of the bike at the moment.

Hopefully it'll be hauling some meat in a week or two.

I ended up buying the King Quad as it ticked all my boxes and was offered at the right price.
Happy with it so far, especially the granny gear.

Thanks to all those who offered tips on what to look for.

Cheers
Pete

Originally Posted by Spanners

Canam/Bombardier/Rotax are light years ahead in design, performance and quality

Saw the Polaris X2 550 at the Wairarapa A&P show today, bloody nice quad, really interesting design as well. Rear dump box with 180kg limit, quickly converts to 2-up seat. Very nifty. Me likey

Originally Posted by Wirehunt

No Spanners, due to the fact they can't handle a hard life. Seen one with the suspension completely fucked, wasn't even two years old and they would NOT back the five year warranty.

Shocks, tyres, brakes are never covered under a warranty as are a wear item, same with a new car
Ive seen Yammies with 500km on them with rooted front ends from being given shit on riverbeds and Hiluxes with under 5000kms with cracked chassis
DOC workers can wreck anything
Give something to a bubba, and he will break it no matter how good it is

We have a Kodiak and a Traxter at the moment - same age - it takes 2 mins looking at the pair of them to see which is built better and has better gear.
Fact of the matter remains that the Canam/Bombardiers build and component quality far surpasses that of anything Japanese built.

All the can ams around here that I have seen are pretty shit. mates one stuffed out on there farm within a year but they treat bikes like shit although they still have a big red.

definitly got to be 4wd

It wasn't just the shocks that were fucked spanners The old man took one for a spin the other week as he'd been real keen on one, but after riding it said na, to heavy....
Thrash anything and it will not last long, I didn't think it was rocket science, but the red things seem to handle it.

Originally Posted by Wirehunt

It wasn't just the shocks that were fucked spanners The old man took one for a spin the other week as he'd been real keen on one, but after riding it said na, to heavy....
Thrash anything and it will not last long, I didn't think it was rocket science, but the red things seem to handle it.

Heavy??! OMG yes - my thing a behemoth (prob doesnt resemble modern ones as its 10yrs old now) but you can see where the weight is.
Its built like a tank.
1500lb towing capacity - something that only the big side by sides are up to now, and most quads not at nowadays

I must admit, mines had 1800kms of hard use before I got it, and all the front end bushes and pins are rooted - complete lack of maint and no excuse as there are accessible grease nipples on everything that have never been used.

My favourite is the fucking dropkicks that never do the diff oil. :rolleyes:

im no expert by any means in this feild but ive owned a few quad bikes over the yrs on the farm
currently ive got a can-am 500 and a honda 420
1stly wouldnt toucha yamaha or a polais ,susiki well if its all ya can afford it d do the job if its not to abused
now runnin a can-am id pick it over a honda >more ground clearance > better chasis > power steering > built in whinch>wider wheel base more stable and heaps of grunt theydrive thru mud where all other quads of there size get stuck >$$$ wise better than a honda
my only negitive of a can am its just to wide to fit in my wellside deck of the ute as all other fit in between the wheel arches

Why not the Yammie?
Of all the jap bikes, its my pick having owned most of them

It's not hard to tell who uses their bike where they live.

Maybe rule one for anyone hunting is how easy is this fucker to trailer/tow?

Originally Posted by Spanners

Why not the Yammie?
Of all the jap bikes, its my pick having owned most of them

the one i owned was just a bitch to ride no suspension or brakes couldnt pull a pke trailor

Farmers. You lot use a bike when you actually need a smallish tractor that would in fact do what you want better, but no, rather drag the guts out of the bike....

Originally Posted by geezejonesy

the one i owned was just a bitch to ride no suspension or brakes couldnt pull a pke trailor

Agree - our Kodiac hasnt got the best suspension range
Thought the brakes were pretty good - although not as good as the Brembos on the mighty Bombardier!

Man sized quads .



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