250cc quads

[Cowski]

Can’t get hold of these anymore due to some emissions regs. Next Honda up is a 420cc 4wd which is less agile, more thirsty and I think more prone to staff getting big/unsafe speeds.

We normally replace one of ours every year and now scratching our heads. Mule type things are more money but potentially safer/more comfortable, I’m ruling out 2 wheelers on safety grounds. What are other people using instead? @Grassman247

 

[Holsteinfriesian90]

Yamaha 350 here been pleased with it.

 

[Horn&corn]

Keep your existing one for a couple of years? Or are they costing in repair bills? Our 250cc is tidy so o don’t want to replace for the same reasons

 

[Cows 'n grass]

I've just been through this exercise looking for the smallest quad I could find. I haven't done anything beyond looking but kawasaki do a 270 2wd.

 

[More to life]

Don’t be scared of keeping them Honda’s will run forever.

 

[JP1]

Can’t get hold of these anymore due to some emissions regs. Next Honda up is a 420cc 4wd which is less agile, more thirsty and I think more prone to staff getting big/unsafe speeds.

We normally replace one of ours every year and now scratching our heads. Mule type things are more money but potentially safer/more comfortable, I’m ruling out 2 wheelers on safety grounds. What are other people using instead? @Grassman247

Keep searching for a tidy 250 Honda and keep it.

Is the Suzuki Ozark still available. Folks rate them too

 

[jondear]

Bought a new one in march when said making no more .Have to look after this one .

 

[onesiedale]

Can’t get hold of these anymore due to some emissions regs. Next Honda up is a 420cc 4wd which is less agile, more thirsty and I think more prone to staff getting big/unsafe speeds.

We normally replace one of ours every year and now scratching our heads. Mule type things are more money but potentially safer/more comfortable, I’m ruling out 2 wheelers on safety grounds. What are other people using instead? @Grassman247

Replace every year That's a big cost.

£1400 will get you a really smart 2 wheeler. Fraction of the running costs and probably a lot safer.

 

[SilliamWhale]

Don’t be scared of keeping them Honda’s will run forever.

I've never found them able to last forever. Seem to have a hugely uneconomic to repair problem with them when I buy them.,admittedly I buy used ones

 

[JP1]

Replace every year That's a big cost.

£1400 will get you a really smart 2 wheeler. Fraction of the running costs and probably a lot safer.

£1400 buys?

 

[onesiedale]

We've had 18 months out of this - bought for £900, running costs to date, 1 tyre, 1 puncture, 1 chain + fuel, (a tank lasts about a week)
Way cheaper than any quad.

 

[Holsteinfriesian90]

We've had 18 months out of this - bought for £900, running costs to date, 1 tyre, 1 puncture, 1 chain + fuel, (a tank lasts about a week)
Way cheaper than any quad.

How do you carry a bag of feed on that.

 

[onesiedale]

One of the joys of being 100% grass fed

 

[jondear]

We've had 18 months out of this - bought for £900, running costs to date, 1 tyre, 1 puncture, 1 chain + fuel, (a tank lasts about a week)
Way cheaper than any quad.

I like bikes !But where do the stakes go ?And everything else I manage to strap to the frames!

 

[JP1]

We've had 18 months out of this - bought for £900, running costs to date, 1 tyre, 1 puncture, 1 chain + fuel, (a tank lasts about a week)
Way cheaper than any quad.

Off road only. What's the model and is there an on-road version?

 

[Nithsdale]

Yamaha 350 here been pleased with it.

It's gone, too.





It isn't the emissions so much. There's no (global) market for small bikes and the UK is such a small sector (there's 1 state in the USA buys more bikes a year than the whole if Europe) so it's go big or go home - our choice is dictated by the Americans. It won't be too many more years before 400-450cc bikes aren't available

 

[More to life]

I've never found them able to last forever. Seem to have a hugely uneconomic to repair problem with them when I buy them.,admittedly I buy used ones

Well forever is stretching it but current one is about ten years old previous one died at 20 ish years. The newer ones we have seem to get stolen.

 

[Holsteinfriesian90]

It's gone, too.





It isn't the emissions so much. There's no (global) market for small bikes and the UK is such a small sector (there's 1 state in the USA buys more bikes a year than the whole if Europe) so it's go big or go home - our choice is dictated by the Americans. It won't be too many more years before 400-450cc bikes aren't available

Ah really. What’s the smallest quad available now?

 

[onesiedale]

I like bikes !But where do the stakes go ?And everything else I manage to strap to the frames!

You just have to think about your time and motion a little more.
The biggest thing is to make sure that the different areas of paddocks have the fencing kit out there for the season., Then all you do is reel out and wind up on foot anyway

 

[onesiedale]

Off road only. What's the model and is there an on-road version?

Just a small Yamaha 125. Yes off road version, but ideal round the farm and tracks