Quad choice

[Poorbuthappy]

I’d draw the line at changing every two years to keep in warranty, but certainly don’t want to run into regular unreliability issues.

Against my better judgement I have opted to run mine on for a 3rd year where I normally change every 2 years to keep in warranty, as money is tight atm. But a £670 + vat bill for tyres and a major service reminds me why I've normally changed after 2 years. 20 odd years ago I did that when I used to run a 250 Honda and the difference in price to change after 2 or 3 years was all negated by the service and new tyres, leaving me vulnerable to any repairs outside of warranty for no benefit.

 

[Finn farmer]

Yamaha has 5 year warranty, atleast here. Can't say anything about how it works though, as it never broke during the 5 year time we had it.

 

[stevie6969]

Have can am 450 pro and older Honda 500 with chunky tyres..the can am goes a lot further than the Honda . can am went two days longer than any Honda in the snow the can am is slightly worse on fuel if driven hard but doesn’t get stuck!

 

[neilo]

Against my better judgement I have opted to run mine on for a 3rd year where I normally change every 2 years to keep in warranty, as money is tight atm. But a £670 + vat bill for tyres and a major service reminds me why I've normally changed after 2 years. 20 odd years ago I did that when I used to run a 250 Honda and the difference in price to change after 2 or 3 years was all negated by the service and new tyres, leaving me vulnerable to any repairs outside of warranty for no benefit.

I guess mileage per year would have a bearing on that decision too? My mileage is a good bit lower than a lot, being pretty well ring fenced, and not too many tarmac miles to eat tyres.
I had to have a new set of tyres on mine after 2 years, but then I did have them swapped over from my trade-in when I bought it.

Having just spent on a few bearings & UJ’s last summer, I was intending to keep it another year, but the 0% finance currently and thoughts about exchange rates ramping prices up next year, have persuaded me to jump a bit earlier.

 

[A1an]

I absolutely love my CanAm 570 pro. It wouldn’t start one day and I had to walk home but went back the next morning and it started first go, they are that good they fix themselves.

Joking aside it was the ign barrel didn’t recognise the key, it also had a new power steering pump (recall) last week. Dealer was great.

 

[Poorbuthappy]

I absolutely love my CanAm 570 pro. It wouldn’t start one day and I had to walk home but went back the next morning and it started first go, they are that good they fix themselves.

Joking aside it was the ign barrel didn’t recognise the key, it also had a new power steering pump (recall) last week. Dealer was great.

A bit of duck oil keeps the contact good for the coded key. If you take the key out much with the bike out in rain a bit of moisture can get in there. Apparently they've altered the latest ones?

 

[neilo]

A bit of duck oil keeps the contact good for the coded key. If you take the key out much with the bike out in rain a bit of moisture can get in there. Apparently they've altered the latest ones?

Yes, the new ones are very different and water shouldn’t get into them. I’m expecting a spare to be even dearer than the £35 they charge for the older ones.

 

[ford4000]

Had this on demo for a few days, first impressions are that it's very revy and slow accelerating compared to a manual 400 quad, especially considering it's meant to be 10hp more than a honda420

 

[hill farmer]

Had this on demo for a few days, first impressions are that it's very revy and slow accelerating compared to a manual 400 quad, especially considering it's meant to be 10hp more than a honda420

We had a 450 on demo for a week back in the winter, agree with what you are saying, after all the hype on here we were quite disappointed. Bought another 420 instead

We tried a 570 at an open day, now that is a nice bike to ride, but we don't need that amount of power - or fuel consumption! Next door have 2 which they say are a lot heavier on fuel than the 450. They tell us that service for each bike was £250, our honda mostly costs us 60-70 quid!

 

[Mursal]

Maximum power output doesn't really tel you anything about how the quad will drive / work.
We have an old Kawasaki and as the revs drop (centrifugal clutch has been welded solid) the engine just humkers down and will not loose power. Maximum power output (I have no idea what it is, as long as it starts and runs) would be low in comparison to other quads.
A very easy quad to drive especially pulling a trailer.