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Yamaha 700 or Honda 500
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<blockquote data-quote="box" data-source="post: 7598884" data-attributes="member: 123958"><p>That. 450 is more than enough. I've got an old Grizzly 400 and it's more than enough for me doing general work and towing as much as I possibly can...750 - 1000 kg if conditions allow. If I had the money for another ATV, I'd be buying a new Kodiak 350.</p><p></p><p>I like Yamaha Ultramatic, it's been around for ages and seems to be bulletproof. Why would you want to change gear manually? Whatever you do, stay away from an automatic Honda.</p><p></p><p>Manual Hondas work well, but as above, why would you want to change gear?</p><p></p><p>If you've got the money, go new. Second hand is a bit of a false economy when it comes to quads, the new ones are pretty sharply priced at the moment and maintenance costs are going to be almost non existent. Get a used one, fix up the niggly problems, throw some new tyres at it, new brakes, a new battery maybe...the $$$ start to add up.</p><p></p><p>I don't know anything about the training though. There's not much to them tbh.....treat them with respect and don't do anything stupid. They're potentially deadly if you give them a chance. Jump on Youtube, watch the dumb Americans driving them like idiots and then do the opposite. Consider some kind of flexible roll over protection system...something like this if it's available over there</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.atvlifeguard.co.nz/[/URL]</p><p></p><p>Time for a pointless rant: What's with the push for massive engines in ATVs? 20 years ago, 250 or 300cc did the job and still went fast enough to kill you. The towing capacity has hardly changed over the years, the only thing that happened is they use twice as much petrol.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="box, post: 7598884, member: 123958"] That. 450 is more than enough. I've got an old Grizzly 400 and it's more than enough for me doing general work and towing as much as I possibly can...750 - 1000 kg if conditions allow. If I had the money for another ATV, I'd be buying a new Kodiak 350. I like Yamaha Ultramatic, it's been around for ages and seems to be bulletproof. Why would you want to change gear manually? Whatever you do, stay away from an automatic Honda. Manual Hondas work well, but as above, why would you want to change gear? If you've got the money, go new. Second hand is a bit of a false economy when it comes to quads, the new ones are pretty sharply priced at the moment and maintenance costs are going to be almost non existent. Get a used one, fix up the niggly problems, throw some new tyres at it, new brakes, a new battery maybe...the $$$ start to add up. I don't know anything about the training though. There's not much to them tbh.....treat them with respect and don't do anything stupid. They're potentially deadly if you give them a chance. Jump on Youtube, watch the dumb Americans driving them like idiots and then do the opposite. Consider some kind of flexible roll over protection system...something like this if it's available over there [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.atvlifeguard.co.nz/[/URL] Time for a pointless rant: What's with the push for massive engines in ATVs? 20 years ago, 250 or 300cc did the job and still went fast enough to kill you. The towing capacity has hardly changed over the years, the only thing that happened is they use twice as much petrol. [/QUOTE]
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