looking for the year model with the most bugs worked out of it and least amount of problems.

 

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There all are pretty good. The first two 2002 and 2003 had a boiling gas issue but yamaha had a recall for them with vented shark gill vents on the side covers that fixed it easy enough.

They say the 2003 had weaker axles but my friend has a 2003 since new with 26" tires and has worked it pretty hard over the years. We load it heavy on our camping trips and never had a axle proplem,so I,m not sure thats a big issue.
He never has done more the change the oil once a year and the spark plug once or twice in 10 years.

Nice ATVs with good features like low range,IRS and diff lock and they have all the power and speed you will need.



The last 660 grizzly was made in 2008 so your never getting a 2013 model.

 

thanks!

 

I've still got my 2002 that I bought in July 2001 right after the model was introduced. No problems out of it ever. Yamaha did a recall where you could take it in and they would put their heat problem solving kit stuff on them. Had vented side panels to replace the originals, a 1/4" thick foam pad with heat shielding that lined the bottom of the fuel tank, and I think maybe a piece that shrouded the carb. The problem was that the exhaust pipe ran right along beside the edge of the fuel tank and carburator and neither was really shielded from the heat of the exhaust pipe. Most of us that had them at the time before the recall bought that heat shielding wrap from Highlifter and wrapped the exhaust pipe to prevent any problems. I saw boiling gas one time when doing some low range crawling in the heat of the summer. That was about the time I wrapped the exhaust. Excellent built machines, and I'll have had mine 12 years this summer and still can't find a reason to need a new quad. Paid $6400 for it at the time out the door. Can't believe what new 550-700's go for nowdays. Freaking nuts.

 

well, i think you are correct. i have a 88 model yammy that is still comparable to todays small 2x4's.

 

There has been no techno break throughs in the 2wd 250 class. My 250 Yamaha moto4 from 1987 looked as good as any 2013 2wd 250 out there now.

 

From what I've seen in quads over the years(and I excluded introducing automatic transmissions since I really dont care either way, had both, still dont care which I'm on)... the main things I've seen have been disc brakes on utility quads, IRS, differential lock, and I guess power steering would be the most recent big introduction. Those just seemed to be step ups over previous generations. In the last 12 years, aside from power steering, the only thing they have done is gone bigger and faster. And I like to go fast, but I haven't seen anything since the 650 Prairie/660 Grizzly/700 Sportsman that was enough to make me just have to have the newest thing. Those 3 quads set a a standard above the previous 500cc and under quads that were on top of the market and there hasn't been a huge amount of separation that I can see since then.

I might have forgotten Kawasaki's sealed rear wet brake. Thats something I probably would have liked to have had on a quad.