Hey, i have a friend who is looking to get started in four wheelin and he found an 89 bayou 4x4 that they want $2500 for. Is this too much? The plastic and decals are a little scratched. The rear rack is a little bent in one place with the paint scratched off of it. Its in fair condition, i was just wondering whaat is it worth, and are they a good relible machine? what are good points and bad points?Thanks for you help everyone

2000 beartracker, red, Superwinch T1500

 

The Kelly Blue Book lists the retail price of this machine at $1,955. That is what a dealer would ask for it after he has prepped it for resale. I have heard that the Blue Book prices are slightly higher than what you'll find in ads in your local newspaper in various parts of the country.

 

Silverfox2's correct on the www.kbb.com quoted retail, useful as a rough guide.

You may be interested in the review of the Y2K Bayou 300 4X4, comparing it with a 1989 model, published in the quad reviews section accessible from the ATV Connection home page (www.atving.com).

Yesterday, another club member and I went on an invitational ride with a baker's dozen of riders on private and hunt club property in tidewater Virginia, through pine forests and lots of deep, wet, muddy holes and bogs.

Machines varied from brand new stock Polaris 2-atroke 4X4 and Quadmaster 500 Auto, and late models of Big Bear, Kodiak, Honda 450, King Quad, Honda 350 ATC, 2000 Bayou 300 4X4 (me), and a 1989 Bayou 300 4X4, with what may have been the original tires (kinda bald). One Honda Foreman rider had brand new oversize Vamps on his machine.

"Ivy," the rider of the '89 Bayou, said, before we started, "Everyone will get stuck today."

"Everyone?" I thought. Why this man has no idea what great riders my companion and I are!

Early on, we took a bypass to a "pretty good hole." Travis, our host, got through in his Yamaha; Wayne made it with his new Vamps (he'd gotten stuck ealier at this very hole with his stock skins), then my partner crash-dove his Foreman, sticking it thoroughly. Ivy, with his Bayou and bald tires, had bypassed this particular quad-eater and pulled the Honda out.

Now, my turn. I repeated the Foreman's hapless effort; miring myself exactly where my buddy did; Ivy pulled me out.

On and on through the day, the scenario repeated itself, with Ivy wading through every passable mud hole, retrieving others who got stuck (Wayne's Vamped Foreman winched me out of a seat-deep Eastern Seaboard tributary once).

Even Wayne got stuck; once trying to evacuate another quad, and once I think after a mudhole had become too deep and churned by the playful mud-bathers.

When Ivy said everyone would get stuck, he was right--except for Ivy! On that ancient machine, with the thin-treaded tires, he applied his enthusiastic body English, skill and daring, and kept his tow strap busy hauling others out, including me on a new Bayou like his.

What I'm saying is: The Bayou 300 4X4 appears capable as most other utility quads; even more capable in the hands of a good rider, like Ivy.

Tree Farmer

 

hey everyone thanks for your imput. I think $2500 does sound a little high, especially for the condition. It sounds like its a very capable machine. Thanks again
jeff
2000 Beartracker, red, Superwinch T1500