looking into a 2nd quad for the girlriend, looked a the camo 450 and it looks pretty good. any suggestions pros or cons. or suggest another good bike. i like the locker, discs, and irs.

 

my girlfriend rides an outlander 400 4x4.she loves it and so do i.its very stable and VERY comfortable.it has irs .and she has the camo version.you can see all the previous bikes ive owned.this outlander is very top notch.the kodiak i heard is nice but some say it can feel tippy.i dont own one so i cant say for sure,but thats what i heard.good luck

 

at first i thought, camo? for the g-friend, then i saw you had the brute force and relized it would be ridden by her, not you. ive ridden many yamaha utilities and love them but it is alot to handel, but i imagine the bomb is harder to handle, its heavier but you dont get diff lock, if she wantto keep up with you shell need it.

 

Depending on the size of the rider I would think the Yamaha Bruin would be a great second ride. It is cheaper by alot over the Camo Kodiak and after watching my friend haul his gear into camp this year I would not hesitate to get one for my wife. I was thinking another 450 because it has the low gear range but thinking that she is only going to be hauling herself and a cooler or two it would have all the power she will need and I would be able to ride it as well. I found I used high gear mostly and knowing that she would not be towing anything she would not need the low gear.

I have the 04 Kodiak450 and it is a great machine, logged over 500 miles on it during hunting season and other then one hill that I needed another quad to hook to me to get up over the top( I was pulling an oversized meat trailer 380#, 1 moose small, and a hecka lot of gear for a total around 1200 pounds counting me and you could see why I needed help towards the top. Other then that I had no problems and thought it was a very reliable machine and if you decide to get her one you will not be disapointed.

The Bruin does not have a disc brake in the back but the drum seemed more then sufficient. As I read the letter again I see you mention IRS, maybe a Polaris Sportsman 400 or 500, also very realible machines.

AlaskaBoy.

 

i've have gone threw alot of the front dics brakes for the front of my 400 kodiak and am still on my first set of drum breaks and i ride threw alot of mud and they do find

 

kawa,

How many miles have you put on so far? Are you the one who was going thru pads alot earlier this year? I remember one guy who was going thru them.

I have just about 900 miles and the pads on the front are about 1/4 wore, maybe alittle less and the fronts is all I use. Although with the low gear range I use it for down hill descents and keep off the brakes that way, this way I know they will be there when I need them.

AlaskaBoy.

 

heres the thing I NEVER USE THE FRONT BRAKES!!!! i barely go threw the mud anymore cuz i go threw so many brake pads and they are $30.00 for the front. well i cantt remember how many miles i got on them but i will when i put the new ones on. i can't believe how fast they wear away!! i have been buying the EBC i think thats what they are. I'm going to get the better ones next time that are around $60.00 for the front. i go threw brake pads like crazy though.