I might get me a honda big red 250 because of it's light weight and small size for hunting. How do these perform in the mud, and also can you add mud tires in the back? Also, how are they in water and snow? Thank you

--Jason

 

Hello trapper, I don't know what type of Mud tires you can put on a 250 but I own a 200ES and it does pretty good in snow and mud with my Dirt Devil AT tires in the back. I don't ride my bike in water above the pull start, I just don't trust the seals and hoses they haven't been replace in a long time.
The 250 has a rear shock in the but the 200ES doesn’t. I don’t think the 250 has hi and lo gears I think it’s just 5 speed. The 200ES has 5 hi and 5 low gears. They are pretty light bikes, mine weighs about 375lbs.
If your used to four-wheelers you might want to get used to the three wheeler before going over technical terrain, I find there is more body language (movement) needed with three wheelers. After you get used to it you won’t notice that your moving your body that much.

 

I"ve had mine floating numerous times and not once have I gotten water in the oil. As for mud, I've been in some pretty deep stuff there too. I find deep mud really slows it down, but on the bright side, they are so light it doesn't take much to get them unstuck.

 

this is the first time I've seen big red & light used in the same thread. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

I have a 86 Big Red I bought new and have never had a single problem with it and it has been used a bunch. As far as mud goes it does very well because of the large 25 inch tires and it has decent ground clearance. I have 12.50 x 25 Kenda Bear Claws on the rear and they really perform well. It is an excellent hunting machine but like all 3 wheelers will turn over fairly easily. It really isn't very big compared to the 4 wheelers we have nowadays, I think the dry weight is 431lbs and it is about 45 inches wide.

 

I forgot to mention they go through water pretty good too, but will drown out if you get the steering neck under water, that is where the air intake is. They also float well upside down. I have had water in the engine a few times but never seemed to do any damage.

 

I also have the " Big Red" in the garage. Man, if you put a good set of tires on that thing you can go through alot!!! I have driven mine in places where "winches are suggested". The thing is after getting off my quads damn that thing is slow!!! By the way I have Blackwaters on one and Strykers on the other one in family...word of advice DONT get strykers for mud. They are alot of fun to putt around on and easy to sneak around on.

 

I used to have a Big Red. Put on a cheap set of Wooly Boogers or Cheng Shens. They are then almost unstoppable!!!

 

i have 25/12.5/9 bear claws on mine and they work great. if you go on line and search for atv mud tires you will find lots of manufacturures sell mud tires in stock sizes. if you are mechanicaly minded i would also install a winch, they make life a lot easier. mine will go anywhere my rancher 4x4 will go. i hope this helps. have fun and ride safe.

 

I have an old 200M - not sure what the differences are between that and a Big Red, other
than being chain drive rather than shaft - Has electric start.

On knobbies with about 1/2 tread, it will handle snow up to about 1 foot, depending on how
cold it is - powdery snow stops it quicker than the stickier stuff.

I've gone through ( or over, really ) deep mud, and I've gotten stuck in sticky mud about 1 ft,
so again, it depend a little on conditions. But, my experience, about 1 ft, give or take, in either
snow or mud.
Everytime I got it stuck, I got out by myself, and I'm no athlete. In deep snow, you can pick up
the back and swing it around to point back through your own tracks, and go back where you
came from. Sometimes, I've had to put it in gear, and then get off and push while gassing it -
a procedure they probably don't recommend in the safety films, but it works . . .