Hello all, first I want to say great site, lots of real good info here. Now on to the topic. I want to buy my first quad but Im not real sure what to get. I went to my brothers house he has an older yamaha warrior. It was the most fun I ever had in the dirt! So of course now I have to have one. I have some experience (all with bikes though).

What I am looking for:

Mostly trail riding, some hill climbing.

I would like to be able to get airborn from time to time though.

I like yamaha's and honda's but I'm open to sugestions. I was thinking the raptor 350 but Im just not sure. Any help would be great. I'm not a big guy (5'9 145 pounds) so I dont want anything gynormusly huge =)

Thanks for the help in advance!

 

Looking for brand new, or used? What is your $$$ range? ...And welcome to the forum.

 

Used I guess, to about $3000.

 

For your size a Honda 300ex would be a pretty good quad. Electric start, reverse, 2 wheel drive, and some decent power for someone 145lbs.

 

your not going to find a raptor 350 for 3k used, they havn't been out long enough. Did you like your brothers warrior?? you can find those for under 3k and I would also sugguest a 400ex but they don't have reverse. You can also find z400's used for 3k, not many of them out there but they still aren't that difficult to come around. That would be my suggestion because z400s are pretty much the best all around bike made. Fast, reverse, liquid cooled, reverse, comfortable, and alot of fun to jump

 

Its funny you just posted that. I went to a kawasaki dealer at lunch just now and looked at the 400 there. (I hear its the same as the Z400) I fell in love with it. Now how do I get $5799+ past the wife? [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img] .

 

Tell her it was on sale for $3000 my freind has a kfx400 and its a great machine

 

Stay away from Polaris. Especially used. They can't even make the brand new ones right.

 

I see you're as positive as ever Bionic.

The truth is Jaygood There really isn't a poor brand of quad anymore.
Do your homework, check specs and test ride.
When I bought my new quad I went to each manufacturer forum and possed the question how are the new sp 800 or rubicons tc etc holding up and I really got some honest replies.

Best of luck, let us know what you get.

 

im actauly you exact same wieght and height and i love my 300ex go with that but ur gonna wanna mod it i plan on throwing an entire white brothers system through mine in 2 weeks