Just wondering how this would be for my dad to ride. Seems like a decent quad you could cheap. Any replies would be great. Thanks.

 

I think he will be fine with it. In the really rough stuff he may wish he had 4x4 and a little more power. You know the type of terrain he will be riding so you judge. As far as power goes it will pull him where ever he wants "within limits". You be the judge of the limits.

 

I weigh 310 and I've been riding a Bayou 220 for about a month now. It's never once lacked for power and it hasn't bent any frame parts despite more than a few jumps and wheelies. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] Seriously I haven't noticed a problem with it. The weight rating is supposed to be 285 lbs. but considering what I paid for this quad I wasn't that worried about trashing it.

I ride at Wayne National in southern Ohio quite a bit. Some of the trails there are pretty tough. In the Hanging Rock area there is only one trail that I haven't completed so far. It's the steepest trail which wasn't a problem but half way up there is a rock drop off of about a foot. Ordinarily I'd just pop the front wheels up and bounce the back wheels over such an obstacle but considering how steep the incline was I wasn't real anxious to try this since I was riding alone. I ended up turning the Bayou around half way up that hill and heading back down.

Having 4wd and more torque would have made that obstacle easy. I could have crawled over it in low range or built up enough speed to bounce over it. I didn't want to do either on the Bayou. Actually I figure I could make it by popping the front wheels over it but I would want someone there to drag me down to the hospital if something went wrong. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

I'm 47 years old and really pretty cautious. The 220 hasn't disappointed me in any way so far. Sure there are places you can go with a bigger, 4wd quad with low range etc.. and certainly the 220 won't win any races around the trail (though I kept up with a 400EX moving along pretty keen last week but I'm certain they could have smoked me if they wanted). If your dad is interested in just getting out in the wilds he will have no problem with the 220. If he wants to race the big quads or tackle the toughest trails anywhere he would do better with a bigger bike.

 

Thats what Im talking about.

 

That shouldn't be a problem at all.