Get a honda if your going to get a utility. like the rancher. dont get an auto with a belt drive trans like the prairie 360.

 

i agree...you dont want to get a belt driven quad...cuz if they get wet your finished..but i like the big bear 400's a lot...they are great quads and have a lot of low end power for mud, snow and for some major trail riding...not alot of top end which is good i guess in this case cuz everyone is worried about him fliping it..ive been riding for years now and now what i can and cant do...so i never really have any problems...i know what people are saying here that this is how poeple get hurt but man you should know what is too much for you to handle...id say he want a 4x4 and anything from a 250-400 than get a wolverine 350 they have good power and they are not to heavy in case he flips it..still a 4x4 and its not belt driven which is a good thing if he plans on mudding...they are an all around great quad and he will love it...when he gets more use to the power and all then maybe get a bigger quad..

 

get whatever he feels comfortable on. maybe a z250?

 

a Z-250 was the ideal quad i had for him, he wanted a sport quad at first cause most of his experience was on my DS, so we went a tried a Z-250 of a friends, and he HATED it. he said he knew it was gonna be nothing like the Ds, but he said he liked his other friends 250EX way better. But then he decided on a ute since he already has a sport he can ride anytime. I think he is really leaning toward a yami, not sure if he will be goin after the bruin or the big bear, what are the major differences between the 2? oh and how much different is the big bear and kodiac? I believe it was an 03' kodiac 400, but that is the other UTE has he had experience on.

 

i started on a magnum 325, it was perfect, but a trailblazer would have been fun, or like a raptor 350, that'd be sweet for a starter quad, not much power, but theres power there when ya need it, plus u can get him started on a clutch then

 

300 ex? and i would go for a bruin over a big bear. the bruin is auto and push button 4x4 and the big bear is all time and is not auto.

 

Get the kodiak. Automatic is the way to go on a ute! My friend got a semi auto and he even thinks it gets anoying. The kodiak is in another class above the big bear. If he can afford it I would go the kodiak route.

 

bayou..bruin..prairie...rancher..

 

What about the kodiac 450???? IRS... auto for a beginner.... power enough that he wont grow out of it and need a new one.... and yet big enough to keep up with the larger atvs.... now the question is why not

 

ive had my quad up to the seat in pond water and yet to come out... why is this... because ALLL of the belt driven atvs are water sealed just like your manual trannys.... if u get deep enough for water to get into the belt... your gonna have water in your engine anyways