haha, At 11 i started to ride my cousins artic cat 500. My parents were talking with my family(we were visiting from out of town) and i said im going with my cousins. Well we got on the wheelers and went riding up in the mountains. At 11. haha. My parents freaked out. They didnt know i was riding. Ive been riding since then and never had crashed and i turn 18 the 7th.

 

im only 14 and i got a grizzly 660 this summer for getting good grades in school. ive been riding it every day since i got it and i love it. but utility quads are not very hard for a young person to handle because they are really big and bulky. i can do anything on my grizzly, it doesnt matter how old u are.i think he would do great with a big utility such as a grizzly or sportsman and there are many reasons y. 1. they could go through a lot of damage, 2. they are hard to flip, 3. he will be very happy with the quad for many years because he wouldnt have to go out and buy a bigger quad wen he gets older. trust me, i would kno, i am just like him.

 

the bruin is good all around , i can pull a 10,000 lb boat with mine lol beat that lol i love it ,i grew up on 250's so all this power never gets old

 

yea, bruins are great, but i beet u! my grizzly can tow my 35 foot boat! haha, no, not really, jk. my dads escalade could barely tow that boat, but it would be awsome if my grizzly could.

 

I started on a Scrambler 500 when I was 14.

I'd say the Bruin, Prairie 360, Eiger 400 and Rancher 350 are excellent choices.

 

look, it dont matter what he likes, it dont matter how it feels. it dont matter how good or bad the quad is. it

depend on what he can handle..... 110lbs 14year old? kinda on the light side. wen i first got on a quad i lerned

to respect it very quick[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img].... i am the type of person if i dont have too, i wont. every one goes up the scary

hilll, wile i go around... i get there at the same time. i dont need to be crazy and get the adrenalin rush..

but this is on quads. wen i get on dirtbikes, i am crazy. if i cant cross it or ride thru it il jump over it....

and thats what you have to worry about. if he is on quads like i am on dirtbikes, then you have to worry.

if not, get him what he likes... otherwise get him whats safe. and a auto is alot nicer on ute, i have the semi

and is p!ssis me off all the sime.

ps the only reson i am crazy on the bikes is cuz i bin riding them since 6... started to race like a freak wen i hit my 9th summer. lol[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

the manual shift is nice for a starter atver in certain aspects like it isn't as wild when the power band kicks in where i guess you wouldn't have to worry with a 250 at all. but it seems people who start out on manuals get the feel alot better on how to work the power band better then those who start on auto's. after i had my first automatic i am hooked but i am sure glad i got good on a manual for now i have bought a dirtbike for the first time later on in life (24) which is old in these standards. but the least of my problems getting used to a different machine to drive is getting used to shifting. as for which 4x4 utility quad any of them would be good cause i am guessing within a couple years he will be looking at something different maybe even a sport quad where he needs to be able to shift good. and dang at 13 he is gettin a new quad when i was 13 i was driving a 1982 yamaha 250 DX threewheeler and well that thing was badass i loved it wish i still had it. after roughly 10,000 miles without an overhaul that motor would still run her at 60 mph.

 

Think you got it backwards there, bub.


You said he doesnt want a Polaris, but the Xplorer 4x4 (not made anymore) is a Great quad. It is essentially a 4wd trailblazer with low range. And those 250 engines can be made to scream.

They are awesome in the mud, can almost always follow my Sportsman. And they are fairly light, easy enough for a 110 person to throw around on the trail.

Definetly worth a test drive.

 

yull havet to get somthing over a 300- because nowone mades a 4x4 under that. go with yamaha or honda but i dont know if honda makes one like that so i do know that yam. does the bruin its pretty tall tho

 

i told u the bruin was a good choice. the kawis dont hold ou the warunty so dont go with that. and the bigbear thing is the trany and the recent update to the kodiak. its got a new independent supension