new to the forums, looking to buy a 4wheeler 4x4 and its down between the bigbear 4x4 and the eiger 4x4 auto or manual, i have read about the eiger issue with engine and that kinda worries me about it ..but the one drawback i have about the big bear is the lack of footboard forward the peg..i understand that is required to shift gears but the eiger manual has a cool dip in it so that your foot can get under the shifter and just wondered if anyone ever had a "accident" riding a manual and hit the wrong gear of worse yet went to shift and slipped, any info would be greatly apperciated

Nathan
Memphis TN

ps..my g.f got me addicted to 4wheeling and i think its about time i got into it, they all have automatics
2000 yamaha grizzly 600 with 27 vampires and lift <~g/fs bike
200x Honda Rubicon <~her dads
200x Yamaha Kodiak 400 moms
unknown year yamaha grizzly 600

 

Nathan, I really dont see it as that big of a deal. The Big Bear is a great bargin at around $4700 base price. 400 CCs and you can take it in and out of 4 Wheel Drive. Great clearance too! Plus Yamaha is doing the $69 winch special right now.

Either Way good luck and have fun!

 

Hey I got a 2003 Big bear 4x4 and I just hit 600 miles today ajnd havent had one problem with it at all. I too wanted full floor boards but I dont really mind the half ones I never feel under protected..the first day riding it I foudn my self picking my legs up because I wasn't sure but now I ride hard and my feet are always on the pegs. I suggest saving for some tires or else you will be getting stuck...it finally rained here for about a day and I got stuck in this one mud hole bad oh yeah the big bear is one slow machine but it will tow anything you hook up to it i topped mine out at about 48 on hard dirt road

 

mine is great, neighbors have praire660, and the vinson500, where they go i go only thing bad is top end is around 50, and i really dont care for the stoch maxis on my bb400, going to itp 589's soon. other than that the bb400 is a good deal, especially if you can get one for 4700$ thats almost a thousand less than what i pad with tax and title! wish i lived in La.