Thread: Looking at a new ATV today.

Howdy

I just bought (work money) a yamaha Grizzly 770, it replaced a 600. The new bike is a great bit of kit, 4wd, diff lock, electric power steer. It hadles really well, power to burn, hopefully it will be as reliable as the previous machine. We have trialed other brands of machine such as Bombadier, polaris with no success, they didnt handle a 'fleet' environment very well. The only other brand we would use would be honda.

The 770 is a heavy machine and a bit tall for its width but ridden with that in mind it is just fine.

Good luck

This country is so hard on the ATV's. Two years sees the best out of them, then the frame and drive components fall apart.

Have tried Suzuki,Yamaha,polaris,arctic cat, Honda and not much in it for durability. Just some depreciate faster and more expensive to repair.

I'm going back to a lighter and simpler ATV this time.
The Honda TRX420 4X4
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I wish I needed an ATV.
Stupid suburbia living....

Sounds like you need a horse - can go where the cattle go, can handle side slopes and steep hills, and can pull a small wagon for fencing and spraying if required. Personally I would rather have an ATV.

Well here it is, goes OK for an efi 420cc.




Wont look like this for long though I'll give it one week here and it'll look 10 years old.

I got two spare front drive shafts for it so can just drop the lower ball joint and swap them out when the CV boots get torn off. Happens frequently here

Someone makes cv boot protectors up this way, can,t remember who,, i,ll do some digging to try to find out.

Originally Posted by Piddler

I have a Kawasaki KFX 700 and could not speak highly enough of it worth a look at.

Only 2wd but very fast, heaps of torque a proper tow ball attachment available.

Lighter in the steering than a 4wd machine and a lot less moving parts.

If you have a test ride you will love the big V twin.

Cheers

Go the Kwaka.One of the sites I work on has had one for 12 months and it has outlasted all the other makes,I'd go as far as saying it is the most trouble free mine site vehicle I've ever encounted. Pat

That's far too bright and shiny Tony

Do you reckon all the quads are getting too damned big ?
A common complaint around here is that the turning circles in particular are getting too large, and because they are all getting so big and heavy they are getting scary in steep country.
Hell, one of the cockies here rolled his 'Cruiser down the side of a mountain last year and got smashed up pretty badly, had to be choppered out and spent a few months in Newcastle.