Quad Bikes

[dotdog]

Anyone know about these? need one not as a toy, but to pull a small harrow over a horse arena.. any advice gratefully received

[w111pac]

the honda 4 stroke one's afav with the farmers up my way. 4wd. elec start, reverse gear an all that. trx 350
+ it's a honda so it'll go on forever

[telecat]

Tsk Tsk double posting!!

[markelvin]

The Polaris 800 Sportsman is awsome.

[dotdog]

Thanks, and apologies for the doublepost..

[odyssey2200]

A brand name quad will set you back lots of cash.

If all you want is light duty for occasional use I bought my lad a 110 quad for xmas from
www.funbike-imports.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

The guy there was running his stock down so I did an amazing deal.

Might be worth a call

[mc101]

dotdog said:

Anyone know about these? need one not as a toy, but to pull a small harrow over a horse arena.. any advice gratefully received

Dont buy any of the trendy / fun orientated quads -- you'll wear it out mechanically in no time with agri work. Get something from Polaris/Kawasaki / 4 stroke and 500cc + -- alternatively consider a tractor mower with tow hitch - mine pulls a half tonne trailer no problems all day for the last 5 years.

[odyssey2200]

I hear what you are saying buy it depends on the amount of use/abuse its going to get and and how deep your pockits are.

If you are going go put it to hard use , don't skimp buy a Honda or something
It it's once a week to clean out your nags stable don't spend a fortune.

Sadly a lot of the main manufacturers are getting their stuff built or components made in the far east and China anyway.

I also bought one of my kids a cheap chinese 125 off road bike.
He did more damage falling off that any mechanical failures
anything that broke was cheaply replaced with an off the shelf part.
All for a third of the cost of a jap bike that also had no warranty from new cos its considered a competition bike.