Thread: Quad Bikes What to look for

Power, suspension, handling, build quality

Originally Posted by Spanners

Power, suspension, handling, build quality

Would an alloy small block fix most of those problems?

No...

A turbo would

Originally Posted by Spanners

No...

A turbo would

Ok, one on each side of a LS3 then.

I have had a few quads, kawasaki bayou, Suzuki Vinson, and the 300 king quad. Just remember the engine in the king quad is mounted more to the rear so you need to be careful on steep uphills. They flip over real easy My vinson was the best being auto, when in park it puts a pin through the diff drive and it is rock solid on hills. The kawasaki was just a great all rounder and went every where, towed a few quads outa some really swampy areas when I had Gator tyres on the beastie If the king quad checks out ok then it should do the job for ya, just watch those uphills.

Originally Posted by kiwishoota

I have had a few quads, kawasaki bayou, Suzuki Vinson, and the 300 king quad. Just remember the engine in the king quad is mounted more to the rear so you need to be careful on steep uphills. They flip over real easy My vinson was the best being auto, when in park it puts a pin through the diff drive and it is rock solid on hills. The kawasaki was just a great all rounder and went every where, towed a few quads outa some really swampy areas when I had Gator tyres on the beastie If the king quad checks out ok then it should do the job for ya, just watch those uphills.

Cheers Kiwishoota

Dont plan on any serious hill climbing but you never know.

with the suzuki make sure its been serviced well and the right oil put in, they have a centrifugal clutch on end of the crankshaft
wrong oil or not changed enough they shit themselfs also taking off in high gears roots them too
had to fix one last week

the thing with the king quad, is that there are small easy to handle and not to heavy. that super low is great when u need it. true i think the honda is a better bike, but they hold their price, and dealers know this. i had a king quad and it was great, i did pull a lite trailer which was good, but never a big trailer loaded with cows like our dairing brothers do with their hondas!!!!!!! if all you want to do is get you into the back for a hunt then go king quad.

Originally Posted by Spanners

Power, suspension, handling, build quality

Your really dont like Suzukis do you Spanners.

Originally Posted by P38

Your really dont like Suzukis do you Spanners.

Not LTs or Kingquads - nope - bags of puss IMO

I forgot about the front end being light - couple guys I know have fish bins on the front with a sack of gravel in it

Longrange308
Thanks for the heads up on the clutch I'll check it out.

SakoKid
Yes I like the King Quad becasue it's smaller and lighter, that super low gear is a bonus however whatever I end up with will be getting a winch bolted on to the front of it.
I intend to use it only for getting me into and out of the hunting area and for carrying any animals out. I dont expect to be towing a trailer anytime soon as that rather defeats the purpose of haveing a smaller lighter Quad.

Any other hints would be very much appriciated.

Cheers
Pete

Originally Posted by Spanners

Not LTs or Kingquads - nope - bags of puss IMO

I forgot about the front end being light - couple guys I know have fish bins on the front with a sack of gravel in it

Fair enough.

I've taken note of the light front end, dont want to be on the recieving end of a roll over when I point it uphill.

Cheers
Pete

Yamaha grizzly 600 2007 ive got... Raw power to burn.. Goes through and up anything...

Saying that I had a 300 suzuki kingquad b4 that bout a 96... Fukn thing just went an went used to float it through the river and bash it to bits....... I was actually trying to kill it but I failed lol

Baldbob I know you have rifles, you could have killed it if you really wanted to.

I know where there is a cheap honda 3004x4....just needs a new rear carrier, LF top arm, stearing bearing, frame to be squared, rear plastics to be repaired, front tyre to go back on the bead....... oh and it hasn't been running for six months

Could be the odd other thing wrong....thats just what I saw