jeeper
Well-Known Member
Hello,
This may be a bit long, so I apologize.
My wife and I are both avid off-road enthusiasts. She likes the dirt with bikes and 4x4's as do I. We currently have two newer bikes. I have a KX 500 that is dead stock and basically new. She has a CRF 230. As you can imagine, she is in 3rd gear while I am lugging in first. It does not work real well. I end up hanging back and then cranking it on to clean it out every so often.
Now we are looking at quads.
We want 2wd sport quads. Local use in sandy soils from our house. We may do some other fire roading etc. around here as well. We can ride for days from our house.
We also intend to do to the dunes. We are two hours from X-mas Valley and about three plus from the coast. Probably would be hitting the dunes at the coast about 4-5 times a year.
We both want the same quads.
The 700 Raptor is pretty tempting. Whatever I buy, I want something that does not require daily maintenence. Reliablility is key. Maintenence is fine and I am capable. But I get enough wrenching with my cars and Jeeps so that the other toys need to be reliable.
Any thoughts, input on other quad options? I would rather drop the big coin and get something decent from the get go. I don't want to buy a 250 and then wish for more.
We are not real agressive riders, but we do like speed and hillclimbing.
I'm thinking if we get something larger and leave it basically stock that we would be happier than a smaller modified one.
Kind of like a mild 440 vs. a real high winding 273 thing.
Are their other options for quads that fit the bill?? Other opinions and experiences.
Thanks, ROB
This may be a bit long, so I apologize.
My wife and I are both avid off-road enthusiasts. She likes the dirt with bikes and 4x4's as do I. We currently have two newer bikes. I have a KX 500 that is dead stock and basically new. She has a CRF 230. As you can imagine, she is in 3rd gear while I am lugging in first. It does not work real well. I end up hanging back and then cranking it on to clean it out every so often.
Now we are looking at quads.
We want 2wd sport quads. Local use in sandy soils from our house. We may do some other fire roading etc. around here as well. We can ride for days from our house.
We also intend to do to the dunes. We are two hours from X-mas Valley and about three plus from the coast. Probably would be hitting the dunes at the coast about 4-5 times a year.
We both want the same quads.
The 700 Raptor is pretty tempting. Whatever I buy, I want something that does not require daily maintenence. Reliablility is key. Maintenence is fine and I am capable. But I get enough wrenching with my cars and Jeeps so that the other toys need to be reliable.
Any thoughts, input on other quad options? I would rather drop the big coin and get something decent from the get go. I don't want to buy a 250 and then wish for more.
We are not real agressive riders, but we do like speed and hillclimbing.
I'm thinking if we get something larger and leave it basically stock that we would be happier than a smaller modified one.
Kind of like a mild 440 vs. a real high winding 273 thing.
Are their other options for quads that fit the bill?? Other opinions and experiences.
Thanks, ROB
