How did you get into Quads?

[Mech]

You guys were spoilt. My mates and I started out on garage finds, things like James, BSA, Jawa, which we spent more time getting going than riding.

[Gwbarm]

Oh you were riding high on those bikes, we just had little tiddlers but they were probably hondas most reliable engines, pushrod, only a few came over in the early 60s they were so smooth and quiet, no overhead cam and tough as nails.

[megaminx]

We always used ATVs - 90s Polaris Sportsmans - to get to our camp in the bush. Growing up those were my favorite memories. Now I'm a mechanical engineer and I've been rebuilding a lot of the machines we used when I was younger. It's been great to address all the issues. I have no interest in mud bogging and crazy new machines, I really see ATVs as work machines to achieve a greater goal. 

[SCmasterTech]

I started when I was around 8 with a Honda big red 3 wheeler.. After a few years later I got a XR100, then a KX80, and finally a CR125. Then I had nothing until recently when I got my kids a Bayou 220 to ride around.

[kawasig]

I first road My Sons Bayou 220 in Aug of 21. I tore all the tendends in my rotator cuff and ripped My bicep coming down from a jump. Had surgery to repair My shoulder in the spring off 22. I know own two quads and am looking for a third! Even pain and agony can't keep Me away! 

[SCTBird92]

Wanted one for work around the house. Now I have 3 and a SxS. Good for work and play!

[Gwbarm]

Kind of the same senario, the only problem i have is deciding which one to use. So i just decide which one i havent started in a while and use it. Unless i am in a hurry and then i use the one that has a good charged battery.

[vlxerdon]

I have been an avid motorcyclist since I was big enough to get on one. Street bikes were my forte. My doctor  told me that due to an illness I had last winter that my bike riding days are done. This pretty much crushed me. A friend that was doing some work around the house( He was being paid ) heard me telling my wife how bad I was feeling. My wife said how about a trike ,would that be alright.  said yeah anything I don't have to balance. My friend at this point stated he had an aty that was sitting for years and he would trade me for  one of my guitars( I have 14 both electric and acoustic ) He stated it need work but I love a challenge so at the age of 78 I have my first quad.. After a carb and battery it started right up. I live on a dirt road so Told the wife to hope on and away we went. After just a short ride I am hooked.

[kawasig]

Riding is a awesome way of life 2 or 4 wheels! At 60-70+ years old in the dirt I like 4 wheels Myself. I'm leaving the two wheels to those young rubber men that still bounce when they hit the ground! I just lay there thinking DAM This is gonna hurt for awhile! Lol

[Gwbarm]

Yeah, took a good fall a couple of years ago at 65, you dont just get up and shake your head and keep going like you used to, in fact you get up slowly and see if everything works, then try to determine your pain level. Luckily nothing was broken, which was a miracle in itself, but i still have trouble with neck and shoulder on that side. So 4 wheel are good.

[George Henry]

Don't forget three wheels people. I still ride my 1985 Honda ATC 250 SX trike. I prefer 3 wheels but I love quads as well. 

[Gwbarm]

Never rode one of those, but i know they had a great engine.

[Mhatayas]

Kinda a norm around here , everyone and their dog has a quad . Can even legally drive them on the streets now , pretty cool . Anyway first one I ever rode was an atc, Honda Yamaha and I now own a Suzuki lt250ef . I like the older bikes . Do some snowmobiling and dirt biking too 

[opnea]

Started off with a free moped I was gifted. I got it running and decided I wanted more fun so I cut it in half and welded it to the front half of a go-kart body. Turning it into a reverse trike. The thing was pretty cool but it was super slow so I posted it on a marketplace. Ended up trading it for a non-running chinese atv and some predator engines. Fixed up the old 125cc Chinese ATV and the predators. Sold the predators and rode the small ATV for a while until I sold that too, from there on I snowballed through anything with an engine, buying, fixing and selling for profit. My last project was a free 2000 suzuki ltf500 4wd quad that I just sold. Now I'm working on a 1991 lt230e that I picked up for $200. 

[Suzukiquad]

I have been on something with a motor since I could walk and hang on to my dad. Been on dirt bikes, quads, 3 wheelers, snow mobiles, motorcycles, pretty much everything. But, I have just always gravitated to quads, and what I am starting my kids on. 

[Ajmboy]

Thank you everyone for sharing, some pretty cool stories on how people got into quads. I'll reference when I first posted in this topic, back in May 2008!  Its crazy how long this community has been online.

 

[406offroad]

In May 2019, my wife and I went on a two week land and sea cruise trip to Alaska. One of the excursions was an ATV tour outside of Denali national Park. I knew then that atvs were in our future. I bought our first ATVs about 9 months after that trip.

[newguy024]

Like you i am a late bloomer when it comes to toys im 34 now and never really had any money, i bought my first quad a few weeks ago, a 1987 suzuki quadrunner, only paid 500$ for it runs and drives, but he said it has a bad oil leak, i brought it home and drained about 3L of oil out before it went down on the sight glass lol 

Edited May 27 by newguy024

[Gwbarm]

Those are great machines good luck good luck with it.

[newguy024]

thanks, im hoping that it will last me a while even though it was only 500$