Toughest Most Reliable Quad ever Produced

[Gwbarm]

Iv seen that filter before very well hidden around the crank, you have to pull the side case to change it. 

[Mech]

Yeah they've been using them since the early seventies.. Lots of heavy machinery use centrifugal filters.. They are really efficient and have long service intervals.

[Whiterabbit]

Hondas are hard to kill. Polaris is good but the parts are pricey. I looked at a dozen used quads this yr,  ya' know what was the #1 killer of them? The owner's lack of proper maintenance/ jerry rigged repairs and their kids beating the s**t outt'a them.

[Gwbarm]

Agreed! Hondas are great , they can be ignored cranked once a year with no issues and go and go. I never really liked the reverse switch on the older ones, a little annoying, but i cant really complain, it always works. 

[symphony]

Another vote for King Quad 300.

[Dadclan623]

My KTM 525XC has never left me stranded, I've even kept up with SXS guys on their mess of trails. Just takes a beating & keeps on ripping!

[USRaider]

Not to be that guy but my knee jerk reaction to this topic was "The most reliable ATV is the U.S. Army truck, 1⁄4‑ton, 4×4, command reconnaissance."

I'm betting there are quads with better capability in a much smaller package these days.  Nostalgia may not be the best source for data on this one...

[Gwbarm]

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[Ejwill]

In Georgia you you don’t need a title for an atv.

[Antonio_D]

Maybe I am a bit late to this topic, but what I've heard from the other name brands are Odes ATV's. Cheaper than most top brands. Other than that should be Honda as they can really take a beating a still be working fine. 

[LCP92]

You can't beat an old Honda 250, but just about any of the older Japanese air cooled and carbureted machines are tough and simple to repair yourself.  

[Ejwill]

I don’t know about simple, I’ve worked on everything from hockey choppers to nuclear reactors, I’ve been able to work on my 2007 foreman 500 4x4 es, but only with the help of some great people here on Quad Crazy. You can’t just jump in there not having a background in quad repair. The people on Quad crazy make it possible to get the job done. But you are right they are tough long lasting machines. Ride On!!