I think they look sick. But I can do without the radiator in my face. Imagine bouncing your face off that. Omg. That would suck. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk

Hello everyone, just joined today, got my hands on a Yamaha ATV 2001 Big Bear 400. I'll be searching the forums for help getting this one running again..

Sounds like a cheap and good project. Great advice from @Frank Angerano and@wanrep! For $100 I would buy it just to mess with it.

My guess would be no. The best thing to do If you do buy it is to get all the wheels off the ground. With the bike in neutral spin the tires and see what spins and what grinds and makes noise. Go from there.

The casing is what I was going to say. It’s possible that it was a bad cast and the starter is slightly cocked. My best guess would be to do some research and see if there were any recalls or complaints about this happening as well as some remedy’s for it like a shim kit maybe ? This is just a guess.

Start by spraying everything down with WD 40 to loosen things up. Then taking it apart. Let’s see how bad things are. Maybe it’s bad maybe not. Only one way to find out!!!!

I guess it's worth $100 IF you've heard it run and it sounds ok. If it doesn't run, tell him you'll give him scrap price ($25) and get it out of his way. That way if it turns out to be a total mess, you can get your money out of it. From what you said, it'll need at least a rear diff. ($200), rear axle ($100), front axles ($50 each), maybe a front diff. ($200). Those a used prices. From the picture, it looks like it needs tie rods. Then you've got the unknown....brakes, transmission, clutch, etc. It could be a money pit. Then again, it could be worth sinking $500-1000 in. One thing it has going for it, it's a Yamaha 350. Those engines are like the Energizer bunny.

Looks great.

$130 bucks is worth it. As long as it’s running, the engine parts alone could be worth double that. And if the plastics are in good shape then that’s worth another $150 for both front and back even if there faded. And if the metal racks are not too banged up they are worth money also. Easy $60 bucks a rack. So you would get your money back. Now having said that, if your looking for a project then you can go to eBay and find some used axels for a fair price and play around with it as a project but your probably going to spend about $250 on parts and some time. As far as experience goes well that’s another story. If your mechanically inclined and have some knowledge about cars and things of that nature then you will be good. The seat is an easy fix and cosmetics are as well. Try and get the price down more. It’s basically a dead bike as it is. Offer him $75 bucks. He will come back at $100.

Welcome. Like Frank said. Anything you want to know, just ask. What's going on with your quad? Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk

Great video! Need tracks here....

can make it low to the ground or higher. I used one without even manual lift (just an adjustable strap) this "snow season". I would put a 40# bag of salt on the front rack to help compress shocks to keep it lower as well. it does ok for the most part, well worth the price in metal!