I bought a Kodiak on opening day of Deer season in 1997. I still have that bike. It still runs great. Occasional maintenance is all it needs. I have several newer bikes from various manufacturers. They all have pluses and minuses. But that old Yamaha will never leave me stranded in the woods. Great machine!

I love the automatic! Just bought my first one a few months ago. 03 450 Kodiak. Has around 700 miles, everything is original, garage kept, like new, $2800. I didn't know how I'd like or trust it. I was new to yamaha as well. I've owned several other brands and really enjoyed my Hondas and Suzuki. I'm now convinced that the Kodiak was the best machine ever made. I love that I found the older model with the pull start, diff lock, and straight rear axle. I'm a hunter and have a lot of land, attached to miles of woods, to take care of. I'm so impressed, I'm now selling my brand new dual sport to buy a second yamaha, preferably a grizzly.

Thank You! I just got in a 1996 Kodiak with 250 miles. I had no clue how to start it. You saved me a lot of grief. New carb rebuild and it purrs.

I recently got myself a 1995 Kodiak 400 and on a flat straight stretch I got it to max at about 80km which is 50 mph, I've had the speedometer maxed out going down hill but it's really sketchy, it takes a while to get going though and if it wasn't all time 4x4 it would rip, the older Kodiaks aren't really meant for speed I find, they handle really good off road though

@WeTryMotorsports

3 жыл бұрын

wow! yeah solid off road machine, lots of fun. glad you're enjoying it :)

love these videos. All of them remind why owning a honda is the very best choice you could ever make. I had one of these and it was a piece of junk versus the same year 400 foreman i ended up buying a few years later

Very good ,useful info, good explanation, i am in look/check to see to buy a ATV, so thanks.

@WeTryMotorsports

3 жыл бұрын

no problem, thanks for watching!

I just bought a 96 400 Yamaha kodiak, the plastics had been sprayed with gravel guard, looked aweful, not sure what year plastics came with the bike, but they are much better and i like the look of the square headlights better. Rebuilt the top end, new carb, new brakes all around, cant find a foot brake assembly though, runs amazing, pulls violently well, looking forward to after its broken in again

Blows my mind how slow they are. Just got a 1997.

@WeTryMotorsports

6 күн бұрын

@@Guystufff yeah they're not known for speed haha

What is the app that you are using for the top speed called?

Do you have the timber wolves

Hello, tell me, I plan to buy a Kodiak 400 (Big bear 400), if it is carefully operated, just drive without mud and swamps and regularly serviced, then 15,000 km will pass?

Nice four wheeler

Hello, I'm calling from Romania. I also have this model of atv but I don't know where the mileage is. Can you tell me where it is. Thank you.

Can you buy that foot shifter for the quad anywhere? We have one but the shifter is gone and we use a wrench lol and it sucks cause it always falls off

@WeTryMotorsports

2 жыл бұрын

I sold Muffs a complete parts atv, check for them on eBay. very likely they still got one. out of Rhode Island - give them a call. Muffs Motorsports

@Tristarr21

2 жыл бұрын

@@WeTryMotorsports ohh okk thanks

Is it straight gas no mixing oil on the fuel?

@WeTryMotorsports

Жыл бұрын

straight gas (4 stroke) on this one

Great bikes…. Bullet proof

@jlucier59

Жыл бұрын

Terrible ATV probably the worst 4x4 on the market

@earl-tf4qc

11 ай бұрын

​@@jlucier59that's definitely opinion and not fact.

@earl-tf4qc

11 ай бұрын

If you take care of them, which many people don't, they last forever.

what was the top speed and does it have a revlmiter

@WeTryMotorsports

3 жыл бұрын

11:00-13:35 is the top speed run. 37 mph on this bike, no limiter

@jacko377

2 жыл бұрын

The throttle may have a screw that limits the maximum. @@WeTryMotorsports

@WeTryMotorsports

2 жыл бұрын

@@jacko377 naturally, but no ECU. without one you'd explode the motor lol

Do you know how much horse power it has? I literally just bought one 10 minutes ago 😅

@WeTryMotorsports

2 ай бұрын

not much haha

Do you still have the big bears 250

@WeTryMotorsports

3 жыл бұрын

Na they're gone, I normally only keep them so long

@kylechrestman6955

3 жыл бұрын

If bear was 350. Timberwolf and beartracker waste 250’s

@FlawleZ31

3 жыл бұрын

@@kylechrestman6955 The Timberwolf is a great a ATV.

Whoever put that front basket rack on the REAR rack should be horsewhipped. Hello, lower back bruises! I remember when this machine was one of the biggest cc 4-wheelers offered. I never saw that many, but the vibe I got from Yamaha fans felt like it wasn't the jump up from the Big Bear that it should've been. I got to spend an hour or two on one back in winter of 2000, and aside from top-end performance, it did what a 4x4 utility quad was supposed to do.

Those particular tires on your machine are known to pull the bars from your hands

@WeTryMotorsports

Жыл бұрын

yeah they're a little aggressive

Is it 4wd all the time ?

@WeTryMotorsports

3 жыл бұрын

Correct!

@kofibieniemy3395

Жыл бұрын

Yes

Just hold the brake and u can start it in gear

the atv needs shocks. Also this llooks like new jersey

Sure it has the ability if not more

Hope you have a new go pro. Sound cutting in and out while picture doing the same.

@WeTryMotorsports

Жыл бұрын

yeah, it's super annoying. I am going to get the app plus a mic for the phone

Thats not a 1996 its 1995 m'y 1996 is not the same

I prefer the automatics they make great trail quads

@darrell5363

Жыл бұрын

same but i dont mind the 5 speed

Quad

mines louder mine is custom

Worst 4x4 ever made mine gets stuck everywhere it's a pile of shit 2wd ATV will go much further

@kofibieniemy3395

Жыл бұрын

My 1995 handles the Mud well it’s very swampy and Muddy down here in Louisiana creek bottoms etc and this old Yamaha deals with it

@dls951

Жыл бұрын

sounds like operator error

@darrell5363

Жыл бұрын

dont run your quad in holes jeeps go into then you dumb fuck