Brought my venerable (a nice way of saying very, very old) 2002 Honda Foreman into the shop a few weeks ago to have what I thought would be a simple wheel bearing change . . . and received a call that several wheel bearings and other assorted parts needed to be changed. Some items were optional, some not so much.
To be honest I've been thinking about updating my ATV for a while now and the total to fix everything on the list helped push me in the direction of buying a new ATV.
Sold my Honda to a nice guy through Craigslist. Told him straight up everything that I knew needed to be fixed and gave him a break on the price as he was the only person who didn't ask me if I would take $500 less than the asking price before even looking at the ATV in person . . . and traveled over 2 hours to first look over the ATV before talking price. In the end he seemed happy with the deal and I was happy with the price . . . not as much as I could have got, but I figure as long as both the buyer and seller leave pleased then it is a good deal.
Traveled to Caribou a few days later (3 1/2 hours) to buy a 2017 Yamaha Kodiak 700 EPS. So far I'm really liking the upgrade . . . in power (700 cc vs. 435 cc), power steering (where have you been all of my life?), independent rear suspension (much, much nicer for trail riding) and the CVT which has taken me a bit to get use to -- both in terms of I still find myself trying to shift up or down a gear with my foot like I did with the Honda and with the noisier chatter of the belt in the CVT.
To be honest I've been thinking about updating my ATV for a while now and the total to fix everything on the list helped push me in the direction of buying a new ATV.
Sold my Honda to a nice guy through Craigslist. Told him straight up everything that I knew needed to be fixed and gave him a break on the price as he was the only person who didn't ask me if I would take $500 less than the asking price before even looking at the ATV in person . . . and traveled over 2 hours to first look over the ATV before talking price. In the end he seemed happy with the deal and I was happy with the price . . . not as much as I could have got, but I figure as long as both the buyer and seller leave pleased then it is a good deal.
Traveled to Caribou a few days later (3 1/2 hours) to buy a 2017 Yamaha Kodiak 700 EPS. So far I'm really liking the upgrade . . . in power (700 cc vs. 435 cc), power steering (where have you been all of my life?), independent rear suspension (much, much nicer for trail riding) and the CVT which has taken me a bit to get use to -- both in terms of I still find myself trying to shift up or down a gear with my foot like I did with the Honda and with the noisier chatter of the belt in the CVT.
