Hi Folks, just found this site, great place, just what I need !

I wanted to get my kids (12 and 13) a couple of off road bikes, but found I could get 2 chinese quads for less than the price of 1 second hand bike, so a no brainer really There's plenty of places to ride here, basically the whole country is one big quad track. I've just read all the opinions on here about Chinese quads, and it all makes sense. The engines seem pretty good, but the rest of the machines are made of Swiss cheese. I enjoy spannering them (a necessity before and after any use!), but am getting really frustrated about the lack of spare parts - I'm stretching my bodging skills to the limit.

Anyway, here's a few pics, we can mess about just outside our house, which is basically a rocky desert cum building site, then we can put the quads on the trailer and be in the sandy bits within an hour. The tyres are great for the rocks, but hopeless in the sand. My next mission, should I choose to accept it, is to get another set of rear wheels, with some flappy tyres fitted.








Edit - Hmm, I tried using thumbnails, I guess they don't work here ??

Edited: 12/26/2007 at 05:03 AM by Bonzo

he should try going up that hill

wow qatar , thats so far away from here i dont even think i could get to there from here.
there are in fact alot of quad forums ,some of them are down right rude. this is one of the better ones .

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03 LTZ 400 ,full yosh pipe ,no air box. K&N type filter w/ pre-cleaner, dynatek CDI,39 FCR w/ratstack ,160 MJ,48 PJ ,pluged LJ,DJ needle 4th clip, nerf bars ,six pack rack, 1.5 warn winch,skid plates, alloy bars,razer II rear tires, 13.6:1 Wiseco piston,p&p,hot cams I&E,450r air boot, 450r front front brake ,SS brake lines, p-brake off,450r front shocks ,40+hp

That's why we want some flappy tyres

are '' paddle tires '' that difficult to get ? i would think with that much sand paddle tires would be standard operating equipment.
ya know kids and all them rocks and black top, i would imaging they would go threw tires rather quickly.

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03 LTZ 400 ,full yosh pipe ,no air box. K&N type filter w/ pre-cleaner, dynatek CDI,39 FCR w/ratstack ,160 MJ,48 PJ ,pluged LJ,DJ needle 4th clip, nerf bars ,six pack rack, 1.5 warn winch,skid plates, alloy bars,razer II rear tires, 13.6:1 Wiseco piston,p&p,hot cams I&E,450r air boot, 450r front front brake ,SS brake lines, p-brake off,450r front shocks ,40+hp

when I was over seas in Kuwait I saw kids riding down the interstate don't know if it was illeagal but saw it .

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ATV SAFETY INSTRUCTOR
91 WARRIOR
2004 Z400
325 TRAIL BOSS
250 TRAILBLAZER
2004 LTZ 250

25 years in the Army Reserves
1 tour in Iraq ,serving proudly

I did some time in Qatar and Iraq during OIF/OEF. Actually wanted my roomates back in the states to disassemble my quad and send it to me, but that idea didnt last long after I realized that I had to get it back to the states. I even called my commander and asked if I could have it sent over on one of our C-17's, but he just laughed at me and said, "just keep focused on the mission and getting home safe!". Looks like so much fun!

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'95 F-250, Ext. cab, Long bed, 4x4, 7.3L PSD
-Bone Stock
-18-20 MPG
-220K mi. and counting......

'02 400ex
-Supertrapp IDS 2 slip-on
-K&N with airbox mods

'02 350 Warrior (girlfriends)
-a lot of wrenchin'

Hi there.

No they're not difficult to get, I just need to get to it. I really need them on a spare set of wheels, so we can use the existing tyres for rocky stuff, and the paddle type for the dunes.

Awesome pictures. That place looks like the perfect backdrop for a great adventure. Thanks for sharing the pictures with us.

DV

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'07 Yamaha Rhino 660: Lonestar long travel suspension w/ Elka shocks; Gorilla axles; Trinity sheave; Dynatek CDI; Yoshimura RS-5 exhaust
'07 Yamaha Grizzly 700: Ohlins shocks; Fix Powersports sheave; Dynatek CDI
'08 KTM 530 EXC R: street legal dirt bike

Just been shopping around. The cheapest I can find here are $152 each, and I can't find any the same size as mine (20x10x10), so I definitely need new rims as well, which are probably the same price again. For the two quads this would cost me +/- $1,200, and I'd still have the stock tyres on the front. I don't think the quads are worth spending this much money on, so I think I might just leave them as they are and look for a second hand Banshee for dune bashing.

Are tyres this expensive in the US ??

a pair of padle brats with rims are like 450.USD probably the best tire ya can get tho.
kenda dune runners are on the other end of the spectrum at 89.98 USD for 2 plus some shipping.
69.98 USD for 2 rims plus some shipping .so tire and rims ,you can get them for 190.USD of coarse thats a new price used ones should be cheeper .

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03 LTZ 400 ,full yosh pipe ,no air box. K&N type filter w/ pre-cleaner, dynatek CDI,39 FCR w/ratstack ,160 MJ,48 PJ ,pluged LJ,DJ needle 4th clip, nerf bars ,six pack rack, 1.5 warn winch,skid plates, alloy bars,razer II rear tires, 13.6:1 Wiseco piston,p&p,hot cams I&E,450r air boot, 450r front front brake ,SS brake lines, p-brake off,450r front shocks ,40+hp

Edited: 01/02/2008 at 07:17 AM by cataway

Hi Cataway, thanks for the info ! Kenda dune runners sound like my kind of tyres Is there a dealer on here I can get them from by mail order ???