Used ATV 101

What are you asking?

What to look for in a used one?
Things to stay away from?
Someone to offer one?

Find a guy at work who lost his lease a few years ago and is tired of them taking up room in his garage. Get him to sell them to you for $100.00/ea and do the basic work on them yourself (change oil, diff fluids, air filters, spark plugs, clean carbs, etc) and enjoy the shite out of them. Does one now seem like it needs a new front bearing? Do they both need new boots on cv joints? Sure! But you paid 100.00 a piece for them so who gives a shite.

Oh yeah, first thing, if one has a snorkel, def change the oil and oil filter multiple times, change the diff fluids on front and rear and rear axle seals first! Guaranteed those things have water in them.

Full disclosure, all of the above is what I have been doing for the last few months. Been a lot of fun learning and working on them. They are now at my buddy’s ranch as of this past weekend and the kids learned how to operate them safely and had a blast on them just driving them around.

To big of a gamble. Buy new.

100%. Dealerships have minimal units in stock, and if you find one you're paying MSRP. As far as a used one, start looking hard NOW and comparing each. People are trying to get new prices (or more) for used ones, so you will figure out really quick which ones to weed out and keep scrolling. Keep looking multiple times a day, because the good ones that are put up with be sold very quickly.

I would look for something within 5-6 years old and no snorkel. I'm particular about honda, and recently bought a 2015 Rubicon deluxe for a really good price. Took about a month or two before I found something that I considered was worth the money they were asking.

This. Price seams a bit low but I like where your head's at. Get two for cheap and part one out to build up one "new" bike.

Beware of the Armour All shiny plastic. There is a flipper who sells, way out in the marsh around the old Tin Lizzys bar. Everything i looked at was junk. Looked at one in crossroads, Ms. Big time broken junk. Finally bought new. King Quad 400 4x4.