Hey guys.
I’m new here and was wondering if you could give me some advice. I live in southern ontario. I now own a 1998 big bear 350 special edition. I was thinking about selling it and getting a big red 250. My first machine was a 83’ 200e and I want to get back into the trikes. I can really only afford one machine, and was wondering what to get.
My choices are a 300 to 450cc 4x4 quad, or a 250 big red? Not many of the big reds around, but I love em. Only thing is, in the winter, I want to be able to drive often, and with my buddies running around on bigger machines, I was wondering how good the 250es does in the snow. My 200e was terrible for power in anything over 4 inches. I frequently have a couple months of a good foot of snow.
At the same time, I want a machine that is good in the mud, and with some 27’s or something and a nice exhaust, possibly a snorkel, the big red would be so fun. Quads are a lot more moving parts in the front end.
What do you think I should do?
How powerful are the big reds in a good foot or more of powder?
How easy is it to get more power out of a big red without building the motor? I want the possibilities of running 28s or so?
My quad at the moment has 26’ mud lites, and is great in the snow, with a foot of powder it hits 50km or so.
The 200e hit like.... 15 or 20km.
Advice would be well appreciated.