Got a new toy

[twgranger]

I bought a new 2005 yamaha kodiak 400. This thing is pretty fun in the snow. The first thing i did to it was put new mudlite tires on it. The stock ones were pretty useless. Here are some pics.

[OldSchoolin86]

Cool, I'd love to get something like that to play on. I'd have a plow mounted to it already tho, lol.

[03 ORANGE SHEE]

our family in new berlin has the 04 soild rear axle one, its tan, and very peppy!the 450 has the low range , i wish the 400 had it!

[Tri-ZNate]

My Uncle has an '04 Kodiak 450 and the stock tires on that take it anywhere. They are really great machines and yours with the mudlites looks like a monster :twisted:

[mike from long island]

our family in new berlin has the 04 soild rear axle one, its tan, and very peppy!the 450 has the low range , i wish the 400 had it!


that wouldnt be new berlin new york would it???

[03 ORANGE SHEE]

yep, i burn that area up :p , coopers town, south new berlin, i ride those snowmobile trails up there in the summer, 88 to 8 north

[mike from long island]

i have family there too!!!! my cousin is on the new berlin FD. small wprld ya know lol i guess i might be visiting more often when you up that way too. damnn thats cool :beer

[MTS]

Hope your happy with it, first thing i would do is get a winch for it, you WILL need it, and when you get it make sure all the cables and connections are soddrd and not criped, ( i have put hundreds of thease things togther) nother thing watch the vent tube that comes up the back of the quad undr neth the rear tail light, its a vent for the belt, and the clamps they put on the small end SUCK and are normally loose and fall off, causin alot of crap and water to get in, i cant remember if it was the 400 or the 350 with the rear drums, but if it has them Keep a close eye on them and clean them ALOT...., now as far as reliability, there pretty decent, just dont sink them or you are screwed hahah.

[twgranger]

This has rear Hydraulic Disc brakes, same with the front. How will this need a winch more than any other machine??? I put new mudlites on it and they seem to grab pretty good. Dont even need to put it in 4wd in some deep ass snow.

[03 ORANGE SHEE]

i think what he means is if you ever stick it, it isnt like the z, you will need a truck to get it unstuck. a tri-z, you can pick it up

[twgranger]

i think what he means is if you ever stick it, it isnt like the z, you will need a truck to get it unstuck. a tri-z, you can pick it upGuess ill have to eat my wheaties. :lol:

[MTS]

Guess ill have to eat my wheaties. :lol:
Yea i have personal experiance with this..they are NOT fun to unstick LOL...:lol:, nother thing i just rememberd, When in deep snow or mud (like 3ft+) forget about using reverse to get unstuck, the CDI box on them has the Rev limiter set in reverse reaaaly low, so it wont hardly turn the tires backwards...lol

[BLAZERONE22]

Guess ill have to eat my wheaties. :lol:

Tried that! Totals better! better yet a WARN works better than both. Everyone said when I bought my 4x4 that I did'nt need a winch, well I've used it 4 times already.

[MTS]

Tried that! Totals better! better yet a WARN works better than both. Everyone said when I bought my 4x4 that I did'nt need a winch, well I've used it 4 times already.
My uncle runs one on the front and back of his 450 kodiak, but we have some KNARLY trails here in the mountians...