| For those who are not familiar, it's easy to assume | | | | Otherwise, if you own a mini van or pickup truck, |
| that indulging oneself in a sport like ATV riding can be | | | | they'll do just fine. Renting a trailer for the purpose |
| expensive. After all, let's just take a few of the | | | | of transporting your trailer back home is very |
| current models into consideration. With heavy | | | | practical and inexpensive. |
| modification, an ATV today could easily cost you | | | | Tools and maintenance |
| more or less $20,000. And how about a Prevost | | | | Maintenance is a necessary procedure to ensure that |
| motorhome? With modification and custom paint, you | | | | your ATV does not break down in the middle of |
| could be looking at a $600,000 invoice! That's a whole | | | | nowhere. However, if you plan to only maintain it |
| lot of money to most of us! But thankfully, it's not | | | | periodically, you won't need any special tools. In fact, |
| always this way. There are ways to cut your cost | | | | most of the ATVs these days come with a tool kit. |
| by more than half if you make an effort. | | | | This tool kit is usually all you need to perform routine |
| Minimize accessories and features if you don't need it | | | | maintenance. |
| This is one of the most obvious ways to save some | | | | ATV riding gear |
| money. if you don't need an ATV with a huge motor | | | | The kind of riding gear you need pretty much |
| with all the bells and whistles, then forget about it. | | | | depends on the kind of riding you're going to do. |
| Most Mid-Range ATVs costs about $7,000 or so. So, | | | | However, with that said, even if you don't intend to |
| if you're not really in it for the big motor and fancy | | | | purchase a whole new closet-ful of riding attire, |
| design, you can easily get one for $4,000 these days. | | | | please invest in some basic safety accessories like |
| Yamaha and Polaris produces some of the best | | | | helmet, goggles, gloves and boots. Yes, we have to |
| beginner machines and these beginner ATVs go for | | | | admit that some of the branded ones are a little bit |
| approximately $3,000. | | | | pricey but if you do a little bit of legwork, it doesn't |
| Transporting your new ATV | | | | have to be. |
| Now, this is one of the least obvious cost when it | | | | If you wish to, you can get riding boots but to be |
| comes to ATVs. When you buy a new ATV, don't | | | | honest with you, boots are not a primary safety |
| forget that you'll need a way of getting it back to | | | | gear. You can't do without the helmet because it |
| your home if the supplier does not provide it. So, | | | | protects the head and face. The goggles protect the |
| clarify this issue with the supplier and if they don't or | | | | eyes and gloves protect the hands. So, if you're |
| cannot provide this service, rent a trailer with built-in | | | | riding on a low budget, get the boots when you are |
| ramp so that you can get the ATV back home. | | | | ready. |