We need more of this guy.

gotta love them older bikes before belt driven was the thing. can't beat them old Yamaha and Hondas.

Old school baby !! Yamaha for the win :D

right before the 3 min mark I was fully convinced that this guy Can ride like crazy. he had mad skills

Shows that you don't need a lot of money to ride like ostacrusier

Snorked to tha MAX!!!! And dude can ride too! :D

I love my big bear

11:44 into the video and you are thinking, wow this video has everything. Then out of nowhere, the bike dies. No worries though, you are surrounded by a awesome group of guys all as eager to get your bike running again as you are. Awesome teamwork guys. Once again showing that Canadian spirit! Cheers!

Good memories. I grew up muddin on the big bear 350. Thing was a beast!

ohh my god. this is awesome. The extended exhaust and carb air is a good idea

Love the restart at the end. ....toughest thing ever. Well done.

i love seeing these older smaller quads built to the hilt n still having fun, says the guy with the little old quad loll I'm not a brand pusher, or basher, just like to ride n have fun. bravo big bear guy!!

Anything ridden in these environments require a lot of maintenance, and there isn't a more reliable machine out there for mudding with 29.5" or larger tires. jmo

I used to have that exact same machine, color and all minus the snorkle and exhaust set up. Always went where I wanted and more. Thing was a tank. My sisters boyfriend even submerged it once on accident, pushed her out of the creek, pulled the air filter and she started right up. I miss that old toad.

It's a 350 Big Bear...great little bike

That thing is fu""in Awsome!!

You bet, more then ever now, this vid was from the last few summers. I will get a new video up soon of all the snow

Badass, i have a 87 i rescued from scrap, pulled out two small trucks, just snorkeled it. Two winches, lots of storage, setting up extendable jumper cables, aux lighting and power monitor. Gsx headlights and trx125 plastics. It's a beast.🤣🇺🇸😎

I got a big bear just like this but nor modded. I need valve covers but one those are in and its running good ima do a mud build just like this

Love my Big Bears!

I have a 2000 model Big Bear(the newer body style) with 25" MudLites I bought for $900. Its a pretty nice fourwheeler and runs great. I dont do a lot of water riding(none deep like you guys. lol), and its my first yamaha, but I do like it pretty well. Hard to beat for the money anyways. Glad to see some guys out having fun on $1000 machines. Its nice to have the new stuff sometimes, but if you cant afford it (or dont want to), then these older machines will do the trick!

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Damn, wish I could get my Big Bear running this good!

Awesome man!!!!! Great footage of something hanging with the big guns!! Shows it can be done and no matter what size the bike is it can be fun!!

Greetings from Poland ! This quad is awesome !

Doing the dance! Good-ole Big Bear was one of the best quads ever made. Sad they do not make them anymore.

good to the old wheelers still going strong, i run a 99 grizzly so its nice to see an old face amongst the shiny new can-ams

What about a badass ATV videos I've seen!

A pull start no less. That guy is my ahero... Awesome to see this.

definitely, thumbs way up for that!!!!

Sure looks like he's having a blast to me

I have an old Big Bear out in the shop, never thought one could do that! It mostly gets used by my boys around the yard.

what size tires are in the big bear? I just scored an identical machine for 50 bucks off my neighbor it just needs a rear diff and axle

Thank you, I agree

Awesome video

This video just goes to show Its not as much what you ride, as how you ride :) Nice video of the big bear, I'm sure he appreciates you putting this one together. :)

makes me feel so much better about my prairie 360 lol. awesome vid

I've caught a couple of glimpses of this fellow in some of your vids. It's goes to show that you don't have to spend megabucks to enjoy yourself offroad. Great vid!

awesome vids as always!!

Ive seen this video probably 10 times, more and more its leaning me off geting a new can am. And wanting an old big bear and just puting 27's and snorkels.....either way this video is AWESOME and osta keep doing what you do!

101% awsome i had a 95 and a 02 big bear, now have a brute force i grew up on big bears makes me want to go buy 1 and put big tires, snorkel and ext exhuaust thanks for the video!

I like this video more then the can am ones, but maybe that's because I have somthing like this and not a can am.

That thing RULES!!!!!!!

I had a big bear decent machine. Videos like this made me buy a 2012 Can Am 1000xt Outty they rock

It's like dancing with a 4 wheeler ... Awesome

Absolutely awesome

your funny is our normal...lol. Just the cvt noise coming through the snorkels

I love my 2006 Yamaha Big Bear 400.

One of the best mud riders ive seen

ive watched this video like five times! i just finished my kawi 360 build and only rode once so far, gotta wait til the snow melts here.

Awesome! Thanks man

I'm definitely that guy....

Nice Vid. I have a 95 kodiak 400 with 30" Motto Monsters and I love it. You dont see to many vids with the old big bear/Kodiaks around with them in it. It was nice to come across this 1. Does it have the stock front axles?

Runs good, never mudded.

0:39 - Big Bear rev limiter FTW!!!! LOL Love it!!!

pretty cool to see it hang with the can ams for the most part

Definitly a good set of tools, any specific ones you need for your machine, extra oil and filter, small set of jumper cables, zip ties, tie wire, multi tool, air compressor, tire plugs and a tire tube, in case the tire gets really damaged you can throw a tube in it and limp it out, can of either to seat the bead on the tire, tow strp, good working winch, bottle of Sea foam in case your fuel gets contaminated, extra spark plugs, dielectric grease

I’d love to take an 80’s Honda fourtrax 350 and see if it does as well as this

when machines were built like rocks and rode like one too 😉

Love the snorkels, we have them that height on our old quads, are Honda TRX350 had two and it looked like a bull, then are Yamaha Moto4 200 had one in the back because the airbox was at the back and we welded a washer onto the muffler for more back pressure so it wouldn't flood the engine, Now you could call it a 2 stroke because it smokes as much as one, normally one quart per 3 gallons of gas.

Ya he moves around on that bike like nobody's business...lol

I've also got a 96 big Bear and I'm putting 2 inch left bigger tires snorkel exhaust stack and full waterproofing pretty much what he has LOL

Guys got quick reflexes and a great machine

So what have you done to that big bear ? awesome video. like always!

badass videos!

Man that thing rips i like the sound of a v twin but i love the crack that big bear makes

Great videos as always! Love your videos keep'm coming! Is that a new quad I see (red one you were sitting on or is it not yours)?

No trails off limit for this guy love the old Yamahammers they don’t die

I have an 01 Big bear 400. Man I love that bike! All stock other then bigger mud tires. I try not to mud in it to much. I prefer riding in the mountains. The fact that its low and wide makes it a breeze going up and down steep rocky trails. But as you can tell in this vid its great in the mud too! haha

Yes a good set of snorkels and you should be set, I would search out some good Polaris Sportsman Forums for more specific info on modding them

Awesome vid

Sad moment when a Big bear makes it though the same stuff 1000's and 800's go though Haha Nice vid.

long live the submarine legend . great vid as usual

I like his heated backrest lolol

This is what I plan on doing to my 07 foreman 500. Bought it off a guy for 300 bucks and it didn't run and looks like a pos. So far I only have silver back x lites but I am planning on putting a hmf and jet kit on it this weekend. Then I plan on putting a long snorkel on it and Putting an 18% gr on it and I think I'll be done.

5:26 - liquid cooled and no clogged radiator! haha 😏

Can't believe you let a Yamaha ride with you can am guys

gota love those big bears, iv got an 09 400 and that things been through hell and back and still runs like a champ, only problem iv ever had with mine is its just so low geared but i have no problem towing our 1200 pound fuel trailer on the farm

Thats cool if I ever get a chance I would love to come ride with you guys, I live at the very bottom of Florida in the Everglades ,I would also love for you guys to come here in the swamp and ride I promise there's no clay just black mud it looks so much like the stuff you guys run in and lots of water. I would like to send you some videos so you can see what it's like here if you could give me your email you want believe how similar it looks ,sorry I am new at all this KZfaq stuff but if not thats OK love your videos.

that is sick !!!!! Awso vid

That right there shows that experience doesn't come with money

Love to know what size tires is on the big bear and also where did you get the exhaust

Where are you coming from?

ITP 212, MSA M16 Beadlocks, MSA M17 Elixor, MSA M12. Both ITP and MSA make great rims

Just got my gf a 87 350 big bear she doesn't know what's up yet haha awesome video

Yes the Vamps do pretty well in mud

The Big Bear is sweet!! Man I have a Honda 300 ... Where did you get the breathing tubes for the Carb that you have running up your snorkel !! I need to bough some of those breathing tubes for my carb where do you get it at??? Please help

Ya something different it is nice to see a different kind of bike on here

Olds yamaha big bears 350 are my favorites and this is the reason

I like them mudzillas on that big bear

i have a polaris magnum 325 4x4 bag drive every day im on it its never let me down once!

need to pull that bigbear back out on the new adventures.

Sounds sweet, what kinda tires are those?

100% respect

Big Bear Bren and Blackie...FTW!!!!

Hey osta i have a '92 big bear would i have to do any mods to spin the 29.5 outlaws?

this is awesome, where do u guys ride if you dont mid me asking?

awesome video!! I own a big bear and will stand by them all the way!! your muffler is still on? or is that straight pipe all the way up the exhaust snorkel?

@ostacruiser, hey buddy! Curious if theres any videos on the big bear snorkel being made?? It obviously works super well on this rig, i cant seem to find any good videos on youtube! Any suggestions?? Going to do it either way but watching some tips n tricks is always helpful! Thanks guys 😅

My Grandad Had a 1994 Kodiak 400 4x4 bought new it was a great quad