Yamaha Wolverine 350 trails, jumps and walk around 

Nice mods! I’ve read you can modify a Wide open style 424 kit for a Honda to fit the Wolverine. I believe it’s involved requiring cutting and welding but I remember reading posts about it years ago. I really like my 350 Wolverine. 😀

Thanks for the kind words and the info about the 424 cable, I was so happy when I found the one I bought off eBay something like 8 or 9 years ago. It’s sad to see machines get beat to death, particularly something desirable and it ends up in the hands of someone who doesn’t appreciate what they have but just bought it because it happened to be in their price range. I remember there used to be a bunch of 200X’s in my town and they all got thrashed and I don’t know of any that are left. Same with the Suzuki Quadrunners. Between ‘83 & ‘84 the local dealer sold 70 or 80 of them in our little town and hardly any are left in running condition. I’ll take care of my Wolverine, I still like it better than the stupid expensive, super big and heavy “sport” 4x4’s they offer today.

​@@thatalaskaguy 5 gears or 4??

5 gears or 4?

@@Fuckyourdeadhomies 5

I think so too. I removed the racks as soon as I got mine. I’ve never known the top speed, it just revs pretty high in 5th wide open. It could easily pull a 6th gear if it had one.

I do have some more, that’ll be a good, rainy day project. Thanks for watching!

I subscribe then and wait 👌

That Alaska Guy Is that is a 2 to 4 Wheel Drive conversion where did you get that from

Yes, Warn used to make them, it’s called a 424 kit. Unfortunately it went out of production years ago so I had to find my kit off eBay. Totally worth it as it made my Wolverine way more fun. Back when I was looking for one, they offered kits for the older Honda’s and still might. Some guys were buying those kits and modifying them by cutting the ends off and welding on new yokes that fit the Yamaha u-joints. That’s probably a reasonable mod if you have a driveline shop available.

No, I’ve not had to do anything with it. I suspect there are some aftermarket kits specifically designed for use with larger tires. I don’t have any experience with them though.

Thanks! Yes, you could just remove the front driveshaft to convert it into full time 2WD. The full time 4WD really takes the fun away from this quad. It’s one of the main reasons I sold my ‘96 Wolverine that I bought brand new. I got bored of it after a year and hated the grabby feeling front end on trails. I don’t know how reliable the new Polaris 4-wheelers are. But my brother had a ‘95 Polaris Scrambler at the same time as my ‘96 Wolverine and it was a complete junk show compared to the Yamaha. Like lawn and garden technology and I’m not even trying to be mean or exaggerate. I believe they’ve come a long way since then but I stick with Japanese manufactured 4-wheelers.

I drive a honda recon 250, but drive my dad's yamaha grizzly 660. He said after we get a side by side he'd buy me a new atv. I want a wolverine. How do you like yours?

@@garretth0707 I love mine. It starts when I want it to. Excellent on gas and lots of mods you can do

@@subie_2.020 haha if I were going to add mods it would probably be an aftermarket exhaust or new air filter. Thanks for the feedback!

@@garretth0707 I have a exhaust on mine no run a white brothers e series. I’m pretty sure pro circuit sell a t4 for $50

@@subie_2.020 I haven't researched exhausts that much, but the ones I have researched have been around $100. Thank you!

Sure! Hopefully it stops raining for this weekend and I can take it out for a ride.

It has the 424 kit on it.

Mine was the kit for the earlier version while I needed the one for the later version as my Wolverine is an ‘03. I think my kit was the 66055 while I should have bought the 66056. The difference was the size of the u-joint yokes. I was able to make it work by getting the larger yokes off eBay. I didn’t realize there was a difference until I got it. I was just happy to find a new old stock kit on eBay.

Same

I don’t know for certain? If I was to guess it’d probably be somewhere around 55-60 mph with 25” tall tires.

And the bars were bent

Grizzly 700’s are nice quads.

@@thatalaskaguy yep

I imagine they’d be even harder to find now. It’s been out of production for years. I bought mine off eBay around 9 years ago and they were out of production then.

It definitely does when you are looking down over the bars at the front fenders. 👍

@@thatalaskaguy definitely

I agree, I think it does pretty good. But what’s weird, even with 25” tires I find myself often trying to shift into a higher gear past 5th.

@@thatalaskaguy ya I took mine for a ride last night and I just felt like going higher but I couldn’t plus I had a hard time remembering what gear I was in

I have a 96 kodiak. Which is the more utilitarian version with a low range. I always looked a the wolverine as a 4wd warrior. But I always find my self trying to shift to a 6th and even 7th gear . Lol. It definitely could use a 6th gear

Also it’s a 400. Just a stroked 350

5 speed with reverse, auto clutch

@@thatalaskaguy no bullshit what's your thoughts when rideing it is it a sports quad is it worth it kinda thinking about grabbing one

@@Fuckyourdeadhomies well it depends on what you want to do. This is my second Wolverine 350. My first one was a brand new ‘96 and aside from exploring on I didn’t really like it. But it was full time 4x4 and that took most of the fun away. Plus I was a lot younger then and should’ve just bought another sport quad. But I really like this ‘03 model with the 424 kit as I can drift, spin brodies and do the fun sport quad stuff yet still explore on. I’m glad I bought another one as I like it’s size, looks and simplicity. But, it’s not light and easy to wheelie like a sport quad.

@@thatalaskaguy I appreciate you on the info man thank you so much post more videos plz

@@Fuckyourdeadhomies I can do more Wolverine videos once our snow melts. 👍😀

No, I don’t care for FB and all its privacy issues so won’t join it.

@@thatalaskaguy gotcha thing looks really nice man I got a 2003 black

The 350 is an auto clutch 5 spd manual shift. The Wolverine 450 was an automatic, belt drive transmission.

@thatalaskaguy I believe you was confused because a guy selling a 2007 on market place that's an automatic and a 350 he says. It's also just 2wd.

@@craigaussant5139 ha ha, I’m not confused, I own the quad and know it shifts. As I recall Yamaha offered a 2WD Wolverine for a short time. It looked like the 450 and was never a big seller.

@@thatalaskaguy was supposed to say I was confused. Ya looks weird 2007 350 auto 2wd

@@craigaussant5139 I gotcha!👍 I remember my Yamaha dealer telling me about that machine back when they came out. He wasn’t excited about being required to take some for his inventory. He said no one wanted them because they were 2WD but not sporty. Plus they didn’t have wide fenders or racks so people could use them for utility. The 450 4WD version was a pretty unique machine though.

I’m not sure as there is no speedo. I’m guessing maybe around 60? I’m now curious to try and find out.

@@thatalaskaguy hey, dunno if you still respond to these comments but do you think this would be cramped for someone who is 6ft? thanks!

@@garretth0707 I think you’ll be fine but the Wolverine is smaller than a lot of the modern 4x4 quads. A Grizzly 700 is much larger. The Wolverine comes stock with bars that are noticeably taller than what comes stock on most quads so that’ll help.

@@thatalaskaguy I drive my recon 250 without being cramped, but I'm a bit too small for it. Right now I drive my grizzly 660 but I really want a manual without a clutch. I saw this and I didnt know how much bigger it would be from a recon

@@garretth0707 I believe the Recon is the same size as a 250EX which is a small sized quad. The Wolverine is bigger than that. Size wise it’s in the middle between the Recon and Grizzly 660.