I removed/cleaned the fuel tank and rebuilt the carburetor. It started right up. Kudos to me on the rebuild, yea! I rode the 2001 Rancher for the first time today and all the previous advice about ride quality was dead-on. One thing that stood out to me was the lack of 21cc. Hit the throttle on the ’88 foreman and the motivation is close behind in XL1st gear or 2nd gear.

My questions:

1.) Does my assessment of pick up and seat-o-the-pants performance ring true? I am 6’1" 275 (husky, right?) but the difference in motivation was very apparent.

or, is it a tuning issue?

2.) I am still at the initial 1.75 turns out on the pilot screw. Can anyone on the boards help me with optimizing the performance beyond the seat-o-the-pants. I have one of the those tachometers from on-line and I have yet to consult the service manual about performance and carb tuning. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

NOTE – I used a trick I learned on TV to clear up the cloudy fuel gauge, Toothpaste on a soft rag and vigorous elbow grease. Cleared it right up. You need to use the abrasive baking soda whitening type toothpaste.

Polymerjohn