I have a 2004 Rancher AT that has 500 hours & 3,500 miles. I bought it new & have put about all of the miles on it. I’ve kept the oil changed with Honda 10-40. It’s had fairly hard life, not putted around by any means. About 150miles ago I was going up a hill on pavement with the throttle pinned & I felt it pick up a slight vibration. If you hadn’t been on the bike when it happened, you wouldn’t notice it. The vibration is there at idle, it goes with the engine RPM not MPH, it gets a little worse under load.
I changed the oil & have put about 100miles of Arkansas trails on it & it’s "slightly" worse after the last trip. I also saw it puff a little white smoke on deceleration for the first time so I would assume a top end is in its future.
It hasn’t used oil, It runs fine, It has slightly less power than it did brand new. If you just got on it, you would think there’s nothing wrong with it.
I have an auto mechanic back round but haven’t had to tear into this machine before. The top end doesn’t scare me but I’m not sure what would be causing this slight of a vibration. Anyone ran across this before or have any suggestions? Thanks!
I changed the oil & have put about 100miles of Arkansas trails on it & it’s "slightly" worse after the last trip. I also saw it puff a little white smoke on deceleration for the first time so I would assume a top end is in its future.
It hasn’t used oil, It runs fine, It has slightly less power than it did brand new. If you just got on it, you would think there’s nothing wrong with it.
I have an auto mechanic back round but haven’t had to tear into this machine before. The top end doesn’t scare me but I’m not sure what would be causing this slight of a vibration. Anyone ran across this before or have any suggestions? Thanks!
