Hi, I have a 1988 Honda fourtrax 300. I just installed a new carb and choke. Only way I can try to start it, is with kick start. Not the point, but just in case you need to know. It will start for a second after I pump the primer, then it dies. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

On my Kodiak I can hear the front diff servo making noise when you press the button, when I spin the front wheels (with the quad up on stands) the drive shaft turns when in 4WD but not when disengaged (as it should), but I am not getting any drive to the front wheels with the motor running. I am doing it like this because I could not detect 4WD drive action when riding it. I have to add that I have just bought it with NO brakes, all new brake parts are on order, so I obviously can’t drive at speed. I have read that the front end won’t kick in till the engine revs are up, could this be what is happening to mine?
What drives the front driveshaft, could I have a problem in there?

Wayne from Oz.

What kinda temperatures is everyone dealing with. Im
30 miles north of Tampa Fl, just a few miles from the Gulf of
Mexico
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Please vote for date and place for our July ride

Question, I have a 2 stroke trx 250r. About how long should I expect a plug to last in it? Mine seem to foul out more frequent than I would like them to. Thanks

Question, I have a 2 stroke trx 250r. About how long should I expect a plug to last in it? Mine seem to foul out more frequent than I would like them to. Thanks

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I just saw a TV commercial for a product called Rustoleum Wipe New. Supposedly you wipe on a type of sealant that restores colors on all types of surfaces. I was wondering if anyone has used this on ATV plastic. If so, did it work as advertised? My renegade foot wells are pretty scuffed up and look gray instead of black. Thanks!

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Have a 2007 Honda Foreman TRX500FM that has me stumped?????
I cannot pull start the engine without having the battery connected
Motor dies when you disconnect NEG term from battery
Stator has 30 Volts AC on all 3 legs with no shorts to ground
Voltage reg only shows 1-2 volts DC straight off the regulator output terminals
but when connected, the battery voltage jumps from 12.65 and levels out at 14VDC or so and seems to be charging properly
As soon as you disconnect battery it will TRY to stay running but coughs out.
It runs fine with battery connected
Any suggestions?
I have 4 Voltage regualtors-all do the same thing-cant all be bad….
I know this bike has a DC CDI but not sure if that means it HAS to have a battery to fire
Never seen this before but would like to know if anyone has seen similar
ANY Help GREATLY appreciated
Thanks

Went away for the weekend up near Cabin Lake near Merrit last weekend. Camped right by the river. How peaceful. Didn’t see a soul all weekend….

Riding was fantastic as usual. Day 1 we start climbing. I’m up front. We start hitting patches of snow once we get up to about 6,000 feet. My machine with the Bearclaws just powered thru the snow. My two buddies, one with stock tires (as everyone knows they get stuck at the sight of a snow flake – older stocks anyways) and my other buddy had the infamous Mud Lites. He barely did any better than the stock tires, which surprised me a bit. So, both were knee deep in snow and going no-where.

The male in me immediately said, screw them – I’m going to carry on for a bit. The lake is just up ahead a bit. I keep powering through this snow. I am amazed at how well I was able to keep climbing thru the snow. I sadly had Mud Lites before as well so I remember how lousy they are in the snow. Huge difference in these tires.

I was about 10-12 mins riding time up from my buddies when all of a sudden my quad sank down fast on the right side….Then it sank a bit more and came to a rest nice and very steady on her side. No harm done to this old guy.

I immediately shut the power off, climbed out (luckily I was not trapped in any way) checked myself and thought "hmm maybe this wasn’t such a great idea to keep going all by myself after all. This could have ended badly".

Then I tried to get the machine back on her feet again. Not a chance in hell. She was wedged in the snow like quick sand. The reason I had gone thru the snow was that the melting snow was running a wee river under the snow patch……

I figured I only had probably maybe 10 seconds (I was totally guessing here) of hard winching without the engine on before battery died. Then I would be quite screwed. So I pulled out my extra winch line that I always carry, planned it all out a best I could to maximize results and was able to put her back on her right side up.

I then patiently waited for 10 mins to allow all fluids to settle back down before starting her back up again. I was praying that I had enough battery left to start it back up after hard winching – even though it was only for about 10 seconds.

She fired right back up again. Amazing…..Gotta love these machines for that…

Jumped back on her and rode down to my buddies….

Great riding for rest of weekend.

Sorry for long post. Maybe a couple of learning points in here for some of us. I’m curious to hear comments on how long hard winching with battery only would take to drain the battery..

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