Category Archives: ATV General Discussion

sportsman 570 vs kodiak 700

is there even a comparison here? for $400 more you get Yamaha quality and a 708cc engine. not that Polaris is pure junk, but if you don’t agree that Yamaha builds a higher quality unit you’re jaded. I kinda even like the manual lever for 4wd, less to go wrong though there is no diff lock option on the base Kodiak. what do you guys think?

Sportsman 400 cargo box seat help…please

Sorry if I’m posting this in the wrong area.

My niece and nephew love riding on the 4 wheeler with me but they are getting a little to bog to be riding on the front. I would like to get a good seat with the arm rests to kind of secure them a little better but at a good price. Im not sure what the proper name is for the cargo box seat is but that is what Im having trouble finding for my 2014 sportsman 400. Everytime I think I have found one its for a 570 or a 800 and the racks are completely different on the 400. If someone could help out by directing me or posting a link I would really appreciate it!

Can’t start my Rincon

Hello I have a bought a Honda rincon 650 04 and I can start it. And it has a tic in the motor. Then I start to drive it and it dies down and won’t run it shuts off. But then I go to try to pull it over and it is stuck like the motor is locked up. And then I left it sit for a hour or 2 and it will start up and do the same fricken thing.

WTF dealership?

So I ordered the left and right shift forks for the 450r from my local dealer. Called them while looking at the parts schematic from thier website to give them the part numbers direct so they dont mess it up. He punches them in and says "That will be a total of $90.32" "ummm your website says $31.99 each dude, I’m looking right at it." What a bunch of crooks.

WTF dealership?

So I ordered the left and right shift forks for the 450r from my local dealer. Called them while looking at the parts schematic from thier website to give them the part numbers direct so they dont mess it up. He punches them in and says "That will be a total of $90.32" "ummm your website says $31.99 each dude, I’m looking right at it." What a bunch of crooks.

plow winch switch location mod

I was looking over my Rancher making sure it was good to go for the inevitable snow that will be here before I want it to. My winch switch location always bugged me. In order to control my plow on the move, I had to take my hand off the grip. So I was looking for a better location option when it hit me. The switch housing has two little screws that held it to a bracket. I just took the bracket off and mounted it as shown. Works very well there.

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Automatic not shifting.

Hello, I’m not sure if this fits in this forum since it’s a Honda clone engine. But anyway, I got a 110cc Chinese engine. It’s fully automatic. When it got it I checked everything and it had a bent valve. So I had a spare head lying around and replaced it. it runs perfect so I put it on my minibike. It runs fine but will not shift no matter how high I rev it. Thank you.

Automatic not shifting.

Hello, I’m not sure if this fits in this forum since it’s a Honda clone engine. But anyway, I got a 110cc Chinese engine. It’s fully automatic. When it got it I checked everything and it had a bent valve. So I had a spare head lying around and replaced it. it runs perfect so I put it on my minibike. It runs fine but will not shift no matter how high I rev it. Thank you.

ES Transmission Trick

I’ve had my Honda Rancher 4×4 ES for a year and I just found out that you can start it in gear if you hold the front brake. It didn’t work on my TRX250X with the footshift, however. This is probably common knowledge but if there are any other people who didn’t know about this, here you go!