Finally got my old ’86 TRX back to running condition. Still needs a bit of spit and polish, but at least it runs. This quad has been dead reliable the whole time I’ve owned it(typical Honda) but a teenage son can be hard on stuff! Being that it is an OLD machine, and parts are hard to come by upgrades are done creatively. Swapped wheels with a Rancher several years ago for better tire options, but the exhaust was a sticking point. Well, got crazy with the sawzall over the weekend and pieced together a setup with left-over parts from a 400EX I used to have. It’s still a work in progress, but at least I have a solid, mostly non-leaky, "aftermarket" exhaust system now.

Finally got my old ’86 TRX back to running condition. Still needs a bit of spit and polish, but at least it runs. This quad has been dead reliable the whole time I’ve owned it(typical Honda) but a teenage son can be hard on stuff! Being that it is an OLD machine, and parts are hard to come by upgrades are done creatively. Swapped wheels with a Rancher several years ago for better tire options, but the exhaust was a sticking point. Well, got crazy with the sawzall over the weekend and pieced together a setup with left-over parts from a 400EX I used to have. It’s still a work in progress, but at least I have a solid, mostly non-leaky, "aftermarket" exhaust system now.

Good Afternoon All! My name is Joe and this is my first post on this forum. I recently purchased a 1986 FourTrax TRX200SX for my kids to scoot around the ranch on… A month ago the electric start performed flawlessly, but now it seems like it can barely crank, and definately won’t start the engine. The engine starts fine when I manually pullstart… but it cranks slow, at about 60 or 70 rpm, and wont fire.

The battery was fully charged when I tried to crank it over… and I hooked it up to my charger while I was trying to crank it over, and still NO JOY. I don’t want to rip it apart if it’s something simple, so any help here would be great.

Thanks in advance!

Joe

When test riding the new 2015 Rubicon with DCT I noticed there is no "Park" setting. When in DCT, do I have to put it in Neutral or can I leave it in Drive when shutting down?

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