I just purchased my first quad today. I’ve road a little here and there on other friends quads and finally decided to pick one up myself.
I picked up a 2004 Sportsman 700 (carb) and am looking for advice/suggestions on it. It has some higher miles (7xxx miles and 610 hours) but I felt 2800 was a fair price with the shape it was in. I’ll be 100% honest, my knowledge of four wheelers is minimal. I have some mechanical inclination with most things.
Quad has a fresh rear suspension that was done by the dealer that has done the maintenance since it was new supposedly.
So here’s my questions:
For starters, is there anything that I should absolutely do right off the bat. Seems mechanically sound, I have tore around on it already for an hour or so, boots on the cv’s look great.
I’m looking to do a complete fluid flush, I know theres a ton of different product out there but was wondering if there was something that a majority of people couldn’t go without running in their machine.
This is all a learning process for me and I’ll be on this site for the next 6 hours and 40 minutes until my shift is over searching and learning.
Any help is appreciated guys and I’m excited to be a part of this forum,
Thanks!
-Brian
