A newbie to ATVs and this site so any help at all will be appreciated
I just bought a 1986 fourtrax 350 in an auction for 200$ it said "runs needs battery!! So I took a chance and bought it. Changed the 30 amp blown fuse with a 20 amp (that’s what the manual said) Got a brand new battery in it and some gas and it sure started up drove it for 100 yards and tried to shift and it died
Could not get it started tested the fuel pump and no gas coming out so I rigged a gas tank from my riding mower on the back to have a gravity feed, it started right up and I drove it for a while (I tell you it is addicting) went back next weekend it started up I drove it for while (it even backed up for me in revers) when I stopped and tried to down shift it died now when I try to start it sometimes the fan/high temp lite come on like it should but when I turn the key to start it I hear a cicks and nothing happens OR when I tiurn the key there is nothing at all (no fan light or oil temp) but it seems lik there is a click somewhere under the seat
More info: the Run switch and Start switch on left handle bar are missing and I assume somehow bypassed
I was able to start with kickstart once when the key only produced a click!
I enjoy tinkering with stuff but by no means a mechanic and I think this is a sound and fun machine that was screwed up by someone like myself!
So any help would be appreciated
Another video from our trip, this was when we were heading back to camp from the creek crossing. It had been pouring rain on us for about an hour and we were ready to get someplace dry. We took a shortcut down Hwy 23 rather than another 1/2hr trail riding.
I have a 2005 Sportsman 500 HO the grommet on the temp sensor which I believe is called the T_Map located on the throttle body is all soft and basically coming apart. Is there a way I can make new one or can I order one somewhere. Any help would be greatly appreciated. THX…
So it’s not my first post, but figured I aught to give an introduction.
Picked up a 2010 Rancher 420 4wd week before last. All manual, so I don’t know number of hours, due to no display. Only "option" is camo (AKA soon to be tan) plastics. It had a set of ITP SS108 wheels with 26" mud lite tires. Only thing it really needed was a front CV axle, which I’ve already replaced. The front bumper cover was cracked, but I’ve already got a new one of those as well.
Already planning a few small changes that will be made by the end of the year (deer season). The Mud Lites are going to go in favor of a more All-Terrain type tire. I’ll be installing Moose Utility Front (and maybe rear) bumper to better protect the plastics while pushing over brush and saplings, and the all important rifle rack to get the gun to the stand. Oh, and a 12 volt power socket, dad’s foreman has one and it’s nice to have.
Pic on trailer is when I was bringing it home, other three are ones previous owner sent me.
Funny story about that last pic, the guy in that white van in background flagged me down as I was leaving the gas station. The van was a rental and he couldn’t find the gas filler. We spent half an hour climbing all over than thing looking for it, before finally consulting Google. If you ever rent a Dodge/Mercedes-Benz Sprinter and can’t find the filler, their is a hidden compartment right behind the drivers door in the b-pillar and it’s in that door. You wouldn’t even know the door was there unless you knew to look for it, and you can’t open it unless the driver door is open.
My parents and I are all Ford as far as our truck are concerned, but when it comes to Powersports we’re getting to be all Honda. I’ve also got a Honda Shadow VT1100. My Dad has a 2009 Foreman and an ATC200 (?) of unknown year. Our first ATV was the ATC200, it was fun, but it’s been "dead" for close to a decade. Our first four wheeler was a ’95 Kawasaki KLF300, which is still going strong and all stock except for tires, it was my hunting ride until now.
After looking through some of the builds and resurrections on here I want to go see of dad still has that ATC200, I don’t think he’s hauled it off yet. Kinda want to see if I can semi restore it to putz and play around on.
This is a review of bent’s plus 10 kit and service.
1. Background, car is a 2008 rzr with z1 conversion with a 10" stretch. After 3 turbo mods/ tunes I decided to have my dream car built.
2. Car is strictly a sand car and I run it in glamis, ran car all last season.
3. The kit provides 18" of travel front and rear., gained roughly 4" of ground clearance. The initial valving got me real close to what I wanted. Dave knew I only planned to run sand and with my feedback/driving style loaded me up with his sand set up. Initial set up was a lil soft in rear at slow speeds. Dave worked his magic and nailed what I was after. The kit from the get go could blitz whoops at high speeds, I wanted to be able to aggressively throttle into whoops with minimal distance like 10′, dave’s second setup accomplished that. Suspension soaks everything up (granted 10" stretch didn’t hurt :)) never felt any fade with long high speed whoop passes at all the major hills and sand highway. Car is well balanced, gets even better at speed. I had a Dragonfire plus 4 kit with boxed a-arms before this and bent’s a-arms are a lightweight tube design, high quality and strong.
4. Car is a custom one off so many variables to deal with. Axles, cv grease and boots. Running turners Eagles up front and evos in the rear. Dave worked directly with turners on specs of their LT. kit but turners got the front axles wrong (too short) literally fell out after 2 minutes (pulled em and ran 2wd that trip). To their credit, turners admitted mistake and was a 10 day turnaround for corrected axles to get back to me. Due to droop angles in rear and the big evo cv’s the break in was lengthy and still after 3 trips to glamis was seeing high cv temps, cv’s leaked all 3 trips. Dave recommended running a different grease and that fixed the problem. March made last trip to glamis, 90 degree temps, suspension and all supporting components worked perfect.
5. Customer service, Dave and mark are stand up guys who back their product and work. I have been in San Diego since 1990 and have had many street and dirt bikes, 2 rzrs so I have been to AlLMOST every service shop in San diego county and until taking a chance on bent motorsports would only deal with 2 shops (alba racing and all american ktm). So now I’m up to 3; Dave and mark are honest, fair, extremely competent straight shooting guys. I am having them build me a custom cage for my car, after spending some time in their shop have seen their fab work and it’s on par with the suspension kit/experience.
6. Next season will get some video of car and suspension in action.
This is a review of bent’s plus 10 kit and service.
1. Background, car is a 2008 rzr with z1 conversion with a 10" stretch. After 3 turbo mods/ tunes I decided to have my dream car built.
2. Car is strictly a sand car and I run it in glamis, ran car all last season.
3. The kit provides 18" of travel front and rear., gained roughly 4" of ground clearance. The initial valving got me real close to what I wanted. Dave knew I only planned to run sand and with my feedback/driving style loaded me up with his sand set up. Initial set up was a lil soft in rear at slow speeds. Dave worked his magic and nailed what I was after. The kit from the get go could blitz whoops at high speeds, I wanted to be able to aggressively throttle into whoops with minimal distance like 10′, dave’s second setup accomplished that. Suspension soaks everything up (granted 10" stretch didn’t hurt :)) never felt any fade with long high speed whoop passes at all the major hills and sand highway. Car is well balanced, gets even better at speed. I had a Dragonfire plus 4 kit with boxed a-arms before this and bent’s a-arms are a lightweight tube design, high quality and strong.
4. Car is a custom one off so many variables to deal with. Axles, cv grease and boots. Running turners Eagles up front and evos in the rear. Dave worked directly with turners on specs of their LT. kit but turners got the front axles wrong (too short) literally fell out after 2 minutes (pulled em and ran 2wd that trip). To their credit, turners admitted mistake and was a 10 day turnaround for corrected axles to get back to me. Due to droop angles in rear and the big evo cv’s the break in was lengthy and still after 3 trips to glamis was seeing high cv temps, cv’s leaked all 3 trips. Dave recommended running a different grease and that fixed the problem. March made last trip to glamis, 90 degree temps, suspension and all supporting components worked perfect.
5. Customer service, Dave and mark are stand up guys who back their product and work. I have been in San Diego since 1990 and have had many street and dirt bikes, 2 rzrs so I have been to AlLMOST every service shop in San diego county and until taking a chance on bent motorsports would only deal with 2 shops (alba racing and all american ktm). So now I’m up to 3; Dave and mark are honest, fair, extremely competent straight shooting guys. I am having them build me a custom cage for my car, after spending some time in their shop have seen their fab work and it’s on par with the suspension kit/experience.
6. Next season will get some video of car and suspension in action.
