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2010 850 touring whining noise

ive got a 2010 850 xp touring, the last two times Ive rode it it’s started to make a loud whining noise that seems to be coming from somewhere under the handlebars or front of engine, it does it after I ride it for about 10-15 minutes when it gets good and warmed up, rode up a couple small hills and that’s when I noticed it, it whines with the engine rpms, when you rev it up the noise gets louder, rpms go down and the noise gets quieter, it doesn’t matter if you’re in park, neutral, low or high, 4wd or 2wd ( I was in 2wd when it done it on me, I took it in and out of 4wd but made no difference) I parked it in the driveway and tried to see where the noise was coming from for about 10-15 minutes, turned it of and on a couple times looking around For the noise and then it quit, all of the fluids are where they should be and air filter is ok, I could hear the noise pretty good when I put my ear where the air filter is, that’s when I kinda ruled out the clutch cause that was my first thought. It was bought new by my uncle who never abused it, he maintained it and changed fluids religiously, I bought it a couple years ago from him and have only taken it on 4-5 good day rides, thought it could be water pump but by the time I went to check it the noise had faded off and quit, the coolant fan seems to come on and off like it should. When it makes this whining noise It doesn’t seem to affect the running of it but you can tell the noise shouldn’t be there and gets pretty loud the faster you go, my uncle was riding it towards me a couple hundred feet away and you could hear the noise coming from the front and was almost all you could hear. I could really use some input if anyone has had issues like this or may know what to check. I apologize if I posted this twice, had a computer crash the first time I was tryin to post this a couple days ago.

Nobody got hurt

Well, I had an interesting weekend. My nephew rode one of my quads off a cliff!! Thank god he is ok. My son is a PA, and he was with us so he checked him out and he just had some scratches and bruises. The quad got wedged between a rock and a tree and that was a good thing because otherwise it would have ended up in the Delaware River. We recovered it and got it running again but it is pretty banged up.




Waa Waa noise

I have a 2015 Outlander 650 max. At about 25KM/hr I start to here a waa waa noise that gets louder the faster I go. I think it may be coming from the rear differential. I have about 850Km’s on the machine. All fluids are good. Here is a link to my video . Hopefully someone can let me know what this is or if it is normal.Thanks .

Is this worth purchasing

Hello, There is a 500 Sportsman near me for sale for 800$ canadian and the bike is not getting any spark, im wounder if it is worth buying and getting fixed i know it could be something simple but what is the worst case scenario (Cost wise) to fix it.

I dont know how much you guys will beable to help but any insight on this topic will be greatly appreciated.

Fuel Gauge and reversing light

How do you remove the fuel gauge from a Kodiak tank and has anybody replaced/repaired the clear lens, mine is opaque and virtually unusable.
Has anybody fitted a reversing light to the quad, I am thinking of using a small LED light and wire it into the reversing relay, anybody got any thoughts or ideas on that?

Wayne from Oz.