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Post by robertw on Jun 24, 2007 8:23:30 GMT -6
You should always have an extra spark plug in this tool kit.
I have never needed one yet but have been on outing whrre other people bikes totally quit because of spark plug failure.
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Post by Dhat on Jun 24, 2007 10:04:03 GMT -6
i always put that snot stuff (Think i used Berrymans or something like that) in the tires right off the bat. i just buy a gallon and divide it up between the four tires. and also carry a tire plug kit and a small air pump like you use for a bicycle it , and put a small disposable poncho in there too. other than the occasional flat ive never had any problems and you dont have many flats with that stuff in the tires.
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Post by robertw on Jun 24, 2007 11:53:43 GMT -6
Good point Dhat!
I use the green slime in my tires, one quart per tire. I also haul a can of aresol fix a flat in my tool box to air up a tire with if needed.
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Post by coyotewhisperer on Jun 24, 2007 11:53:54 GMT -6
No specs in the owners manual to the valve clearance. Thats in the service manual which you have to buy for 40$ through the mail from honda in Detroit. None of my neighbors did the valve clearance either. I've got a six month warranty no matter what I use it for. Good tip on the spark plug thanks Robert. Also putting in a couple extra fuses. May just put some of that goop Dhat uses now also. Anyone else got any good tips?
Jeff
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Post by coyotewhisperer on Jun 24, 2007 11:59:15 GMT -6
Forgot your other question Robert it doesn't have an hour meter or Odometer.
Jeff
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Post by bussro on Jun 24, 2007 12:22:05 GMT -6
If it sits unused much during off-season use a fuel additive like Sta-bil or Seafoam. It will save you some money and aggravation. I used Sta-bil for years, but now prefer Seafoam. It will clean some gum and varnish out of a fuel system. Napa and some farm stores carries Seafoam.
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Post by Stanley on Jun 24, 2007 16:02:50 GMT -6
Jeff, do you need a winch for it? We have them on the quads for the UP. We've gotten hung up a few times and the winch saved us. I put one on my ARGO. Haven't used it, but I'm mostly by myself in Dec Trapping so I tought it wise. Will you be using this in the cold? My father had those mittens on the handles. Were real nice all you needed was a pair of jersy gloves and you hands are warm. No wind chill on them and there dry.
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Post by bobwendt on Jun 24, 2007 16:07:53 GMT -6
use very low tire pressure, like 2 lb. if the tire is real soft it will do better in mud and also resist holes from running over hard sticks or soybean stubble. I`ve never had a flat in 25 years, thru 6 machines ,and drove on cactus in wyoming and hard stubble here all the time, sometimes so hard you can hear it pop pop pop as you drive over it. if the tire is low it gives rather than pokes thru a hole.
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Post by coyotewhisperer on Jun 24, 2007 16:37:40 GMT -6
Bob the dealer told me to run the tires like you say about 2 lbs. Stanley a winch isn't really in my budget this year but I plan on putting one on next year. I'll be running it all season I'm interested in this mitten thing you were talking about. Actually saw a hand powered winch that hooks on to the rack of the atv on the site Flatlander posted for joels tires might have to look at that again.
Jeff
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Post by Stanley on Jun 24, 2007 19:23:26 GMT -6
Jeff, a simple come-along from TSC, has helped us out also. I'm thinking you will be hauling the quad in your truck or trailer. Just keep the come-along in the bed if the truck. They can be kind of combersome.
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Post by coyotewhisperer on Jun 25, 2007 18:39:56 GMT -6
Brian Roberts called me the other day and told me about the saddle bags for ATV's. Just picked a set up from wallmart today and they are gonna be great. All my bait/lure and quite a few other things are gonna fit in them quite nice. Just thought I'd put that tip out there if you guys hadn't looked at them I think its gonna help alot. As my main home line I'm running 100% from the 4-wheeler.
Jeff
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Post by z on Jun 26, 2007 7:59:59 GMT -6
Seafoam is the BEST fuel additive on the market. It provides H20 displacement properties, Stabilizes fuel and lubricates the upper end, Cleans and scavenges exhaust and intake ports, Valvetrains. etc. etc
Good stuff....Dump a can in the pick-up. She'll thank you for it!
I use nothing BUT in my trail and RACE sleds!
And Bob, If you've never been stuck. You are not trying hard enough....
A 2wd around here on the loose cobble rock is useless unless your into being winched a lot along with all the verbal explatives you get from being winched. No SERIOUS rider around here runs 2wd because they suck....
And so does their re-sale value!
Maybe in your world.....
Zz
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Post by bobwendt on Jun 26, 2007 8:30:52 GMT -6
sure.
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Post by bobwendt on Jun 26, 2007 11:25:34 GMT -6
fwiw, I`ve owned 3 brands, ( 4 honda if my memory is correct- they kind of run togather after 25 years of hard atv trapping , 1 suzuki and 1 yamaha). I don`t count the polaris the rancher lets me use in wyoming every year. I`ve logged a hundred miles a day on atvs, TRAPPING, regular here in the mud country of the east and the sage brush/cactus country of the west. never needed a 4 wheel drive yet, as ANY FOOL knows if it`s bottomed out it matters not if 1 wheel or 4 wheels have power, you aren`t moving. and I`ve been stuck once, in a souped beaver flowed plowed field. before and after I got smart enough not to go places like that. I gave my best sincere experienced advice on this thread, to a guy buying his first atv ,TO TRAP ON ,no more or less.
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Post by shagnasty on Jun 26, 2007 11:55:49 GMT -6
bob, have you used yours much in rocky steep climbing conditions? just curious, because i am looking at getting one for various uses and would likely be in these type conditions sometimes, plus snow and ice conditions. where i live, i would see no use for a 4-wheel drive except in a rare 10 year snow storm. but i dont always plan on using it just here. also a power winch would likely be the first extra i bought to mount on the front.
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Post by ToddMiller on Jun 26, 2007 12:06:32 GMT -6
However, on the 4wd vs. 2wd. question. Have you or anyone else out there pushed snow with theirs? Would 4wd make more sense then? Just curious?
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Post by bobwendt on Jun 26, 2007 12:31:27 GMT -6
as posted earlier, they are worthless on deep snow or sugar sand type snow. powder snow they do ok if only an inch or three. shag, unless center hung, I`ve been unable to find anything my 2 wd won`t go over. I`ve had to back up and hit it hard a time or two to jump a log crossways, and stand on the foot bars when doing so to keep from getting thrown off. I`m sure with 4wd you could rcawl over where I can`t, but the extra weight and cost is a negative. imo in snow country you are gioing to end up needing a skidoo rather than a 4 by 4 fat wheeler anyway. I`ve no rocks to climb east or west, just mud. and if the snow is deep I can just drive the truck easier than a 4 wheeler, 2 or 4 wd. the guys in wyoming all have the 4 wd ones, some even the 6 wd ones. but from what I`ve seen they never use the 4 wd except when playing and doing stuff they could avoid if they wanted to. I`ve one rancher with a 6 wheeled thing that will even drive across water like a boat. but that`s a little over the top.
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Post by walkercoonhunter(Aaron L.) on Jun 26, 2007 12:32:25 GMT -6
todd not to step on bobs shoes here but i will try to give ya some insight on 4x4.....if your plowing snow you would want not just a 4x4 but a 4x4 with low range.....so the motor dosent work near as hard when doing it....as for the 2x4 and snow..they do just fine if you have good tires on it or chains in the fine light powder...if you get a heavy wet snow you will want 4x4 and need all of the low range you can get....plowing snow is hard on anything...atv's,trucks,tractors,anything,,,if you use your head while doing it you can use your atv for years...but if you have a gung ho kid thats there to rip more than plow snow you will pay for it in fixing the machine...
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Post by bobwendt on Jun 26, 2007 12:55:02 GMT -6
I`d agree with all that.
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Post by briankroberts on Jun 26, 2007 15:18:16 GMT -6
From my using a 4 wheeler here in the muddy conditions in central IL I can and will tell you the 2 wheel drive Honda Recon I have will take me anywhere I want to go, in the mud and water, I have played in the flooded fields in southern IL and ran all over through the loamy black wet dirt of central IL, in conditions that I couldn't even began to think about trapping in, only running what I had set before the rain. Walkercoonhunter also hit the nail on the head as far as snow, mine sucks in deep or wet snow and drifts. Now the 4wd machines plow right through it. A friend of mine has a yamaha 400 4x4 and can plow the alley behind my house in a few minutes and the snow just flys. For coyote trapping here I only need the 2wd machine. Z as far as being an expert, I'm not that, but I know what my machine does as I'm sure Bob and many others on here do.....B.....
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