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hey
well other day my buddy cam over with his quad and I was showing him the property and what we had plans for. after a bit of simple riding we ended up by the creek area and went in. went back to the house 15 minutes later and I put on my wadders and went back to the creek to clean in up and get a little mud on the tires. lol anyways about 20min into the creek my quad started to act up. I left it in Neutral and idle to move some small logs and such and it stalled. nothing of concern came up on the dash so started it and went through the mud alittle . then it started to stall. when I went to start it the efi didn't sound the same , sounded like it was struggling . It did this once before and I thought it was the fuel filter so new filter installed. if my quad was over heating shouldn't it say on display? all fluids checked and good. I let it sit for 15min and it sounded back to normal and back to the house it went.
thoughts?
thanks
Glenn.

My 450 was running fine earlier today. Went and washed it and cleaned the airbox out. I made sure not to get any water inside. I just wiped the dust away. Put all back together. Went and started let it idle. Then went and drove it literally 15 feet and it stalled out. It will crank over just will not fire up. Im wondering if I got something wet and it just needs to dry out or what should I do? Or what should I check. Its a brand new 2018 450 with less than 10 hours on it.

Hey all,

Just wanted to say Hi. I am from just outside Kingston, Ontario Canada. I bought a 2007 Sportsman 450 tonight. Owner told me it needs a battery a year, that sounds like a charging issue, but besides that it seems to work great.

I am going to dump the fluid from both diffs and change the motor oil and see what else it needs.

So far very happy. I'd love to replace the decals on it, as they were washed away with a pressure washer.

Thanks, and i hope I can can to this community.

Normal machine, not xxc, how much of an electrical load can i throw at the bike?
Only have a winch but obviously its not used all the time, i'd like to wire in 145W worth of LED to the High beam switch. Don't want to blow the high switch/wiring either, as its about 12amp additional.
Seems like it might be a little too much.

I can't find the old numbers , but i think the magneto was 400w on these non power steering models? And i believe the bulbs were 60w each? so its already got 120W load. So i guess ideally i'd want to stick in the 200-250W range max total? That way im closer to the just above idle output?

Could down it to like 72w i suppose. Then with the stock included id be at 192W so 16amp. Lights are a 30amp fuse i think? I do recall a few getting a low power message riding at night a few times, but that was when i needed a new battery. Just want to make sure i have enough juice and wiring.
nough juice and wiring.

As for wiring i want to go something like the following im thinking :

Battery +--------------Fuse------------- {Relay ) ------------------- + Lightbar
Battery - ------------------------------- {Relay ) -------------------- - Lightbar
.................................................. ....{Relay ) -------- + Positive on High Beam Light

Does that seem right?

Hi guys, so after work today. I decided to work on my 04.5 sportsman 500 and do a oil change. I got under the bike and noticed a wet spot on the bottom of the frame near the transmission. I looked around and noticed it was leaking from a hole in the transmission about quarter inch diameter. The thing is, it looks like the hole was always there since like it was apart of the design. It's on the left side under the clutch housing. It's a very slow leak. I took a few pictures. Let me know what you think. It actually looks like a weep hole.

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Hello all, new comer here. I have a 2010 850 efi. I just changed the battery and now no power anywhere. all cables are hooked up, kill switch in run, even moved it back and forth a bunch of times. battery has 13v. I've even kicked the tires but nothing. I've read all the threads that seems to be relevant but no luck so far.

What is the best mug/bottle to use with cup holders on the deluxe fairing? Everything I try won’t stay in holder after a bump or two. I’ve tried a can with neoprene cozy on it and still quite loose. Any recommendations or a way to improve them?


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