Category: Forum News

My blue backlight on my sportsman display stopped working this weekend. I was able to switch over to red, but now I need to fix the blue backlight. Searches of this forum are not returning much helpful info, as almost all of the threads deal with the entire speedo pod not working in some way.

I assume, because the speedo pod works just fine, that this is just the blue bulb/diode that gave up and not a fuse or wire issue. Any advice or direction from the crew on this?

Thanks as always for the help, over the years you all have saved my bacon a few times. Hoping this is another one of those times!!

Has anyone changed out there primary clutch and went to CV Tech? Just looking for some opinions.

Has anyone changed out there primary clutch and went to CV Tech? Just looking for some opinions.

I’m picking up my new sportsman 450 next week and looking to install a quick connect for my battery maintainer with the battery located underneath the vehicle connecting up the charger will be a little bit of a hassle Can anyone tell me if there is a battery bus bar located closer to the storage container up front where I can connect up the ring terminals?
Thank you

I’m picking up my new Sportsman 450 utility version next Thursday from Abernathy’s in Union City Tennessee I’m also a member of the Ranger forum, as I own a 2015 full size ranger 570 Just acquiring this as a toy when the grand child comes just acquiring this as a toy when the grand child comes

Ok, new to the ATV world and just bought a 450 Outlander L a month or so ago. I have 2 questions that hopefully someone that has experienced the issues can answer.

1. On startup, cold or warm, for a couple of seconds the motor is much louder than normal idle. Bought this at a dealer and they said it's normal. Doesn't sound normal to me.

2. On normal riding i'm a pretty loud "clack" (is the best way I can describe it). I cannot force this sound with accel/decel, hitting a bump, steering in either direction, 2WD vs 4WD, nor anything else i've tried. It just happens randomly to me and it's loud enough someone riding behind me can hear it. I've visually inspected shocks, steering components, u joints etc but nothing obvious. It could be happening after bumps as one of the shock is rebounding from compression but not sure.

I can try to provide video with sound for these two things if it's not obvious to the experienced owners here.

thanks for listening

Ok, new to the ATV world and just bought a 450 Outlander L a month or so ago. I have 2 questions that hopefully someone that has experienced the issues can answer.

1. On startup, cold or warm, for a couple of seconds the motor is much louder than normal idle. Bought this at a dealer and they said it's normal. Doesn't sound normal to me.

2. On normal riding i'm a pretty loud "clack" (is the best way I can describe it). I cannot force this sound with accel/decel, hitting a bump, steering in either direction, 2WD vs 4WD, nor anything else i've tried. It just happens randomly to me and it's loud enough someone riding behind me can hear it. I've visually inspected shocks, steering components, u joints etc but nothing obvious. It could be happening after bumps as one of the shock is rebounding from compression but not sure.

I can try to provide video with sound for these two things if it's not obvious to the experienced owners here.

thanks for listening

Just bought my first ATV, a 2015 Outlander L 450. Have been out for a few rides in the woods of New Hampshire and overall, great handling machine with tons of power for the displacement. Already have a bunch of questions so I'm off to the forums.

Just bought my first ATV, a 2015 Outlander L 450. Have been out for a few rides in the woods of New Hampshire and overall, great handling machine with tons of power for the displacement. Already have a bunch of questions so I'm off to the forums.

I have a loading up situation and I have bought two different types of rebuild kits and neither of them have fixed my issue, I even made sure that the float is adjusted right. The one consistent thing about the rebuild kits is the needle seat has half the amount of holes drilled in it then the factory one, I put the new seat in and it wouldn’t rev up it would get to maybe half throttle. I put the original seat in that has twice the amount of holes and it runs like it should, except for after a few days of sitting it won’t start and then detonates in the exhaust. What are those holes in the needle seat for. I’m getting really frustrated with this machine and I’m about to burn it. When it detonates in the pipe it’s like a .45 going off, it even makes my ears deaf for a second and I don’t want to be causing anymore damage to the already rebuild cylinder