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I have a 2018 HD8 Defender and I was wondering if anyone has put the same size wheel and tire on the front to match the rear?

Has anyone found a rear rack extender that will fit the 2010 Polaris Sportsman 500? Looking for just the basic bar type but nothing is advertised that it will fit it. any ideas welcome. Thanks

I've heard allot of 2 stroke guys will remove the head gasket to bump the C/R up.

The shop manual says the Xplorer 300 has a C/R of something like 6.7:1. Why so low?

I've read about squish bands and all but that's sounds like something easily screwed up if your not careful.

Any of you guys ever fooled around with this engine? Shaving the head, squish bands, etc.

I submerged my Polaris Ranger 570 in water on Friday. Got water in the motor but change the oil 3 time to get all the water out. Run fine for about 30 miles. Polaris died on me Sunday morning going in to hunt. Had to be towed back to camp. It made a noise like a chain coming off the sprocket then died. Nothing works on it. No lights, No Start, just makes a clicking noise like the battery is dead but the battery is OK. When I turn on the key the dash lights flicker. And If I try to start it it only make a click noise.

So I sunk my bike.
Followed all the steps to drain the water. Then Changed my motor oil, demand drive and tranny/rear end oil. Put a new spark plug in and coated all connection with Dielectric grease but it still won’t fire up. Tonight I’m going to drain the gas tank and switch out the gas. But I do t think that’s the issue but need to rule that out.
Am I missing something

Ive got a 2015 outlander 800xmr, i bought it brandnew. The powersteering has never in my opnion been the greatest. Most of the time it still takes a little effort on my part to turn the tires but its been like that since new. Last weekend we went riding and the steering feelt like always but in the middle of the ride i felt my self having to put alot more effort into steering. All 3 DPS settings feel the same. I had the bike stationary in neutral on flat hard ground and in each setting i went lock to lock multiple times and i felt no change. How can i trouble shoot to find the problem. No i havent checked the fuses yet. Im going to do that b4 anytimhing else but im wanting to know if there is a sets of tests i can do. Also for those with the xmrs or a reg outlander with 30in backs, how easy is your steering? My girlfriend just bouggt a 2017 honda rubicon with powersteering and it sits on 27 itp xls and that steering is like butter.

I have a 96 Scrambler 400 2 stroke. It was running fine and then last spring took it for a short ride and it stalled out and has not been running right ever since. I've checked out spark, fuel, etc. It starts up and runs fine until you take it out, warm it up, and give it full throttle. It then loses power, chokes and stalls out. Doesn't start again until next day when it has cooled down. I took the air cleaner off and noticed that when running there is some blowback from the carb. Is that normal? I was thinking that I probably need to take the reed valves out and replace them. I just wanted to get some input from some of you before I pull the carb off and take the valves apart? Thanks.

Had to park my 2000 500cc Traxter when we moved. Got tied up rebuilding part of the new house so didn't get back to it for 5 months. Go to start it and it fires right up. Let it idle for a minute or two and when I tried to give it gas it died. Then wouldn't start back. Messed with it and it backfired so hard it blew rocks out from under the 4 wheeler. Then nothing. Took the top off of the carb and the impact had dislodged a spring off of the slide. So put it back together and nothing. Got some ether and it back fired again. So I figured the backfires may have damaged the carb.

So I order one that was supposed to be the correct one off of Ebay. Started putting it on when a couple of issues came up. Well the carb isn't the exact match it was supposed to be and since I admitted I had put it on the 4 wheeler the guy won't take it back. Well I've found a work around for all but one of the problems. The choke on mine screws into the side of the carb and consist of a small brass piston with a rod in the end. It screws in with a plastic nut with a rubber extension. The new carb had the same plastic nut and extension but when I took the nut off there is no opening for the piston. Looks like just a place for the rod to insert.

So my question is are any of you familiar enough with Traxter carbs to help me figure out how to hook a choke up? Hopefully I can find the part that goes on the end of the cable to work with this carb.

The carb looks almost identical. The differences involve the throttle cable. Mine has a threaded male end that screws into the carb. This one has the same mechanism but the carb has a male tube sticking out that is threaded. I've got this worked out but mention it so you would know the new card better. Also there is a vent that comes off the top of the carb. It has about a 3/8" hose connection. Mine has a 90 degree bend in it. The new one sticks straight back. I've also got this worked out. So if someone can help me figure out the choke I can hopefully salvage this and make it work.

I was in a hurry to go hunting with it and didn't take the time to verify everything. My other option is to get a kit and rebuild mine but since this one didn't match up worried the next one won't either. Thanks for any help. Bill