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I'm starting to do my research for a new bike, I lost my old 06 Cat 650 in a house/shop fire last March. I wrenched at dealer level on Cats for quite a while and have ridden with every brand out there. I'm hard pressed not to look towards BRP, especially since I'm told I need to buy a two up.
The North edition piqued my interest as it comes with heated grips, windshield winch etc cheaper than I can equip an XT the same, however, it looks to have the extra low low gear from the 6x6 and XMR 1000.
Not sure if that is something I'm going to want or wish I didn't get.
Since the price difference between the 650 and 850 is only $800, that's a no brainer.
I will be putting a plow on it, and it will probably end up with 28" tires, as that's where I usually seem to end up.
What do you guys think? Is that extra gear reduction a good thing or not?
My closest dealer is a couple hours away, so I would like to do my research before I even go and look the first time.

https://youtu.be/qn01nPGIKbc

My sportsman is behaving just like the one in this video. TPS has been changed once a couple years ago but it's doing it again with may 100 hr since it was replaced. Would putting something between the contacts temporarily fix this issue?

https://youtu.be/qn01nPGIKbc

My sportsman is behaving just like the one in this video. TPS has been changed once a couple years ago but it's doing it again with may 100 hr since it was replaced. Would putting something between the contacts temporarily fix this issue?

Any riders around here?

I thought i just needed to replace my battery but with a new battery my 08 outlaw 525 acts like it has a week battery and cant turn over fast enough to start. It will start and run fine if i pop start it.


So im thinking i need a new starter. or maybe bad connection. any input would be appreciated

I have a 2018 Sportsman 450 HO. It has less than 15 hours on it. I was plowing snow yesterday and it died on me. It restarted and ran for about 10 seconds and died and sounded like it backfired. I waited a couple of minutes and restarted it. It ran for about 3 minutes roughly and shut off. I pushed it back into the basement and pushed it out this morning to try to start it again. It ran for about 2 minutes roughly and shut off. It would not restart (engine turned). I pushed it back into the basement and checked the spark. The plug (Autolite) looked good and had spark when I grounded it to the engine casing and turned the key. I am using 87 octane gas with Ethanol. Should I drain the gas and try non ethanol or take it back to the dealer since it is still under warranty.

Hey guys . Noticed a rear Diff noise in my 2016 outty xmr 650. It has 500 miles. Drained it, and the fluid looked horrible- thick black full of fine metal shavings. Lots of play in the yoke and axles. Then after doing some research come to find that they are notorious of this. Have yet to pull it apart and inspect. But I’m wondering what the best fix is. Should I Rebuild the stock diff, buy aftermarket, get a xmr 850 diff etc. I’m assuming the drive shaft is outta phase as well causeing this whole problem. And wondering about where to buy a new shaft or getting mine reworked etc. I’m so pissed off that can a.m. would manufacture such garage. I bought this thing because I felt like the quality is so much better but am really starting to wonder. Also it has that can a.m. clunk coming from the clutch is there anyway to fix that ? It’s pretty embarrassing, and does it every time you goose the throttle.

Hi folks .. from London, Ontario.

Playing with my new (to me) 1994 Trail Boss 400 4x4.
I had issues with reverse but fab'd up a helper leaver to my reverse linkage on top of the tranny. Bit of a nuisance but works.
Then started to do the wiring fix for faulty front wheel drive but checked the hubs first and keys on both axles were sheered ($6 for a bar of the stuff.. fixed).

Now... I don't want to ride it until I identify the centre light being on all the time (idiot light bezel missing), just in case it has something to do with the oiling system.


Does anyone have the same machine that can help a guy out? (see pic)
I've marked the two lights I know just by shifting.

Thanks in advance. I'll have a proper manual before too long, but was hoping to solve this sooner.

Cheers All..

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Hello everyone. I just had a question about anti sway bars on an x3. Have any of of u disconnected these and if so how did u like the change ?
Thank u
Dave

So I replaced the slider pads in my primary the other day, and that went well, no real problems there, quieted down real nice, a whole lotta "clackalackalacka" I had been tolerating.

But I've apparently noticed something that may or may not be cause for concern, wanted to throw it out and see:

When I pulled the outer sheave off, there was no "spring-loaded tension" to watch out for, as it appears my retainer cup was stuck/seized in the barrel there, the outer sheave came off in literally "one" piece.

TBH, I didn't even know at the time that there was anything "wrong", I've only started to pickup on it now that I've been youtube-ing clutch kits and spring swaps. All those vids show the outer sheave on the primary being "pushed" out by the spring force, upon disassembly.

I've (un)fortunately already reassembled everything with the new belt, so I'm not in any hurry to tear back into it, and as far as I can think, I don't reeeeeaaaally need to, right? I mean, once the clutch bolt is torqued back down, that retainer cup is going to bottom against the one-way anyway, and the spring would behave like it should, I'd imagine.

Anyone got any insight to the contrary? There's no retainer clip or anything, in the partsbook, that would explain why my cup came off with the outer, it must've just rusted/seized in there from over the years.

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