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
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



