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2003 Bombardier Outlander 400 4x4 ATV. Low hours/low miles. Very good condition. With front/rear bumpers, padded seat cover, rear storage bag & electric winch with Kevlar cable. New battery, recent pro carb rebuild. Runs great. Electric start. Pull start needs repair. 2004 Compliment aluminum trailer w/wood deck. Built in aluminum ramps and spare tire. Fits 2 quads & 1 dirt bike. Has removable wheel chock for dirt bike/motorcycle. Low mileage. Very good condition. Asking $3100 for both. Located in Long Island, NY.

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I've been trying like hell to get a 1993 Kawasaki Bayou 220 Straightened out. I'm Very thankful that I was able to get a copy of the Service manual from this Forum. I'm Disabled and cannot fix the Bike myself. I need the bike desperately. The first two guys that worked on it just Screwed it up worse. I'm on a Fixed Income and couldn't afford a manual. The Third person specifically ask for the maual that I could only find on this Forum. And he fixes Bikes all the time. So Thank you Quad Crazy for the Extra Help. It is Appreciated more than you know.

Haha that is funny you posted this. I was just out going through wiring and came to regulator/rectifier plug. It was melted on 2of the 3 wires. I was just about to ask if this may cause dash not to display and fuel pump to not run.

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on that same note, I got a Honda trx250 for free, said it had run out of oil. I have bored the head and replaced the piston pin, piston and rings, cleaned the carb and got it running, also verified that the oil pump is working. But now there is no movement when I put it in gear, forward or reverse. So getting read to go in and look at the clutch, I am proceeding in the correct direction?

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You have to know when to hold them and when to fold them. If the repairs are approaching 75% of replacement value, I would say its time to part it out or sell as a project

I'm with Ajmboy. From your description, I'd say they seem to be looking at padding their repair bill. Not starting and backfiring sounds much more a timing problem , either valve timing because of a slipped timing chain or an electrical timing problem.. A piston / rings problem would not cause the backfiring. $1000 for a rebore /rebuild?.. Sounds a bit much to me; but I'd rebuild the one you have rather than risk buying another used that may also have a hidden problem. At least with a rebuild , you know you have a good machine.. I'd check around with other quad / bike shops before authorizing that outfit to rebuild your machine though.

That's interesting that they want to pull the head off and suggest boring it out already. I'm assuming they took a look at timing, fuel, spark, etc. Unless it ran without oil or overheated, I wouldn't start opening the motor. Have they run a compression test? As far as how much to put into an ATV, I would look at book value vs how much you have invested with the purchase of the ATV and then how much it would cost you to get another one. Looks liek that machine is valued around $2k and if you cant get another one for $1k, I would probably fix it. http://www.nadaguides.com/Motorcycles/2003/Polaris/SPORTSMAN-500-H-O-499cc/Values If it's going to be around $2k, you may want to look for another machine for $2k and sell this one as is for $500 to $1000 or so to make up some money.