I don't know of any adapters to allow a battery charger to act as a maintainer. Depending on the output of your solar charger, It could be a "maintainer" Dash board solar chargers rated between 5 and 10W and 13 to 13.5v will act as a maintainer.. Maintainers typically normally output a very low amperage, generally one amp or less and a voltage between 13 and 13.5v to apply a very low charge rate to balance the internal leakage of a battery. Normal full charge voltage of a 12v leaed acid battery is between 12.5 to 12.8V

Great Morning QC !! Quick 2 hr ride then lunch with wife !!

23 friends 5 days great weather in Wyoming riding Sand Dunes & trails !!

Is that a wet clutch...probably takes special oil? Tractor clutches were dry clutches and notorious for sticking when left set too long.

good idea flushing with Coal oil..AKA diesel

Oil was drained and there were about 4 to 5 oz. of water in the crankcase but no sign of mixing with the oil. I put about 2 qts. of diesel into the crankcase and pulled the engine over by hand 20+ times and then drained that. Then I changed the filter and refilled with fresh oil.

More pics !!

when he changes oil what color is it? Does it have water in it...milky brown color...The wateer will be at the bottom as he drains it.

Sometimes that happens from sitting, things seem to dry out, i would try rocking it back and forth to try and free it up, you may also try changing the oil the new oil going in should lubricate things.Of course you said you have it runnings. That should have lubricated everything, but new oil might help.

Nice ride! Have fun, and be careful.

I do too Jen . Lithium Ion batteries are great for capacity and holding their charge; but they must be charged with chargers designed for them, not with ones for NiMH batteries. Another caution for Li ion ones is to keep them out of the sun where they could get overheated. Li FePO4 batteries used in solar systems and power stations are much safer than the older Li ion batteries but they still need to be charged with chargers designed to work with them, and they cannot be used for starting service as they are designed for a long draw at low amps (deep cycle) rather than the short heavy draw of a starting battery

Grandpa's Brother cut the tip of his thumb off. Grandpa said his mother cleaned it up but it was bleeding bad. His mom, he always called her Mother, reach up inside the fireplace and came back with a hand full of black soot. She clasp it over the boys thumb and held it tight for a few minutes. Grandpa said when she took her hand away there was only a tiny drop of blood on his black thumb.

The old folks knew how to take care of emergency with no Dr. , never heard of the egg thing but a great idea.

Good story, even without the eggs

Welcome to QC from Colorado !!

Job change probably

My grandpa was a kid cutting corn to shock. If you do not know what that means I am sorry. He cut his cheek with the corn cutter. My great grandma, his mother, cleaned up the cut. Then holding the skin together, she took the membrane/skin from the inside of an egg and placed it over the cut. As the membrane dried it pulled the cut together. You cannot see the cut on Grandpa’s cheek. Goooood MOrning and Happy National Egg Day June 3rd America! Us girls have a natural affinity to EGGS....LOL

Good Morning! Beautiful Tuesday after Memorial Day here in MI. Hope everyone had a great weekend! 😎

2006 Suzuki King Quad 700 at the moment, Wellington, NZ.

Kawasaki Super Sherpa, love that bike, the most fun bike to ride.

16th annual event to raise money for cancer research, For $25 you get a 64 mile ride and a chicken BBQ dinner after the ride. Can't beat it.

Is anyone still active on this club

How old is the battery ? Check to see if it holds a charge 1st ! My Foreman sits for weeks on end and still fires up when needed ! I usually only use a Trickle charger in the winter

My sand rail VW motor air housing had some metal fatigue and multiple holes where the Ignition coil was mounted . Others had remounted creating several holes/ I recently installed an Alternator and removed air housing. I used an epoxy patch kit to cover and reinforce the area where coil was mounted. THe kit worked great. Just exposed the fabric patch to sunlight to cause curing. After 24 hours I was able to trim /sand and paint. You can see the fiber glass patch cloth in picture before I painted. It was very ridged when i pushed on it and did not flex.

My equipment is at my cottage that I am at when possible. So I don't like 120 vac trickle chargers due to potential fire hazard. Mike explorer suggested this solar charger as an Option. I like it.

Very good ! Have fun, be safe!

My first question would be is this an OEM or aftermarket carb. This procedure if for OEM carb, may work for aftermarket not sure. Most addjustments are done by ear you know when its running good and idling right, the settings are starting points, if not running good on recommended settings adjust accordingly. First step would be to make sure the carb is clean, very clean, not mostly clean. Pilot Screw Adjustment for the Recon 250 ('97 and up) This may also be suitable information for the same year 250SX quad. Note: -The pilot screw is factory pre-set. Adjustment is not necessary unless the carburetor is overhauled or new pilot screws are installed. -The engine must be warm for accurate adjustment. Ten minutes of stop-and-go riding is sufficient. -Use a tachometer with gradations of 50 rpm or smaller that will accurately indicate 50 rpm change. 1. Turn the pilot screw clockwise until it seats lightly, then back it out to the specification given. CAUTION: Damage to the pilot screw seat will occur if the pilot screw is tightened against the seat. TOOL: Pilot screw wrench 07908-4220201 INITIAL OPENING: '97 (except California type): 2 7/8 turns out '97 CA type: 2 3/4 turns out '98 - 2001: 2 5/8 turns out After 2001: 2 turns out 2. Warm the engine up to operating temp. 3. Stop the engine and connect a tachometer according to the tach. manufacturer's instructions. 4. Start the engine and adjust the idle speed with the throttle stop screw. IDLE SPEED: 1,400 +/- 100 rpm 5. Turn the pilot screw in or out slowly to obtain the highest engine speed. 6. Readjust the idle speed with the throttle stop screw 7. Turn the pilot screw in gradually until the engine speed drops 100 rpm. 8. Turn the pilot screw counterclockwise the number of specified turns. FINAL OPENING: '97 (except CA type) 3/4 turn out '97 CA type/'98-2001: 7/8 turn out After 2001: 1/2 turn out 9. Readjust the idle speed with the throttle stop screw. The throttle stop screw is on the right side of the carb. right behind the mounting stud where the carb. attaches to the intake rubber. The pilot screw is on the front center underneath the side close to the engine cylinder. The above info. was taken from Honda's '97-'04 Recon service manual, and I hope this helps.

Lucky Guy! In the distance Amazing Peaks+. Looks like a lake in that one picture for skinny dipping.

did you campon trail or back to Trail had? Great pictures...I feel motivated!

I like Amazon and Ebay. However, when I buy parts I look up the OEM part number on Honda or Yamaha website. Then i make sure the part fits and is OEM part most of the time. Rock Auto...they are great....Just ordered rear wheel hubs and ABS sensors for my Jeep. They are reliable...

Ha Ha Ft Worth area men's Lounge...

Upstate New York is so beautiful. Never rode there...but spent some time around Massena, NY area .....Shame the St. L Seaway locks were restricted to 78 feet wide so ocean vessels could not utilize them...politics!

I also have the Sun Joe, works very well, i also have a battery powered one that does a good job for light cleaning also Sun Joe.

I have a Sunjo I got at Lowes several years ago,electric ,works great!

Interesting battery discussion, i would have never thought small battery would cause a fire , but i guess its possible, i have many battery powered tools, saws, drills, impact wrenches, and i take special care when charging them also, i never charge them directly after use, the battery is usually hot, so i let it cool for a few hrs before charging, i think what really concerns me is leaving battery maintainers on equipment i use rarely, never had a problem, but it is concerning keeping them plugged in all the time. Intersting enough i have several of those going all the time and the only one i ever had to go bad was a Dewalt, and i paid a lot for it just to get a good one. Goes to show you, never know, and the chinese ones still going good. Battery boxes also concern me, im not talking about the cell phone size ones, i have a few that i use rarely because they are annoying, never have power when you need it, have to keep pressing that little button, im talking about the big ones that take a small battery and amp it up. I have had more of these go bad and internally short, no fire just sparks but most just die. I am extremly careful with those.

Great morning QC !! Ride day today !!

Haven't seen any bears !! Rattlesnakes and Coyotes Wild horses and Cows and Badgers

True !! I'd get another job lol We have so much open riding out here in the west !! I ride Utah, Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico, Idaho Nevada Etc ...

Ok, update time. I finally got all the parts in (had to wait forever for the last O-ring to get shipped) and everything went together great! I used some silicone grease to hold the largest o-ring to the crankshaft opening while i assembled it so it would stop falling onto my garage floor. The oil seal is a bit tricky, if you push the spacer into it hap-hazardly you will knock out the spring retainer that holds the seal tight. I actually put the spacer into the retainer plate and then slid both on at the same time so that i knew the spring was good. 1x of the 2mm thick washers was needed to push the front sprocket outward for alignment to the rear sprocket.

Great morning QC !! On vacation starting tomorrow in Wyoming ! A week of Atving !!

Just some friendly advice on new tires. Check with your ATV dealer. There are so many aftermarket sites, Revco, Royal Distributing, Partzilla, and on and on. Even with their “ big sales”, my local Canam dealer’s REGULAR price beat the tire prices of the 3rd party sellers! People often assume the Dealership will cost them more, but I found this not to be true!

Welcome to the forum 😁

Good afternoon friends. Beautiful day in south Eastern Wyoming.

I only saw some paper ones on ebay https://www.ebay.com/itm/154807336040 We have ther service manual only

Canam Outlander Max, 2 of them. Ridin’ the rocks, in the Rocky Mountains in Alberta Canada.

Great day for it. Have fun!

I'm in the Rochester area and don't know of any places close by.

Nice idea to have a thred for newbies, thanks. Lots of cool places that folks are from. I'm Sandro, a farmer in New South Wales, Australia. I have a quad that I use to work......and have fun on it of course

Really good forum.... Still learning in La Vergne, TN

If the batteries are physically the same size , the loss of 2 Ah shouldn't make a lot of difference. More important is the cranking amps available for starting.