davefrombc

Both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines have full FDA approval. They were taken out of the "emergency use" category quite some time ago.

COVID, record heat wave, fires, floods, deep freeze and more fires. Good riddance 2021. Have a Safe and very HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone. May 2022 make up for the trials of the last 2

MERRY CHRISTMAS ! Have a warm and safe one everybody.

Doable for both hf and vhf/ uhf. I haven't mounted any of mine on the quad but I plan on it down the road. You'd need a good tuner , especially on hf since you would be seriously lacking in ground plane.. Some hams have taken a long wire to stretch out for a bit of ground plane when stopped for lunch or in a camp for the night. I have used my gear mobile in my truck and with my mobile antenna mounted on the railing on a 22 ft. boat. I used an Icom IC 730 ,MFJ 949 tuner and Swan model 45 80 - 10 mobile antenna. the combo worked well on all of the hf bands. I miss that antenna with its monster loading coil and manual sliding tap for band switching. With the compact hf/ vhf rigs , automatic tuners and a wide choice of mobile antennas available now, the complete setup would take up very little room on your front or rear rack.

Except for Lithium batteries they're all lead / acid. Flooded batteries are the worst and cheapest. A very poor choice for an atv that sees lots of off camber travel, bounces and shaking. The leak acid because of it and wreak hell on everything that acid touches .. SLA ( Sealed Lead Acid ) batteries are just that . They are sealed and vented; built better to withstand all the shaking better than the cheaper batteries that can leak so easily. They still must be mounted upright though. AGM ( Absorbent glass mat ) batteries have the electrolyte absorbed in a glass mat. There is no free acid in it to spill so they can be mounted in any position and are the most resistant to damage from the rough environment found in ATV use. They all must be kept charged by a maintainer when not in use as they all have some level of self discharge and too deep a discharge can reduce their capacity or destroy them. For price and performance, in an ATV the SLA is the best choice of the three.

When your quad sits a lot , especially the new electronic ignition, computer controlled ones they should be kept on a battery maintainer. The small trickle used by the electronics even when the ignition is off will drain the battery. SLA and AGM batteries also always have a bit of self discharge so the combination of the electronics and self discharge means they must be kept up topped up. They do not like to be deep discharged and quickly lose capacity if they are .. Totally flatten either type and you are pretty much guaranteed the battery is toast.. A small maintainer is a lot cheaper than a battery and will eliminate the buying of a new battery every year. I have one on my truck, another on my quad and a third on my riding lawnmower.

For ATVs and snowmobiles the AGM has the advantage in cold weather. They are also a lot less expensive. Lithium shines in solar applications and where very deep cycling is wanted without service life suffering as badly , and of they have a weight advantage when used in a battery bank in a motorhome. For motorcycles, ATVs and Snowmobiles where you want cold weather starting and charging far more than need of reserve capacity, go with AGM or SLA. They're rugged, better in the cold and are far less expensive than Lithium

It would be stable enough but single wheel drive wouldn't have the traction to push the machine in slippery conditions of mud and snow. It might work if the front/ steering wheels were driven rather than the single rear wheel, but I can't see any advantage over a 4 wheeler and can envision a few disadvantages in less than ideal conditions .

There is a service manual in the downloads section of the forum.

Check service manuals or online for recommended oil for the engine, differentials and transmission. They don't have to be Polaris branded. Synthetic oils in the weights and types recommended are best since they remain much more fluid in very cold weather than mineral oils do.

It may have spark in free air but fail under compression. Get an in line spark tester and see f that may be the case. you can likely get one at a local auto supply or order online . They're not expensive and handy to have when chasing down an ignition problem.

And back then the government and media downplayed the severity of the pandemic to keep people focused on the war, You are a little short on your history . The "Spanish Flu" was brought back to the US by returning soldiers AFTER WWI ended. The flu did not cause hemorrhaging .. That is a plague effect .. The flu did likely make some people bluish since it affected the lungs and their oxygen levels fell very low leading to their death .. Covid is affecting younger people and children. The death rate is lower than the flu rate was ,but that could be only one or two mutations away from the virus becoming far deadlier and even more infectious than the Deltas variant is . Listen to the medical profession. Get vaccinated.

Here is the FDA website dealing with the COVID pandemic. You can get all the factual information there. I won't bother to argue with stupidity any longer. You denier lot too easily find disinformation sites to try to support your beliefs. True facts mean nothing to the true believers. Enjoy your alternate universe.I just hope your stupidity doesn't harm others . https://www.fda.gov/emergency-preparedness-and-response/counterterrorism-and-emerging-threats/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19 If you want information from the WHO, go directly to their website to get it. Stay away from those right wing sites that take articles and quotes out of context to spin them to say the opposite of what they really said. For those that have difficulty going to the actual gov't sites to get unspun information directly from them , here is the link to the WHO: https://www.who.int/

That is the way it is supposed to be . Starting in gear is a safety issue and all quads are not supposed to start in gear. If yours was , there was a safety switch that wasn't functioning , possibly because it was very slightly out of alignment and is now operating properly. Cars or motorcycles, and other motorized equipment like riding lawnmowers all have the start in neutral only feature, unless the safety lockout has failed or someone has foolishly defeated it .

In that video, did you see any of that vapor going straight ahead to contaminate a person even 3 feet away? .. The masks stop the majority of WATER DROPLETS in your breath. They are the carriers of the virus.. The virus is not free floating on its own, so your size claims are foolish and have no bearing on how they are spread. Now , with that mask on and a mask on another person even 3 feet away, how many of your breaths water droplets do you think are going to go through their mask to them ? The masks are not 100% effective .. Nobody claims them to be, but they stop the vast majority of the droplets that spread the infection. If masks didn't work, why do doctors and nurses in the OR wear them ? Stupidity reins supreme among the deniers.

The truth and facts are all out there on legitimate sites. You and those that think like you don't want to accept them . all you want is the BS "alternate reality" of the far right . Try getting information directly from the CDC and other legitimate sites rather than posting up the spin and the statements edited to take out of context from the conspiracy theorists and other malicious misinformation peddlers. Fact is the mask deniers and anti-vax fools are killing people with their stupidity and the pandemic would be much reduced if only people would listen to the medical community and follow their recommendations . Enjoy your horse dewormer LOL

Still enjoying your alternate universe , I see. I've quit trying to post up fact over the bullshit you and some others follow here. Just amazing how the mainstream, doctors, nurses and scientific community can be so wrong and anti-vaxxers can be so right . The world is flat,. man never set foot on the moon, global warming is a hoax. . Have fun.

Spraying carb cleaner into the intake only cleans the throat of the carb and the manifold some .. To clean the carb you need to disassemble it and clean out all the jets and passages .. Especially look for some tiny drilled holes in the jet tubes that likely need to be cleaned out with very thin wire or a welder's tip cleaners .

Check the light bulb itself.

That sounds like a problem in the starter itself. Most likely the brushes are worn and the commutator is dirty. Brushes don't make good contact so several tries may be needed to get it to spin over at times and other times it spins over right away. You can eliminate the solenoid by running a wire directly from the battery and touch the positive post on the starter. If it spins up every time , it can be in the solenoid but if it doesn't spin up every time you do it, it is definitely in the starter. Brushes aren't hard to change. No special tools needed.

You should be able to power the light bar without any problem. You should be able to find the connector you want to tap the light bar relay into the high beam circuit in many hardware stores or electronic outlets. Look for a "T tap" to connect the relay circuit. The wire is likely 16 gauge.

Here is the wiring diagram for that machine. It'll help you trace out the fault. You say there is continuity on the start button , but is there power to it when in neutral and ignition on ? If not , trace back from there, if there is then check switch to relay and beyond until you find the break. Honda TRX 200 service manual 1984 - B. 1984 TRX200(1).pdf

I suggest you read more quotes from Dr. Fauci and the CDC, and read those quotes on legitimate sites, not on sites that twist and misquote therm. . Bats are a reservoir of corona viruses , but they are not the only source and reservoir of them, just as livestock, whether chickens, ducks or hogs or even our house pets are . Masks do work. Again look on legitimate sites rather than your conspiracy and right wing sources. I know it's no use trying to sway the true believers to the truth.. They BELIEVE. end of story. I just hope others reading the thread do their own searching on what we claim and form their own opinions of who is living in reality or not . How about agreeing to drop this and go back to trying to help others who come to this site seeking a hand sorting out problems with their ATV's ?

Corona viruses are a family of viruses that include the ones that cause most of the common colds. They are not just found in bat colonies. The COVID-19 MAY have come from a bat since some similar ones have been found in bat colonies, but they really don't know where it came from. They are still looking to confirm its source. and the flu viruses don't necessarily come from ducks and chickens . Yes , Randy , you can delude yourself when you refuse to believe the medical community and follow a bunch of nut casre right wing peddlers of misinformation.

You can tap into the high beam power by using it to trigger a relay to actually power the light bar from a line to the battery. That would turn the light bar on and off with the high beams and no overload the high beam lights wire and fuse. The only way to tell how powerful a light bar you can use is to know the output of the charging circuit, the demand put on the system by the ignition and light circuits when they are on and a little extra to charge the battery. The ignition would likely only use a couple of amps at most. If the owners manual only lists the demand of the lights and any accessories in watts, you can get the amperage draw by dividing the watts by 12. When you know the amount of draw on the alternator the system itself draws and the output of the alternator then it only requires you to choose a light bar whose draw is a little less than the power available after all normal running demand is satisfied. I hope I didn't overly complicate the explanation of what is really fairly straight forward in doing.