JacobSlabach

If its worth it to you, I would love to take a look at your bike if you brought it down to me- I cant come to you because I'm under-aged and cant drive yet😣 im in christiansburg VA. If you are interested, massage me privately and I can send you my address. but if you want to figure this thing out on your own, I totally understand! I'm just really curios as to what the issue turns out to be.

any luck?

oh ok. so for a bayou what would you use?

dont have any snow here... its supposed to rain later today.... been having some nice weather tho!

ok. well I might take the top of the carb off again and adjust the needle some more- the air screw is out all the way haha. and @Frank Angerano, what I found with the chinese carbs so far is that they like to run a lot leaner that the oem carbs. I'm running one on the bayou and on this thing now. other than the startup on the sportsman, both work great! just have to take the air screw waaaaayyyy out. haha I'm still proud of myself for getting the sportsmans carb almost perfect on the first try 🤩🤗

morning morning

nope- no garage here! they are lucky to get under a shed at my place haha- no room lol

I got a polaris sportsman 500 that has park (an 04 model). I dont think from my experience it is bad for your tranny. Does it put stress on it? yes, the more weight you put on it, the more pull will be on the parking system-- but its made to handle that stress and its not bad for it. transmitions are tough on those quads--- btw what quad you got? My friend pulled his family's 4x4 ford Excursion out of the mud (this thing was a monster diesel with a lift and over sized tires) using his 02 polaris sportsman 500- tranny never even wined... he just had to get his fam to sit on his bike cause it didnt have enough weight on it.......😎

sweet

Ive never seen one of those..... what all is it useful for? cause I got a bottle jack that my dad gave me cause it ran out of oil- I filled it up and it works great, just dont have any use for it... I was thinking of making an atv lift with it????? maybe make the frame out of wood and mount the floor jack in there? I will post it here if I do something like that... Dont have much room in my tiny workshop rn..

Also, I spoke too fast about the adjustment. Only for the first say 20 seconds when you start it up, it wants to bog down if you punch the throttle- after she gets warm, it runs amazing! Also on the first cold start, it doesnt fire unless you give it a little throttle. I tried choke- she hates it. the engine dies instantly with any choke at all. I'm assuming its still burning rich? The cold start thing is not a biggie for me- just like I said, I wanted to sell this bike haha

yes it's independent suspension. I also noticed that there was a little bit of axle grease leaking from the upper cv boots- not much, but its for sure there

ok, so just ignore it? is it supposed to do that ( i assume not lol)

@pokerl0w you could buy my sportsman.... has snow tires on it already lol jk

yea- same model as mine- klf300b if I'm not mistaken. (bayou 300) I'm wondering the same thing? I know my kawasaki acts like a diesel- no acceleration, but tons of low end power

yeah I've heard of that and one of my friends does that for his sportsman (his little brother was playing around and melted his pod lol) I would do that, but I would like for it to work because I plan to sell this bike and I spent 300 on a new pod cluster and it doesnt read speed... Its not the cluster though- its the speedo itself- I've checked connections so the only thing I can think of is it just shorted out when I reversed the terminals... If thats the case, I wounder what else shorted out with it that I'm not aware of........like the temp gauge? I know the fan comes on after a little while... kinda concerning.. But I need at least $2000 out of this bike just to cover what i put into it... dunno if I can get that much or not.. so is the clicking sound an issue or is it just adjusting?

I got my sportsman fixed.....so I got one bike I would put on the trail.. I'm trying to sell the bayou soon.. I would really need two reliable bike to go riding because my dad would probably want to come along.

yeah I thought the rear end was just adjusting (it mainly clicked when turning on pavement).. That was my guess on the clutch as well- just showing its age.. The speedo is driving me nuts as I like to brag about how fast I was going haha😴 but yeah overall, this would be the bike of my choice if I was looking for a carbed bike. I'll see if I could take some pics and upload them soon.

I agree👍 Although.... I moved my needle on my sportsman's carb up two notches... problem solved. no more adjustment needed- the bike runs perfect. Its got to be something big that we are just missing to be causing the bike to just not run.... Are you sure its starving for air and not fuel? I mean it seems pretty obvious to me that its air... but I wouldnt just rule out the fuel till you're sure.

found out why the bike was racing. The throttle cable was too short for the cable sleeve. shortened the cable sleeve with the sleeve adjuster (lol dunno what its called). But then the throttle was shorting out the spark inside the handlebar cluster so I just ripped out the wire in the throttle box- dunt know what thats for but now the bike runs flawless. I'm suprised it runs soo well with no carb adjustment (other than I moved the needle leaner two notches) It idles clean, and doesnt flood or bog at all when the engine is cold or hot. My four issues are: 1. The speedo is just reading 0 all the time with the new cluster. 2. the rear end is making a clicking noise when I go around a curve like its trying to lock and cant (I thought sportsmans were all-time locked in the rear) 3. The oil compartment is leaking. I am going to change the fluids soon anyway, but I wanted to fix this while I had the oil out. 4. the trans doesnt engage till half throttle. dont get me wrong, this little girl gets if you floor it, but to 'get', you HAVE to floor it. again, I'm surprised the bike runs soo good with no carb adjustment other than the needle- just still has some hiccups that need straightened out.

hmm could you upload some pics of the bike (like the carb, air box etc?)

dude thats awesome 🤣

haha yeah make sure you are where you wont lose parts. I almost lost the c-clamp off my sportsman carb yesterday....and I was in my workshop lol

had the same thing happen with my kawasaki bayou. Rebuilt the top end and now it ticks... I'm interested to know what the cause is... Also, I have an 04 sportsman 500 that I'm fixing up to sell. If I have a bad idle, I will use your procedure on the valves! Thanks

need to get rid of it cheap- give me a shout😂 I would throw a new coil on it and rule that out.