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mikehallbackhoe

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  1. The idle mixture screw is a d shaped screw, and it has a limiter on it that will allow you to screw it out only so far, I screwed it out as far as it would go and that was far enough. My only gripes with this atv are minor, the manual tells you how to break it in for the first 20 hours, but doesn't give you an hour meter. The manual doesn't tell you how to adjust the valves, it just says to take it to the dealer. The kawasaki 300 brute force has the same engine, and will give you the specs for adjusting the valves. my only other gripe is the atv doesn't come with a shock adjuster, not a big deal since you can adjust them with a pair of channel locks.

  2. I just purchased a new kymco 270, and I absolutely love it. I was reading about the break in procedure, and thought it was overly cautious, but then I got to thinking and the reason they are so cautious is the carburetor is too lean because of emissions. I am in california and our smog laws are the worst. first thing I did was remove the cap that prevents you from adjusting the idle mixture, and that made starting much easier, I don't even need the choke. then I changed the 108 main jet to a 115 and it really runs a lot better. the carburetor is easy to work on, you don't even have to take it off, it can be twisted enough to reach everything pretty easily. the idle mixture screw is not slotted, but I was able to adjust it with a pair of tweezers. the dealer made the changes to the transmission for me, so all I had to do was screw out the throttle limiter, and this quad runs great. I have tendonitis and the thumb throttle bothered my wrist, so I put a twist throttle on it. other than that, I plan on keeping it stock, it does everything I could want.
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