We have had our 01 Sportsman 500ho for a while but i saw the opportunity to snag a cheap quad to play around with for a little while and have a few questions.
1996 Xplorer 300 bone stock right down to what look like are the original tires from how weather cracked they are.
Barely squeezes on the trailer with the 500.
With the 22" front and 24" rear stagger can i go up to a 24/26 without throwing off the 4wd or at least a 23/25 set of tires? Would going with 24/25 be a problem? I'm not worried about how it runs flat out on the top end since it will be strictly used for us as a trail toy and never opened up very often for flat out speed. Tooling around in the woods in Low range with larger than stock tires shouldn't be a huge issue but i figure i'd ask around before throwing any money at it.
How reliable is the oil injection on these bikes? Its the first 2 stroke i've owned personally but more than that its the first i've ever mess with with injection instead of premix. It smokes a decent amount while riding and when i first picked it up this morning it smoked a fair amount at idle but after riding it around the house for a while today it settled down a lot on the amount of smoke at idle once it warmed up.
Any tips or ideas? Not sure how healthy it sounds with nothing to compare it to but i do know it runs pretty strong, it will slide around the yard drifting doughnuts with my big ass on it no problem.
1996 Xplorer 300 bone stock right down to what look like are the original tires from how weather cracked they are.
Barely squeezes on the trailer with the 500.
With the 22" front and 24" rear stagger can i go up to a 24/26 without throwing off the 4wd or at least a 23/25 set of tires? Would going with 24/25 be a problem? I'm not worried about how it runs flat out on the top end since it will be strictly used for us as a trail toy and never opened up very often for flat out speed. Tooling around in the woods in Low range with larger than stock tires shouldn't be a huge issue but i figure i'd ask around before throwing any money at it.
How reliable is the oil injection on these bikes? Its the first 2 stroke i've owned personally but more than that its the first i've ever mess with with injection instead of premix. It smokes a decent amount while riding and when i first picked it up this morning it smoked a fair amount at idle but after riding it around the house for a while today it settled down a lot on the amount of smoke at idle once it warmed up.
Any tips or ideas? Not sure how healthy it sounds with nothing to compare it to but i do know it runs pretty strong, it will slide around the yard drifting doughnuts with my big ass on it no problem.