Dang! Memories! I got one of the 50's in 81/82. Very first ATV! We also had a 125 like above, but was yellow like the 50. The 50 was traded in on a black & orange 50cc 4-wheeler promptly after they came out. Dad also added a 185 quad runner to the stable around then. Bull-et-proof bikes. The 125 & 185 were ridden hard clear into the 90s. My 50 got upgraded to an LT80 in 1987. The LT80 was my whole world at the time. My parents had me by the short & curlies with the ignition key. "Acting up?...no riding for you!" Had 100 acres of woods & pastures to ride about 1/4 mile from my house. We had a neighborhood "gang" of riders...7 or 8 of us would congregate almost daily...till we ran out of gas anyways. The horror! Kids between the ages of 10-14 out riding unsupervised! How did we ever survive?? Thanks for posting these pics!
Camoplast makes the majority of the snowmobile tracks out there. It only makes sense that they got into tracks for quads.
Man those Suzuki's can be a pain to tune up! I picked up a 97 quadrunner lt4wd, gone through it and still can't get the carb right. You could tell she wasn't a cherry! Someone been in there before, hoping to start back on it and get this thing figured out.
Always need to check for a blocked float bowl vent tube, had it happened on my little lt160, drove me nuts until I found that's what was wrong.......
Just remember that if someone's been into a carb before and messed it up, that you may have a lot of work to do. I had an 86 rm250 that I bought well used and it ended up being a great learning machine for me mechanically speaking but was a money pit.
Yeah seems to be the case here! This thing is about to get the best of me. The carb runs off of vacuum, quad has a fuel pump. The thing set in a barn for about six years having to go through everything!
All things considered, it wasn't bad. I gave 10 for it. 10 months old with 500 miles. And it had extras.
She's not pretty but only needs gas and an annual oil change. And hauls the wood home! '04 bombardier/ can am outlander 400 4x4 The heated grips and windshield are nice for chilly weather too!
That's pretty compared to mine. I've thought about putting heated grips on mine. It's cheaper than getting heated grips on a saw. Plus, I do most of my wood cutting in winter, so I need to have a way to warm my hands up. It's going to be a high of 8° on Saturday, and I plan on getting out to cut and haul again. The wife isn't in agreement, but I have to keep after it.
Those grips are a cheap investment and great! Do yourself a favor and wire them thru the ignition though. I haven't been stranded yet with mine straight wired to the battery but the 3 yr old tries to! Kids love switches. And the windshield looks lame but like a motorcycle...once u ride with it u never take it off!
Couple other utvs: Started with the ole amt 600. Wish I had space to keep it because it was unique and effective. As long as u didn't want to turn, brake, or go fast! Lol I tried this one for a bit. Faster but too light duty. My dad has it now and likes it!: I ended up with a trail gator for a good price from a buddy. Boring, but it's a hauler and pretty bullet proof. One of this weekend's loads:
