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roosterado9
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Ok been reading forums seems the king has a few quirks 1 Steering jerks to stops when hitting rock,ect hard 2 water spraying into CVT housing [not talkin deep water here]when riding fast thru water puddles? a. first mod -today i will drill a access hole to CVT drain plug [thru plastic skid guard
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outlandish
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Have you noticed a lag or hesitation when you hit the throttle hard? Steering jerks....I'd have to wear my wrist bands LOL Water spraying........You vould probably build a dam of sorts to keep spry from entering the CVT intake
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Survey Guy
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Have'nt had any of those issues. I have heard some complain about the steering, but the other one I have never heard of.
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roosterado9
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1 Steering Yes i hit a rut perpendicualar [90 degree angle]fairly fast[with left wheel] i really had to twist hard to kept wheels straight again -i.e. becuase of this i tend to keep a tight grip on handle bars on King,and this can be tireing? 2 spray well i drove thru water like my Kodiak i had no troubles 3 lag Yes some low end lag not enough to bother me-but-if a power module comes out that is good all around [including reducing lag] i might buy it!The strong mid range to top end improvement over my Kodiak is nice - at 45 mph shes still got some guts i really like the 700 single its like my Kodiak- only more And my Kodiak is noisey when crusing gravel road/trail at steady speed King is quieter
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Survey Guy
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If a module comes out I will for sure get it. I read on Highlifter that someone installed a stabilizer bar from another quad and it helped the steering.
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outlandish
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1 SteeringYa that will make for a long day riding. A stabilizer would help. Radial tires might also help some. Would think Suzuki would make a stabilizer. Actually should have been done before they Kings were released. They must be kinda like Bill Gates. Sell it now and patch it later.......
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roosterado9
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i found a forum article on using a generic stabiliz er[racing type] with 5 way adjustment setting sound like it just takes slight modification Yes radials are the way to go on a lite steering Quad like the King Quad i do believe
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outlandish
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That sounds like the way to go, a stabilizer and a set of radials
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outlandish
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Well Roosterado, you have some decent seat time on the King. What are your honest opinions?
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roosterado9
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Put 120 miles on this weekend alot of forest road and some trail I am very happy with the King Quad for the price i should be. Steering stabilizer would be nice. I rode this weekend with my buddy on his 500 Vicent we got the exact same gas mileage i varied my forest road speed[i alot faster then him] then let him catch up . On some pretty good side hill ditch riding king does fine but better tires would also be nice i had it up to 70mph on gravel road according to speedo -also had it up to 68 mph up hill on gravel road Last edited on Mon Sep 5th, 2005 09:29 pm by roosterado9 |
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Survey Guy
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Put another 80 miles on this weekend, I had her doing 72 according to the speedo and then it would cut out, so I'm assuming that it is governed not to exceed that speed! Got myself a new winch accessory kit and already got to use it, when we arrived at the cabin the top half of one of the Oak trees had broke and was hanging down blocking the loop in the driveway. Me the King and a chainsaw took care of that!! On a bad note, I broke my side mirror on the truck backing the boat up. Apparently the other Oaks were angry for cutting up one of there own!!
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outlandish
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Don't mess with those trees LOL Maybe the one that got your truck belonged to the Sierra club
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roosterado9
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They are really rooling out the aftermarket products for this quad. the racing guys have custom axels, tie rods and end. Also Custom bumpers -Smoe alum skid plates for aftermarket -just depends on how much ya wanna spend
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roosterado9
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this might help http://www.turnercycles.com/images/kingquad.jpg
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outlandish
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I had the opportunity to ride a King Quad for several miles and it seems to have decent power and the ride and handling were good. i didn't really get to put it through the paces but it seemed like a nice bike. Thanks for the ride Roosterado
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roosterado9
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thanks Outty after logging 400 miles trail riding i am very happy with my new Quad features that are inportant to me are there nice ride [after 18 mos on a SRA Kodiak] same features Auto/difloc/exceleration as Kodiak only more more mid range and top end good gas mileage /just like Kodiak quieter all around then Kodiak this is one smooth single cyl big bore imho Outty be safe with the bad boy 800cc
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Survey Guy
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I read on High Lifter that Velocity Devices Inc. will probably be making a new ecm or something to take the lag and who knows what else out of the King. Hopefully they get rid of the limiter on the 72 miles an hour, I hate having something or someone telling me what I can do and not do!
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outlandish
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 72 is not fast enough? Mine is supposed to do 77 by GPS, believe me I will never see that!!
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roosterado9
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i could only get 70 [by speedo]out of mine yesterday with new tires and thats OK by me crusies nice at 40-45 on gravel roads just want to update on my impression of handling after 500 miles i feel the steering is light and responsive.The "jerking handle bars to stops has only happened during real aggressive riding,now if i continued to ride very aggressively i would consider adding steering stabilizer Last edited on Sat Sep 24th, 2005 01:28 am by roosterado9 |
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Survey Guy
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outlandish wrote:
After you ride it awhile I bet you see what she has.  It's not that 72 is'nt fast enough it's the fact that they limited me at that speed. I'm used to going fast with my sled, so it's different that's all. I only went that fast on a gravel road that is part of the trail, the area is called the barrons, there is'nt a tree around and it's a couple miles to the other side so you can see everywhere.
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Survey Guy
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I was just reading over at high Lifter and supposedly a company called yoshimura is making a new ecm that will eliminate the low end lag and hopefully the reverse override crap. I think they are supposed to have it out early next year. 
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roosterado9
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well i could go for elimination of Diff lock overide being needed -low end lag is fine by me just my  i bet low end lag makes moter/drive train last longer ? Last edited on Fri Oct 7th, 2005 12:58 am by roosterado9 |
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outlandish
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That diff lock rpm limiter would suck
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