Hi, Is there anyway of unplugging the odometer on a sportsman 700?? The reason is that I am thinking of buying a used one and it seems that the miles on it are extremely low. And how would I look for evidence?

Thanks

 

The speedo is easy unpluged all you do is pull it out and unplug takes about 30 seconds. I had my hall effect sensor go bad and the speedo didn't show me putting miles on with the sensor bad. so It could have had a bad sensor. What year and how many miles are on it?

 

Hey
Its a 2002 with only 200 miles on it but I see the guy driving it all the time. If you just unplugged it, would it stop adding miles?

 

I have never tried to run mine with out the speedo. I know the speedo controls alot of stuff so it might not run right with it unpluged? Did you look to see how many hours are on it?

 

Some people just use their quad for work or don't ride often. I think that's not too far out of the ordinary.

Even if the speedo sensor is out or disconnected the hour meter will still count up.
Divide the miles by the hours to get the average MPH it was ridden and ask what type of riding he mostly did.
If its work and plowing it will be a real low average MPH, trail riding and dirt roads would be much higher.

Also look at the overall condition and cleanliness of the quad.

My buddy has on 03 700 that has about 300 miles on it and it looks almost like new.

Jim

 

Speedo's that have been unhooked (or failed at one time) are easy to spot, the rule of thumb is usually for every 10 miles logged, the machine should show 1 hour. If this doesnt add up for u, see what kind of riding this fellow was doing, if he worked with the machine instead of trail riding it, then it will show way more hours than this theory. Even though the speed sensor is unhooked, the hour meter still runs, that's the beauty of having both.

10 miles to one hour is a guidline, not exact.