Just picked up an 87 lt 230 quadsport...was wondering what owners thought of them? anything need to watch out for or change to make decent quad? its for my g/f beginner quad............thanks for any help....

 

I owned an '86 till I sold it in '90. They are great little quads. Very light and agile. They do have a few mechanical weaknesses, but there are still quite a few out there still kicking. The chain adjuster needs to be kept lubed and clean, as they are susceptible to junk getting in there and freezing it up. The main bearing gets oil starved and will seze if ran at excessively high rpm for to long. Make sure she is shifting into the upper gears and not just revving out 1st and 2nd. Many of the ones I have seen in the last few years seem to have either just had a new top end or is in need of one. Then again, many of these things are 20 years old also. Have fun with it, the light weight and small size lends itself to newer riders.

 

Great thanks.....appreciate the tips...just picked it up for $800 so i cant complain it appears to be in good shape and fired up and all gears worked well...seemed pretty nimble and quick.....wierd kickstarter tho.....hahah...I ll have some pics up after this wknd....

 

Yeah, the kicker is, um, unique. That was actually my biggest complaint with the quad. Those little 230's can be a real bugger sometimes, and the kickstart lever doesn't help at all. On the plus side, it is a great incentive for a beginner to nail those launches. I just saw you have an '86 Qracer, so you probably know all about the rear end on the sport as well since it is the same design.

 

try and pick up the DG RCM exhaust for the 230. It is very inexspensive and makes a big difference. I got pix of it on my page.

 

sahzookee about how much $ do you got in the 230?

 

and i saw in another post you run 13 or 14 and 39 sprockets how much does your speed increase from that

 

i got mine for 200.00 runs great fast and a great qaud

 

Last we figured I was up around $1200-$1500. About the speed I can't honestly answer how much speed I gained because I didn't ever install the factory sprockets. But I can tell you this, by only changing out the sprockets and adding exhaust and putting on smaller rear tires and wheels I can hang with our piped 300EX, slide out and pass anytime with ease.

 

i told ya ya got good deal stop questioning my opinion lol j/k see ya in few hours.cant wait see ur kid beat your woman as its muddy here