hi everyone,well after lurking on here for a couple of weeks now & doing a lot of reading i went & bought a 500i manual yesterday. i told the dealer about all the posts about the idle problems that people were haveing, i told him what i had read about moveing the vent tube hose to the left side & when he took the seat off you could see where the tube was about half mashed, so he changed it to the left for me. i hope i don't have any problems. he also done the recall thing on the brakes also. i have never even sat on a atv befor & when i got ready to leave with it i had the dealer drive it up in the back of my truck, but when i got home & had to unload it i bet it took me 10minutes of backing it off. lol.i was afraid i'd run off the side of the ramps. of corse i had to buy ramps to. its supposed to be 55deg. here today so i'm fixing to give her hell today after breakfast. can't hardly wait, just wanted to let ya'll know i'd gotten one.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

Congrats on the new quad. Sounds like you have a good dealer, that should make your experience better. Did you sign up for the ATV safty course? It is pretty basic but well worth while. I take it every time I get a new quad. It is free and AC even pays you $100 bucks to take it. You get the $ just once but my wife got it last time and I took the course with her.
Did you get a helmet with your quad? Ride safe and take it easy at first.

 

Welcome to the sport of ATVing and to the AC forum in particular. Great bike.. although I might be a bit bias since it is the exact bike I will be getting in march. ENJOY!!! [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img] [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

ps We all will be expecting a review after your first ride as to how you enjoyed it and such! [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]


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Congrats.& Welcome MAV! Mudcat gave you some good advice.The ATV Safety course will give you alot of helpful basics.That is a big machine to start out on.I'm not saying you did wrong by buying it I'm just saying to take at easy on it for a while until you get to know how the machine will react in differant situations.One more MAJOR thing to do is follow your owners manual on the proper break-in procedure (first 10 hours 1/2 throttle or less) If you follow that you will get many more problem free years out of the engine.You will be very happy that you chose A.C. they are a good reliable machine.Good Luck,Be Safe but most of all have fun [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

thanks for the advice guys, i just got in. i put 28miles on it in the back pasture. sure had fun. mudcat the dealer didn't have a healment to fit me but is ordering one for me, all he had was L. & XL.yes i'm going to call tomorrow to see when they are haveing the next safety class. i never got over 20mph. while i was on it, i can tell it has a lot of power. crazycat, i will be careful i'm 60yrs. young, i know i have to becareful cuz i don't heal so fast nowdays.haha. anyway thanks for this forum, for i have pick up a lot of info.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]