Sandblasted my old plugs and the big yellow bomb fired up fairly easily. If you own one of these things the thing to do would seem to be purchase and install an onboard sandblaster or keep a spare set or two of plugs in trunk. Seriously, I'm not sure whether the darkening and eventual failure of my plugs was a cumulative problem or happened all at once on the first COLD morning. My suspicion is that with two plugs firing they can deterioriate to such a low level of spark that once they reach a certain point they CANNOT be started. I used to have a Nissan pickup with 2 plugs per cylinder an the same thing happened to it. It went from running fine to no go in the blink of an eye.

Anyone know why some engines come with two plugs per cylinder? Hotter/more spark is an obvious answer, but why is that a requirement? 99% of all motors ever made used one plug per cylinder, if haveing two were such a great deal wouldn't more people do it? Why don't we put three in on cylinder???

 

I'm sorry for the poor spelling and grammar in the previous post. My high school English teacher would choke on her teeth. I was just so damn excited to finally get the big lemon running I lost all control of my fingers.

 

thats ok,half the people on here cant spell including myself.got the DS out this afternoon at about 4:45 here in So.Fulton,Tn with a temp. of about 15 degrees and guess what,the BOMB started up with a little chokeing.it took a bit for it to start(7or8-4 second starts on the starter button)but it did start.but as you can probably guess,i didnt ride but about 15-20 minutes then i had to go in and thaw out.MAN was it cold.thought you might like to here the good news.C YA.

 

We got more snow today so I decided to go out and plow. Temp is about 5 above. I put the choke on full and when I pushed the starter button - walla, it popped right off. Granted, my Traxter does sit in the garage but it is not heated. My dealer put in the new carb setup in October plus put in a primer. So far I have not needed to use the primer. I am happy.

ksk
2000 Traxter

 

No problems since I learned to clean and replace my plugs as needed to keep the big Bomb running fine. Too bad my dealer wasn't smart enough to have suggested that instead of alienating a good customer by playing stupid (and greedy). Hey, if you get a minute, take a look at the Honda section of the forum and listen to the cold weather starting horror stories about the Ranchers and Rubicons...

 

You still should not even have to remove your plugs every time you want to start it in cold weather. That would not be acceptable in my book. I would bug the heck out of your dealer and even threaten to report him to the Better Business Bureau or straight to Bombardier (they might even want to know that they have a less than competent dealer selling for them and possible giving them a bad reputation). If you didn't get the carburator update yet, go and get it NOW, especially if your's is still under warranty. If not still under warranty - go get it anyway. It works! Mine pops right off in the unheated garage with an outside temp of -5 to -10 degrees F. with the choke on full. Last winter I had to put the kerosene heater on it for about a half an hour or more to even make it fire.
ksk
2000 Traxter

 

I'M ANOTHER DISSATISFIED BOMBJUNK OWNER.ANYONE THINKING OF BUYING A NEW QUAD,DO NOT BUT A BOMBARDIER!!.WARRANTY SUCKS.ONCE YOU BUY IT THEY LEAVE YOU HIGH AND DRY.GO HONDA AND YAMAHA AND EVERONE ELSE!!