This will be my first year for actual winter riding with my rancher es. Just wondering what I should look into getting for the cold conditions. I already have clothes just wondering on things for the atv to help keep me warm.

 

Winter Riding! love it. I sugest you get Heated grips for your Rancher, you have a choice of heat! Low Hi or off
I saw the Heated grips in a honda atv magazine at the dealer in pensilvania where i go riding. So im sure that you will be able to get them even if you search on the internet for them, Im not sure what brand makes them but they will make your hands warm while riding!.

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04 Honda Rubicon
03 Kawasaki Prairie
01 Yamaha Wolverine

 

if were you I would get it some different tires for the tread, like ITP 589's

 

or dirt devils I love mine , get through quite a bit

 

I got an 01 wolverine that i want good all around tires for Mud, Snow, Dirt and just playing around on dirt roads what would you suggest. (SORRY TO GET OFF ORIGINAL TOPIC)

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04 Honda Rubicon
03 Kawasaki Prairie 360 4x4
01 Yamaha Wolverine-
Mega max pipe t1500 whinch

 

I would deffinitaly reccomend the dirt devils, I love mine, theyr great in all the things you want them for. Mine get get through everthing, and if you hit the gas they throw a roost of dirt lol hope ths helps tbguy250

 

lol i know this doesnt help him at all unless he wants new tires!

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04 Honda Rubicon
03 Kawasaki Prairie 360 4x4
01 Yamaha Wolverine

 

Won't keep you warmer, but:

Perhaps a spark plug one heat range higher (DPR6EA-9)? Some thinner oil, like 5W-30. Your Rancher has a carb heater, so leave the key on for a minute or two, before starting it. You have a primer on the carb also, if needed.

 

lol yeah

 

i ride all year around and i suggest hand and thumb warmers.
and hand gaurds they block the wind.
and if you want to go a step ferther a windsheild maybe.
and electric socks.
i dont know where you can get the socks but they will keep you feet warm cause when your feet and hands get cold the funs all over.
hope this helps.
and as for tires i had gators last winter and i found them very good in the snow and i have mudlites on my honda this year and im hopeing that they are just as good or better in the snow.
i know the lites are just as good in the mud and hard pack stuff as the gators.