ok here's an update, i just pulled the clutch cover off and to me everything looks great, although the secondary clutch gear/basket does have slack in it, but if this was the cause of the tick i hear wouldn't it go away when i accelerate? the sound that i am hearing is still present with a load on the motor. i am thinking that it is something else now, any suggestions are welcome.

 

i to have a kawasaki bayou 300 and mine makes that noise also and i have been told that if it ever stops making that clicking now that it makes that u have something very serious wrong with the motor my mech told me this and he said when it does stop making that noise to shut it off right then cause it will cause it to blow up

 

I also have the exact same noise coming from my 89 KLF 300, it starts on the button, and generally runs sweet as a nut. But the noise seems to start a couple of minutes after the quad has been started. The noise is really starting to bug me now. I've only recently bought the quad and when i drained the oil it had just over 5 litres of oil in it !!! .. Now i know too much oil also has adverse effects on the engine. I've replaced the oil with 1.7 litres as it says on the engine casing and im wondering maybe I haven't put enough in.?? ..
It also seems to Bog down when revving, but as stupid as it sounds I can't find the mixture screw on the carb? So any help with my problems would be greatly appreciated.

 

Could you tell me the plug gap for a 1995 Kawasaki 300 Bayou Thanks Charles