Recently purchased a Panther 110 CL for $700. fully assembled its for my four year old kid. Any advice, you know how to maintain it. Bought this thing with no Knowledge what so ever about mini Atv. Was paying $700. a rip off ? Any and all advice is appcreated

 

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Recently purchased a Panther 110 CL for $700. fully assembled its for my four year old kid. Any advice, you know how to maintain it. Bought this thing with no Knowledge what so ever about mini Atv. Was paying $700. a rip off ? Any and all advice is appcreated</end quote></div>

That's probably about the going rate now. I bought mine a year ago for around $600. I think. They weren't assembled.
Things I needed to do:
Tighten every nut you can get to. My rear brake assembly was loose and the pads fell out.
Teach the rider about the clutch operation. If the atv doesn't want to move, stop trying. The clutch is slipping and will burn the clutch out.
The manual says to change the oil after one month and every 6 months after that. It takes less than a quart.
The starter button and choke lever are plastic and are broken easily by trees etc. They can be replaced by generic parts from auto-zone.
The atv takes a while to warm up and mine won't stay running without the choke till it does.
The brake lever may be a little hard for a 4 year old to operate. Some type of extender on the handle would give more leverage.

 

I've very happy with my 150cc GY6 engine chinese quad. There are many people who are happy with their 110cc quads as well. There are also many people who angry and bitter at not being able to keep their quad running, and really don't have any place to go to get their quad fixed.

You say you don't know anything about ATV's? Well you are going to have to learn. Fortunately they are pretty easy to work on, and there is a lot more information out there on the internet then there was two years ago. But when it breaks (and it will), *you* will have to fix it (with help from forums such as this and others).

Since this is for a four year old, it is really important for you to stay on top of keeping everything tightened up - especially the steering, wheels, and other running gear. Chinese quads are famous for stuff loosening and falling off. A four year old isn't going to be able to tell you that it isn't braking or steering right, so the first symptom you would see is sudden catastrophic failure. I go over my quad before every ride and thoroughly inspect all bolts, nuts, etc for tightness.

Here is a link to a service manual for the 110cc engine. It isn't your exact quad, but the engine is very likely the same:

110cc service manual

On the web page in the link above look for for the following text right in the middle of the page:

"Specs & Features :: Warranty:: Safety Information :: Manuals"

Click on manuals, then click on Service manual. Save it to your hard disk.

 

Thanks for the info i appcreate it a lot cause I DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING about these Quads i will definitely take you guys advice and go over every bolt and nut or is it nut and bolt. Any one with any more advice please feel free to drop a line or two. Any info is GOOD info to me.

Thanks.......

 

Another manual link:

Another useful 110cc manual

This one a lot of good info on adjusting the clutch, carburetor, etc. Again it is for a different quad but the engine is likely identical.

 

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Another useful 110cc manual



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This is Great Info [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

Info Any One ? ? ?

 

First Problem, When my kid apply the brake with his right foot the brake light does not light up the brake works but NO LIGHT ! ! ! Turn the lights on and it lights up any one know of this PROBLEM. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-mad.gif[/img] [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-frown.gif[/img] [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/img] [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img]

 

I have a 150cc GY6 quad, same as my neighbor, and on both our quads the rear brake switches were flaky at best.

The brake foot lever activates an electrical switch (via a spring linkage usualy) completely separate from the hydraulic system that actually applies the rear brake. The switch is adjustable by turning some mounting nuts. So try playing with this.

For my quad, I got tired of adjusting this over and over so I bought a used switch for a Honda motorcycle on eBay (about $6.00) and wired it in instead. I had to cut the different connector off and manually wire it in, plus I stretched the heck out of the spring to make up for the mechanical size differences. It has been working solid ever since.

My neighbors quad's brake switch still doesn't work right, he doesn't care, and has no intention of spending any money to fix it.

Most quads have a safety interlock so that the engine won't crank unless the brake is applied (and that means the brake switch has to work). I can use either the front or rear brake switch on mine, my neighbor can only use his front brake switch (because his rear switch doesn't work right). You aren't having problems starting up the quad, are you?

 

No problem when Starting the Quad just that the brake light does not light up when the brake is applied