Hey guys...
along those lines, I noticed when racing in the sand with my stock
cannibal yesterday, that when I hit 5th gear I seem to have a loss of
power. Not the punch that is there in 2,3,4th. I am running stock
tires, and hope that switching to paddles will help out. Hitting the
rev limiter on each gear, (and wishing it was at 11600) but when I go
5th, just seems to be no punch left. I've not run it out yet on dirt
to see how it does, (just broken in) I hope to get around to that this
week to try it.

Air filter was freshly cleaned and oiled up.

 

I'm by no means an expert, but I think that the "power loss" is normal for sand riding. I know on any quad that I've ridden with 6 gears, it's hard to pull 6th. My uncle owned my ATC250R before I did and took it to Christams Valley and couldn't pull 5ht with paddles. Were you winding out 4th gear before shifting to 5th?

 

Hey Dude; have no prob pulling 5th on the sand or anywhere. Sounds like a personal problem(just kidding). Sand is a tough one..But mine really does pull fine. You do have to work in the upper part of the band.

Bill
MODS...it don't need no stinkin' mods

 

Yeah that's it... must have been a Balast Problem. I think I had the Sand Anchor out the back ! (my fat behind... [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

I drag race all the time at little sahara and I hit the rev limit in every gear! Something is wrong if you can't pull 5th gear unless you are going up a hill in the sand. I run paddle tires as well!