Hello
Does anyone have the blueprints or can tell me where to get a guess at where to start I weld and form aluminium at work have unlimited access to tig welders set up for weldin aluminium can make skid plates easily if I know where to start from If anyone local can help I can try to make a couple of sets if your not local and want to help with shippin pm me willin to help anyone who helps me
let me know

Thanks
joe

 

i have the plastic one polaris sells i can measure it and give you dimensions from it.

 

You are running too rich a fuel mixture. You don't say what elevation you are riding but most of the issues I have read about occure over 6,000 feet. Polaris states in the Owner's Manual that the machine needs a smaller main jet for use over this elevation. I think because the Hawkeye has a smaller engine, Polaris is getting everything they can out of it at medium elevations. This aggravates the problem at higher elevations. By cutting the air intake you let in more air and lean out the fuel mixture. It sounds like this isn't completely solving the problem so you will probable have to drop the carburetor needle down and/or go to a smaller main jet. Polaris should be able to tell your dealer what he needs to do. The thing to remember if you ride at big elevation differences is that you may go too lean at lower elevations and have to change things back. The water and mud issue may be a quick cool down of the engine. This happens sometimes with dirt bikes in high water crossings. I've only got a couple of rides on my Hawkeye at 2.600 feet but it runs clean after warmup. I did drop the needle one groove just as a precaution after reading all the comments. I ordered mine with a couple of different main jets so I can work with it.

I'm an old dirt bike rider and this is my first experience with a quad. Up through the 1990s, especially with 2 strokes, bad jetting was expected on a new dirt bike. They were jetted rich for breakin. You knew you were going to have to fiddle with the jetting to get it to run right and you were going to have to lean it out if you went to a higher elevation. So far I love the Hawkeye and I guess I don't see any problem that it might require some fuel mixture adjustment. Just be patient and you will get it smoothed out.

 

HAVING SAME PROBLEM WITH MINE. JUST DROPPED IT OFF AT DEALER FOR REPAIRS. I'LL LET YOU KNOW HOW IT TURNS OUT.

 

Well
I stopped in and talked to the dealer today
I am lost and supposted to be filled in tommorrow. The dealer told me that there is 6 new holes drilled in the air box and some kind of plugs that will go in the holes and be moved around and I will have a paper or bok on fine tuning the carb and moving the plugs around. HAS ANYONE OUT THERE HEARD OF THIS!!!
I am about to the point to give up I didnt buy A brand new fourwheeler to work on it all the time from the info I took in today it will have to have some tweeking on the carb and these plugs moved around for performance. Sorry to say this and it may **** off some poeple but If I wanted a harley Davison I would Have bought one

Thanks
Joe

 

Polaris cut every corner they could on this quad to get the price where it is and still have enough "Features" and looks to sell. I wish i'd spent my money elsewhere.

 

I must be a lucky one, I have just under 500 miles on my Hawkeye with no problems. I like this machine, runs fine but I can tell it's on the rich side on a warm day the throttle response isn't as good as when the temps are cooler.

 

I have been online the last couple of weeks researching the Hawkeye because I am considering buying one. My son races a Predator 90 and we have been real happy with it. So I was alarmed at how many people were all having problems with the Hawkeye. It seems that the higher the elevation you are at the worse that they are. Today I saw a post where an owner said that polaris issued a recall and they took it in to the dealer. They said it was fixed and no more problems but they did not say what the dealer did. I am probably 6 months from making my purchase but if anyone has had success let me know.

 

I've had mine for a while now, and I have not had a single problem...

 

my dealer told me that polaris has changed the all the jets and the floats in the carb but like you said it seems to be worse up high and im at about 1000 feet so i dont have all the probs
only one i do have is the sputtering when you let off the gas...