Sold my 89 lt-500 yesterday, and I already miss it, but it was for the best. I will say this for the Zilla, it scares you everytime you ride it and you always love it.....maybe if it was easier to start it would be more fun.

 

u just gotta know how to start it : )


i can start mine like a 125
and i weight 130

 

yeah i used to have one of the mine was a 89 model to. butters is right once u learn to start it its easy.those things are fun to play with but when u try to take these in the woods ur wasting ur time,thats why i got 2 Z400's.

 

I tried the technique of kicking it back, bringing it forward three "clicks" then" kicking, but it just didn't work, unless there was a brand new plug in. The 380 main jet fouled plugs everytime I started it up. Most times I would just pull start it. Once it started up, it ran like a champ.

I wasn't great in the woods, but it was managable, however in the sand and on hills, Wow.

 

that aint how to start it



ya gotta kick it over about 3 times with it off, then feel for it and get it TDC, let the kicker all the way up and then give it a good kick all the way down

 

damn, i would have held on to it. i wont ever get rid of my shee unless i know i could get another. i'd love to have a zilla ,just 2 have one. i hate selling stuff,because when i do i always wish i would have kept it.

 

That was partly why I sold it, I bought it because I really wanted it and it was a head turner, because there aren't many around in Ohio. But I like jumping on something and being able to ride. Maybe electric start has spoiled me, but even the Banshee starts right up. The engine work made it even harder to start.

 

nobody likes a pain in the a$$. even if it is unique. i feel you. my shee will start on first kick,most of the time with choke off. at least you can say you had 1.

 

my zilla breaks everytime i ride it and i end up dumping another 2g into it, everytime its somethin old in the motor breaking from age. makin 75-80hp doesnt help it..... the is next to nothing left stock on it.....
zillas aint ment for people withouts patients and money, and a Dr.Q : )

 

Long live the ZILLA, you cant compare any machine to the raw power that the great quad once knowen as quadzilla made. its unlike any other,the king,
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"QUADZILLA"