Hi all. First post here, im sure it wont be my last. I've always wanted a quad after always having to bum rides off family/friends. To make a long story short, I fell intoa gokart, spent some money on engine work and stuff, decided I was to big for it, and traded someone for a 230s. I really like it (once I remove all the pink stickers and crap he put on for his wife ) but it runs like crap. I has a DG pipe on it, but other than that I have no clue whats been done to it. The carb was rebuilt with a kit by the PO. It will start up fine at full choke and idle all day, but as soon as you crack the throttle, it dies. It doesnt matter if you have full choke, half, no choke, or what, its dead. I pulled it off and opened it up, and it has the factory jets in it still. I blew out all the passages with carb cleaner and made sure I installed it tight so there were no intake leaks. I played with the carb and let it run for a while at idle to get it so it would idle with no choke, but it didnt help. I can't even ride it because the RPMS arnt high enough when I put in the clutch. He said its cold blooded and would have to play with the throttle to get it to run at high RPM. It was either idle, dead spot, or high speed. I can't get it to do anything but idle. It does have a UNI filter, and DG nerf bars, so it could have something bigger installed in the engine department. I can see orange RTV on the case and head, so its been apart before. Also, the long rear engine mount bolt is gone. All that I will fix once I get it rideable.

Sorry for going long! I did order a service manual for it, but it wont be here for a few days and I want to ride now!!

 

I forgot to say I did pull the plug and it is black, but there is no black smoke out the pipe like it is running rich. To me it seems like it is going lean when you crack the throttle, suckin gto much air and not enough gas.