I picked up my 00 Kodiak on Saturday. It is great. We got about six inches of snow saturday night, so I took it out yesterday. The four wheel drive works great in the snow. I would just like to know how anyone elses brakes are. Mine don't seem to stop to well, compared to my old Polaris. The brakes seem really weak. If it wasn't for the EBS, I don't know if it would stop or not.

 

The brakes get better as they break-in. You'll love it.

 

My brakes acted the same way when I first got the quad. Yesterday I slamed on the brakes on concreat and it locked them up, give them a little while.

 

The Brakes and the suspension get better with time. I weigh 240 and I use the softest setting on the rear.

 

How does the enduro speedo install on your kodiak?

 

Hi,
I researched and wound up liking the http://www.cateye.com Enduro2 Speedo. It is water tight (except for the sensor) and has a setting that does well for slow speeds that works good on higher speeds as well. It comes with a heavy duty cord but it is too short and the mounting bracket is OK but the one (bracket) that comes with the optional longer cord is Much better. The longer cord is not heavy duty but is plenty long. I ordered my Speedo and cord on-line from http://www.phattire.com/ . This unit works via a magnet and sensor. It counts revolutions and according to the distance your tire rolls in one revolution it reads out the speed and other info.
OK, take a look at your front differential housing on the left side where the CV joint hub exits it. Note the three machined gussets. There aren't any on the right side. On my Kodiak the CV joint hub is Green where it exits the differential. I routed the wire down from the left handle bar and laid the sensor in-between the gussets so the tip will hang out over the green part. I used a Hose clamp to hold it down. Not too tight, it will crush the sensor. Snug is good. But first you will want to remove the magnet from the spoke mount bracket noting which side of it was intended to see the sensor. Then JB Weld (2 part epoxy) it to the green hub. What you want is to have the magnet rotate past the sensor as close as possible without touching. Before I attached the sensor to the differential I coated it with silicone to keep the water out. It is not very water tight. Just don't coat the part that the magnet passes.
To calibrate it for your tire size you will need to convert inches to centimeters unless you have a metric tape. What I did was put a piece of eletrical tape on the floor lined up with a peice of tape on the tire. Sitting on the bike I drove it on revolution and put another peice of tape on the floor marking the spot. I measured it and then done the math and entered the number into the Speedo. Instructions on doing this comes with the Speedo. You can borrow GPS or like me, ride next to a Honda 450ES and compare. I got lucky. The honda does not read out speed in tenths. As I rode with him I seen mine go to 12.8 MPH and then his would switch to 13mph and mine too.

See You

AC

 

thanks for your time and explanation, I will research the speedo options further



[*][green]remember if the wheels aint spinning you cant be winning[/green]

 

1st about the brakes. Everyone better check thier rear pads! I took my kodiac in for its 1st tune up and was floored when my mechanic said they were worn down to the metal! And you may not believe me but I really very rarely use the rear brakes at all. ( and even if I do the machine is only a couple of months old they should last longer than that) The engine brake is outstanding so I usually only need to tap the front brakes every now and then. We only discovered this because I too was complaining about poor braking. Then to put the icing on the cake yamaha doesn't even have a part number for new rear pads and won't have any for 3 weeks.
And as far as a speedo goes, that looonnngggg project described above deffinetly isn't for me and sounds like it may not hold up to ATV use. (no offense intended THEROCK) I purchased the unit offered by yamaha and it is vey nice and installation isn't bad at all. The price wasn't too bad either $99.
In closing all I can say is thank goodness for a killer engine brake and go for the factory speedo.



2000 Kodiac, 26" Mud sharks, Factory speedo, Yamaha brush guard, aux lights, Hand guards and super winch. Someone please get a fender flare kits made!!!!

 

My breaks are on the weak side too. And my old Polaris stopped on a dime. Maybe they didn't go over kill on the break system because the sprag clutch works soooo well. My riding confidence on very steep hills and trial type terrain is so much better than on my old 425 Polaris.(What a tank)I go everywhere they go and no more getting stuck between trees.