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Howdy all! Just spent the weekend on the dunes at Silver Lake sharing my cousin's new 700R with him. We came to the conclusion that one bike for two people sucks, and we just happened to stumble across a smoking deal on an '03 660R. I'm in the process of figuring out my financial crap to see if it's doable.
Between my cousin (he worked his way up from a Blaster and Banshee) and another Rappy guy at work, I think I'll have a pretty good handle on things, but I've never actually owned a quad before. I put untold hours on my dad's Fourtrax 125cc years ago, but the most I ever did to that was change the oil and add gas. I drive a Syclone (see sig) so I know a thing or two about wrenching on autos. However, I don't know much about carbs other than the basic theory of how they work. They make an EFI kit for the 660?
I've heard about the starter stuff, but are there any other major issues I should look for and/or expect? Most of my riding will be fields and dunes. I have lots of fun with my toys, but I don't beat on them. At this point, I'm not expecting to do much to it - probably a few basic mods and/or reliability stuff (not even sure what those are yet). Other than reading everything I can find, anyone got any tips?
Between my cousin (he worked his way up from a Blaster and Banshee) and another Rappy guy at work, I think I'll have a pretty good handle on things, but I've never actually owned a quad before. I put untold hours on my dad's Fourtrax 125cc years ago, but the most I ever did to that was change the oil and add gas. I drive a Syclone (see sig) so I know a thing or two about wrenching on autos. However, I don't know much about carbs other than the basic theory of how they work. They make an EFI kit for the 660?

I've heard about the starter stuff, but are there any other major issues I should look for and/or expect? Most of my riding will be fields and dunes. I have lots of fun with my toys, but I don't beat on them. At this point, I'm not expecting to do much to it - probably a few basic mods and/or reliability stuff (not even sure what those are yet). Other than reading everything I can find, anyone got any tips?