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Recently I bought a cheap Prairie as it had a title & I was bored. However I bought it non-running & its still that way. Confirmed I have spark (used-plug), & filled with fresh fuel in tank & carb bowl. I believe I have issues with my timing/valves. I've never dug this much into engine work...

Hi I have a 04 kfx700 when i bought it the guy had taken out all the baffles in the exhaust and at mid to full throttle it was backfirig and kinda sputtering so I got a new stock exhaust put on it and it helped a little I have cleaned the jets and carbs and it ran ok for a while then started...

Hey guys! I'm newer to these forums, but been registered for a while. I have a KFX400 that to my knowledge is mostly stock besides the full exhaust and nerf bars. Anyway, lately my KFX400 hasn't been wanting to start easily. It takes like 3 minutes of cranking (with about 5-10 second breaks...

So I just adjusted the valves on the kfx (the one that doesn't need a rebuild) I checked all the clearances twice before putting it all back together and it was all good. I tightened everything to spec and the clearances were still good. So I put it all back together and tried to start it and I...

Ok Guys(and girls) this is getting on my nerves. My beloved '01 prairie 300 2x4 is acting as if there is air or air/fuel mix getting cycled back through the breather tube that comes off the OHV and back into the air intake. the valves did have carbon build up on the valves seats seem fine. Could...

I recently bought a used 2006 brute force 650 sra a few months ago. When i first bought it it had major problems starting, no matter whether it was warm or cold out, and also had a low end sputter/miss/backfire. So after reading a lot about other people having similar problems i shimmed the...

Well here it goes. I used to ride the heck out of my bike until the police really cracked down on our riding spot. So my bike has sat for about 2 years. I would start it and take a quick spin no problems. On the last time I went out I did not think to check the air filter( which was dry rotted)...

Need help. I have a kfx 700 with no power. will not stand up. Drive able in low rpm's ( very slow) it has to be valves. backfires LIKE crazy. it did run fine sometimes in till u go to fast on top end for to long. it messes up no power. it might go back to normal. but it didn't this time.we...

Hi there guys new member to this site. I picked up a 2005 Kawasaki Prairie 700 yesterday as a project bike, the engine is not running but i got the bike for a steal. Easily part it out and make money but that's a last resort. Story is the last owner was driving across the lake in the winter...