[Turbotoys1]

I need a power house for.work on a small hobby farm.
Looking at used ones and the motors seem to have alot.of problems or are blown up just looking threw the ads .

Should I be considering something else?
Thanks

 

[Tiha]

I have one and I think they are pretty solid engines. But they do wear out and fail. Could be lack of service, poor maintenance. Also guys riding wheelies all the time starves the front cylinder.

Bought one that had a "junk" engine. Turns out the guy just didn't know how to work on carbs. Been the best machine I have ever owned.

I think engine kits are about $800. It would be worth it for the right machine.

 

[Turbotoys1]

Good to here thanks for the information.
Makes sense.
I did here that you want to put the zx6 motorcycle timeingbchain and tenchener in one as well ?

 

[Tiha]

It very well could be, I actually never got that far. Before I bought mine, well actually let me back up. I have a suzuki twin peaks. Never heard of them before I saw it for sale. It is the same as the kawasaki prairie 650, or Brute force SRA.

I was looking for a non running project. I came across this and started reading anything I could find. I assumed it needed a complete rebuild. As cheap as it was. In my reading I found guys that have 45k miles, up to 80k miles on the original engines. It was shocking. These guys were putting a hundred miles a day on them for ranch use. Never did more than normal maintenance.
Then the flip side was guys that water log them, or abuse them and tear them up pretty bad in 2k miles.
Then of course you have the hot cams and big bore kits with guys doing heavy mods.

So I was prepared for the worst when I bought it. I think mine has 5k miles on it and I wanted to build it to make it as dependable as possible.

Got it home, started tearing it apart. Did the basic diagnostics on it. Couldn't really find anything wrong with it other than the oil smelled like gasoline.

I rebuilt the carbs, drained the oil a couple times. It fired up and purred like a kitten. I did all the basic maintenance, it Needed a clutch, I put a used one on it. Really haven't done anything else mechanically to it.

Granted it may not be running 100 %.Might be down on power a little from the factory but It still have way more power than anything I need it for. the tires are old and hard, but if I get traction it will pull the front end off the ground. It will run 65mph pretty easily, Probably faster but I don't have the guts.

I keep waiting for something else to fail, fuel pump, CDI box, something. But it just keeps going.

Maybe I just got lucky but it is the nicest riding, handling, running machine I have ever been on. The only complaint I have is with difficult obstacles or steep climbs. It wants to pull the front end off the ground with light throttle. That is scary when you are already afraid of it rolling over backwards on you.

 

[Turbotoys1]

Great information makes alot of sense on everything you just spoke of.

You seam to know these well enough and confirmed what I needed to know I'm going to look for one as I have started about a few days ago .

I will definitely being stayed away from the mud bog ones .

 

[NMKAWIERIDER]

I will definitely being stayed away from the mud bog ones .

Rule #1 with any brand.

 

[Turbotoys1]

Yep, but on this on I'm staying with the power of the 750 .
I'm a power junkie.

 

[Turbotoys1]

So what year was the first year of fuel injection in the 750 ?.2007 or 2008 ?

 

[NMKAWIERIDER]

So what year was the first year of fuel injection in the 750 ?.2007 or 2008 ?

2008..not the best year...like 2005 was the first year of the Brute. Then 2012 was the nest gen...then 2015.

 

[Turbotoys1]

So look for a 2006 or 07 go to a 2012 ?
Im.trying to.keep.it on a budget as much as possible as I have so many places for money on this hobby farm right now.

But I can't afford to make a mistake on the wrong year as well.
If you can clarify the years to look for afagain that be great .

 

[Turbotoys1]

So look for a 2006 or 2007 ?

Or spend the bigger money and look for a 2012 ?

 

[Tiha]

Honestly if you watch, there isn't much price difference between a 2005 and a 2012 I see them both pop up in the $4k range around me.

I have never ridden one with power steering on it. My son swears it is the best thing ever. Was that offered in those years? 2012-2015?

 

[Turbotoys1]

I found a 2005 with 1200 miles seat not great for $2800.
I have so many places for money right now on this small farm.
But the last thing I need is a major breaking four wheeler right off the bat.

But ya you are correct most are about that 4000 range and if I was spending that I'd make sure I had fuel injection.

Power steering im sure is nice but for me it's going to have to be the best price least amount of internal problems I can get.

 

[NMKAWIERIDER]

If I were looking for a non-efi Brute I would look at 06 built after December 05 and any 07. If I were going for the older EFIs I would look at 2009-2011. If I were to look for the the next gen it would be 2012 or 2014, not 13 as too many had PS issues. And finally if I were to look for.. what I would "actually" want, it would be 2015 or newer as they are state-of-the-art Kawasaki and have had little or no issues. JMO Buy the newest and in the best condition as your budget allows.

 

[Turbotoys1]

Sure that all makes great sense thanks for the tips .I can't afford to go backwards on this so this is really the information I needed.

 

[Kolton Semkin]

I have one and I think they are pretty solid engines. But they do wear out and fail. Could be lack of service, poor maintenance. Also guys riding wheelies all the time starves the front cylinder.

Bought one that had a "junk" engine. Turns out the guy just didn't know how to work on carbs. Been the best machine I have ever owned.

I think engine kits are about $800. It would be worth it for the right machine.

2006 Brute force 650 is so much better the one that I have I have had only little things here and there like choke handle and the way I ride the four wheeler we have to replace spark pugs every 2 years

 

[Turbotoys1]

I'm guessing you have had both or do ?

Power wise much difference?