Oh boy,,,got another one, Polaris Cyclone

[85hondaatc125m]

Well as some of you may know, about half a year ago I trader my 1987 Polaris cyclone for a snowmobile because it had no compression and wouldnt start, back when I was dumb. Well I have always regretted getting rid of it because it was such a fun, and fairly fast quad, well I went by a house today and saw a quad that looked like a Polaris Cyclone, I stopped and talked to the guy and it is, So after talking to him for a while, I bought it, I paid $400 for it, but the shaft in the transmission that hold the sprocket on it busted, so I will have to get a shaft, and I will need alot of help, ill get pictures up when I get it on friday or saturday, here are some pictures of the one I used to have.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/Shotgun38/cyclone.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/Shotgun38/HPIM0031.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/Shotgun38/HPIM1880.jpg

[hondaracer11]

is that a 2 or 4 stroke

[85hondaatc125m]

2 stroke, it had oil injection, but he took out the tank so he could premix, and I would have done the same thing, thats what i did with my old one.

[hondaracer11]

get some pics

[hondahaulic]

wow, the first thing that comes to mind when i look at the 2nd pic is 3 wheel conversion!! im sure its more work than it seems like, but by the looks of that frame it wouldnt take alot of mods... make about 3 sawzall cuts, weld on a trike frame neck, put on a trike frontend and your good to go! Deffinately not saying you need to make it a trike but i thought id throw out the idea for everyone. Sounds like you got yourself a pretty cool little quad, good luck with it!

[hondahaulic]

hey, heres a quick paint pic to show kinda what i meant with the frame and stuff. too bad these quads seem kinda rare, almost too rare to cut up lol. maybe theres someone out there that has one with a trashed frontend. sorry for the hijacking, just wanted to throw this out there.
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f344/mrswanson/3whlconvo.jpg

oh and yes i know my pic looks like crap, so plz dont flame me photoshopers lol

[85hondaatc125m]

Wow, that would look pretty good as a 3 wheeled conversion, way top hard for me though, and yes, it is somewhat of a rare quad, but the older trailboss's used the same frame, id like to see someone give it a shot though. Here are some pictures, Ill probably start tearing it down tommorow and try and paint it the same as my old one, black frame and white plastic.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/Shotgun38/HPIM2903.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/Shotgun38/HPIM2902.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/Shotgun38/HPIM2900.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/Shotgun38/HPIM2899.jpg

[hondahaulic]

hey how many cc's does that thing have? doesnt look bad for $400!

[85hondaatc125m]

It has 250cc of raw Polaris 2 stroke power, it isnt bad for $400, im going to have to put $200 into the trans, about $75 in paint, maybe $250 in new piston and bore job, have to do cimpression check tommorow after I buy a tester, but hope fully by the end of august itll be done. I want to take my time and do everything rite.

[RedRider_AK]

There was a shop teacher here in town who got one of those, and NOBODY could figure out what it was! He basically just pulled the engine and components, and tossed the frame away.

[85hondaatc125m]

Oh, I got a question, when I pull the pull rope it takes around 30 seconds to recoil back in, what do I have to replace to make it go like normal and shoot right back in?

[RedRider_AK]

Oh, I got a question, when I pull the pull rope it takes around 30 seconds to recoil back in, what do I have to replace to make it go like normal and shoot right back in?

Do you have to take small tugs on it to get it to pull back in, or does it just vibrate back into the housing? I'd say you should pull the housing off, take the rope out, retighten the spring a few revolutions more, and then replace the rope with some fresh cord (it's just good preventive maintenance).

[SYKO]

it apears to have a aftermarket pipe on it, I know my old trail boss had an aaen pipe on it and it looks simmilar to that one.

[85hondaatc125m]

Actually syko, it is a stock pipe, becuase it is a tuned-up version of the trail boss, it has a bigger and a little more powerful pipe than the trailboss's camse with, but good eye, and Redrider, ill give that a try, Thanks. Oh, also it recoils in on its own, you dont have too kepp pulling ti and letting in rewind,and pulling it and letting it rewind, it just recoils back in but slowly and steadily.

[85hondaatc125m]

Well, I got another question, I went out and did a compression check, and it read right around 110 PSI, and that is without a carb on and without any kind of exhasut on, How is that? will i need to get a new piston and bore job? Thanks.

[85hondaatc125m]

Ok guys, i need help here! I decided I am going to put in a new piston and rings, and by the looks of things it will need bored over,,,,but on the top of the piston, at pretty much the very top of the piston(the end of the piston that faces the pull start and is closest to the pull start) there is a capital F, and at the bottom of the piston(the side edge closest to the clutch) it says 5W25. What does this mean, is that something to do with the factory, is that something that means it has been bord over??? Help Please!

[SYKO]

what yo need to do is pull the cylinder off and take it to a cycle shop to see what it needs to be bored out to and let them order the correct piston for the required bore job that needs to be done to it, the letters and numbers are most likely just factory numbers put on it dont worry about them get a wiscoe and it will have markings on it to make sure you put it in the right way.