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Grandsons Kawasaki Bayou 400

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Topic: Grandsons Kawasaki Bayou 400
Posted By: HD6GTOM
Subject: Grandsons Kawasaki Bayou 400
Date Posted: 20 Aug 2020 at 8:34pm
He got this out of the motor rebuild shop today. Put the plastic back on it. It runs like a new unit. Full time 4x4. His 250 -- 2x4 was more nimble and quicker. He's already had it hooked to a big old dead tree and drug it up so we can start filling the wood shed. He's happy.



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Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 21 Aug 2020 at 12:42am
what it cost? the golf cart place wants at least a grand to redo the gas engine in our ez-go.


Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 21 Aug 2020 at 2:46am
Originally posted by shameless dude shameless dude wrote:

what it cost? the golf cart place wants at least a grand to redo the gas engine in our ez-go.


  Well,,Shameless,,,what's with you these days,,,?? What you think your friends are for,,,?? I'll make you a deal you won't soon forget,,,,!!

 You just load thet golf cart on that big trailer that I can see behind the 2nd buildin,,,then pull around to where you got the poor ole Chevy Allis,,,load it carefully,,so the paint don't get too scratched up,,,,then come on down here,,,and we'll visit for a couple three days and,,,,and,,,we'll shoe horn a 1000 CC engine (I been savin for another project) in your  golf cart,,,,  But,,,,but,,I get to do the shake down run,,,you know,,,cause I think I might be able to Hold On better once we hit the straight away down the road a ways,,,,,,
 What you think,,,??Wink


Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 21 Aug 2020 at 4:14am
i would...but that trailer is junk...and it's to danged hot where you is! now....if'n you had a cool pool where i could swim nekked in....


Posted By: HD6GTOM
Date Posted: 21 Aug 2020 at 10:00am
Shameless. It was more than that.   New parts, head, valves, timing chain, carb rebuild, tore motor completely down to check clutch, bottom gears, gaskets, I know he took $1500.00 cash with him. We would have done it ourselves but you gotta have some special tools to take the clutch apart. He bought it with a broken valve. Timing chain was worn out and piston hit the valve. They took the motor apart to check the timing gears/bearings on the bottom end. You gotta take the clutch apart to get to the bottom gears/bearings. I hear him running around here now.


Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 21 Aug 2020 at 11:40am
Originally posted by desertjoe desertjoe wrote:

Originally posted by shameless dude shameless dude wrote:

what it cost? the golf cart place wants at least a grand to redo the gas engine in our ez-go.


  Well,,Shameless,,,what's with you these days,,,?? What you think your friends are for,,,?? I'll make you a deal you won't soon forget,,,,!!

 You just load thet golf cart on that big trailer that I can see behind the 2nd buildin,,,then pull around to where you got the poor ole Chevy Allis,,,load it carefully,,so the paint don't get too scratched up,,,,then come on down here,,,and we'll visit for a couple three days and,,,,and,,,we'll shoe horn a 1000 CC engine (I been savin for another project) in your  golf cart,,,,  But,,,,but,,I get to do the shake down run,,,you know,,,cause I think I might be able to Hold On better once we hit the straight away down the road a ways,,,,,,
 What you think,,,??Wink


But but but I thought I was the shakedown pilot??? Now my feelings is hurt. And and if you been coversing   with little Vernon at work he’s wrong about me. I really do have feelings.


Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 21 Aug 2020 at 6:23pm
i think some of my feelings are still rolling around in the back of my pickup!


Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2020 at 7:53am

  BUT,,,,Thad,,,all is not lost,,,you is still the primary for the shakedown cruise on the Lambo 55,,,,me and ole Shameless is gonna be in the back seat,,,,just in case you can't hold it straight and between the barrow ditches,,,,,,LOL

 I'ma goin to do what I need to in order to get ole Shameless down here with my tractor,,,and,,,and,,after I get THAT done,,,then we can work on him to get your jeep delivered to your place,,,,fair enough,,,??Clap


Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2020 at 9:14am
Originally posted by desertjoe desertjoe wrote:


  BUT,,,,Thad,,,all is not lost,,,you is still the primary for the shakedown cruise on the Lambo 55,,,,me and ole Shameless is gonna be in the back seat,,,,just in case you can't hold it straight and between the barrow ditches,,,,,,LOL

 I'ma goin to do what I need to in order to get ole Shameless down here with my tractor,,,and,,,and,,after I get THAT done,,,then we can work on him to get your jeep delivered to your place,,,,fair enough,,,??Clap

Fair nuff.
I just hope the shed don’t smash my Jeep too bad.
Now you got me smilin. He’s gonna beg me to let him bring me my Jeep just to get my foot off tha floor a bit. I’m gonna have his ears pointing straight back when all them bbc cubes kick in.


Posted By: Tad Wicks
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2020 at 11:28am
I resurrected a late 90's Kaw Prairie 400 4x4 out of a junkyard, the vineyard people had beat it to a fair the well, I mean bad. Engine was good the main thing wrong other than being beat to death was the clutch and splined hubs on the back axle. I have had Honda, Yamaha and Polaris and I like the poor old beat up Kawasaki much much better, it is not racer but a real tractor. Just so ya know.


Posted By: HD6GTOM
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2020 at 4:57pm
Right on about the tractor. While we were at the farmers MKT today he used it to drag a big tree out of a gate way that only he uses. I've been gonna cut it up for firewood the past 2 years. Will be more than 1 pickup load of firewood in it.



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