Use the service manual to perform all the routine maintenance—you will get to know your machine better this way. refer carefully to the oil specification (don’t use regular motor oil) and be sure to install the one-way oil filter properly. buy your parts at a local Honda shop and try breaking the ice—get to know the parts and service managers.
Start off by using some Seafoam fuel treatment and ride it for 15-20 minutes. If it’s not running well then you’ll need to rebuild the carb.
If you don’t want to set the valves or rebuild the carb, maybe your new friends at the local shop will do it for you. Labor can be $125 an hour, so a carb rebuild might cost you $275. Full service about $400. Don’t let that scare you off—somethings better off left to the trained technician.
I have a build thread on my kid's 05 Rancher, but Retro has the really good build thread on his Creamsickle orange 350 Rancher. Both threads have some good upgrades and info in them.
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