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Had a very long winter and now a very long Hot DRY summer which I have a feeling will hamper the rest of our riding season as our state has 23 forest fires going right now and makes me a little nervous about going up into the mountains, Have only been out twice this year which really sucks but know one thing for sure am looking for an ATV with PS and IRS. Love the reliability of the Hondas but they are kicking our but when we go out. The Solid Rear Axle is a killer for the wife, and she's not liking the manual shifts so much this season. Don't want the issues that I've read about with CanAm and sorry but Polaris is not even in the running, everyone that I know that has one has nothing but trouble with it. So not sure what direction to go for sure. So here's a few pics from those two rides, can never get enough of being in these mountains. The trail that we were on in the last few pics was a new trail to us so that was fun, found out that it runs for about 25 miles, as the crow flies, into two other drainages and that will be a blast to explore, love the new trails.

If you want new rims , all you need to do is choose the brand and style you want and tell the dealer what they are to fit . If you are looking at used rims you need to know the bolt pattern and the offset to know if you can use them .. Here is a site that tells you how to measure rims to find the specs on it , ans even handier charts showing rim specs for a whole range of quads by manufacturers .. Look up your Kodiak to get the rim specs , and then compare them to other makes to see what ones interchange. http://www.mud-throwers.com/atv_wheel_chart

If it is running too lean at idle , it will do that when you give it throttle.. On carbs that have an accelerator pump, if it doesn't work right it will also bog when you go to open it up .. It can idle fine and still be too lean to catch when you open it up. It will stumble. Try giving it a 1/4 turn out ans see if it helps. If it idles fine and refuses to rev up at all, then most likely there is a plugged jet or passage . You might also double check the float setting. If it is not allowing the float bowl to fill to the proper level it could also not want to rev above an idle .. Simplest first .. Try the idle air screw, then if no go look deeper.

It may be just the idle air screw is set a little too lean , try turning it out a 1/4 to 1/2 turn and see if improves before digging deeper into the carb again .. Most start from 1 1/2 to 2 turns out from seated and then adjust 1/4 turn at a time in or out to find the sweet spot .

There's a service manual in our downloads section. To find the Suzuki manuals and others, click on the (and 9more) under the ATV service manuals to open a list of makes. Here's the link to 2008 model which should be the same for your 2009.