Worse ATV ever, Quad is barely worth the parts it is built from! 

I have an ATV - Mower Repair Shop and I had one of these left by a customer , it sat for a while and then I decided to work on it and make it a play around trail toy . It's really not that bad. Rebuilt the carb - flushed the cooling system out , installed a push button start system & replaced a few wires to solenoid etc. Also I Installed a manual On Switch for cooling fans Never has overheated on even some hard trails we take it on even with just one fan running . The secret I've found with the transmission not grinding is to go to Reverse first then to Forward . Keep the oil changed in transmission and engine, don't abuse it , and it will get you by !! Is it a top notch ATV ?? No , but to play around on as a little mug bug trail scrubber .... it's not too bad !! Thanks -MW 😆

I have had a linhai 260 for 6 years and it has not given me a single issue the engine was made by yamaha and the chassis was made in China and it turns in about a 5 foot radios. All I have had to do to it is clean the carb from water in my fuel. These are actually very good units I would recommend these fully

I've owned one for 12 years now still runs good I've had to put a couple batteries on it and changed the oil every year and had to buy a coil for it that's all I bought it brand new from tractor supply it's been one of the best 4wheelers I've ever had....if you try to take care of your stuff it lasts alot longer buddy

Guys don't listen to this guy. Nothing wrong with this bike. Maintain properly (which is very cheap) and it will run forever. PS: This is one of the first models, the newer versions are great! If you buy it in that condition what do you expect?

I love China stuff it's easy to repair parts are cheap I buy and sell China quads and bikes all week every week

What’s the flat back peace that has 4 wires going to it.. it’s at the front of the ATV and you grabbed it and dropped it.. mine has been cut off… thank you

Hey you don't know where I can get a oil plug for a 260 CC linhai do you? It's not the main plug on the bottom of the engine but the one right next to the dipstick. The one you remove to find out the engine placement, to find top dead center. I'm just having a hard time finding one. Not sure if I'm giving a wrong description of it or not

P.O.V. You bought a quad for cheap and dont have the knowledge to wrap your head around it and fix it. Key tips. Aftermarket parts and knowledge!

I have had a linhai 300 4x4 for 14 years. Never had any problems, changed 12v battery and variator belt once. Have of course changed oil and lubricated the contacts with WD-40 on a regular basis 🤔

Nanco and Linhai are two separate companies and Linhai does not allow their atv engines to be used in any other manufacturer's atvs as they are gaining a good reputation globally. It is true that Yamaha owns a small share of them but the Kodiak used a Japanese Yamaha engine. Linhai is big in Canada and Europe but starting to gain a following in the US as CF Moto has.

Just got to understand the systems, if you don’t understand it, doesn’t make it junk, read up on how things work before you condem.

I bought a brand new one in 2005. I had it up till 2011 and sold it to my aunt and Uncle. They still use it today. Its ran quite a bit. I never had a issue with it and they dont either. Only problem I had once was the safety start button on the brake handle. I bypassed it. I cut the wire and zip tied the button. Never had the problem again. Problem solved. You paid 300 for it because you bought someone else's problem. They messed it up.

I laughed my ass off all the way through the video. Ive had mine for years and all I've ever done is plugs and fluids and if you leave shit alone never had a problem. Couldn't beat it for free!

I bought a linhai 550 efi in 2010 and i have driven it for about 20000 km. Besides yearly maintenance with oil, oilfilter, brake fluid, cooler fluid and spark plugs, i also have changed the brake pads, the battery twice, a few light bulbs and two bushings. I think thats it, in 13 years. So i cant say anything negative about it at all. I got a crack on one of the fenders, while i was off roading. But that was because of my driving.

Reason I personally don't mess with the China junk myself. ....I don't need the headaches lol

ive had a couple of these they are yamaha engine with a 2000s polaris frame they use the polaris blueprints and Chinese metal they are so close to polaris you can even swap the plastics between them

Glad I read the comments, just bought a 2022 linhai . Heard lots of good things

Hay have a friend that has a 2011 300 se - okay first no start , had a starter relay ,now it starts ,cleaned the carb ,good to go ,but now if i put it in gear it has no power to the ground , but if i leave it in N engine has lots of power .. Cleaned carb three times cheeked all hoses good cheeked carb boot good ..., what should i be looking for ,, oh after all that it still bogs only if you put it in gear..

Its important to also reflect the year & models involved. 1965 Toyota is quite a different thing vs. a 1990 Toyota. Some of these Chinese manufacturers have really been getting their act together, learning from past experience.

How do you recomend to keep the air cooled motors cool ?? I ride for 2 or 3 hours on my 110cc or my 125 auto atvs the like to get really hot fast .... Can i add a small external oil cooler .... ????

Thank you you just save me a huge headacheI almost purchased one of those units

My uncle has one it’s actually pretty good

One wonders why the don't just put a little more quality in them..couldn't cost that much more.

Where does that rubber oil line off the head go I can’t figure it out and you own one so I thought I’d ask you

From what you say, these should be cheap and, with your skills, I should have thought you could design a simple replacement wiring system - worth doing if you could fix up a few of them.

This is a Polaris Sportsman clone if I ever did see one....or vice-versa? Scary to think about with all of the Po-Po's out there.

That machine is setup to fail with water cooling and that garbage electronic carb. Most of your gokart companies make them not turn sharp on purpose to keep jackwagons from flipping them. If it had a aircolled engine with a decent carb design and then you fixed the turning radius it would take away quite a bit of it's problems. Personally I hate 4x4 wheelers that are big and over bloated. Give me a 2x4 machine in the 250cc size and I'm happyy. No water cooling, no gimmicky, trouble prone carbs. That thing looks like a good place for a 420cc predator like Rasta B TV did to his water cooled gy6 style 4 wheeler.

Anyone know what the grey plug on CDI plugs into on these I have no spark and nothing to plug into

do you know where i can get a aftermarket wire harness with everything i need for this bikeif so, can you provide me with a link to it? thanks

Spoonman I just picked on up like this dirt cheap not in terrible shape but I can't get spark for the life of me. I even tried the portable cdi box please help

I have a diamo scout. Same thing as this. Wire bugs I found in the starter relay and fuse box. Bad connections. Runs good envy of my neighborhood but she is fickle.

Is $350 for a non running linhai 260 worth it?

I got one today on trade for a mini bike and honestly i feel like your nitpicking non existant issues. Like harley owners being like if it isnt a harley its worthless... i mean come on.

Just rip that harness out and throw a plain harness on it and swap the carb out. Fix a lot of china stuff just easy to replace the cheep with good. The rest will go a long time

I have the 260 Manco Talon and I cannot figure out the vacuum to fuel line Hookup. It was gave to me. it run fine and then stops one day.

Looks like the frame from a polaris magnum or a solid axle sportsman the front hubs are a dead giveaway of that

I have just baugt one it runs and go. For what i pade for it but i just need a seat

Inlaws have one....only thing i ever replaced for them was the cdi and radiator.

I have a Kodiak 400 it needs top end anything you interested

I had one of those pieces of crap!!! Mine was called a Big Daddy 260. No power at all in high gear. Any kind of hill you would have to put it in low to climb... it sucked!!!! And if that wasn't bad enough.... Shorty after I bought it, the place said O... We can't get parts for it anymore.

when did you buy this bike? it is literally 10 + years old. anyone watching this guy don't listen to his BS he is full of crap. he bought it broke and cant fix it and is sad to say he cant fix it. he has no clue what so ever.

I owned one 12 years ago and never had an issue with iti sold it because I needed the money

Do you want to sell parts off of your atv

I bought my nephew a TaoTao Cheetah for Christmas a few years ago and it's a POS too I did not see much sense buying a Honda trx90 for $3000 when he will outgrow it in a few years so next it's a 250 cc Honda recon or the sport equivalent .

I have the same atv but mines 15 years old it runs mint. Replaced brake pads and all ball joints lol tires dont last

i have one of the small ones just about like that i didn't even bother to try and fix the motor or wiring i just took all of it out and put a new motor that i knew was good in it and its just fine now but it should be that was a build it was quite a job lol i redesigned the thing completely different just finished it up tonight

Looks exactly like my 2002 Polaris magnum 325, put a predator 212 on it please.

IT TOOK ITS COURSE !!! U ONLY PAID $ 300.00. POUR GASOLINE ON IT & SET ON FIRE !! GOOD LUCK !! TEXAS.

I have a carcass of one I agree I will repurpose transmission and rear-end

I got one of these for free. where did you find parts for it? i need a carb kit.

Supposedly for a chinese atv these are pretty reliable. Supposedly. If you can really call them chinese. Yamaha & Linhai built the motor. And built it well, not like yamaha's other 250 atvs with the necklace for a timing chain. Polaris body, trans, and 4wd system. Interesting setup. Supposedly the motors are fairly solid tho. And they do make a bigger bore version the 275 which supposedly you can drop the jug and piston onto the 260 version to make it what they call a "300" Still only 275cc tho. But engine parts are plentiful. And being that this is basically a polaris 330/500 magnum body,frame, etc I would assume a lot of the parts from that would swap over, diffs, 4wd pieces, etc. The one thing that concerns me is finding some more special to this setup parts. Like the belt cover. I cant find one anywhere. God forbid your belt explode and take the case with it.

I had one just like it when it was almost new and to say it was a nightmare is an understatement!! Mine also crunched the gears horribly bad. Never could get the idle and shift linkage adjusted to stop grinding.

Got one for 40 bucks...should make an ok base for an electric yard cart. Has some neat features on paper...too bad its not reality

I saw one for 500 so I was thinking about going out and looking at it until I saw this video

Oh yeah I’m trying to get me a 200S I’m working on a deal. Crossed fingers

I thought it was a Polaris expedition at first looks just like it

I've never owned one and don't expect to in the future, but I will certainly keep your advice in mind.

I got one of these for free about six months ago wasn't running the guy said no spark I guess from bouncing around and being unloaded and all that mess it fired right up so few days later I'll go to mess with it again there's no spark I'm like huh I located a coil sure enough and a loose wire on it best free ATV ever had in my life😂

Bro its not junk! I had 3 and they didnt give me trouble. They are actually the same as the polaris quads not yamaha. All their spares are polaris and its built by polaris! Just has a different name! Go check the prices they are expensive and tell me would a “junk” quad cost that much? My opinion .

Can i through out the cdi and rev limiter and replace it with a racing Cdi ,coil and plug combo?

It sure does have a nice set of tires on it tho. When your calling it a piece I don't believe junk is the word your really wanting to say

Bro doesn't mean it's made in china means it's junk apple so you know gets some of it's parts from china plus china is one of the best countries they are way ahead of you and my country

There are quads made in China that are very reliable. Linhai makes good reliable quads.

Linhai rustler is not the best quad but it is a good one. Ours is stil running after 14 years

i disagree with you.. big time. I have three quads and two are china made (sold here in Finland by name keeway, comanche, linhai etc etc.) and haven't had any issues what so ever. Keeway 300 4x4 (allmost the same as Linhai 260) mileage is 25045km, Comanche Bull 300 4x4 (also same as Linhai) mileage is 11000km.. Few years ago i had Polaris and Can Am... HAD... Never again those pieces of shit.. I had problems and issues all the time.. The point is: Don't tell people that china made quads are junk and the manufacturers use carbage building them.. That's just not true..

When one is so used of Honda quality, one well never be happy with chinesse junk. I wondered when this video would come out after I saw the video of where you bought this one. But not all is lost, I see it as the perfect unit for a single cylinder diesel engine

I would like to see the data you saw that Yamaha sold this a Grizzly.

This was never a version of any Yamaha Kodiak, this is a polaris magnum 330 chassis and drivetrain. With cheaper than polaris made plastics but almost identical. Cheap Chinese wiring and a Chinese clone of a Yamaha scooter engine.

Scrap value??? Thanks for the heads up.

It looks a lot like my 02 polaris and I got 28,000 miles on it, now the quality is probably less since it is a China quad.

i consider china quads the Yugo of ATV,s because of there poor build quality . sorry you took one for the team on this one,perhaps you can adapt the gearbox to a golf cart????? maybe there is a market on epay for used parts ????

Keep on burning CDI on this scrap i agree big Ch..

The chinese do build crappy quads but that baja warrior you have behind it is also chinese and they are pretty good machines {have one myself} it is also alot simpler machine.

I'll stick with my 07 Trail Boss 330 and sons Kymco built Arctic Cat DVX. I looked at an '07 Linhai 300 earlier this year and it "looked" quite nice. He said "runs excellent" when I called and of course I show up and it didn't run. My Trail Boss has been submerged in 2' of water and after I got it towed out, it started right up. A little slow while the belt dried out but pretty bulletproof. Polaris, you ROCK! I'll stick with the brand names...

That quad looks like a nightmare to work on.. I love the cubed frames lol... de-icing? only three foot ball fields ? Stay away if it;s free even lol

If you still hav thiss, i would like to buy the wiring harness from it.

Harvey, Bummer... Maybe sell as parts only? GOOD TIMES!!!

They also have a mountaineer 300 that's the same thing

Harvey great vid keep up the work best thing to do is sell it before you go broke also if not sold scrap the frame and keep parts for another build/bike

They are good units.

That definitely looks like a Polaris

The suspension the tires everything is pretty nice on it

I could really use the Back wheels for the trike build if your parting it out, also if there 4x4 hubs. Just saying. Great video Harvey, Cheers The Dizzy One.

Dont buy chinese quads and dont buy anything thats over 5 years old 🤣

It's not so bad Harvey it's all there.

Sounds like your favorite atv , lol

That’s a Polaris clone, Yamaha never sold a turd like that at all and it definitely didn’t have the Kodiak name on it.... (Spooner that’s not true!) It’s a throw away bike just like Polaris other junk. I love the vids, just man up, you got duped out of some hondos (hundreds) lol!

hahahahahah they'll have to pay you to leave them...hahahaha

Itl b fine even without fan

Yamaha pw80 is the most shit thing I’ve ever owned

Predator 420 swap canidate.couple houndred for a motor with electric start and send it.lol

Its the best atv

Lesson learned.

Looks just like my quad. Right down to the green over white paint...

U wanna sell those tyres ??

It's gud gota know wasup it's yamaha

The E-Ton brand 2stroke quads are just as bad..electronic choke on the carb, separate oil injection system and oil tank instead of just using premix fuel..pain in the @$$ Now, the Kazuma quad I have is a halfway decent chinese quad, bery easy to work on etc... but still another chinese junk bike just the same..ugh.

Looks like its time to junk that thing and put it down to experience.

I'm amazed you buy the China stuff harvey

That says a lot man!