ATV Tips

5 Tips You Should Know Before Buying ATV

Now many people are confused with ATV glossary such as displacement? 4 wheeler drive? or some other ATV glossary. Some guys don't acknowledge what is the meaning.It's necessary to know some knowledge about ATV and ATV parts. So let's go to browse 6 tips before you buy a ATV.

1.Displacement. It means engine's cylinder cubage counted with cc unit. Normally, the figure inside the motorcycle model's name means motorcycle's displacement. For example "KM150" means that it is 150cc displacement. The larger the displacement is, the bigger engine's power is as well as the price.



2. 4 stroke, 2 stroke. They are the two kinds of engine. 4 stroke engine's piston go down and up twice including inspiration, compression, power out and exhaust during engine's working. Due to the 2 stroke engine, piston go down and up once during engine's working. There are many advantages 4 stroke engine has such as stability, low-noisy, low pollution and energy saving with complicated structure and is expensive. 2 Stroke engine is opposite with simple structure, noise, high gas consumption and high pollution so that many cities prohibit 2 stroke motorcycle.

3.Shift gear or automatic gear. Shift gear changes transmission rate using clutch and shift gear handle. It has 1 to 4 or 1 to 5 gears to control the speed. Automatic gear controls the engine rotation speed by adjusting handle. It has the advantage of simple operation. Most scooters are automatic gear and some of ATV and motorcycle is shift gear. Shift gear make vehicle saving gas but required complicated operation.

4. Disc brake or drum brake. Disc brake also called hydraulic pressure brake. Drum brake is a traditional brake which's brake patch rubs the wheel in order to stop the ATV. Many ATVs have front disc brake and rear drum brake.

5. Hand brake or foot brake. Scooter has the difference brake style including hand brake or foot brake. We can understand it by the literal meaning, hand? or foot?

Beside these 5 tips, we also should know some more general knowledge, we should also know how to use winch or assemble utility trailer.