1990 KLF220 Phoenix (Bayou)
My 1990 KLF220 Bayou should be called the Phoenix, as it was resurrected from dead. I bought it from a friend I know through my church two years ago. It had been under a tarp on his property for 9 years, having previously been too near a mining shack fire. The plastic on the ATV was melted like cheese on a sandwich. Some of the knobbys were burn off the rear tires. The light & kill switches were melted & dripped down onto the gas tank. It’d been sitting so long, the gas was like oil & water & the motor oil was like molasses. There were spiders & eggs all over the frame & engine. The wiring harness enclosure up front had an ant nest in it.
I pulled on the rope and it turned over with a thrub-thub-thub sound, so I know it had compression. And with compression, I knew I could make it run. I bought it for $150 & trailered it home. I cut the melted plastic off with a sawzall, put on two new tires & a battery, cleaned out the carb & tank, cold drained & replaced the oil & deloused the entire unit. It started and ran (runs) great. It ran so great, that a month later, I sprung for all new plastic for it. It’s had many oil changes since, and runs real strong. It’s been our workhorse/play ATV for a couple of years now. I’m into it for a total of $800!
My 1990 KLF220 Bayou should be called the Phoenix, as it was resurrected from dead. I bought it from a friend I know through my church two years ago. It had been under a tarp on his property for 9 years, having previously been too near a mining shack fire. The plastic on the ATV was melted like cheese on a sandwich. Some of the knobbys were burn off the rear tires. The light & kill switches were melted & dripped down onto the gas tank. It’d been sitting so long, the gas was like oil & water & the motor oil was like molasses. There were spiders & eggs all over the frame & engine. The wiring harness enclosure up front had an ant nest in it.
I pulled on the rope and it turned over with a thrub-thub-thub sound, so I know it had compression. And with compression, I knew I could make it run. I bought it for $150 & trailered it home. I cut the melted plastic off with a sawzall, put on two new tires & a battery, cleaned out the carb & tank, cold drained & replaced the oil & deloused the entire unit. It started and ran (runs) great. It ran so great, that a month later, I sprung for all new plastic for it. It’s had many oil changes since, and runs real strong. It’s been our workhorse/play ATV for a couple of years now. I’m into it for a total of $800!
