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Looking for tips on the engine oil change . First oil change is coming up in a month. Any tips from Buck 450 owners?

Thanks for clarifying this for us. Oh I see, so to save money, rather than Yamaha scrapping out all of their out of spec and reject parts they ship them to Linhai who then sends them to Massimo in Texas (and previously Bennchie) to use them up in their machines. So there is no accountability on the part of Yamaha which also explains why everyone complains vehemently about the tech support on these machines; kind of like machines from the island of misfit toys.

Your battery sounds very weak. Try starting with a booster or a new battery to check. If you wind up getting a new battery, get a AGM/SLA maintenance free battery.

Could be a weak battery, bad connection or bad starter? I'd test the battery and check all connections first.

i put the factory kawasaki enclosure on ours.....while it doesn't seal up completely, it is good enough to allow me to heat the cab..............factory windshield is a hard Plexiglas................plowed snow for about 7 hours yesterday in 20 degree weather, and actually had to turn the heater down as it got too warm................

I had to purchase an oil filter from amazon for Hisun (also compatible with Massimo) and changed the oil with Motul 10W40 Synthetic ATV/UTV Oil. I topped it right up and now I find that it goes into Drive and Reverse much better. It is still not perfect but much better.

The first break in oil change after around 100 miles, replace the factory mineral oil with a 30w conventional, no need to change the filter yet. At 500 miles you do the full service with filter then add a good quality 10w-40 synthetic. Just to clarify, Massimo is a distributor not a manufacturer, what you own is a Linhai machine! Linhai is a manufacturing partner of Yamaha and have been building these types of machines around the world since 1994. They are designed and engineered in either the US or Japan then built in China and assembled in the US actually Garland TX, Massimo owns the US distribution rights. Bennchie used to sell the same machine but they’re in the middle of a lawsuit and that’s a whole different story. This is not a Hisun machine, the engine is basically a Yamaha so you should be able to cross reference parts!