Greetings!

 

the unit was manuafactured in 10/2000 (Oct 2000) so would that be considered a 2001 Traxter?

Some times, yes. Some manufacturers will have model years that do not match up though so look on the machine for a tag with a four digit number starting with a 7***

This parts fiche for a 2001 lists a number of them to help.

Can-Am 2001 ATV OEM Parts, Green Mount Road Motorsports - Can-Am (canamoemparts.com)

Manuals should be on this site for download, I purchased mine prior on a CD from ebay.

Smells as it it may flood easily.

Check the air box for a mouse nest, if you reduce air you can make it run rich. After that I would say based on mine the machine is trying to be both rich enough for your cold winter and lean enough for warm summer that is a fine line. On mine I start with the enrichener but shut it down asap, not long at all. Following that you may need to lean out the pilot circuit with the fuel screw. If someone has rebuilt the carb it is possible the wrong jet size is inside.

Any heads up info I should be aware of?

Yes the factory did not assemble the flywheel properly some of the time so the flywheel bolts can come loose and lock up the motor damaging the stator and other parts. If the bike starts to have battery issues STOP running the motor until you verify this is not happening.

If you try and jump start the machine and do it wrong (say off a running car) you can damage the MPEM (sp) which you can not get anymore, there is a member who can some times repair them. My machine had this happen before I bought it ...
flywheel fell off.
Battery died
Jump start from car
fried Mpem
Bought new MPEM and battery
still would not start and motor locked up
sold it to me and I fixed it.

Understand a NEW Mpem will reset the mileage to zero Iirc, mine had under 100 miles on it when I got it yet the tires were worn more than that.

Idle speed is important make sure it is correct.

Shocks can fail some use honda rancher iirc shocks.

Pistons can break and no one is making replacements.

The machine is basically a manual transmission that is clutching and shifting through electric solenoids pushing hydraulics, it is a little slow to shift so do not expect a sport machine. It is very heavy and not going to be a power house but as a trail machine or work horse it works great. I installed a 60inch plow 2 years ago and it works great. On the trails it is very stable and comfortable to ride , easy to get on and off with the step through design.

 

If you haven’t already the only thing I could recommend that other people haven’t is to check the fuel lines and the connections to the tank, when I poked around with the fuel tees on my traxters tank they fell apart in my hand. Just something to keep in mind when your dealing with a 23 year old machine

 

Thanks for the heads up. Will check them out. Cheers!

 

1st off, welcome to the site.

Here's a couple links to the owners manaual, and also one of our members (Freewill) has hosted a posting to several different Service Manuals, if your exact year is not there, maybe a later year can prove helpful.

BRP GUIDES
(28) Service Manuals hosted locally for Can-Am Forums | Can-Am ATV Forum

 

Many thanks Chief. Followed your link to BRP Guides and found exactly what I was looking for. Many thanks!