[murdo]

Changed over the broken footwell on my CF500. The photo shows the 1/2" thick plastic under shield I fitted.

[murdo]

Whilst doing a service I found the foam aircleaner had started to split. I washed it clean and reglued. Fortunately the inner foam was still holding together or I might have had some trouble with the fine dust we get around here.
   

[NMKawierider]

From lack of anything better to do I though I would re-visit the CVT intake system as I had some new thoughts on where to install the box. Pulled it all back apart, took some test measurements and as it showed it might work, started to make adjustments to the box to fit the new area which was straight above the intake pipe as it comes around the frame. Had to make some angle changes to the box and plastic-weld it back together:





Then it was time to get serious and cut the intake tube and the hole in the back plastic. Before I did that I needed to see what a new intake tube was going to cost me. 48 bucks plus shipping so...about 60 bucks. Hmmm...Then I had to ask myself three questions
1. Is this going to help or hurt the value of this UTV.  The answer was "hurt the value".
2. Can I rest assured the connection between the box and the CVT intake will never have a problem even on the roughest of trails. And the answer was "NO".
3. Do I really need this? Are my clutches being damaged as it is now?  And the answer was NO, the filters I use work pretty well.

So, with those answers I talked myself out of doing this and put it all back together with the surface filter. So it wasn't a total loss I decided to put the spring from the Unifilter I got for the CVT into my TwinAir which is what I run in the airbox. Always thought it should have one anyway. It's been about 300 miles sense I opened up the airbox anyway and wanted to see how it was doing with the second filter on top...which I have cleaned several times over that 300 miles. I was delighted to see it was as clean in there as it was when I closed it up some 300 miles ago. Not even dust on the box interior surface and the filter as clean as it could be.







And I not sure if its because I opened up the intake tube end from 1.9" to 3" for the mushroom filter making less vacuum on the box, but I am not even getting oil vapor from the engine down the vent tube where I was before:



So the TwinAir got a full cleaning and servicing anyway and now has a Uni spring inside to keep it from being sucked-shut when it gets really caked-up....yeah, like that's going to happen....lol. I don't think I'll be checking the TwinAir for a while.

[NMKawierider]

Because of the extra weight I thought I would try the next higher position on the secondary clocking-A2 before taking measures toward lighting it back up. It was fine in all conditions except in deep sand and in sandy hill climbs where the sand would rob enough power that the RPMs would fall well below the power curve. That and on B2 it would not backshift far or fast enough to stay on top of it. A2 helped a lot in that regard and still have adequate top end at 62-63..ish, although it seems to top out well before the rev limiter...and I don't know why. The top end would be much better if it would but it just stops accelerating about 63. It used to hit the limiter on B1 & C1. I need to look into that at some point.

Here's video on that test ride. It also have a sneak-peek of my 2017 intro and exit.

Some bonus footage- Jogon30 taking it for a quick spin:

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[Jogon30]

I really need to pull up my pants man !!! Or tighten up on the belt I'm getting to old for quads. Lol

[NMKawierider]

I really need to pull up my pants man !!! Or tighten up on the belt I'm getting to old for quads. Lol

At least you still have what it takes to ride a machine like a banshee. That's one wicked machine. 

[NMKawierider]

Well, the cat will be out of the bag sometime so might as well be now. I bought Jogon30's Russian doors for mine. They look much better and weigh half as much as the others. Some pics:





I also got a new filter for the airbox but I need the adaptor to get here first. It's a Uni dual stage, it has a 3" flange, its 5"s in diameter and the filter area is 8"s long. The total length is like 10"s. It will fit in the box with a little end contact. For now I adjusted the interior support cage to allow it to compress to the 7.5"s I have between the storage box and the intake, then wrapped it with a new water resistant outerwears prefilter. I'll call it my extreme external for now. A pic:

[gfmoto]

Looks Awesome!!! Kinda figured you bought them. I was actually going to ask why you didn't get the stuff off his when I saw he got the Yamaha.

[Jogon30]

Well, the cat will be out of the bag sometime so might as well be now. I bought Jogon30's Russian doors for mine. They look much better and weigh half as much as the others. Some pics:





I also got a new filter for the airbox but I need the adaptor to get here first. It's a Uni dual stage, it has a 3" flange, its 5"s in diameter and the filter area is 8"s long. The total length is like 10"s. It will fit in the box with a little end contact. For now I adjusted the interior support cage to allow it to compress to the 7.5"s I have between the storage box and the intake, then wrapped it with a new water resistant outerwears prefilter. I'll call it my extreme external for now. A pic:

Look wicked!! Now your going to have to re clock that clutch lol agian man I forgot how dang heavy them homemade doors were nuts my buddy has no idea hehehe maybe you can help me reclock his clutch so I don't feel guilty lol

[NMKawierider]

Look wicked!! Now your going to have to re clock that clutch lol agian man I forgot how dang heavy them homemade doors were nuts my buddy has no idea hehehe maybe you can help me reclock his clutch so I don't feel guilty lol

That's funny cause I was just thinking I would probably go back to B2 the next time I was in there. I'd be happy to re-clock his clutch. If he has just the doors and rides Southern a lot, then B2 is probably the right spot for most anything he needs.

[NMKawierider]

Looks Awesome!!! Kinda figured you bought them. I was actually going to ask why you didn't get the stuff off his when I saw he got the Yamaha.

After I saw you had talked to him about the doors I felt a little guilty...

[gfmoto]

Lol , don't feel guilty, I was just bustin his b@!!$
Have to make sure mine is running correctly first.

[rideordie]

2016 800 ex eps
added scissor jack, windshield, GPS, 32 inch LED light bar

removed silly mud flaps

Karmis
Would you be interested in selling your fender flares?

[rideordie]

Finally got factory mirrors off and this rear view mirror installed.

gwingo12
 any interest in selling mirrors?

[REDRIDER]

Because of the extra weight I thought I would try the next higher position on the secondary clocking-A2 before taking measures toward lighting it back up. It was fine in all conditions except in deep sand and in sandy hill climbs where the sand would rob enough power that the RPMs would fall well below the power curve. That and on B2 it would not backshift far or fast enough to stay on top of it. A2 helped a lot in that regard and still have adequate top end at 62-63..ish, although it seems to top out well before the rev limiter...and I don't know why. The top end would be much better if it would but it just stops accelerating about 63. It used to hit the limiter on B1 & C1. I need to look into that at some point.

Here's video on that test ride. It also have a sneak-peek of my 2017 intro and exit.

Some bonus footage- Jogon30 taking it for a quick spin:

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    Curious if you have gone lighter with the primary weight. your weight may be to heavy to overcome the secondary spring tension and hit max rpm