[murdo]

Nice work. The Bunnies will be able to see you coming now.

[Ulfthednar]

Yesterday. First valve adjustment!

[aganarr]

Heck yeah Ulfthednar!  Those can be intimidating.  You have to sort of "open up" your engine which most people don't want to do on their own.

[Ulfthednar]

Today was it's 20 hour oil change and fluid inspection.

After that I got it back down my backyard in one piece.

Reminds me I gotta go retrieve my winch strap and clevis . . .

Going to have to reconsider that route.

[Ulfthednar]

Took it for a long walk in the woods.

[Ulfthednar]

Installed (and modified the rear) rack extenders and "tool" holders today.
Tried a number of times to post this, so this is the short version.
The front extender is 'just right' I guess. They are both well made but while the front one really fits well, the rear is kind of lacking in forethought on the designers part and leaves this huge gap between the standard equipped rack and the oem accessory add on.
I might take it a little further but here is the end result of the "stage 1" modification to the rear rack plus pics of the front.
I was looking for "load securing" as well as being able to attach a bag or other accessories or tools on the racks.
The front works fine, but the rear was a bit lacking.
I used a 1/2 pulley block to bend the tubing and my welder to add a lower rail to the factory piece.
I might add some expanded metal or other mesh in the future as well.
The added versatility in purchasing both racks was well worth the hassle of getting them (thats another story) and now I can securely mount basic gear (extraction gear and must haves) like a machete, hatchet a small folding chair for sitting by the river and so forth while still keeping most of the cargo area open for bulkier items.

[murdo]

Nice job.

[aganarr]

Since I was using the Swamp Fox tires that my wife got for her birthday on the z6 I figured it'd be a good idea to acquire a set I could call my own.  A bit of patience watching Marketplace I was able to find a set of 27" ITP Mud Lite XTR tires (75% tread remaining) on STI HD6 rims for $300.  I also needed a set of lug nuts and adapters to go from 4x110 to the Polaris based 4x156 the wheels were originally on.  So for under $450 I got my own set of tires which "included" an additional 1" lift (25" to 27") and spacing equivalent to 2.25" (1.25" wheel adapters plus 1" wider tires) for each wheel.  Much like I have for my RZR, the wife now has two wheel sets to put on her machine based on desire/conditions... "Y'ain't gotta downgrade you can get what I get."



 Sorry about the random T.I. reference there.

[Ulfthednar]

1st Video (currently uploading) made yesterday.

[glenlivet]

Idaho panhandle eh? Ha, my avatar on this site is taken on a trail above Wallace, Idaho maybe the same one as one of your photos. Nice riding area. Nice town.

[Ulfthednar]

Havent made it that far over yet.
Most of my rides have been just west of Kellogg a bit.

[574cfmotorider]

Put in a Stingray Mods Clutch kit in my zforce500.  10gram weights, spring in the primary, and Big tire helix.  Also cleaned all of clutch and replaced primary bolt and helix ramps and new oem belt.  Seems smooth like butter and faster revs for sure, although not a huge amount of additional power felt yet.  But I've only tested it at a friend's house with a few acres, have yet to really give it a good thrashing.  I also replaced my cracked exhaust manifold and put firewall material behind all back plastics.  Much quieter now!  I'm hoping for a little more power toward the top of steep sandy hills, I will report back.  Oh yeah, had the ecu flashed with a tune, because why not?  I have noticed engine now returns to 1600rpm on the dial now when I stop, before it hunted its way down, but that was more than likely the cracked manifold.

[lightguy2020]

Just added a Ecoxgear 18" 300 watt soundbar, Rival brushguard and LED headlights. Now I can rock out in the wilderness, run into things without damaging the body and see where I'm going 

[Ulfthednar]

Today.
I had my first real time failure.
Fortunately I was in my upper backyard when the bike went dead.
Died.
No lights.
No dash.
Nothing.
I was able to dead stick it all the way (around 500 yds) down the hill right up to my garage and started poking around.

I found that my Main ignition fuse was popped.
Went to stick one in and it popped again.

So I have a short.

So I started feeling the wires out and looking for obvious issues.
Then I start checking components, unplugging them one by one to see if that removed the short condition.

Just as I was about to accept scheduling a trip to the shop, I decided to check the oil pressure buzzer which is part of the ignition circuitry.

I unplugged it, and no short.

The dash cycled through a reset display, settled down and I started the bike.

Turned it off and feeling my way along started tracking down the buzzer.

Well. The stupid thing had fallen out of the dash niche, worked its way through the little gap around the steering column  with it's 18 inch leads and had landed on the front exhaust pipe, melted through and took out the primary fuse.

Of course I figured it out after I'd stripped all my personal gear off so it wasnt in the way at the shop.

I was able to shorten the leads and take out the damaged section so it's functioning til I get a new one.

I still have to put the panels and racks and everything back together but it's running with no faults or errors and displaying the correct information.

 

[NMKawierider]

Bummer...well, at least it's NOT in the shop for a month or more...