Spur of the Moment

Well Rick, I hope you weren't right. Went out yesterday and rode pretty hard up mountains and flat trails just to see how the tires worked. Coming back I rode down a short black top road. Turning into our subdivision I slowed down and turned left and heard a clunk in the back left side. I just tore it down and found I tore up the inside CV joint. Shaft and all looks good. I'm hoping it was just ready to go and not the tires that broke it. Time will tell.

Other than that it ran fantastic.

Bruce

Thanks Rick.

Bruce

Got the wheels and tires on and took it for a short 8 mile run. I was really pleased with the ride, clearance and power. I'll know more as put more miles on it. Will be taking it to Utah at the end of June for about six weeks.

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Thanks Rick........I already ordered them so I'll let you know how they do. I hope you're not right. I won't be riding in sand except for washes. I don't do dunes. If it doesn't work it will be an expensive lesson.

Sounds good.

I would love to join you guys in Lake Havasu.

Where's the ride in the fall going to be?

Thanks guys.........I talked to Discount Tire Direct and the wheels I want only come in 7" width so I'm going to go with 30x9.5x15 on the rear (9.7" wide and 29.6" tall) and 235/75 x15 on the front (9.4" wide and 28.9" tall). Hardly worth the difference but I wanted to keep the front as narrow as possible to make steering easier. I'll see how it affects the low end power.

Hey Lenny......we're heading up toward your way in June. We'll be in Panquitch last week of June and Marysvale for the month of July. A friend of mine lives in Hurricane and he spends the summer in Marysvale. His name is Rod Christensen. Don't know if you know him.

Well......can't wait to get these tires.

Bruce

Thanks bruhaw.........I'll take that into consideration.

Bruce

Thanks Lenny,

The axels are 1".

Bruce

I'd like to put some 15" wheels and 30" tires on my 1100 Sand Viper. I want to get more ground clearance. I have already raised the shock mounts as high as the heim joints would allow. Only got about 1 1/2". It now has 27x11x12's on the rear. I'm thinking 30x9.5x15 on the rear and some narrower 30's on the front. My riding is strictly desert, some sand and rocks, no mud. My concern is, will the drive shafts on the Viper handle the 30's OK. I don't know if there will be more stress on the shafts. They seem pretty stout. I run it pretty hard and have had no trouble. Appreciate your thoughts.

My 2007 is 1 1/4".

We were in CA for a couple of days and it didn't work for some reason. Now were back in AZ and it's working. Who knows. Thanks, plumber.

Does anyone have trouble getting on the Buggy News Forum? I get the message "The website declined to show this webpage". Thanks, Bruce

If your trashing your old flasher, can I have it so I can disassemble it, maybe redesign it and if I'm successful, I'll make one for you too. The one in my Trooper puts out about 16 - 18 volts when it's not blinking which says to me that it has something weird inside it.

Here's the schematic of the flasher wiring, according to the manual, I looked at the link Lenny supplied and from my experiences with flashers, it may be a simple change of flashers, I don't think they're all the same, this may be the answer, http://www.bugmanweb.com/gsxr/gsxrimages/flasher/flashfixdiagram.gif, just add a resistor in parallel with the lights because our signals don't pull enough power to get a good heat into the flasher like the bigger bulbs used in cars, this will be more true if you changed over to LED lights or get the electronic flasher which does not care how much current flows.

Kinarfi

Kinarfi.......you can have it. E-mail your address to me and I'll send it to you. My buggy is a Sand Viper. Are the flashers the same as the Trooper?

Hello Bruce,

Mine was doing the same thing. I tried the old style flasher but did not work. Kinarfi or someone else may jump in but my opinion is the new flasher uses a much lower amperage because of the micro technology. I have not come up with a solution except finding a fair priced supply which I have not found yet. I will post when I find a fair priced vendor. They do have similar at Autozone but have not tried any.

rocmoc n AZ

Thanks rocmoc...........if I find something I'll post it.

The 2008 & 2009 are NOT interchangeable. Entirely different. 2008 is an electronic module with a pigtail at 20+ times the cost. 2009 is somewhat like a standard USA flasher with the 3 male connectors, simple & cheap. This is how you take something simple, like our gas gauges, that has worked forever and turn it into a more complicated piece of cr*p.

rocmoc n AZ

Hi rocmoc........I have a 2007 Joyner SV 1100. The flasher pulsates like a thousand times a minute along with the lights. It's the square kind with the pigtails. I tried a standard flasher but keep blowing the fuse. Have you figured out how to use a standard flasher?

Bruce