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Kinarfi

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  1. Fortunately, my better 3/4s is use to me modifying anything and everything we have. It is like Tool Time around here, more power. She does not even ask what I am doing, waits tell the end and provides her opinion. 99% of the time she is pleased. The purple walls in my Man Cave is in that 1%, three years and she still tells me she doesn't like it.

    Thanks for the details,

    rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

    The purple walls in my Man Cave -- makes me think of the movie Failure to Launch and Terry Bradshaw's "special" room. :lol:

    You don't do any thing like that do you? and I don't want to know!! :blink:

  2. :D Kids, Kids, Kids, I just don't about Kids these days, :lol: and if you call me an old man(disrespectful), I'll drive my Trooper over there and Kick your butt :angry: , of course, you'll have to voluntarily lay down so I can, having my handicaps and all ;) , or you could make me chase you around in your Trooper with my Trooper :D .

    Happy belated Birthday 4X4X454

  3. Sounds good, Don't forget to take lots of photos, I assume you're have some welding done on your tank and I would really like to see what you do so that when I get my new tank, I have some ideas on how the modify it before I install it. I did see that it can be mounted higher than it is giving it more room underneath it for what ever mods we make.

    Jeff

  4. Went to the dunes yesterday and then took off for Cherry Creek, had a good ride that had just about everything but water, my choice. My son drove and was a little more aggressive than I am, but that let me watch the snorkel, the scenery, the gps so we didn't miss any turns and take pictures. The snorkel worked as expected, PERFECT, took air in filtered air and passed it to the engine, didn't make enough noise to be heard, didn't slow me down.

    I couldn't tell any difference at all, except for a clean filter at the end of a 139.9 km, 86.9 mi ride.

    I really, really liked my modification and it worked great, mounting method included, I did scoot it down a bit and secured it at the hole with some lighter bungy cord and some padding to give the filter more clearence from the roll bar. The filter itself rattles a bit and needs to be siliconed around the rubber mount to the plastic base or maybe replaced with a K&N.

    One thing my son & noticed, at 6000 rpm, 55.5 MPH (via the GPS), there seemed to be a REV limiter. Has any one else noticed this? We only hit it once and didn't try to hit it again.

    I also added a few picture and a movie to my site, http://community.webshots.com/user/kinarfi

  5. From what I have gathered from reading all the posts and looking at the pics of the Troopers I have already has the fuel pump next to the tank and the latches for the rear rack are behind the seats. Does any one have any idea what kind of mileage they get I Have never bothered to figure it out but I think its good.

    YES

    Date ----------MPG -- KPG - Mileage at end of ride - Gallons to fill

    7/12/2008 - 20.2---- 32.5 - 690.9 3.543

    7/19/2008 - 19 ------30.6 - 780.5 2.926

    7/22/2008 --15.8 ---25.4 - 903.6 4.842

    7/25/2008 --17.3 ---27.9 - 977.8 2.66

    7/31/2008 - 15.9 ---25.6 - 1052.1 2.897

    8/4/2008 --- 16.8 -- 27.1 -1212.1 2.406

    8/4/2008---- 18.2 --29.2 -1147 3.245

    8/9/2008 --- 12.8 - 20.6 -1251.7 1.921

    8/11/2008 --18.7 - 30.0 - 1382.5 4.359

    8/16/2008-- 15.8 - 25.5 -1491.9 4.298

    8/27/2008 --16.7 - 26.8 - 1593.2 3.773

    8/29/2008 --17.0 - 27.4 -1702.2 3.979

    9/5/2008 --- 21.5 - 34.7 -1927.3 5.335

    9/5/2008 ----11.3 - 18.1 - 1742.3 2.214

    9/14/2008 - 19.8 - 31.8 - 2069.2 4.46

    9/25/2008 - 20.4 - 32.9 - 2302.1 4.731

    9/29/2008 - 20.4 - 32.9 - 2437 6.44

    10/23/2008 18.4 - 29.6 - 2629.4 6.497

    10/24/2008 16.7 - 26.9 - 2769.3 5.206

  6. My idea of a limit strap it to protect the CV and the shock when it unloads, with that in mind, collapse the shock some and take all the play out, then when you release the shock, see if it keeps the shock from bottoming and by how much. Realize that the momentum of the wheel and swing arm will stretch the strap more than just releasing what ever force you used to collapse the shock. MY DISCLAIMER, IN MY HUMBLE OPINION.

    Yes, bottom out = fully extending, trying to tear itself apart.

  7. If memory serves me correctly, the last time I jacked my T2's rear up off the ground, I had some play, but I also have let some on nitrogen out of my shocks too. My reasoning is that it should give me a softer ride and it is less likely to blow the seals out, I hope.

  8. How do i put pictures on this site. I have a blackberry (boy is that a joke) I figured out how to take pictures and email them to myself. (that was a huge acomplisment) Please help.

    I think this site limits how many photos you can have, 500K, so I opened a free account at webshots and posted my pictures there, then you can copy the code to post to forum and paste it into you post. that's what I did on the snorkel post. You can also upload videos to the webshots and post them also. I'm sure there are other place to put photo and some charge, such as smug mug.

    PS. Holler if you need help.

    Jeff

    PPS. As you will notice on 4X4X454's photo in the next post, his photo is small as required by this site, if you put your photo on webshots, we get to see the full size of it. My photos: 2693269490104110397IXgdmd_th.jpg and you get to see the rest also.

  9. Maybe you'll have to do the vacuuming :lol: oh yea, be sure and clean the inside of the hose too. I put a bottle brush on the end of a 1/2" tube and spun it with my drill as I ran water through it. I would have preferred to buy the new wand and tube if had known it was gonna work so well. It's shinier and cleaner than my used stuff. ;)

  10. I had a lot of problems at first with my Trooper and I still enjoy it, I blew shocks, cvs, drive lines, bad tires, broke fuel tank brackets, had a rock come through my windshield :lol: , had my air filter get dirty, Heck, had my whole rig get dirty, had my rear locker quit engaging, got rain and hail on it and me, this is just stuff you deal with, not get all bent out of shape because of. You've let your bad experience turn you into something and someone no one wants anything to do with. Forget about your joyner history and go make happy memories with your RZR and tell everyone how great you think it is. Speaking ill of an up & coming brand only reflects back on you, and badly.

  11. I agree also, I had my CV drop out twice, the 2nd was from running with a blown shock, it was topping out and bottoming out real bad and sounded bad. If you're trying to go flying :lol: , you may need to stiffen your spring. I don't know how you compress your spring to ease the adjusting, but I bet you own a handy man jack, that's what I used to take my shock apart with.

  12. I had some Shop Vac hose and tubes laying around and decided to try something and look what I did. I'm not too sure if I'm finished with it yet, but what I have will do the trick, if you want the filter above the bar, you'll need to use more of the hose or add another tube and maybe another support. My support is bungy cord, seen best in photo 20081020_7. I started the engine and revved it up a few times, but couldn't hear anything from the filter. I like it!!

    2261773910104110397ZTItcW_th.jpg 2884155420104110397fCkKcQ_th.jpg

    All my photos are at http://community.webshots.com/user/kinarfi :rolleyes:

    I would recommend the VT2507 7' Hose and the VT2508 Extension Wand, stick the pliable end of the hose into the wand, mount filter on other end of the wand and cut the hose to length, it's easy to cut twice to get the length you need and very hard to uncut. :lol:

    http://www.ridgidparts.com/accessories/vacacc.phtml

    http://www.ridgidparts.com/accessories/VT2507.phtml HOPE These Links Work.

    http://www.ridgidparts.com/accessories/VT2508.phtml

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