In addition to the work I've been doing on Odysseys and Pilots, I've also been doing work on other buggies and SXSs. A customer brought his Yamaha 1000R to my shop yesterday for a full Roll Cage Make over. Before pulling it in and starting the planning, the guy insisted I take it for a lap... WTF!
The buggy is actually rather large, overall it takes up about the same space as my 2001 Mustang. My first impression was the immediate need to look at everything. The Fox shocks are just Huge, the Spring has about a 7" diameter and without measuring the overall length, they gotta be about 35" long, just a guess. The buggy has a self contained manual 5 speed transmission and a 3 cylinder 4 stroke Engine.
So, in I climbed and off I went. There is more power then I could have asked for and the tires would spin at the drop of a hat. I kinda liked the 5 speed, but it keeps you kinda busy, steering, shifting, braking. It was a lot of fun, but there was a lot going on. At one point I had it up on the 2 side wheels and that confirmed the one thing I'm not comfortable yet with the SXSs, they feel top heavy.
Anyway, here are just a couple pics, I'll post more when I start the fab work.
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