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Lounge / broken parts wanted for trophies

« on: October 19, 2016, 07:57:38 AM »

hey guys

its the end of our XC season in MI and were getting ready for our awards banquet in January. im part of the team that runs the ATV series and we want to make our own trophies out of broken parts to make them from. at the moment im looking for:

pistons.
chains
sprockets

ill pay for shipping. send it the cheapest shipping you can.  pm me and ill send you my address and shipping money. i know theres plenty of this stuff laying around in your shops lol

thanks!

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Too Nutz Creations / RTIC tumblers

« on: October 08, 2016, 02:18:10 PM »

Hey guys. I got asked to do some of these with TRX250R.org on them so I wanted to check the interest on them. How many products would want some?
The prices are
$30 for the 20oz + shipping
$40 for the 30oz + shipping
Buy 2 or more and get free shipping within the US

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The Mad Scientist / added coolant capacity

« on: September 30, 2016, 12:41:21 PM »

i have a 363, i race XC and 90% i dont have any cooling problem at all.....but....a couple weeks ago i had a mud race. not fun lol. mi tires were doing more spinning than i was going forward. i ended up quitting the race after two laps because i kept overheating. in not going to blow my engine for a podium finish haha. so it got me thinking....(i do have an expensive radiator. CR iirc) why not ad more capacity to the cooling system? i cant think of any reason that it would be bad. just something that crossed my mind was maybe something like a truck power steering or external oil cooler somewhere along the frame rail towards the back. run the same size radiator hose as the existing hose. providing whatever extra cooling device i used had the same ID as not to restrict flow. maybe try to squeeze another 1/2 to full qt of fluid. just a thought and figured id through it out there for discussion.

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Carburetor, Intake, and Exhaust / Snorkel for big bores

« on: May 11, 2016, 02:50:29 PM »

Anyone come up with a snorkel for big bores? My 363 to be specific. was just curious. Currently I have a 2" shop vac hose kinda cobbeled together in my air box. Works very well but I'm always thinking ahead. I have an idea in my head for another nicer, cleaned design I just figured I'd pick your brains.

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Too Nutz Creations / illusion blueberry

« on: May 02, 2016, 10:09:27 PM »

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Too Nutz Creations / illusion red

« on: May 02, 2016, 09:58:18 PM »

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Too Nutz Creations / illusion spanish fly

« on: May 02, 2016, 09:55:16 PM »

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Suspension and Chassis / modifying standard shock a arms into long shock arms

« on: May 02, 2016, 09:53:25 AM »

not 250r specific.

i have a set of standard shock arms and i want to modify them to run 1" longer shocks. would i take the lower shock mount and move it straight down an inch or do i need to move it out some and down some? do i leave the angle of the shock from stock and move the mount an inch lower along the angle of the stock length shock?

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Suspension and Chassis / choosing the right shock springs

« on: April 25, 2016, 09:49:36 AM »

winter before last i sent my shocks to a professional to have them setup for me cause i diddnt know squat about custom suspension and i diddnt have the time to learn it and do it myself. well all last race season (1015) i battled with suspension problems. my rear shock was back to the builder 4 or 4 times and the fronts once. i talked to a lot of the guys i race with about my problems and they all said that i hsould not have the problems. one of the guys i race with helped me revalve my rear shock. it made a little bit of a difference. i kept stopping during my first race of my season yesterday to adjust compression and rebound on my rear shock. it made it a lot better but its not where i think it needs to be. the fronts are a different story. i THINK there sprung too heavy and are too fast on the rebound. so.....at this point i think i have a ok grasp on how the internal valving works and i know what to change to make things slower or faster but what i cant figure out is how do i figure out the correct springs? maul tech has a spring calculator to find out the rate of an unknown spring. i figured id use it to find out the rate of my rear spring so at least i knew where i stand but how do i know what spring i actually need. do i figure that out from figuring race sag? before or after i set ride height? basically im going to just learn all this stuff and do it myself. i cant afford to keep sending my shocks back and fourth a bunch of times lol

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Engine and Bottom End / ball hone

« on: April 20, 2016, 01:08:32 PM »

want to get a hone just to deglaze/prep for new rings. im pretty sure a ball hone is what i want. i tried a flex/ spring hone and it kept getting caught on the ports. i was looking at mcmastercarr cause i have other things to order from there anyway. they have a multi purpose, soft materials, and stainless/hard materials one. im guessing i want the one for hard materials. right? what grit? my first thought would be 600.

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Suspension and Chassis / aftermarket link

« on: April 12, 2016, 11:52:22 AM »

are there any aftermarket links or links from another quad that would allow me to use a longer shock without doing modifications to my frame? just curious cause i have a really nice axis rear shock on my banshee that im going to part out and i thought it would be nice to use it on my r but its a little longer.

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Carburetor, Intake, and Exhaust / airbox lid VS outerwear lid

« on: March 30, 2016, 10:47:45 AM »

i ride trails and race XC. i cant decide if i want to stick with a airbox lid and snorkel or go with an outerwear hydrophobic lid. i do hit water and having a lid and the ability to submerge my quad is awesome. it gives me an edge up on a lot of other racers cause i can just blast the water and not worry about it but the setup i currently have is hookey and im revamping my box for this season. how good are the hydrophobic covers? i can watch videos all day long with people puddling water on top of the cloth but how does that translate to the real world? if i blast water and the box goes under water (im keeping the snorkel on it) is it going to keep most of the water out of the box or not? should i just keep a lid and stay safe? this is an aluminum airbox and fabing/welding is no problem for me so really the sky is the limit in that aspect.

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Other ATV's / yamaha blaster air box ideas

« on: March 29, 2016, 09:08:09 AM »

my daughter is racing xc with her blaster. currently her engine is getting upgraded so she will have a ton more power and will need a ton more air which the stock air box can not provide. ive been looking around for ideas on air boxes with lids and a snorkel but cant find anything but boxes without lids which i dont want. i want a lid with a snorkel. does any one have any experience or ideas on how to do this? i can weld aluminum and have a bunch of sheet aluminum laying around so making or modifying an air box is not problem.

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Too Nutz Creations / Cerakote Glacier Black

« on: March 23, 2016, 08:18:29 AM »

i recently got into cerakote high temp coatings. the Glacier series is good to over 2000 deg f. this is the pipe for my personal bike. i plan to rivet the ESR name plate back on.
http://www.cerakotehightemp.com/finishes/C-7600Q/cerakote-glacier-black/







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Projects / my XC rebuild

« on: March 18, 2016, 03:46:59 PM »

im doing a few little modifications but im mainly doing this cause i diddnt like the colors so i decided to re pc the while thing. i had some steering modifications to do and i have some modification i need to do to my air box but i havent started that yet.