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Thread: I gots a zinger!

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    spentar is offline At The Back Of The Pack Arm chair racerFirst time rider
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    I gots a zinger!

    So i picked up a zinger and its sweet, The guy told me he rebuild the top end 3 years ago, and it seems to be running great. The guy i bought it off of must have thought the zinger was a race banshee or something. He had high octane fuel with what seemed to be klotz racing oil. After draining the gas and putting regular stuff in with artic cat 2 stroke mix it seemed better. I had to adjust the needle in the carb to a leaner setting because it wouldnt top out very fast and would start to bog before the power band and not rev very high. but now if rips hard and its addicting to ride. If anyone knows of some upgrades i can do to make it perform better please tell me. I was looking at the dg pipe but it sticks out the back and i feel if i do a wheelie i will break it off. Also what can i use to polish the plastics up a bit? I used some turtle wax and got an ok shine but heres a look. Click image for larger version. 

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    My Things:
    84' Tri Zinger-Blue
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    85' Honda 350x (Its my dads but it will be mine some day I hope)
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    2002 Artic Cat z370

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    Wash up the plastics and then use a Mr Clean Eraser on them. Our Zinger plastics were a bit scratched so we used 2000 grit
    sandpaper and wet sanded the plastic. We used this Halloway floor re-finisher (Walmart) on the plastics and then finished up with
    a coat of Wizards final shine they really shine now.

    Your plastics don't look that bad though.

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    spentar is offline At The Back Of The Pack Arm chair racerFirst time rider
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    The picture dosent do justice, i tried some turtle wax and got some what of a shine and it hides some of the scratches but ive come to realize that im just gonna ride it so much that it will keep scratching. But they dont look overalll bad.
    My Things:
    84' Tri Zinger-Blue
    2009 can-am ds450xmx
    85' Honda 350x (Its my dads but it will be mine some day I hope)
    85' Honda 250es BIG RED (My dads but it will be mine some day...)
    2002 Artic Cat z370

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    Dirtweed is right, wet sand them. However, I use Armorall or Tire shine instead of water when I wetsand. There are a few performance mods with the main one being the DG pipe. There is a noticeable difference between the two machines when you run a DG. In my opinion it is worth the money.
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    spentar is offline At The Back Of The Pack Arm chair racerFirst time rider
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    but i just would be too scared to break it from a wheelie
    My Things:
    84' Tri Zinger-Blue
    2009 can-am ds450xmx
    85' Honda 350x (Its my dads but it will be mine some day I hope)
    85' Honda 250es BIG RED (My dads but it will be mine some day...)
    2002 Artic Cat z370

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    Same thoughts with the DG pipe, dont want to break it.

    Nice machine! What did it set you back??
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    spentar is offline At The Back Of The Pack Arm chair racerFirst time rider
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    $400 i know its a bit high but ive been looking for so long and just havent found anything worth while and the guy wouldnt budge so i said im done looking and bs'in around and bought it. It runs great. Ive had it 3 days and probally put a total of 19 hours on it seriously. So i think it was worth it as long as i dont need to dump more money into it for a long time. Though im becoming more and more interested it the dg pipe.
    My Things:
    84' Tri Zinger-Blue
    2009 can-am ds450xmx
    85' Honda 350x (Its my dads but it will be mine some day I hope)
    85' Honda 250es BIG RED (My dads but it will be mine some day...)
    2002 Artic Cat z370

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