My New Trail Rig

[rydetriz]

Did some more trail riding today. Caught the stock skid a couple times in some ruts and kissed every rock I seen with it. I want 22 inch tires for the rear. I also have some PRM skids coming and Cycra bark busters.

good idea you need bigger tires to clear those rocks and skid plate is key. Nice quad

[BigGreenMachine]

Thanks. Nice looking Banshee. Selling my sled to buy a clean 04, all black and almost stock except for tires and some nerfs/bumper/bars.

[BigGreenMachine]

Got some cut Spidertracs on the 450 for the winter, mounted on some 10x10 Mitchell blue labels. Looks aggressive and sure throws a wicked roost.

Really hoping to pick up the clean Banshee I have my eye on. I won't have any coin for it until the sled goes.

[BigGreenMachine]

I love winter riding. Its the pits for sled, in fact I've got my F7 up for sale. When it sells I'm picking up the above Banshee. (hopefully!)

I would really like long travel and 23/22 inch tires for the 450R, its definately on the list for next season. Wonder how the Banshee will behave when I push it like the R....probably going to fail that test until it gets some better suspenders. (don't have it yet....blah)

Covered a lot of ground today and discovered a lot of new trails. Liking this fourstroke a little more. Its definately a machine that likes being pushed.











Opps..







22 inch Spidertracs with every second lug cut. Ugly but work great!



I haven't rode this hard in a month, I'm going to feel my shoulders in the morning. *sigh*

[Atc GuY]

Why cut the lugs?

[BigGreenMachine]

Doesn't dig as much and makes the tire softer. They were rock hard when I got them and didn't conform to obstacles on the trail at all.

[BigGreenMachine]

Logged some more miles today. Found some new trails. I led on the Firecat while the g/f chased me with the R. The rear shock on that R rebounds like mad, it needs to be reworked for sure since the adjustments do nothing to fix it. Beautiful day of riding. Really can't wait to get a dirtbike now.

[Saul]

You won't be riding the sled after tonight my friend. You getting all that rain?

[BigGreenMachine]

Hey , yeah we got all that rain last night. Driving by some of the marshes I can see the sled will be pretty useless. Hope the buyer still wants it....

Ruined a rim on the R the day after that. Going to get some ITP's from Hondaone soon.

[BigGreenMachine]

Well I busted a rim two weeks ago and had some used ITP t9's arrive by mail this morning. After two weeks of no ride time it felt awsome to get back to it.

The sled finially sold. I had wanted a dirtbike so I picked up a nice 04 CR125R. It isn't as quick as I had hoped and the powerband makes it real awkward to trail ride. I should have shopped around more. Its up for sale now but I'm going to log as much seat time as I can on it while its here.







It does have a Bill's pipe and silencer combo plus Vforce 3 reeds, really sings when its on the pipe.

[BigGreenMachine]

Sold the dirtbike, what a mistake of a purchase that was. Riding today on another sunny spring day. So great being able to ride right from your back yard.

[ccdhowell]

I haven't followed this thread James, it looks like you've been busy. Is the snow already gone up there? Looks like a great day to ride. The 450R looks good, glad it's doing well for you. No sled, no bike, what's next? Maybe buy another R for the g/f? Take care, Chris

[BigGreenMachine]

The snow was all gone last week but then we got a dumping of 3 feet overnight before the weekend. This has been the worst winter for lack of snow I've seen in ages.

Buying a small pickup for myself next, maybe today. The next quad I buy will be a utility, maybe the old mans Kodiak. The fiancee is buying a KTM 525XC when she can.

[Mr.Atc]

nice quad but i dont think i am too fond of the cat i am a skidoo man

[BigGreenMachine]

[QUOTE=Jason Hall;676624]

Did you open up the exhaust yet by removing the baffle. If you pull that out, you should be able to run a 175 main, and have a real ripe runner.

QUOTE]

Jason, how do you feel about the 175 main?

I've been running the baffle in my White Brothers pipe and the airbox lid with three 2" holes towards the back of it. Reason being to keep water out of the box. Seems to run strong but I hauled the lid and baffle today and it felt stronger.

I think I'm going to change to an K&N with a prefilter and cut more from the lid. I'm gonna put in a 175 main and see what it does.

Going to replace my plug soon so I'll chop the threads off and see what it can tell me.