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RE: My Tribute to ATV NEWS FORUM
I don't get it.
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princevaliant1975
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11/19/09 07:18am |
Open Forum
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RE: im done riding for a while ...
Got pics of the X-rays?
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princevaliant1975
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11/16/09 06:45pm |
Open Forum
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RE: Today is
Yes, have fun. Give me a good write up and I will post it up on the blog for you.
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princevaliant1975
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11/15/09 11:32am |
Open Forum
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RE: Jetmoto Sport Hunter, ATV 250, breaking gear teeth off
Usually I ignore the typical bashing that goes on with posts about Chinese ATV's as most people have no idea that there is varying of quality through out and not all brands are the same. Although my brief expereince with some JetMoto sport models I have found them to be less refined than other comparable models by other brands.
I did a little research on your machine just to get an idea of the type of drive line and what it looks like and maybe give you a solution. Unfortunately yours is a shaft drive machine and really without the ability to machine a new part out of say high carbon steel or CroMo steel I cannot recommend an easy "Home Brew" fix. I am asuming your talking about JetMoto P/N: J2548763
Your dealer/distributor you bought it through should work with you on this. If you bought from a dealer/distributor that didn't have some sort of warranty or TOS that addresses these types of issues. There is probably not much you can do other than keep the nuts torqued properly and keep an eye on it. My guess (without seeing the damage that is being done, please post pictures) is that the nuts need a bit of loctite and they loosen over time causing play and ruining the splines.
I was just reading on JetMoto's site and they do warranty parts to the original purchaser up to 6 months. So you should not have been out $350 unless you were outside the terms.
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princevaliant1975
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11/12/09 01:23pm |
ATV Forum
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RE: This place is DEAD!!!
Hey ZKT its been a long time. You know your only about 3 1/2 hours away from my old stomping grounds. Me and my friends always do at least one (usually more) "get together" rides in the summers. Its not that far away for a weekend camping trip.
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princevaliant1975
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11/12/09 10:14am |
Open Forum
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RE: One of the very few times I have been photographed on a quad
I personally despise 3 wheelers because of their inheirantly poor design, but I used to live near one of the largest 3 wheeler collections in the country, Kearney Yamaha. I found this link of pictures taken at their old location (everything was moved to their larger new location. Kearney Yamaha 3 wheeler collection
Here is an old ad that cracks me up.
http://atc90.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/2002.jpg
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princevaliant1975
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11/11/09 09:39pm |
ATV Forum
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RE: One of the very few times I have been photographed on a quad
Yeah I think I will keep the restoration as another mid life crisis project, although it would be purely for show/display as the thing is impractical. Actually mine has the original fiberglass seat/fender pan those are like gold and not available through the aftermarket like the later plastic ones.
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princevaliant1975
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11/11/09 06:40pm |
ATV Forum
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One of the very few times I have been photographed on a quad
Well not really a quad, but the 1970 ATC90 with the hubless balloon tires. I still have this machine albeit needs a bit of restoration but this along with a 1975 CT70 was where my riding adventures all started.
Of course this was before things were dangerous and helmets actually protected your head. ;) (I don't endorse helmet less riding and regret these "early years" (I was 3 years old)
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d80/princevaliant/Jon3wheeler.jpg
Here is a few pics of my dads Montgomery Ward Terrain cycle (circa 1970) Basically a steel stretched frame, 10 hp Briggs with a Comet variable speed belt drive (similar to a snowmobile) with a break away axle and individual wheel brakes.
My mom
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d80/princevaliant/mom3wheeler.jpg
My dad with me on his lap
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d80/princevaliant/jdad3wheeler.jpg
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princevaliant1975
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11/10/09 09:42pm |
ATV Forum
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RE: holy nice weather!
We are having unseasonably warm weather in the daytime (60-70s) and normal cold weather at night (20-30s), athough just 2 weeks ago I had 3 1/2 feet of snow in my yard and had to use 4 digger just to get in and out of my driveway. Although anything above 7,000 feet has snow (I live at 5800 feet).
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princevaliant1975
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11/09/09 06:55pm |
Open Forum
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RE: 2005 Yamaha Grizzly 660 (SWAY BAR)
Testing and tuning out in the field. Suspension setup is somewhat subjective. I would have to bet that you will want different settings with and without the sway bar. Don't forget about the compression and rebound damping (known as the "clickers") if your shocks have those adjustments.
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princevaliant1975
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11/08/09 10:28pm |
ATV Forum
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RE: new to the board
Welcome to the board! Feel free to tell us more about yourself and brag a little (we all do it on here) Post up pics, that always gets a good thread going.
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princevaliant1975
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11/08/09 05:01pm |
Utility/4x4
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RE: 2005 Yamaha Grizzly 660 (SWAY BAR)
I think there is some Grizzly riders on here that will give you some good info. Along with their advice, an important part of how well a quad handles (especially with extra loads such as cargo bags/boxes) is having the suspension sag set up properly. You can read all about it in a past article I wrote for ATV Magazines Blog site. Visit it HERE, Setting up your suspension
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princevaliant1975
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11/08/09 04:52pm |
ATV Forum
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RE: New blog posting, CPSC to regulate ROVs (SxS's)
Your right drake317, but its an assumed risk. To me, by starting that engine you are essentially signing a contract that you assume all risks of your actions and when you crash (as I have many times) its your own darn fault if you get hurt so don't sue the pants off the manufacturer if it was your own negligence.
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princevaliant1975
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11/03/09 09:06pm |
ATV Forum
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RE: GM
Well it depends. Its a mixture of both. As a matter of fact more and more corpararte farms are buying people out. We are a rare breed we own all our own land and rent only about a hundred acres from distant family that doesn't farm. We also have people that rent from us, land in central Kansas that is just too far to practically farm ourselves. I own a few sections myself that I used to farm myself but now my parents farm it for me, so technically I have some renters lol.
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princevaliant1975
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11/02/09 08:18pm |
Open Forum
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RE: GM
Bringing this back full circle. On the farm we always had several pickups. Sort of one for each situation, thus spreading out the wear and tear over 3-4 vehicles.
We always bought new pickups just about every 10 years. And move the old model down the totem pole
The primary pickup is/was a 1977 Chevrolet 1/2 ton 2WD "Big 10" basically a heavy duty 1/2 ton beater pickup. It was the first engine I ever rebuilt, basic stuff, 8 quart deep sump pan, weiland 4bbl intake, 650cfm Carter AFB, headers through true duals, superswamper rear tires. Mostly used for running back and forth to the fields, town, parts store, oil and fuel running and the occasional pulling of anhydrous amonia tanks to and from the COOP to the field. Most of the time 4x4 is not needed so why wear out one of the good pickups on short 15 mile or less trips everywhere. My dad just got rid of it after 400,000 miles.
Secondary pickup. 1985 Ford F250 heavy duty (stripper model) rubber floormats, crank windows, radio delete, A/C delete, manual hubs, 351W, 4speed manual, gear driven transfer case, 4.10 full floating axles, 5 core radiator. Bought new in 1985 (replaced the 1970 International 4x4 pickup) Primary use is when 4x4 is needed for mudding around the local roads or in and out of the fields, towing implements, hauling large parts, towing our Hobart trailer mounted generator/welder, seed bags, ect... Currently only has about 90,0000 miles on it.
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d80/princevaliant/43630009-2.jpg
The upscale work horse. 1995 Ford F250 4x4 extended cab XLT, 460, 5 speed manual trans, 3.56 gears, manual hubs, carpet, bucket seats w/lumbar, A/C, radio, cruise ect... used for going on long trips hauling equiptment from farm sales, basically anytime comfort and power (or 4x4) is needed. Currently has about 65,000 miles.
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d80/princevaliant/fordwtop.jpg
Newest pickup yet to be defined, LOL, 2004 Ford F250 Super Duty, 5.4, 6 speed, 3.56 gears stripper model, converted to have all the "KING RANCH" amenities, but mostly for hauling cars/equiptment home also its a bit more economical to drive on the highway. Only has about 2,000 miles. No real need to drive it much these days.
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d80/princevaliant/bikecarrier001.jpg
We also have two Plymough Acclaims (K cars) bought for $500 each as beaters for running erands ect..., my moms mail car for good days, on muddy/rainy days she drives a Jeep Cherokee that we converted to a right hand drive
And of course I have my 1989 F150 XLT 5.0 4x4 AOD, 4 inch lift, including radius arms, nothing special, gets the job done for me hauling bikes to the mountains, light trail running, long trips to races. Obviously I don't do heavy hauling with it but it will pull a car around if it has to.
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d80/princevaliant/05-16-08_1950.jpg
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princevaliant1975
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11/02/09 07:13pm |
Open Forum
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RE: GM
Both of our trucks are twin screws so they are not so nice on the highway but perfect for us where most of their lives are spent on gravel and minimum maintenance roads (note the aggressive tires)
Well both CAT tractors are used for farming. The smaller of the two (45C) is primarily used for drilling wheat, planting Milo, soybeans, and corn, light tillage, it also pulls the smaller V-blade when we apply liquid Anhydrous Ammonia as shown on the trailer without the anhydrous applicator kit installed.
45C shown here with our Great Plains Full Press 30 row 3 section folding drill.
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d80/princevaliant/45drill001.jpg
with our 12 row planter
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d80/princevaliant/littlecatplanter.jpg
75C (the one shown with the final drive torn apart) shown here with an 11 shank chisel plow. Gage wheels removed so we can rip 2 1/2 feet into the ground. I will have to upload more later as well as some short videos.
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d80/princevaliant/75chiselplow001.jpg
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princevaliant1975
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11/02/09 07:59am |
Open Forum
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RE: GM
Haha, yeah. That head alone is probably 150lbs. That is why I like working on cars, pickups, and motorcycles. Everything is much smaller and somewhat easier to work on.
Here are some other BIG parts. We had the spur gear break in the final drive on our bigest CAT tractor (75C, 380HP 6 cylinder with variable cylinder management)
Here is a poster of a cut away of what broke.
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d80/princevaliant/catfinaldrive.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d80/princevaliant/spurbroken.jpg
This is a $2500 gear
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d80/princevaliant/leftbullgearandspurgear.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d80/princevaliant/leftbrokenside.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d80/princevaliant/rightfinaldriveunit.jpg
This is part of the differential, sort of like a limmedt slip portion of the 3rd member in a traditional car rear end.
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d80/princevaliant/differentialdismantled004.jpg
This is the differential houseing, this holds about 30 gallons of oil
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d80/princevaliant/differentialcompartment.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d80/princevaliant/rightside.jpg
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princevaliant1975
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11/01/09 09:05pm |
Open Forum
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RE: GM
Now here is a TRUCK! This was state of the art in 1975. Here is shown with one of our CAT Challenger and 5 blade V-blade, also pictures of when we rebuilt the heads and resleeved and re-ringed the pistons. This is after 650,000+ miles (a good portion of those were idle hours as well since we have hydralics for the different tralers we tow).
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d80/princevaliant/110408_145100.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d80/princevaliant/kwandlandoll002.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d80/princevaliant/kwandlandoll001.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d80/princevaliant/miloharvest06043.jpg
Replacing all the brakes.
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d80/princevaliant/KWonblocks.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d80/princevaliant/KWjackedup.jpg
For those that don't know, this is a 2 stroke diesel so all those are exhaust valves.
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d80/princevaliant/headbottom.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d80/princevaliant/cleaning.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d80/princevaliant/cleaningrebuilthead.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d80/princevaliant/checkinghead.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d80/princevaliant/compressingspring.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d80/princevaliant/installingcleanedvalve.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d80/princevaliant/headandrockers.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d80/princevaliant/drside.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d80/princevaliant/passside.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d80/princevaliant/pistons.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d80/princevaliant/turbo.jpg
The truck loaded going to the machine shop to have the sleeves removed and new installed (the only part we could not do ourselves)
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d80/princevaliant/kwload4.jpg
The heads at the machine shop after being magnafluxed to check for cracks. Again not a do-it-yourself job.
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d80/princevaliant/heads.jpg
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princevaliant1975
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11/01/09 08:12pm |
Open Forum
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RE: GM
I have been in the lite trucking business for 30 yrs,and Ford has given me the best all a round service.I've use Chevy, GMC,Dodge,and none would carry the load like the Fords....I could have been lucky,and have seen Chevy work for others,but they diid take the tough use(always over loaded) like the Fords. When you get into serious trucking, there's really only two contenders. Macks for moving dirt, and Pete's, for moving freight. Anything else is a car with a truck-like appearance.
I agree, up until now all you guys have been talking about are pickups. Trucks move freight/dirt. I would have to throw Kenworth into the "serious" trucks.
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princevaliant1975
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11/01/09 05:36pm |
Open Forum
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RE: Best Bar-B-Q
I like it all just as long as its not sauteued in butter, cream or any other dairy product.
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princevaliant1975
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10/29/09 07:18pm |
Open Forum
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