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Got a chance to get my back country 4 wheeler on the dyno this week.

Haven't broke 100hp yet but very close, a little more grinding and a couple more machine tricks and I should have it :D

Then I have to figure out how to carry it on the Scout
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You gonna buy a PLB to carry when you ride that thing? I'm thinking seriously about one for when I go out on the Honda. Chances of breaking down/getting hurt are probably a whole lot more than when I go out in the airplane.

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I do have one but the damage I will sustain at 105+ miles an hour on the four wheeler will most likely be much worse than PLB can take.

That is a good Idea though for those days when I am only driving 65-70 :lol:

I may need to buy another 4 wheeler my lips are starting to get tired of folding over my chin. :shock:
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Mr Scout - at 105 mph, that would make a good time to borrow Zane's helmet cam for some U tube stuff??

You sound like Hopkins in "the world's fastest indian" . put some 35 inch bushwheels on the back, and away you go!
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I don't think I could stand any more on my head, at that speed the buffeting off the front end is wild enough.

Wouldn't mind a small mounted cam though. :idea:

I couldn't get low enough gearing for 35's but it would make for a great picture.

My wife doesn't like it geared much beyond 80mph, :roll: but any time I doing more mods I gear it fast and check top speed 8)

Then gear it back down to the 80-82 mph range.
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mr scout wrote:I may need to buy another 4 wheeler my lips are starting to get tired of folding over my chin. :shock:


You need to get something a bit more trail friendly so we can get some riding done once this snow decides to melt off.

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Not to mention fuel friendly :) :)

I would be out of fuel before we got out of Mina :lol: :lol:
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Holy crap...105 on a 4wheeler you are crazy!!! 4wheelers scare the crap out of me. I jumped a 40 ft double on a quad once, it scared me so bad I swore i'd only ride them if I had no other option.

While we're off topic...a few years back I put 100LL in my slightly moded sled to see what difference it made. Didn't really notice much till I tried a speed test...135mph and still not tapped :shock:
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how do you keep the tires on the beads ,I rode a banshee with a GSXR750 engine but at about 90 mph the tires expanded so much they would come off the beads. what are you riding anyway?
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tricycles are for little girls

Its a Banshee

I have found if you use low profile tires they seem to stay together

Several years ago I built one that did 116mph on asphalt

Now days that's even slow, I think the boys are going about 140 mph on asphalt :shock: :shock:
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