Dads’ ATV - Page 3

Thumper · 08-24-2023, 09:59 PM

Every job takes more time locating the tools then the actual work in my experience. But I have so many projects going on, I don't have time to put them away

I love that Sportsman. Metal airbox cover? Wow! Clearly NOT Chinese.
2 stroke? I can't see any expansion chamber or standard exhaust.

Wait, it is a 400cc engine. That's not a 2 stroke!

**cheesy** · 08-24-2023, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Emerikol

The fastest way to find the tool you just lost is to go buy a new one. I did that with a nice pair of PVC pipe cutters. Couldn't find them for the life of me, so (swearing all the way to the big box home improvement store) I went and bought a new pair. Got home, took the new pair out of the package and set them down RIGHT NEXT TO THE PAIR I COULDN"T FIND!!!!

I did that with a compression gauge. I don’t regret it, the new one was much nicer than the ‘lost’ one.

bigdano711 · 08-25-2023, 07:55 AM

You ever catch yourself not being able to see something that's right in front of you because you thought the handle was red when it was actually BLUE? That's a relatively new one for me.

**cheesy** · 08-25-2023, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by bigdano711

You ever catch yourself not being able to see something that's right in front of you because you thought the handle was red when it was actually BLUE? That's a relatively new one for me.

It gets worse. I spent half a day looking for a blue sweatshirt that was actually grey.

Sport Rider · 08-25-2023, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by bigdano711

You ever catch yourself not being able to see something that's right in front of you because you thought the handle was red when it was actually BLUE? That's a relatively new one for me.

Age sucks, don't it?!

Sport Rider · 08-25-2023, 08:30 AM

@cheesy....are you ever going to ride this damn thing or are we all just gonna stare at it in your garage?

bigdano711 · 08-25-2023, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by cheesy

It gets worse. I spent half a day looking for a blue sweatshirt that was actually grey.

I'm on day 4 or so of looking for the case to my readers. I have just about written it off, but I SWEAR that case is grey!

**cheesy** · 08-25-2023, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Sport Rider

@cheesy....are you ever going to ride this damn thing or are we all just gonna stare at it in your garage?

I suppose I could mount the action cam on the front rack when I haul a 5 gallon bucket of fallen apples into the woods for the critters. 10 mph is pretty boring, tho.

bigdano711 · 08-25-2023, 09:57 AM

No it's not. Get some footage!

Sport Rider · 08-25-2023, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by cheesy

I suppose I could mount the action cam on the front rack when I haul a 5 gallon bucket of fallen apples into the woods for the critters. 10 mph is pretty boring, tho.

sounds like the Ural!

**cheesy** · 08-25-2023, 02:08 PM

0-60, the Sporty is pretty quick, but that’s all she wrote. Hits the rev limiter and runs out of breath. 0-60, the Ural has a lot of sound and fury that signifies nothing. But it will catch and pass the Sporty, unless it’s uphill.

**cheesy** · 08-26-2023, 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Thumper

Every job takes more time locating the tools then the actual work in my experience. But I have so many projects going on, I don't have time to put them away

I love that Sportsman. Metal airbox cover? Wow! Clearly NOT Chinese.
2 stroke? I can't see any expansion chamber or standard exhaust.

Wait, it is a 400cc engine. That's not a 2 stroke!

Au contraire, is most definitely an oil injected 2 smoke. Sounds like a loud chainsaw when it fires up. Smells like one, too. Polaris did a pretty good job of hiding everything, which contributes to taking so long to do anything on it.

I’ll probably do another apple dump run late next week and do a boring YT video.

Thumper · 08-26-2023, 09:19 AM

Now I want one! 400cc Polaris 2 stroke??? It must be a real monster. 35 hp? 40? Wow!!

**cheesy** · 08-26-2023, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Thumper

Now I want one! 400cc Polaris 2 stroke??? It must be a real monster. 35 hp? 40? Wow!!

Stock hp is 38@5750 rpm. For buckets of money, it’s possible to squeeze out 75hp@8000 rpm. I can lift the front end now without trying too hard. Guy down the street has a modded ATV that hauls.

**cheesy** · 08-31-2023, 06:43 PM

Here's a crappy* unedited video of another apple dump.

*The only kind I make.

08-24-2023, 09:59 PM	#31
Thumper Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: Kansas City Posts: 2,193	Every job takes more time locating the tools then the actual work in my experience. But I have so many projects going on, I don't have time to put them away I love that Sportsman. Metal airbox cover? Wow! Clearly NOT Chinese. 2 stroke? I can't see any expansion chamber or standard exhaust. Wait, it is a 400cc engine. That's not a 2 stroke! __________________ -2022 5 speed Templar X Orange, OEM 51T rear sprocket, 14T front sprocket -NOS 2020 KTM 250SX (2-stroke motocross), less than 10 hours on it
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08-25-2023, 07:55 AM	#33
bigdano711 Join Date: Jun 2023 Location: Big Piney, WY Posts: 409	You ever catch yourself not being able to see something that's right in front of you because you thought the handle was red when it was actually BLUE? That's a relatively new one for me. __________________ 2023 Hawk 250 from XPRO off of Amazon MOUNTAIN MAN RC + MOTO on YouTube "If there were more bloody noses, there would be less wars." - Hagbard Celine "Someday, after mastering the waves, the winds, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love and then, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire." - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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08-25-2023, 08:30 AM	#36
Sport Rider Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Mooresville NC Posts: 2,029	@cheesy....are you ever going to ride this damn thing or are we all just gonna stare at it in your garage? __________________ Dave Bikes I've owned: Suzuki GS450T, Yamaha XS500, Honda V45 Sabre, Kawasaki Vulcan 1500 Classic (2), Suzuki VX800, Kawasaki Ninja 650, Triumph TT600, Honda Superhawk, Kawasaki Concours 1000 (3, including a sidecar rig), Buell XB9R, Kawasaki Nomad 1500, Concours 14, Honda Goldwing (2), Housen Hawk, Suzuki Intruder 1400, Kawasaki KLR650, Victory V92TC.
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08-25-2023, 09:57 AM	#39
bigdano711 Join Date: Jun 2023 Location: Big Piney, WY Posts: 409	No it's not. Get some footage! __________________ 2023 Hawk 250 from XPRO off of Amazon MOUNTAIN MAN RC + MOTO on YouTube "If there were more bloody noses, there would be less wars." - Hagbard Celine "Someday, after mastering the waves, the winds, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love and then, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire." - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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08-25-2023, 02:08 PM	#41
cheesy Moderator Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Elburn, IL Posts: 5,759	0-60, the Sporty is pretty quick, but that’s all she wrote. Hits the rev limiter and runs out of breath. 0-60, the Ural has a lot of sound and fury that signifies nothing. But it will catch and pass the Sporty, unless it’s uphill. __________________ Cheesy ______________________________________ 07 Hi Bird Enduro-Flown the Coop 07 Ural Gear Up 79 Honda CX500 77 VeloSolex 4600 V3 73 VeloSolex 3800 I'm making this up as I go.-Indiana Jones Telling me something 'is for my own good', is a fast way to a fat lip.-Me I don't even care about my own problems, why should I care about yours?-Quote on one of my favorite t-shirts
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08-26-2023, 09:19 AM	#43
Thumper Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: Kansas City Posts: 2,193	Now I want one! 400cc Polaris 2 stroke??? It must be a real monster. 35 hp? 40? Wow!! __________________ -2022 5 speed Templar X Orange, OEM 51T rear sprocket, 14T front sprocket -NOS 2020 KTM 250SX (2-stroke motocross), less than 10 hours on it
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08-31-2023, 06:43 PM	#45
cheesy Moderator Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Elburn, IL Posts: 5,759	Here's a crappy* unedited video of another apple dump. *The only kind I make. __________________ Cheesy ______________________________________ 07 Hi Bird Enduro-Flown the Coop 07 Ural Gear Up 79 Honda CX500 77 VeloSolex 4600 V3 73 VeloSolex 3800 I'm making this up as I go.-Indiana Jones Telling me something 'is for my own good', is a fast way to a fat lip.-Me I don't even care about my own problems, why should I care about yours?-Quote on one of my favorite t-shirts
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