OK, I'm new, so my apologies if this has been covered...

I was just curious what you guys had come up with as far as home-brew mods to your various rides. Could be anything, just stuff you've done yourself to suit your riding style/ usage better.

Myself, all I've done so far is a homemade 2" reciever hitch for mine (and sorry for the lack of pics, my camera is down ). Makes moving my trailers around the yard a bunch easier. My next project is looking like it's gonna' be a log skidder, as soon as I run across the steel I'm after...

Anyhow, like I said, just curious what y'all have done/ built...

-J

 

I made a "safety cable" for my front box, so it won't get busted off, I used 1/8" or 1/16", I can't remember which, and put a hook in the middle of my box just above my fuse panel cover, and I drilled a hole in the top plastic the supports, and made a loop with the cable, and used a small stainless d-shackle to attach it there

I'll try to get some pics soon

 

iv tryed this once before. but barly had any input. but ill add my pasy 9yrs of mods iv made.

my 2000 sportsman 335 4x4. (sold it in sep/08). added or made for it.
*front bumper
*front reciver hitch
*front tow bar for the reciver to tow atv with out haveing to load into a trailer or truck. used it many times. came in real handy. on short local trips.
*rear 1-1/4" reciver hitch
*draw bar for the reciver
*tow hook for he reciver
*front tow hook
*i cut a 3/4" sheet of plywood to mount my fimco boom sprayer to the rack.
*LED taillight w/brake and run function
*pull behind frame for a earthcavator and later made a grader blade attacment
*hand warmer hi/low indacator lights
*snow plow

my new 2008 500 sportsman iv added or modified:
*added rear LED taillight
*added rear LED work lights
*redid my snow plow for gravel/dirt pushing. also had to make it a bit longer to fit my new wheeler
*rear draw bar for the reciver hitch
*added my own fuse block for all my own add ons
*installed my own winch (winch got of ebay)
*installed my own winch mount (mount got off ebay)
*cut out the grill cover to fit over the winch mount
*redid my grader/box scraper frame
*added indacator lights to the work light, hand/thumb warmer hi/low
*rear 12v outlet plug
*6 warning lights. 2 front, 2 rear, 1 each side for snow plowing
*working on making my rear worklight backup lights
*working on mounting my fimco boom sprayer to a 3/4" plywood and ueeing lock and ride anchors to mount the sprayer to the rack

i may have forgoten things. but that the major parts iv done.

 

home made receiver hitch, gas pac bracket, overrie and rear tail switches, and homemade trailwasher pump and front spring spacers.

 

Chuck, That's one hell of a list of projects! You should post some pics.

 

well i dont have pics of everything. but ill see what i can find.

 

Hey, cool, some of you guys sound like you're pretty handy!! And I agree, pics of these various projects would be awesome.

Still working on pics of my reciever hitch... camera should be back to me today, I hope.

-J

 

my old wheeler mods:
heres my sprayer mounted.

heres pic of te front of my old wheeler with my home made bumper and winch mount

home made snow plow


heres a pic of the front of my old wheeler with the tow bars iv made. you may or may not beable to see the front reciver hitch. the a-shaped one is the first one i made. but then i wanted a reciver hitch on the front so i had to make the red one.

my home made reciver hitch for my old 00 335. i made afew and sold them on ebay;

 

and my new wheeler:
my fuse block

winch install


my led light flasher and lights:


ill have to continue later. photobucket acting up on me

 

I got some pics of my safety chain, and I also got some pics of a polaris sticker I put on the face of my back rack, a plate I made up to pull my little trailer, my Billet shifter ****,

Hitch


Here's my ****


The Polaris Sticker


One end of the cable


The other end


and here's my favorite the Strobe Light's