Final SandTrax Continued.. (Page 2) Night rides are always a thrill. We wanted a lighting system able to turn ‘night into day’. We contacted Rick from Ricky Stator, who suggested adding a set of HID (High Intensity Discharge) lights. The HID’s feature converted 6″ PIAA lights with Phillips HID 35-watt bulbs all mounted in a steel rack. […] More »
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Final SandTrax Continued.. (Page 3) We used a stock swingarm (’86 length, powdercoated silver) with a tapered bearing carrier and a LoneStar +4 axle with stock hubs. DeRisi Racing sent a red anodized aluminum brake hub/lock nut. This holds the Braking USA solid brake disc (with CM44 brake pads) secure along with eliminating the need for the […] More »
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Lakota Sport Modifications, Part 2 Front Tires As promised in Part 1 we are going to improve the steering of the Lakota Sport. The Sport suffers from two steering problems. First problem is not easily fixed. Even though the swingarm was lengthened 1in. from the Mojave chassis it is still too short. There […] More »
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Lakota Sport Modifications, Part 3 K&N Power Kit While our initial impression of the Lakota Sport was that it ran OK with no glaring carburetion problems, (except for sub 20°F winter weather, where it simply wouldn’t start at all) we decided to install a K&N Power Kit because we would need it the […] More »
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Lakota Sport Modifications,Part 4 SuperTrapp IDS2 (Quiet) Exhaust System When it came to an exhaust system we choose a SuperTrapp IDS2 Quiet system. Why that one? The primary use for the Lakota is trail riding so there is no need for an open racing system? Again why? It needed to be spark arrested […] More »
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Lakota Sport Modifications,Part 5 Rear Tires & Weight Reduction After the rear brake upgrade it became apparent the Goodyear Wrangler Sport rear tires were not up to the task. In choosing a rear tire replacement, we wanted a tire that would not overcome the engines capability, yet increase traction. We also did not […] More »
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Lake Mburo Wildride ATV Safari 24th – 27th July ‘07 September 6th, 2006 It’s our first commercial run in Lake Mburo National Park, one of Uganda’s prettiest game parks. Lake Mburo has the extra attraction, from a quad-bike point of view, of having no elephant or lion (the last ones were poisoned by local […] More »
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