sxviper32
New member
man, someone needs to say something around this joint. business seems a bit slooooooowwwwwwwwww... i know we've talked about what we're doing this summer, anyone got any pics of their projects comming along and what new stuff they are doing? i got a honda atc 110 from my girlfriends dad for free that i'm restoring, just a cheap way to waste time when not working. i'll try to get before and after pics up soon. i wish her dad would have given me the 80-somethin 250 quad he got for free. if he only knew the potential of that thing, dang!!!! thats all i got for now, peace!!!
SRXSRULE
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I'm making some changes to the sled for Next weekends trip out west. Should be some great t-shirt riding. Do a little water skipping, climb some shoots, play in the trees and just have a good time riding memorial day weekend. Also been getting the race car ready for some friday night high bank dirt track action! Never a dull moment. ===SRXSRULE===
sxviper32
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water skipping, now that sounds fun. what would be a good sled to do that on? i mean, not just sprints, but one to really race some people with? would the viper or the sxr's be ok? i think that would be a sweet project to do. dang, gotta go find another job to afford these projects!!!
I miss snow....
Working on restoring my 02 viper! It looked all polished when I bought it with 1100 miles but a few mis haps on my own AND I uncovered some things not mentioned by the previous owner so I'm repainting the hood, etc... everything painted will be new.
Next is the engine I'm getting that polished up and still debating on installing my SLP pipes, I wannnnnt them bad but don't know have the time to mess with them in the winter, SE MN means low snow and all we get is 10-12 trips a year plus whatever we drive up north for. Also going to try installing a ATACC and give that a try.
It has a new track but had used studs which are now shot so I'm replacing all those(192), replacing the skis and wear rods, replacing the snow flap and corresponding metal because all the rivets were loose, adding the rear heat exchanger, and fixing a minor coolant leak.
Next is the suspension, I want to get all the shocks revalved to my weight through pioneer and get the rear calibrated so it only drops the 1" or less when I sit on it. The trailing arm is a crinkled mess and getting replaced, the alignment is off at the bars and skies, etc. So its all going to get re-worked back to new spec.
A 02 shouldn't need all this! I am hard on things and so was the previous guy so all in all the yammie is the only thing that will keep asking for more!
I'm also a very newbie mechanic on sleds, I always just rode and never worked on stuff, but now that I own it I want it perfect so I probably wouldn't have to do most of this stuff, just want it set up perfect. This site is invaluable for helping me through this stuff. I'm a engineer by trade but clutches and carbs don't reside in my peanut brain, I'm used to other stuff so learning this is proving to be harder then I thought, next will be just trying to actually do it myself and not screw it up!
Working on restoring my 02 viper! It looked all polished when I bought it with 1100 miles but a few mis haps on my own AND I uncovered some things not mentioned by the previous owner so I'm repainting the hood, etc... everything painted will be new.
Next is the engine I'm getting that polished up and still debating on installing my SLP pipes, I wannnnnt them bad but don't know have the time to mess with them in the winter, SE MN means low snow and all we get is 10-12 trips a year plus whatever we drive up north for. Also going to try installing a ATACC and give that a try.
It has a new track but had used studs which are now shot so I'm replacing all those(192), replacing the skis and wear rods, replacing the snow flap and corresponding metal because all the rivets were loose, adding the rear heat exchanger, and fixing a minor coolant leak.
Next is the suspension, I want to get all the shocks revalved to my weight through pioneer and get the rear calibrated so it only drops the 1" or less when I sit on it. The trailing arm is a crinkled mess and getting replaced, the alignment is off at the bars and skies, etc. So its all going to get re-worked back to new spec.
A 02 shouldn't need all this! I am hard on things and so was the previous guy so all in all the yammie is the only thing that will keep asking for more!
I'm also a very newbie mechanic on sleds, I always just rode and never worked on stuff, but now that I own it I want it perfect so I probably wouldn't have to do most of this stuff, just want it set up perfect. This site is invaluable for helping me through this stuff. I'm a engineer by trade but clutches and carbs don't reside in my peanut brain, I'm used to other stuff so learning this is proving to be harder then I thought, next will be just trying to actually do it myself and not screw it up!
I know its been quite slow.....anyone going 4 wheelin....or riding cylces ??
Nothing really happening here. Work, work, work...
I´ll be going trough my Vmax in summer. I´ll take off the skid, engine, front shocks, ski`s. Replace some bearings, go trough the steering, service the Öhlins, replace the track to a new RipSaw, give a new shine to some parts etc.
Ike
I´ll be going trough my Vmax in summer. I´ll take off the skid, engine, front shocks, ski`s. Replace some bearings, go trough the steering, service the Öhlins, replace the track to a new RipSaw, give a new shine to some parts etc.
Ike
Cuzino19
New member
This summer im going to put an MBRP race can on my viper. Then im gonna put 108 woodys goldiggers on my 136" ripsaw.Also a sweet black to blue fade chrome windshield.Then next summer im going to put SRX pipes on my viper for more power.