tips and tricks

rhino21 wrote:

is there a replacement parking brake cause the stock one sucks pretty bad.

TIRE CHOCKS

socks work for tp in a pinch

Don't piss in the wind !

Hold your toung out 45 degrees to the right when ever working!

always replace wet clutch with Yamaha oem only not that cheap crap that comes apart an can take out moter

rhino727 wrote:

always replace wet clutch with Yamaha oem only not that cheap crap that comes apart an can take out moter

X2 i learned the hard way on this. they came apart and cost me big time.

Homemade splash guards. 1/8" aluminum, sprayed with rustoleum bedliner, uses door bolts. Really happy with how they keep the mud from spraying up on me.

Had a roll of 4" house insulation sitting around. I took the paper backing off it, and draped it over the top of the engine, under the cover. It really brought the noise level of the engine way down in the cab. Just did this and have only went on one ride with it. Worked well, but will probably have to replace every couple of rides due to getting wet and muddy. We'll see, but its cheap. I know it won't catch fire, not worried about that. But what do you all think, will it keep too much heat on the engine, do you think it will hurt anything?

TrunkMonkey wrote:

Homemade splash guards. 1/8" aluminum, sprayed with rustoleum bedliner, uses door bolts. Really happy with how they keep the mud from spraying up on me.

Good Idea , I may try it with some type of plastic sheet.

Flimmy what type of tires are those in that picture. And that's good idea for splash guards.

I'm going to guess these.....26" GBC Dirt Tamers

Moto MTC's

T.Rhino I quoted trunckmonkey so the Rhino in the pic is his. Maybe he will say what tires he has.

flimmy wrote:

TrunkMonkey wrote:

Homemade splash guards. 1/8" aluminum, sprayed with rustoleum bedliner, uses door bolts. Really happy with how they keep the mud from spraying up on me.

Good Idea , I may try it with some type of plastic sheet.

I cut and used a piece of mud-flapp...you want it to be able to "give" whenever you get up against something !!

T.Rhino wrote:

Flimmy what type of tires are those in that picture. And that's good idea for splash guards.

T. Rhino; those are Moto MTC tires. I've been real happy with them. They ride really good to have such a deep lug, and do good in the mud.

700 parking brake 1/4 inch hard brass out line old pad on brass flatbar cut out and install. I did this about 300 miles ago and work great no noise either. Seem to be lasting better also

For all trail/ brush riders window nets is nice. Your wife will love ya LOL.

JOHN DILLARD wrote:

700 parking brake 1/4 inch hard brass out line old pad on brass flatbar cut out and install. I did this about 300 miles ago and work great no noise either. Seem to be lasting better also

On the 700 the parking brake is indeed the parking brake and not also the rear brakes as on the 660's. I would expect to see zero wear with anything, unless you forget to release the P brake when you get moving again? More importantly, does it hold well when you are parked on a steep slope?

It holds great and most would tell ya you are always adjusting the 700 park brake.james has a mod for it that help also.

I found the bottom of my bed rattling,so I opened it turned the rubber stops 180* Ok. when ever installing bolts in rotating assembly it is a good idea to use the proper locktite, stuff that will have be removed for maitenance, use Blue,for permanent use red stud and bearing mount, for high temperature use the green,this will save you grief. When bolting disimuler metals use anti-sieze. (blue on bolts,red on my primary nut,green on my stator bolts, a little heat with a flame will loosen any of these.)

I used air hose quick connects to make dune flag holders. Easy and quick to change flag poles.

That's a great idea! Your rhino looks awesome! Good color choice!

Real nice!

Nice looking ride.

nice!!