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Side By Side / Re: mud flaps for the 450i
« on: November 07, 2016, 06:22:55 PM »
Old topic but I need to do this. Do you remember how thick the mat was? I caught a log between the front tire and side panel and want to hide the damage so I need it to make a 90* bend.

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Side By Side / Re: 450i lift kit
« on: November 02, 2016, 08:43:56 PM »
Quote from: airshot on November 02, 2016, 01:05:19 AM
   Hey it looks much better with the bigger tires on her.  I have often thought about going to 26" when I need to replace my tires and your pics confirm they look better.  Next question is...any performance difference with the bigger tires?  Any loss of getup and go?   I know sometimes a bigger tire lessens the hole shot or the low end grunt, please let us know.

I really did it because the trails we ride are boney and I needed more ground clearance. I'm in low range a lot and the bigger tire has no negative effect at all in low range. As far as holeshot and top end goes in high range, it doesn't seem much different. Acceleration seems the same but I haven't had enough straightaway room to check top speed. I hit 40 and it was still climbing. Slow going in high range didn't seem to have any additional slip from the wet clutch so I think I'm good to go.

I have no reason to go back to the 25"'s. I chose the 2.0's because they are one of the lighter weight radials and knew I needed to keep that fact in the equation. The ride is vastly improved over the roots and rocks. One thing I noticed right away was it steers MUCH easier. The stock Maxxis OEM tires that came off are crazy light weight. I'm surprised I didn't have sidewall tears.

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Side By Side / Re: 450i lift kit
« on: November 02, 2016, 12:18:43 PM »
Quote from: kickstart on November 02, 2016, 04:21:45 AM
Looks good K9bitten, more choices. Does your screen name have anything to do with Bigdog's?

Up until the last year or so I trained sport dogs, Schutzhund, IPO, French ring, etc. i like catching dogs on the sleeve :)

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Side By Side / Re: Off Road Body Armor Accessories for the Kymco UXV 450i
« on: November 02, 2016, 12:03:00 AM »
They look great!

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Side By Side / Re: 450i lift kit
« on: November 01, 2016, 06:26:32 PM »
Quote from: kickstart on November 01, 2016, 04:21:11 AM
I looked at the rear end and not quite sure about running without a sway bar.

I moved my front shock mount and it made a noticeable difference on my boulder strewn Maine trails. A lot of Ranger guys remove the rear sway bar and say it helps quite a bit with trail riding but can get twitchy at speed. I swapped out the stock 25" tires for some 26" Bighorn 2.0's and I now have all the clearance I need with nothing being overly stressed. Picture shows 26" left rear and right is stock 25".





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Side By Side / Re: throttle cable recall
« on: October 18, 2016, 04:32:41 PM »
What model does this recall apply to? Thanks!

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Side By Side / Re: 450i lift kit
« on: October 05, 2016, 01:59:50 PM »
Quote from: 2015uxv450 on September 28, 2016, 12:26:30 AM
So thWell I decided to move the front shock mount to the outside as the are 2 possible mounting locations. Then I preloaded the front springs. So now I have a full 12" clearance in the front.

Anyone else run into this issue, or lift their 450i

Have you noticed any negative affects since changing the front upper shock location? Handling, etc. I'm thinking of doing the same.

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