barncat
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We just returned from Little Sahara last night, and I must say I had a blast.
We were down there for 4 days, and I'd say I rode at least 3/4 of my waking hours, of each day I was there.
With that said...
My buddy who owns the 396 Stroker, Could not catch a break!!!!:argh:
From the time we got there, til the time we left, he had nothing but issues, like:
- Pissing fuel from the carb
- broken intake boot(2x)
- busted peg/brake bolt
- jam nut cam off the tappit
- carb kept "starving of fuel"
So, this is the story:
We were raping it out by the big dunes, with my buddy and his Long Travel Buggy. Bryan(396 guy) was riding 100' wheelies, when he heard a noise and his Warrior died. He got towed back to camp, where he looked at it the next day.
What he found was the noise he heard happened to be the intake jam nut had come off the tappit. He wanted to ride so he said "fuckit, I'll rigg this bitch, and ride her till she dies". He set the valve lash the best he could, then JB Welded the tappit. The bike RAN with the tappit in his hand.
So, with the valve lash set, the JB weld on, the twice cracked intake boot rigged, the carb running out of fuel, and the tappit nut SOMEWHERE in the ENGINE, he rode that PIG for at least 6-8 more hours. AND it ran like a bat outta hell!:tup:
Bike still fires and starts(rather easy) And will run like a top. Very impressed with these old bikes.
He is tearing it down this week to find the nut and inspect for damage.
A few things learned this weekend:
- I'll be either modding my Warrior for more speed, or buying a "dune only" bike if I keep going down. I'm tired of getting my ass kicked in a drag race at the dunes
- Even on the old "Wardog" I was out jumping a Raptor 700r and 2 ltz 400's, most of the time.
- The suspension on the Warrior is MUCH more forgiving than that of the LTZ 400 I rode
- In 3rd gear, I raped Buttercup and the other big dunes.
- Warriors are still the **** in the trails, even if they are sand.
Only thing AT ALL that happened to my Warrior is, One exhaust stud broke off at the head.
All in all it was a great time. We represented the Warriors and did the old Dogs good. There were exactly TWO other Warriors there, and about 7,000,000,000 YFZ 450's. It was nice to be Different.
We were down there for 4 days, and I'd say I rode at least 3/4 of my waking hours, of each day I was there.
With that said...
My buddy who owns the 396 Stroker, Could not catch a break!!!!:argh:
From the time we got there, til the time we left, he had nothing but issues, like:
- Pissing fuel from the carb
- broken intake boot(2x)
- busted peg/brake bolt
- jam nut cam off the tappit
- carb kept "starving of fuel"
So, this is the story:
We were raping it out by the big dunes, with my buddy and his Long Travel Buggy. Bryan(396 guy) was riding 100' wheelies, when he heard a noise and his Warrior died. He got towed back to camp, where he looked at it the next day.
What he found was the noise he heard happened to be the intake jam nut had come off the tappit. He wanted to ride so he said "fuckit, I'll rigg this bitch, and ride her till she dies". He set the valve lash the best he could, then JB Welded the tappit. The bike RAN with the tappit in his hand.
So, with the valve lash set, the JB weld on, the twice cracked intake boot rigged, the carb running out of fuel, and the tappit nut SOMEWHERE in the ENGINE, he rode that PIG for at least 6-8 more hours. AND it ran like a bat outta hell!:tup:
Bike still fires and starts(rather easy) And will run like a top. Very impressed with these old bikes.
He is tearing it down this week to find the nut and inspect for damage.
A few things learned this weekend:
- I'll be either modding my Warrior for more speed, or buying a "dune only" bike if I keep going down. I'm tired of getting my ass kicked in a drag race at the dunes
- Even on the old "Wardog" I was out jumping a Raptor 700r and 2 ltz 400's, most of the time.
- The suspension on the Warrior is MUCH more forgiving than that of the LTZ 400 I rode
- In 3rd gear, I raped Buttercup and the other big dunes.
- Warriors are still the **** in the trails, even if they are sand.
Only thing AT ALL that happened to my Warrior is, One exhaust stud broke off at the head.
All in all it was a great time. We represented the Warriors and did the old Dogs good. There were exactly TWO other Warriors there, and about 7,000,000,000 YFZ 450's. It was nice to be Different.
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