Posts by BKL

If looking for a new Slingshot, use the Polaris website and email contact dealers within whatever driving distance you want and tell them what model you're interested in and ask for an all-inclusive out-the-door price that includes tax, tags, prep , etc. The 2019 models will be announced at the end of the month, give or take a few days, so deals should start showing up.
If you want a used Slingshot, try SearchTempest to search Craigslist for a used Slingshot within whatever distance from your Zip Code you specify. If it's farther than you want to drive or go just for an initial look, ask if someone on the forum can do an initial look to give you an idea if you want to invest the time and travel to check it out in more detail. If you need to travel, you may even find fellow Slingshot owner who'll pick you up at the airport, train or bus station and take you to the seller.

Googling "polaris Slingshot parts retailers" yielded several sources for Slingshot parts ith some minor variations in pricing. The odd thing is, most of the sites displayed similar, if not identical, login invitations and most had the same Cart view as far as deleting an item from your cart.

Personally, I'd expect the LE5 engine to outlast the Slingshot's frame.

They had been my go to source for part searches. I wonder how I missed the other thread?

The last couple times I checked the site (Polaris OEM Parts, Babbitts Polaris Partshouse), I couldn't find a link for the Slingshot. They seemed to usually have the lowest prices.

Quote from MiM

Well... The good thing about opinions is we all have them...

Do what you want to do and no need to justify, defend, or try to convince others... Speak your mind and let it go...

So mileage... I think I'm somewhere between 10k and 15k... Need to remember and check the next time I'm in it...

I agree, but mine is the only correct one!

Quote from Chain

I didn't have anything when the kids were home. Now they are like, you guys got all kinds of cool stuff why didnt you have that when we lived there. After I gave the look he was like oh I see. Now he has 2 kids trying to live the high life and learning really quick middle class do not get cake and get to eat it too.

After I volunteered for the Draft a few decades ago, my Family finally had AC installed and also got a new 25" color TV. During my teenage years in the 1960s, our TV was broken for 3 years before we finally got a small Black & White TV for a few years before my maternal Grandmother bought my Mom a small portable color TV.I didn't really miss the TV much since I was an av id reader. I was an adult before I ever saw a Star Trek TV episode in color.

I understand how life can get in the way of enjoying toys. I didn't buy my first motorcycle until just before I retired (and the kids were grown, etc.) but then I put 120K miles on 3 bikes in 9 years.

I waited until my original warranty expired and I had less than 12 payments left on my Slingshot before starting the install of my Hahn turbo.

I'm primarily referring to people who have a motorcycle, for example, for many years, yet only seem to put 1-2000 miles per year on it, if that much. It just seems like an overly expensive toy for so few miles and renting for an occasional ride might make more sense.

I've never understood how someone could buy a fun vehicle (2, 3 or 4 wheels) and NOT drive/ride it every opportunity. I was always amazed someone would be selling a 4 year-old bike that only had a couple thousand miles on it. I usually only have one toy at a time, so I use it. I had 2 bikes for a few years and still put roughly 15-18,000 miles a year on them combined.

Converts your center driveline to power your belt/wheel. The design of the gears seems to produce varying amounts of whine, depending on which day of the week, phase of the moon or some other procedure secret used by Polaris. Seems to vary by vehicle and owner sensitivity. Personally, I feel tire noise can be as important a factor/source as far as noise is concerned.

2015 Polaris SLINGSHOT ALL OPTIONS (T15AAS/AAP) Drive Train, Right Angle Gearcase Asm. All Options | Part Shark

Are you thinking about upgrading the cards and stickers?

Like the Panda. Just may have to order a shirt even w/o a pocket!

Quote from SlingLow

52 isn't enough?

You rock! I'm in bed by 9 (or 8:30 or 10:00). What time do you get up in the morning? Where do you ride at night? Don't feel like you need to answer - I'm just curious.

I ride as low as the mid-40s, but prefer temps above 50F.
Mainly ride at night. I have a basic route that is about 80 miles and variations on it that go as high 150. I typically leave the house after sundown (around 8.30 pm tonight) and try to get in a ride every other night, weather permitting. About half of my normal route is Interstate to get to where I can ride some curvy roads thru the Sam Houston national Forest and further out to some rural roads.
We typically get up anywhere between 11 am and 1 pm, occasionally not until 2 pm if we stayed up reading until close to 6 am.
The big drawback to our schedule is I try to avoid working on my Slingshot after dark as a consideration for my neighbors, but that severely limits how much time I have to tinker on my Slingshot.

When I rode on 2 wheels, I typically put between 15-20K miles on my two motorcycles each year along with around 15K miles on my Ford Edge (which has close to Correction - 86K 75K miles on it and should be paid off in a few more months)! In comparison, my Wife has a 2008 Nissan Altima that has around 70K miles as I usually drive my vehicle when we go anywhere together.

Just over 3 years on my 2015 Base model (including 7 months I had it torn apart and wasn't driving it) and now have 43000 miles on it. All local with and average ride of 80 - 150 miles and no long road trips.

Another Aston Martin production - we-werent-paying-enough-attention-to-aston-martin-so-th-1827626160

Quote from Smackshot

Sorry, this my first time buying a brand new shining shocks . They usually all black out n you couldn't tell.
Should I put some premier over it anyway?

Folks can be pretty harsh on newbies. If you've never dealt with powder-coated items before, it's an easy mistake to make.
As far as touching it up, it's not really necessary, but if it makes you feel better, I wouldn't think it should hurt anything.
Try Googling "can powdercoat be touched up with regular paint?" for tips on touching up powder-coated items.

Humorous true story -
My Wife was just watching a BBC America nature/science show about island people living within their resource base and I commented, just look at Easter Island to see what happens when they don't. She responded by reminding me when she and our son were watching Carl Sagan's COSMOS years ago on PBS. All of a sudden, my son turned to her with a shocked look on his face and asked her if Carl Sagan knew more than Daddy? Poof! My credibility went down the drain!
A few years later, I got a Far Side calendar for Xmas and one day I told my son, who was really into dinosaurs at the time, that I knew what killed the dinosaurs and showed him the Far Side cartoon of juvenile dinosaurs smoking cigarettes at the base of a cliff. He just looked at me with a "I thought you were smart" look. At least he never started smoking!

At least one person has posted (can't remember who or which forum) about using a 295/45R18 tire on the stock rear Base wheel and says he hasn't experienced any problems with the safety systems although at an indicated 65 mph he's doing closer to 73. IIRC, he did have his Base model ECU reflashed to the SL tire/wheel specs. HIs 295/45 tire is about 12.5% larger than his stock tire. (TBH, I still don't understand why his nanny systems haven't triggered any warnings.)
In your case, the 45 aspect tire is about 7.4% larger than the stock 35 tire. Normally, I'd feel that is pushing compatibility with the nanny systems, but based on his experiences, you may be OK as long as you remember you're going 7.5% faster than indicated.
The 40 aspect tire is much closer to the stock size and only about 3.8% larger, so it should be less likely to cause problems and hopefully won't get you pulled over if you're doing an indicated 65 and should therefore be a safer choice as far as nanny system compatibility is concerned.
Unfortunately, things like this are not cheap to try since you can't return a tire because you don't like it for some reason. Good Luck.

Quote from ahm700

I played with them on motorcycles. They can mess with ecm and throw a light. I wouldn’t advise it with a turbo because of back pressure.

I've never used one, just read about 'em, but that was one of my concerns. I'd thought about contacting SuperTrapp and asking what they'd recommend that would be similar to the MagnaFlow muffler used by Hahn in hopes I'd achieve similar back pressures.