I have a +9 ordered. As soon as I get it I’ll let you know. I did the +9 for my height. I’m 6’6”.
Posts by Bgmactn
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OK, I guess maybe I worded my original post poorly, I would be more concerned about adding stress directly to the swing arm?
As far as a frame mounted hitch goes, is not the frame where most people attach a hitch to their vehicles?
Bill
As far a stress goes, indirect or direct it’s still stress. Hitches are mounted on the frame mostly true, but the frame on most vehicles is low and several feet behind the axle.
The fact of the matter is the choice is yours on which one your comfortable with and what style you like. Myself, I have not heard any evidence or issues with the swing arm hitch.There are people who put personal opinion out there as fact.
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Yea, but stress is being placed on a drivetrain component where it really was not designed, at least, that is the way it appears to me.
if that is the case you really should not have either hitch as they both add stress. Any additional weight is always translated to the suspension. My point is the Wycked type hitch adds stress to more components then just the drivetrain.
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There have been an occasion or two we have thought a hitch and small trailer would be useful, but as referenced here, I do not want to do any cutting on our SlingShot and I am not fond of the idea of having a hitch attached to the swing arm.
Bill
The one on the swing arm looks to be the less evasive hitch out there. With these small trailers you would have less then 50lbs tongue weight. The pull weights would be even less. The swing are cam ore then handle that with seeing the 4 and 6 seat extended mods. Since it is on the swing arm there is no worry about shocks and springs.
The Wycked hitch design actually increases twisting stress at the frame due to the long hitch protrusion passed the wheel. Not a fan of that design.
Usually simple is better. The swing arm hitch is pretty simple.
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I had a 1966 GTO hard top as my first car at age 16. Kick myself in the butt selling it.
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consider running the stock exhaust out the back?
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Having the 2020, I have my waiting list for the paddle shifter. And I get the free update to carplay as well when I can.
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Ordered the paddle shift upgrade for our Autodrive 2020 and hopefully it arrives next week for install, looking forward to that.
How did you get to order it? The site only give me the option to let me know when it comes available.
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Do you want something like this? Self adhesive wear strips.
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All done in about 1.5 hrs.
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looking at your pic. What windshield do you have?
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getting min done tomorrow.
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There is the rub. You have access to the data, but now only one place to get the device.
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Just make sure you get the right battery tender for the battery you have installed.
AGM, EFB, Lead Acid, Lithium-Ion
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2016 with 80,000+ and never have had a noticeable 'loss' in oil level. Stock OEM motor and light aggressive driving.
2020's have a different engine. 2.0 Polaris.
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too much oil can be an issue also.....and I would think If oil is splashing out adding more would increase the splashing....all Vehicles owners manuals warn of not over filling.
That is very true. I had a tractor once that was over service and I actually lost oil pressure due to splashing and putting air in the oil from the splashing, but I am sure the engine engineers who came up with the fix tested and considered the volume the engine can actually hold. Engineers always give themselves buffers.
BTW: My tractor was 3 quarts + over serviced. The guy servicing it read the manual and it had the wrong capacity listed. Next time he'll check the dipstick.
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are they putting on a deeper oil pan?
coincidence that the ecotek motor and the new Polaris motor would have oil consumption problems....No new oil pan. Just a new dipstick and PCV fitting. We have had issues like this in aircraft engines where small amounts of oil would exit through the crankcase breather tube at high RPM. Oil tends to be thrown every where and it would be sucked down the breather. We just added a deflector to solve the problem. These engines seen to run about twice the RPM as an automobile so I would assume it is the same kind of problem. With automotive engines so reliable and less leaks we as a society have become complacent (me being one) in checking oil regularly Which would lead to engine failures. In aircraft we know there’s oil consumption and we check every flight.
Assuming again the added quart from 5 to 6 is a level of security. So if you do have some oil loss your not in the danger zone so quickly. Again going back to aircraft, mine for example would hold 8-9 quarts of oil, but our danger zone was 3-4 quarts. Our happy zone was to keep oil between 6-7 quarts.
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The port in the dash works for playing music. On the 2015 model, you couldn't use both at the same time anyhow. However, as I mentioned before, after playing and shutting down, when you start up again, the files on the USB are not at where you left them. They are back at the beginning again, so you can't continue where you left off without scrolling through the files to find the spot where you were before.
I'm not a music kind of guy. I don't think I have listened to more than 2 hrs of music in the last 10 years.
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The kits are available. I ordered mine Monday and it is already at the dealer waiting for me to bring in my slingshot.
I have the Ride Command on my phone. Once you put everything in it will show you in the app. -
I am getting ready to have one of these made. Luckily somebody from this forum was kind enough to give me the pattern. Thank you so much and you two know who you are. They actually did all the work. I am going to get one made out of TuffPak which is similar to what Nascar windows are made of. Guys if you have a General Rubber and Plastics near you, they can make this stuff if you design the pattern so so so cheap. They once made me a windshield for a Vetter motorcycle fairing out of TuffPak for $22 when the windshield was $130 to buy. As soon as the weather changes and my work slows, I am going to get this done and I will post pictures and invoices.
All I see online for TuffPak are hardened cases. Are you sure that is the material name?
