Posts by badbennyb

Quote from BONES

Pats 3-0 with different QB's and No Gronk (yeah he was on field for a little while, but just a decoy)
Vikes D looks Nasty

I was hoping the Pats would fall short early this season so Tom Brady would have 1 more reason to step up for my fantasy team. I'm guessing he'll still come out slingin though.

Viking Defense has as many TD's as the entire offense. Gonna be hard to keep winning that way.

Quote from BONES

And what in the HELL the Sox are hottest team in BB with 11 in a row!!

yeeahhhh....and the Twins have already lost 100 games this year, nuff said.

Most Importantly, Got my Wild tickets all sorted out and the opener is less than 3 weeks away! They had 6 players in the world cup tournament so no excuses for those guys, they best be ready to play.

Vikes 3-0

This just reminded me. Skol Vikings! 2-0 Sorry Packers fans, better luck next time

My MN WILD have started training camp-20 days until they drop the puck on the 2016-17 season!!!!!

Quote from Turbosling

Here is a inside peek on building the manifold. Each manifold is hand built and the flanges are first cut on a water jet then the flange CNC ported. Collector and tubes are all hand cut then assembled in a jig and welded.

I think this baby is mine Can't wait to see it grow up!

Ran into a couple other 3-wheelers in Alpha Wisconsin today. Also grabbed a quick pic at a different Alpha place a few of you may recognize.

Speaking of minor league baseball @DKF Texas Our St. Paul Saints have "Mudonna" and this years live mascot is "Little Red Porkette" We just can't get enough Prince tributes here in Minnesota. The Wild have also officially changed their goal song to "let's go crazy".

Skol Vikings! 1-0 Packers come to town week 2 for the first official game in the new billion dollar+ stadium.

Yikes, that's a scary situation for them. Our most recent dog (a deaf puppy) came from Minnesota Boxer Rescue and after getting to know the volunteers, attending the events/fundraisers etc... its inspiring to see the behind the scenes work that goes into keeping these types of groups up and running. *Small donation sent

Quote from mytoy

I run also a 6 with LED but when disconnecting the yellow cable where does it go? I guess where the green is because the black is ground is that correct?

Yep, swapping places between the green/yellow and the black stays put.

This may help. Just a matter of flipping a couple wires in the plug. This is the way I'm set up w/6 LED low beams on all the time
polaris-slingshot-canada-conversion-install.pdf

Quote from SS Hooligan

Austin, TX 360 Bridge!!!

I have/had the same sling/GSX-R...good taste! Had to look up the bridge but looks like it is on the other side of town than I visited a couple years back (First running of MOTOGP at COTA)

Quote from Jonathan Thompson

I got to drive the Alpha SS with the new shifter today and it is smooth as butter. Winding out that SUPERCHARGER and shifting was amazing. Yup... Got to drive the new Alpha supercharger.

Been there.....done that I love all the sounds it makes(the extra power is nice too)

Quote from Flybuddy

Terrific..a review from someone who has actually driven with both..now if we can only find someone who has driven a DDM supercharged sling as well as an Alpha supercharged one.

I'm halfway there. Any DDM supercharged machines near the twin cities? I'd be glad to rip around in one

The best part of football season starting? Hockey is right around the corner! World cup of hockey this year too. Went to some of the last tournament in 04 (St Paul hosted a few games). Go WILD!!!

*disclaimer-Alpha is local to me and I can be seen commenting on a few of their products. That said, this does not affect my opinion on either of the listed shifter upgrades. I've spent my hard earned money on both options.

The DDM shifter (3,000+miles) w/metal shift knob definitely improved the feeling over the stock setup that just has no feel to it. I loved the shorter throw and connected feel to the machine but.....It does have a notchy 1-2 feeling when shifting gears. This is not the end of the world and not worth going back to the no feeling stock shifter but it is what it is, kinda notchy and clunky feeling. *still recommend this as an upgrade over stock.

The alpha short throw shifter w/same metal shift knob(nearly 500 miles on it) also has that solid "connected" feeling as well a super short throws. They must have used a slightly different geometry or something because the shifts have definitely been smoothed out. Not buttery smooth (thankfully, as I mentioned before I like to "feel connected" to what's going on) but a much smoother shift than the DDM for sure. My wife drove the SS for the first time ever today and hasn't driven a stick in around 3 years. she didn't have any trouble with my current Alpha setup. *also an upgrade over stock and in my unbiased opinion an upgrade over the DDM.

Quote from Flybuddy

Wow, they've got a whole museum on unwanted email advertising!

LOL! A new and improved SPAM museum just opened a couple months ago. I've been driving by the museum once or twice a week the last 15 years to do some work at the Hormel factory. Figured we might as check it out while driving through.

This being done in the slingshot? Our honeymoon was a completely unplanned road trip, nothing but a map and a few weeks to burn. Minneapolis->Montana via N. Dakota->Yellowstone->Salt Lake City->Vegas->San Diego->Vegas again->Hoover dam/Grand canyon->Colorado/Nebraska? quick stop at the SPAM museum in Austin MN and back to the twin cities. Sadly the trip was done in a boring Ford Ranger but still a great trip. Congrats on the 25 yrs! Have fun

Like the others have said-nice shirts and turbocharged shipping!

Quote from Turbosling

You're local I say we go with a one off custom bad ass color!

Absolutely! I have zero ideas at the moment but will start brainstorming. I'm all ears if you come across something interesting. I'll need some piping, valve cover and maybe some springs at some point
slingshotinfo.com/wcf/index.php?attachment/19656/

Yeeahhh...I'm all over the place I'll give it some more thought and maybe start a thread/poll this week.

^^^^Is this new candy red a close enough match to the old color? Now that I'm thinking about it, maybe I need to go with a custom color.....hmmmmm?