Posts by kev

The first customer ridden Slingshots equipped with Slingshades are surfacing and one of the first, Dana Ward of Missouri Stole the show at Eureka Springs, Ozarks Invasion two weeks ago. Dana showed up with one of the most customized Slingshots sporting amongst everything else, the newest Slingshade! Needless to say it was a main attraction as everyone made sure to check out the new slingshade. Dana arrived with the typical Slingshot windshield but one look at our new Nascar Styled Windshield and he had us removing the one from our demo and trying it into the Slingshade for fit, He was ecstatic, "no other windshield fits the Slingshade like this" his words, not mine , but we couldn't agree more . After a bit of negotiating with other customers who had already purchased our last new windshield Dana left for Missouri with one installed.

While as you can see in the accompanying photos of Dana,s SS the fit is near perfect, but after conferring with Dana and another one of his Missouri buddies, whom has also ordered our new Nascar Styled Windshield, the decision was made to adjust our templates slightly to better accommodate the A post and roof lines of the Slingshade. Another main attraction which impressed the new Slingshade owners was that our tallboys are made to order, and the customer can determine just how high he wants his windshield.
The new fibreglass base, being the backbone of our windshield design , provides for the side to side sweep that so well accommodates the Slingshade and the minimum 10 degrees more slope than any other windshield available, aligns the glazing surface up perfectly with the sloping lines of the Slingshade,s A posts.

Thank you sir I cant say enough about how excited I am about this new combination , have more plans for it in the fall too !

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Good job @kev looks fantastic!

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Thanks @Cameron Roberts Ill try not to bore yous all with reposting but I.m just about to start a new thread on this combo in my vendors section too !

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Did I tell you guys when I was having lunch with Scott Wine a couple months back we were discussing his decision to relaunch the Slingshade and I suggested the windshield posts and leading edge should arch a little more right to left and slope back another ten degrees to match my more aerodynamically correct Nascar Styled Windshields. He said he,d look into it . I think he nailed it, what do you think ? Cant wait to try it with one of my new windshields!

Oh and if you believed that shit about me having lunch with the C.E.O. of Polaris maybe @kenny_h can find me some Irma impregnated swampland !

First customer ridden Slingshade appears at EUEKA SPRINGS and we were only to proud to sell him our new Nascar Styled Windshield, Dana,s exact words were it looks like it was made for that top ! Since then he has returned to Missouri and his buddies aith SLINGSHADES ARE BLOWN AWAY and already ordering this windshield too ! We,re in the process of tweaking the templates a little bit to match the Slingshade exactly !

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Yep..if I recall correctly @kev posted when he loaded the images. That combination!

Heh @Tripod ( this one could get me in a lot of trouble)
What do Cajun,s like to do on Halloween ?

sorry @Zorasmiles I can see where a newcomer might of thought that a little rude of me , its just a nickname for the big guy there you know, he signs off with it worldwide !! lol

sorry @Bill Martin and @MiM posted that reply before viewing 12 page didn't want yous to feel left out, Hopefully you,ll still all be as excited when you do see my laminatable version lol no boos, or that looks like shit, from coonassland! please

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@kev .... my birthday is coming up and Christmas - sure would love to see a beautiful set of these on your website SO I CAN BUY THEM

lol @ ross @MACAWS yes those are super cool looking , only problem is they cant be laid up in affordable fibreglass molds, you see there is no open backside for laminating from. those are a one time plug made of forming board and bondo, you can see in the video 8-12 seconds where the back is fillered up . The only way to reproduce those in numbers is rotomold plastis or injection dies , both which would run ten to twenty g each side for dies. someone like polaris could justify those dies as they would pull parts from them on every ss for the next five years but small run production just doesn't justify the tooling costs. However a flatter panel , rounded edges, with functioning round or rectangular holes for ducting is on my drawing board but it changes the look as it has to be somewhat open on the backside for laminating . have now four proposed new molds for this falls work trying to make ross,s Christmas list !

Call him any friggin thing you want , HE WILL NOT COME TO YAH !!!!

Okay that's enough, sorry lmao

Phill ! What do you call a dog with no legs?

Russell !!!
What do you call a guy lying on your lawn with no arms and no legs ?

Matt !!
what do you call a guy in a pile of leaves?

wow cant turn down an opportunity to hijack one of fits threads lmao

What do you call a guy on your front step with no arms and no legs ?

All that being said , I am a big fan of AGM batteries for their specific benefits it,s just that most don't apply to Slingshots. The biggest benefit is that in cold weather a flooded battery discharges when not in use about 13 % a month ,where as an AGM only discharges 1 to 3 % a month in the same temperatures, The simple remedy is don't leave your slingshot sitting in cold weather for three or four months straight without recharging, if your running a cheaper flooded battery , and recharging can consists of just running long enough to have the alternator top up the battery every month or two.
And of course the biggest benefit is the AGM is maintenance free as it is a self regulated battery and basically does not vent when overcharging , therefore you never have to add water , a big benefit considering where your sling battery is located, really ? come on, honestly unless an overcharging electrical failure occurs adding water to a battery is more of a myth than a regular maintenance thing and that overcharging condition is going to have to be addressed anyway , an AGM will not prevent that .
So did I always run the added expense of AGM in my aircraft as they were stored in non heated hangers or outside and hardly ever ran through harsh Northern winters, you bet ! but would I in a southern aircraft ran regularily ? nope, there simply isn't enough benefits for me to warrant the extra cost.

and of course the AGM (Absorbed glass matting) battery recommended is a newer construction type than the old school deep cycle batteries (flooded) I referred to above, but the lifespan and recharging theory still applies . The main difference is AGM batteries gas very minimally and are commonly referred to as non gassing , whereas flooded lead acid batteries gas quite a bit when overcharging , not much during a normal charge cycle but always more than an AGM battery . it puzzles me that Polaris and people think you are safer in a non gassing AGM battery used in the slingshot as I dont know too many people riding around in a sealed cabin environment where minimal battery gassing could present a problem. The entire automotive industry uses hundreds of thousands of normal flooded starting batteries everyday that are situated close to the occupants and separated only by minimal baffling or firewall that is in no way shape or form considered air tight and the occupants then are seated in a closed cabin right above or behind that and certainly more exposed to gassing than a person in a open SLINGSHOT So I dont know that the added expense of AGM is worth it at replacement time . just my honest opinion , for what its worth lol

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I've read in some ither threads that Optima was bought out by a Mexican company and is now pretty poor quality. Someone posted another good brand of battery, which I cant find right now, but my question is, can you use just any automotive battery in there (provided it fits the space)?

Sure you can , an electrical 12 volt system does not care which brand of battery powers it during the starting cycle after that its basically just a storage cell powered by the alternator. it wouldn,t make sense to install one with less cranking amps than the O.E.M. one as Polaris engineers have already done the research and determined the minimum amount of cranking amps recommended for your sling, However you can never go wrong putting a larger cranking amps battery in as long as it,ll fit. As far as marine grade deep cycle , the only difference is deep cycle batteries consists of heavier lead plates which are not as susceptible to permanent damage everytime you do run a battery down then have to boost or recharge it( DUE TO POSITIVE GRID CORROSION) . a typical automotive starting battery (USED IN ALL MASS MANUFACTURED AUTOS) with the lighter plates does incur a shorter lifespan every time its pulled down to where it requires a boost, whereas a deep cycle sees minimal damage when pulling it right down to dead stage and will almost always charge right back up with as many usable cranking amps in the future.

So if your prone to providing light shows all night, music , etc, a deep cycle is the way to go as you don't risk permanently weakening it when you do run it dead, just beware of some of those cheaper batteries claiming to be deep cycle or marine grade, if it doesn't weigh noticeably more than a similar size automotive (starting) battery it truly doesn't have the heavier plates, but a slightly heavier advertising label as it contains more bullshit!

the deep cycle will have less cold cranking amps than a similar sized automotive (starting) battery , the rule of thumb if you want to use deepcycle and run in cold weather is to upsize your deep cycle battery by 20 % for similar cold cranking amps in cold weather. But given most Sling owners do not operate much below freezing I dont see the need to run deepcycle like we Canadians do in a lot of our seldomely used equipment here unless of course you are prone to running lite shows and music, hour after hour after hour .Then a deep cycle would be worth the extra cost.

@MACAWS yes it was unfortunate e.s fell on your same weekend I would have loved to come down and meet you all some day

@MACAWS yah sunglasses are definitely cheaper , Im constantly loosing mine or sitting on them so I just but them at the dollar store lol But polycarbonate can get scratched up eventually so Im gonna make replacement lenses available at half price of whole windshield , hope this helps

thanks @Goats_Hogs now my only problem will be placement , down low right above my windshield base would work but it may be in too low pressure area and short guys may find it in their line of sight , so maybe up high in top of windshield , I guess im going to have to order one from amazon and turn another demo windshield into swiss cheese experimenting with it, or maybe some form of smaller baker air wing I could fabricate , still thinking

Yah @MACAWS theres a lot to be be said for taller windshields but theres still something sporty about the wind in your hair shorter versions as well. At first I certainly preferred to look over the poly verses through it but you quickly become used to it @EjFord was kind enough to let me try out his new shocks this past weekend and of course I couldnt help but notice how much he likes his f+5 and for a guy who puts on as many miles as he does I think he really appreciates a quiet calm environment. But I couldnt help but notice he does use the baker air wings as well for added airflow when he desires it. All summer here I was glad to run around with my sportster version of my new windshields ,it certainly is cooler where we have to wear the damn helmets with the open air flow, but on the long runs now that cooler weather is here, im glad to just be able to switch the lens over and go back to the more comfortable taller one. What Im looking into now is the motorcycle style windshield vents some HARLEY guys and a lot of Goldwing guys use like this, anybody have experience with these? @Goats_Hogs ? anybody ?