Recent content by lug-nuts

inside pic showing the spring

The spring from a cheap wood clamp works good too, and theyre only a couple bucks for clamp.

I know I am always modifying or deleting something on mine. I guess thats what turns it into a "hobby" always tweaking it, making it better. Youre almost there, keep up the good work! Happy New Year!

Welcome, i made a few posts on Minibuggy myself. This is a good forum to be part of.

looking back on my project I wish I would have used a paint gun. I went the rattle can route, and they dont go very far. I ended up spending about 3 times as much to spray paint than if I would have used a gun. Plus I went thru a ton of cans way more than I thought I would. You get a better end...

No worries.

I was going to go with blue led lights, I don't know about any of you, but I can't look directly at them. They hurt my eyes.

Its for more visibility at night when I'm riding. All of the riding I do is in the mountains or sand dunes. So you have trees and hills big rock's and dunes. It gives me an additional 6 feet of height on my 5 foot tall buggy, with light. In case I come up on another "enthusiast" who likes to go...

Lol, I'm telling you what ! They came from Amazon, just 12 volt waterproof led with sticky back(13.00). The led had a quick power connector on the one end. I had the male side in my electrical parts tool box. Also, I covered them with a marine grade shrink tube/clear(12.00)

Here's a few pics of the whip installed both in the daylight and night. You can see how much light comes off at night. Lights up a lot!

I bought the new boots on Amazon, and they came with absolute worst hose clamps. I upgraded to actual stainless CV boot clamps. The old rubber was cracking from being exposed to the sun. All better now !

New silicone, color matching CV boots, all done ready to go rip it up!

Old cracking CV boots

Made my LED whip yesterday. I've had the fiberglass whip for a few years just collecting dust in the garage. I got the leds and clear shrink tube for about 20 bucks. They aren't as bright in this pic as they are in the buggy, my power source is only 9volts. Holy cow is it bright plugged into...

Sweet build, I have a 99 gsxr 750 in my buggy. Like you said just because it'll do 100 doesnt mean you need to. I geared mine really low with a HUGE 70 tooth rear sprocket, my top speed it 75mph. Being 15 inches off the ground 75 feels like 135