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UTV's Off Road ( RZR, YXZ, Mini Buggy, Carts,etc.) => UTV Toy Showcase => Topic started by: Baloo on February 22, 2009, 11:32:26 AM
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You're going to have some fun now!
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So i take it you like the new toy.
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Looks like the pup has taken a liking to it as well!
Looking at that last picture reminds me...... If you jump over a pond damm and you forget that it has rained and the level has risen four feet or so, and the hot motor goes under water, then expect the rod bearing to go out soon afterwards due to the rapid cooling. :-[
Speaking of rain..... Do you guys know what dust is over there? Looks like fresh mud every time!
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yes guys l like my new toy ;D and l am going to have a whole load of fun with it
dust ? whats that then, havent seen any of that for a couple of years now, the field never dried out enough last year to drive my van down the bottom, usually june/july the grass is like concrete and you can rip around where ever you like, but not the last couple of years its stayed very wet all year,
l have plans to get the excavator in and open up the pond area creating tracks and pathways up high so as the water will run off and leave dry tracks for more of the year
yes the dogs have taken to the pilot, they are quite used to things with engines that make a lot of noise, l have 2 dogs and they are more trouble than a dozen kids :)
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Looks like the pup has taken a liking to it as well!
Looking at that last picture reminds me...... If you jump over a pond damm and you forget that it has rained and the level has risen four feet or so, and the hot motor goes under water, then expect the rod bearing to go out soon afterwards due to the rapid cooling. :-[
Speaking of rain..... Do you guys know what dust is over there? Looks like fresh mud every time!
It's so wet there they don't even have popcorn farts! ;D ;D
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Only 2 dogs? Hell I lost count at 12! + the 3 little ones inside.
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hell 12 dogs, l cant imagine that, 2 is more than enough for me to cope with, they are into everything, l found the remote for the tv on the shed roof yesterday ::)
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How fast that dog run with that wheel ?That's FUNNY!!
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ha, he dont run far wearing that wheel its off a landrover, any thing to do with a landrover is fookin heavy, he used to slip his little plastic collar so we gave him that instead, it sure slowed him down a bit.
hes a we bit bigger and faster now though
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anyway l am taking the pilot back out on sunday to my mate who has a track in his back yard, he will be using this rockcrawler he biult
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http://forum.difflock.com/viewtopic.php?t=14499 (http://forum.difflock.com/viewtopic.php?t=14499)
gona eat him for breakfast down the straights and around the long sweeping curves but come the offroad bits l am going to be in trouble :o
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Get that boy here as a member!!
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Get that boy here as a member!!
I think he was :o
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Great pix Baloo...
I really dig your toys...
Maybe you can get the rock crawler guy over here that looks like something I might be able to drive if I could get in and out of it ;D
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mark dosent really do forums, hes always in the workshop biulding something, he spent some time over your side of the pond designing something to do with greyhound buses/coaches, when he came back he set about biulding an amphibious 6 wheel RV, l will see if l can find some pics of it, in the mean time he's some of his honda goldwing
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even l like this and l dont like motorbikes normally
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That is wild. Did he keep the shaft drive?
Love seeing all the pics Baloo!
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yes he kept the shaft drive,
we all like pics dont we, on the subect of which dose anyone know much about helmet cams ? l want to buy one for when l am out in the pilot but dont know jack about them, which one what sort etc etc
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yes he kept the shaft drive,
we all like pics dont we, on the subect of which dose anyone know much about helmet cams ? l want to buy one for when l am out in the pilot but dont know jack about them, which one what sort etc etc
Seen a real neat set up on Dunebuggy.com last week. Outfit called Oregon scientific ATC5K camera. I can't get the link to copy but you mite can go on line. Small and mounts to a 1.5 inch bar. It was about 250 American.
http://www.mountaingear.com/pages/product/Search_Results_Endeca_New.asp?/N/4294967049/Nu/p_rollup/Ntk/s_search/Ntt/camera/cmpn/979100/CMP/KNC-979100 (http://www.mountaingear.com/pages/product/Search_Results_Endeca_New.asp?/N/4294967049/Nu/p_rollup/Ntk/s_search/Ntt/camera/cmpn/979100/CMP/KNC-979100)
There it is. 219 American
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Stay away from that cam, I have one and its a POS...
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Trojan had a pretty good vid posted, I think he said he taped his cell phone/camera to the roll cage. :o
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well thats a co incidence, l have been trawling the net looking for a camera over here and came up with this one http://www.bikecameras.com/Actioncam.php
so this is no good then ?
so what do l buy ?
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well thats a co incidence, l have been trawling the net looking for a camera over here and came up with this one http://www.bikecameras.com/Actioncam.php
so this is no good then ?
so what do l buy ?
Yea Bug now what the funk we should do. Done rained on our day. ??? ??? :'( :'( :'( Give us guidance.
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I guarantee you this much you want a recorder that is all on SD cardNO G force picture screw ups and NO moving parts make them sand friendly.I'll post a link to mine tonite.
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Found it! This stuff is absolutely bullet proof and will NOT disappoint you!
www.raceoptics.com (http://www.raceoptics.com)
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I guarantee you this much you want a recorder that is all on SD cardNO G force picture screw ups and NO moving parts make them sand friendly.I'll post a link to mine tonite.
I'm a wait-en. Got card in hand and have the shakes. ;) ;)
Are we there yet. ??? ???
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Found it! This stuff is absolutely bullet proof and will NOT disappoint you!
Where????????
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DAMN you guys are READY to buy ,huh??????
www.raceoptics.com (http://www.raceoptics.com)
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DAMN you guys are READY to buy ,huh??????
www.raceoptics.com (http://www.raceoptics.com)
Damm thanks master.
Will for sure have to come up with a better mount. That one looks like it's right off the hardwear store pluming self.
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My wife bought me the oregon scientific, Its not bad bad, but its not good either, after the second outing i lost all audio recording, Id suggest the one bazz uses myself... heres a short clip of the OS...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0CSTYED8F8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0CSTYED8F8)
It is all sd as well, Odypilots also has new one, not sure what brand, maybe he will post the info after while...
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I HAD the 1 camera system with the hard drive and SD but you do not want or need the hard drive. I now have the 4 camera system.SWEET!!!
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This is the newer model of my new one. Haven't had it out, yet.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/597310-REG/Panasonic_SDR_SW21O_SDR_SW21_Waterproof_SD_Card.html (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/597310-REG/Panasonic_SDR_SW21O_SDR_SW21_Waterproof_SD_Card.html)
Bazz' set up seems to be the best deal if you want a bullet camera with a separate recorder.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/575700-REG/V_I_O___POV_1_Digital_Helmet_Camera.html (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/575700-REG/V_I_O___POV_1_Digital_Helmet_Camera.html)
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l am still unsure about what l am going to buy, what advantage does the bullet type camera have over the normal camcorda ? is just easier to fix to your helmet :o and stop you looking a dick with a full size camara strapped to your head, or are there technical reasons that the bullet type is better ?, if they both give the same results then the normal style camcorda might be better as you can use it to film other things as well ?
is this any good to bolt to the roll cage ?
http://www.comet.co.uk/shopcomet/product/519057/PANASONIC-SDR-H60EB-S (http://www.comet.co.uk/shopcomet/product/519057/PANASONIC-SDR-H60EB-S)
or this one
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Panasonic-SDR-SW21-Memory-Underwater-Camcorder/dp/B001QXDLC4/ref=sr_1_74?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1235504025&sr=1-74 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Panasonic-SDR-SW21-Memory-Underwater-Camcorder/dp/B001QXDLC4/ref=sr_1_74?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1235504025&sr=1-74)
one more question, on the left hand side under my name baloo it says referals 8 , whats that all about then ?
a slightly confused baloo
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l am still unsure about what l am going to buy, what advantage does the bullet type camera have over the normal camcorda ? is just easier to fix to your helmet :o and stop you looking a dick with a full size camara strapped to your head, or are there technical reasons that the bullet type is better ?, if they both give the same results then the normal style camcorda might be better as you can use it to film other things as well ?
is this any good to bolt to the roll cage ?
http://www.comet.co.uk/shopcomet/product/519057/PANASONIC-SDR-H60EB-S (http://www.comet.co.uk/shopcomet/product/519057/PANASONIC-SDR-H60EB-S)
or this one
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Panasonic-SDR-SW21-Memory-Underwater-Camcorder/dp/B001QXDLC4/ref=sr_1_74?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1235504025&sr=1-74 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Panasonic-SDR-SW21-Memory-Underwater-Camcorder/dp/B001QXDLC4/ref=sr_1_74?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1235504025&sr=1-74)
one more question, on the left hand side under my name baloo it says referals 8 , whats that all about then ?
a slightly confused baloo
it is for members who refer other members, there is a hicup in the program, so every member gets a count when a member is referred...
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cool thing about bazzs camera, he straps it to his leg so he has full control of the camera with in reach, and he can also see were the bullet is aimed etc, But if we all had bazzs money wed likely have one on each leg... ;D Daves camera is small, sleek and less expensive, can also be taken to the kids soccer game and used normally etc, user controls are not remote, so mounting it in a good location becomes more difficult, we are actually welding a tab on the car tomorrow were the camera will sit and fasten to...
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I would stay away from a hard drive camera because they are a bit fragile for strapping to a frame. Even if you intended to record to the SD card, the hard drive would get pounded quite a bit.
About the only additional advantage to a bullet cam is that with some you can replace the lens, which is nice with all the mud that will be thrown on it.
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So since you have played with your new toy, what do you think of the power, suspension travel, and width. Would it be a good woods buggy as is? Or would you change anything if you had the chance. I've got a bare frame and just trying to get what I want to do figured out before spending $$$.
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Does the Pilot have foot pedals for gas and brakes, or is it on the steering wheel? If on the wheel, how well do the brakes work?
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Does the Pilot have foot pedals for gas and brakes, or is it on the steering wheel? If on the wheel, how well do the brakes work?
all the controls are on the steering wheel which seems odd at first but it only takes a few minutes to get use to, having the controls on the wheel is quite clever really as no matter how tall or short you are every one seems to fit ok, no need to have seat adjusters that would fill with mud/crap and not work anyway,
brakes are best described as poor :o, they started of as poor and got worse through the day, dont know if it was the wet or mud getting into the drums but by the end of the day they were almost non exsistant,
dont know if its common or not but a disc brake conversion would definatly seem a good idea to me, perhaps using the calipers and discs of a motor bike may work ??
Andy
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So since you have played with your new toy, what do you think of the power, suspension travel, and width. Would it be a good woods buggy as is? Or would you change anything if you had the chance. I've got a bare frame and just trying to get what I want to do figured out before spending $$$.
well the power is ok but more would always be usefull but l bought the pilot to use while l work on my other buggy, so my targets are a little different, l wanted something that l could just turn the key and it would start and run with no fuss, l dont want to be spending time fixing it instead of working on mine other buggy, l could see the advantage of longer travel suspension as well, but it coped ok with every thing we threw at it with no bother so why spend money on it ?
now it did feel it was a little small but again l did fit in ok, if l was starting from scratch l would like it 25% bigger all round but as it is it only just drives in the back of my van, any wider and l would have to buy a trailer and then have to find somewhere to keep the trailer,
besides the small size that it is means it pretty nimble and shoots through the tight trails easily
all in all as a toy to leave in the corner and drag out once a month and expect it to start and run flawlessly honda got it right, it fits the bill perfectly
however if it was my only buggy l would probally want it a bit bigger and a bit more power and a bit more travel, you know the usall storey ;D
but it really depends on your needs, for now this is ok for me as l want to experiment with my cam corder fixed to the frame and up loading and edditing etc
Andy
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brakes are best described as poor :o, they started of as poor and got worse through the day, dont know if it was the wet or mud getting into the drums but by the end of the day they were almost non exsistant,
dont know if its common or not but a disc brake conversion would definatly seem a good idea to me, perhaps using the calipers and discs of a motor bike may work ??
Andy
Baloo, your brakes probably need service. I have found the rear brake to be quite good. The front brakes are decent, but require adjustment after a while. With the fronts you have to choose between maximum braking power or top speed. If the fronts are adjusted to allow top notch power, they tend to drag a bit. I've heard of people sanding the brake shoes to make more complete contact with the drums, but I've never done that.
I have heard good things about this front disc brake kit for the Pilot, but have no experience with it.
http://www.pilotodysseyperformance.com/index.php?cat_id=157 (http://www.pilotodysseyperformance.com/index.php?cat_id=157)
Since you are not looking to spend a bunch of money on your Pilot, I would think new shoes and pads, and perhaps a brake bleed, would get you stopping like a champ!
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thanks for that odypilots, l will have a look at the brakes after this week end, l need to do something as they are awful,
l am taking the pilot out again this weekend, l have knocked up a mount forthe camera so will hopefully be posting some footage shortly
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