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Hows its going guys? My name is Wayne and im from the New Orleans Area. Im a first time owner but long time rider. I work in a Chemical plant but do mechanic work on the side, most suspension and performance upgrades on cars/trucks. Monday i ended up picking up a 2012 Rancher 420 4X4 TRX420FM to use at my hunting lease in Homer, LA. The bike was in pretty good condition but my OCD isnt allowing me to just be happy with it the way it was.
It had a HMF "Red" Exhaust, HMF Optimizer & Master Lock Winch, other than that its stock. The exhaust was loud and the added power wasnt really needed for the little trails i ride at my lease and my 4yr old son isnt a fan of loud noises so it just made sense to remove the Exhaust & Optimizer and put the stock exhaust back on which i got with the sale too. The winch had the cable jammed in it so it was just eaiser for me to remove it completely in order to free up the cable. I got the cable off and figured i might as well get a new winch to put on the bike instead of going back with the one that came on the bike. After that was done the disassembly continued to give it a very good cleaning and a once over. Its pretty much spotless now as well as a order placed to replace a couple things and to do a full tune up. I ordered new upper & lower ball joints because the steering is very tight, I removed the tierods from the spindles and the bars more super easy so its the ball joints that are causing it to be hard to steer. Also have a couple grommets for the body pieces, extra keys, oil filter, oil filter cover gasket, drain plug washer, front back pads, inner CV boot, front grill, air cleaner, plug, & cv boot guards. Once all that comes in i plan to get all that installed, change all the fluids while tearing down all the suspension to clean and grease the bushing. I have a 20" LED light bar i plan to install, also have 2 LED Pods i may put on the rear. Once thats all finished i will either reinstall the Master Lock winch or get one from HF. Other mods that will end up on it is Front and Rear Basket Racks and Tires, if not wheels and tires and maybe a set of HIDs.
Like i said above, the bike will mainly be used at my hunting lease but some trail riding here and there would be nice too. I like my stuff clean so mud bogging and stuff like that wont be in the plans for me. My lifted trucks are cleaner than most corvettes on the road lol
I joined the site to learn somethings and to see how other guys have modded there bikes. Look forward to learn more about these bikes.
Wayne
It had a HMF "Red" Exhaust, HMF Optimizer & Master Lock Winch, other than that its stock. The exhaust was loud and the added power wasnt really needed for the little trails i ride at my lease and my 4yr old son isnt a fan of loud noises so it just made sense to remove the Exhaust & Optimizer and put the stock exhaust back on which i got with the sale too. The winch had the cable jammed in it so it was just eaiser for me to remove it completely in order to free up the cable. I got the cable off and figured i might as well get a new winch to put on the bike instead of going back with the one that came on the bike. After that was done the disassembly continued to give it a very good cleaning and a once over. Its pretty much spotless now as well as a order placed to replace a couple things and to do a full tune up. I ordered new upper & lower ball joints because the steering is very tight, I removed the tierods from the spindles and the bars more super easy so its the ball joints that are causing it to be hard to steer. Also have a couple grommets for the body pieces, extra keys, oil filter, oil filter cover gasket, drain plug washer, front back pads, inner CV boot, front grill, air cleaner, plug, & cv boot guards. Once all that comes in i plan to get all that installed, change all the fluids while tearing down all the suspension to clean and grease the bushing. I have a 20" LED light bar i plan to install, also have 2 LED Pods i may put on the rear. Once thats all finished i will either reinstall the Master Lock winch or get one from HF. Other mods that will end up on it is Front and Rear Basket Racks and Tires, if not wheels and tires and maybe a set of HIDs.
Like i said above, the bike will mainly be used at my hunting lease but some trail riding here and there would be nice too. I like my stuff clean so mud bogging and stuff like that wont be in the plans for me. My lifted trucks are cleaner than most corvettes on the road lol
I joined the site to learn somethings and to see how other guys have modded there bikes. Look forward to learn more about these bikes.
Wayne
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