[Gary_from_Idaho]

Hey all,
I just bought a 2012 Rancher 420AT, and the previous owner installed this. Not sure what it's function is. It's a few tin cans, wrapped un thin aluminum, wrapped in duct tape, fastened to the muffler with bailing wire and a hose clamp. Homemade external resonator?

 

[Macarena Man]

Welcome to the forum !
Someone will have the answer for you soon.

 

[alloutdoors]

Is it actually attached to the muffler? If so I suspect the individual was trying to make it quiter when entering the woods.

 

[_Wilson_]

Can you post a few more pics at deferent points ?

 

[Gary_from_Idaho]

I only have one more pic with the the same angle. I already took it off, trying to straighten a bend in the rear part of the frame.

 

[Gary_from_Idaho]

Is it actually attached to the muffler? If so I suspect the individual was trying to make it quiter when entering the woods.

Attached to the outside only, no hole or penetration into the muffler. Weird.

 

[fishfiles]

Don't have a clue what the tin cans are suppose to do , maybe it is to heat up lunch on the trails ----- but it sure it sure looks like the frame is bent pretty good , you say you just bought that bike ?

 

[alloutdoors]

Personally, I would remove it....

 

[Gary_from_Idaho]

Don't have a clue what the tin cans are suppose to do , maybe it is to heat up lunch on the trails ----- but it sure it sure looks like the frame is bent pretty good , you say you just bought that bike ?

Ya, just bought it. It had a big cargo rack and a bunch of crap attached to the rear rack, so it didn't look lopsided when we looked at it. When we took all the junk off, we noticed how bad the frame was bent.

 

[mac102004]

open it up, see what's inside.

 

[LBZ_Duramax]

Burrito Warmer

 

[Gary_from_Idaho]

Burrito Warmer

After further inspection, the end can slides off, so I thought the same thing. Lol. Just gotta watch those creek crossings.

 

[fishfiles]

Working out in the field , years ago many of days I put my lunch in aluminum foil and put it on the intake manifold of the truck to warm it up ----have not done it lately

 

[LedFTed]

you wouldnt want your cold beer stored there. cant think of anything i would want to store there..
if you are curious, either, open it up, or call the bomb squad. i would hate to just take it off, an let the next person, deal with it.

 

[fishfiles]

Looks like an EGGO would fit right in there ! Just maybe if you had a high performance header and ran it rich , you could pop some popcorn !

 

[RemMax]

It looks like they added a waterproof storage containers on it
If it's not attached to anything and seals with cap on I'm pretty sure that's what it is
Use a similar setup on my trailer to keep the registration in
Little awkward if ya get stopped and grab a pipe wrench when asked for registration but always have it
Just my thoughts on it
RemMax

 

[LedFTed]

container

when you do find out, let us know. we might want to smuggle something across the boarder.
i hear the Muskie is pretty good in canada. by the time you got back. it could be piping hot, an ready to eat. i always wondered what piping hot meant, today, then it dawned on me. it could mean the pipes, on a boiler, or exhaust pipe, i been burn a bit by both. :smile

 

[aTVitsnot]

Looks like a home cookin' tool tube? Or maybe fishfiles was onto something; a burrito oven?

 

[XJCountry]

Probably a rear rocket launcher. Pretty sure it wasn't designed to fire forward...

 

[LedFTed]

Wha ta bout a deployment chute for emergency stops. all of my fast stops have been to late to push the deploy button.:smile