P500 What did you do to/with your Pioneer 500 today?

[bowhunterbill]

My better 1/2 wanted to ride so we took it to Axolotl Lakes in the Greenhorn Mts.

The 26s sure helped on the rocks in the trail.





Then gave it a good washing. Still dirty




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[ivybuck]

Li'l Blue, the affectionate name bestowed on our 520 by my wife, has been working alot more than playing lately. Not exactly the plan, but thats ok.
We got visited by the tail end of a little tornado last week that dumped a lot of tree parts on the side of our kettle, a term for a big pothole left by glaciers. It was a real pain to chainsaw on the steep kettle walls until one handhold broke spinning me forward in a summersault into the brush. Enough of that business.
Li'l Blue was kind enough to latch a tow strap onto the big ones and yank them to flat ground where they were safe to work on.
Never planned on that use when I bought her, but am pleased to say that seems to be a pattern lately.

 

[crewcabrob]

I use mine of work around the property all of the time. That was the biggest reason I could get one:

The hill on the back of my property is super steep and I only cut the grass about twice a year. The neighbors goats love it. So my wife will take it down to them after I get her on level pavement.

Rob

 

[Smitty335]

Li'l Blue, the affectionate name bestowed on our 520 by my wife, has been working alot more than playing lately. Not exactly the plan, but thats ok.
We got visited by the tail end of a little tornado last week that dumped a lot of tree parts on the side of our kettle, a term for a big pothole left by glaciers. It was a real pain to chainsaw on the steep kettle walls until one handhold broke spinning me forward in a summersault into the brush. Enough of that business.
Li'l Blue was kind enough to latch a tow strap onto the big ones and yank them to flat ground where they were safe to work on.
Never planned on that use when I bought her, but am pleased to say that seems to be a pattern lately.
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Looks like a lota work?

 

[wvupsc]

Li'l Blue, the affectionate name bestowed on our 520 by my wife, has been working alot more than playing lately. Not exactly the plan, but thats ok.
We got visited by the tail end of a little tornado last week that dumped a lot of tree parts on the side of our kettle, a term for a big pothole left by glaciers. It was a real pain to chainsaw on the steep kettle walls until one handhold broke spinning me forward in a summersault into the brush. Enough of that business.
Li'l Blue was kind enough to latch a tow strap onto the big ones and yank them to flat ground where they were safe to work on.
Never planned on that use when I bought her, but am pleased to say that seems to be a pattern lately.
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We had the tail end of a small tornado hit our house several years back. Our property looked about the same as in your photos. The top of one large poplar landed on our roof. When it was all cleaned up, we had a lot of firewood. One thing I noticed is that the poplars tended to snap off half way up. The oaks tended to uproot and/or twist but not snap off. Maples broke off big limbs.

 

[futzin]

Over the weekend, went for a ride with my Critter, KyGal and her buggy, and my Rabbit (Foreman 500). Did nearly 30 miles encountering a little of everything. We never remember to take pics when there's a wheel in the air or when the chainsaw comes out!

Thanks to KyGal for the pics. We had a great ride that day, for sure.

 

[ivybuck]

Looks like a lota work

Looks like a lota work?

Yes, can't argue that, but fortunately all of it is doable stuff along with having three sons which makes it a lot faster.
What has worked well is the utv thing. Never had one till recently. I always have cut and maintained trees myself, but I just used a new tree saver, d rings, tow straps, etc and of course, li'l blue, to pull cuts, move, and drag stuff around in a much easier, safer manner than before, not to mention not having to walk out of that kettle innumerable times. Useful little machine.

 

[Raghorn]

A little trail riding in the Sawtooth mountains of Idaho.

 

[Morpheus]

So far this month I have upgraded from stock tires to 26" Bighorn 2.0 and have added 1" wheel spacers on all 4 hubs from RB3 Off Road. I have done the reverse lever delete mod and changed the front and rear differentials from the stock 80 90 to Royal Purple 75 140. Next on the list is changing engine oil out and switching to a synthetic oil, considering AMS but not sure yet any suggestions are appreciated and I'm going to remove the rear sway bar. I'm kind of nervous about removing the sway bar because I can't shake the thought of "Honda put it there for a reason" even after reading all of the posts and knowing what a sway bar's purpose is and that it can be removed and re-installed with no problems LOL my dumb brain is just stubborn. Such simple tasks totally improve this little machine. Very inexpensive to do with the exception of the tires and spacers which were worth every penny. After two years and change and almost 2300 miles I am more than impressed with this buggy and very satisfied with my purchase.

 

[futzin]

Cut and Drag, no Paste

 

[KyGal83]

Never seen a brown one. Anymore pictures? Can ya still buy brown? Does the 520 come in brown?

Love my Moose Brown! Check under images in my profile and you will see more photos of it.

It was an option for the the 500 only and I believe you can get the replacement plastics directly from Honda, however… Sadly… it is not an option on initial ordering now.

 

[Mudder]

Agree, these are great for chores.

 

[trigger]

Was reading in another thread about giving your new machine a good look over when you get it from the dealer. One of the first things I did when I got mine home was to go through and wash the paint off all the bolts. Didn't really think about it at the time but I checked a lot of bolts that way.
I know some guys couldn't care less but I'm a little OCD and it got me wondering, how many other guys did this? 🤔

 

[Splorin]

Morpheus, just remember that Yamaha engineers installed a swaybar on the Rhino and lawyers removed it. Trust yourself instead and remove it for a while to see how it feels. You can always put it back on. Don't know if anyone has. It's another 'free' mod.......

 

[Montecresto]

Morpheus, just remember that Yamaha engineers installed a swaybar on the Rhino and lawyers removed it. Trust yourself instead and remove it for a while to see how it feels. You can always put it back on. Don't know if anyone has. It's another 'free' mod.......

I never put mine back on. Left it zip tied out of the way for that eventuality, but 5 years later it’s still there zip tied….🙄 I suppose it’s time to wrestle it out of there…..😂

 

[futzin]

It's way better in fun and function without it, IMHO. Just don't take corners at speed. Other than that, it's all up side!

 

[Weberman]

Just looked at her, touched her, told her I would take care of her….when the dang parts arrive. New steering box and Tusk Power steering going in.

 

[trigger]

Me and the o'lady renewed our vows the other day with a redneck wedding. Rode the rest of the day with cans tied to the nerfs. It was cool. 😏

 

[Worse1]

Cleaned her up. Like new!🤜🏻🤛🏻 Well, except for the roof top 👀

oops just realized this is a 500 thread oh well. 🤷🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️

 

[Montecresto]

Me and the o'lady renewed our vows the other day with a redneck wedding. Rode the rest of the day with cans tied to the nerfs. It was cool. 😏

Nice when you get a keeper….😎