Added a winch and duel battery setup, videos coming soon to my yt
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Went from Pioneer TN. To Brushy Mountain Prison. Thanks to Jackal my wife and I got to see some new places we had not seen before. This trip made the week.
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It was a damn good ride. Seriously good.
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Dropped off and picked back up from the shop. Steering and fuel pump recall both done in about 3 hours. Gotta love good service.
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I sure don't miss my firewood splitting days. Seems like all I did was split wood every weekend when I heated with a wood stove.
I would rather cut and split wood then pay for LP
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I was thinking about getting that mount for my little Boss audio portable tube radio. Do the speakers move around a lot in that thing? We ziptied her up at first but the one broke off and the speaker smacked my hubby in the head lol. good thing he had a helmet on! It was amusing to watch, I was behind him on the trail in someone else's machine
If you cinch them in tight, they stay very well. I haven't noticed any movement in them when I placed them centered and tight. And that is through some pretty rough rides.
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Today I did an oil change and valve check. I pull the seatbelt bracket...to make checking the valves easier. 4 bolts, easy enough right?
Well...seems like I always have to fight with these, on both this machine and my original 700.
When new, these come out easy enough, but it seems like that section of frame/cage spreads or sags over time and eventually they don't line up all that well, and I ended up cross threading 2 of them, and the s***ty Honda fasteners galled up and f***ed out the threads. So now I get to try and tap the holes and and find some bolts.
The good news is that on my 2 seater, the bottom of this area is easy to get to, so even if the threads aren't good enough, I can put some nuts underneath. It just pisses me off as i ALWAYS seems to be fighting something on this machine involving parts that don't fit together too well.
Well...seems like I always have to fight with these, on both this machine and my original 700.
When new, these come out easy enough, but it seems like that section of frame/cage spreads or sags over time and eventually they don't line up all that well, and I ended up cross threading 2 of them, and the s***ty Honda fasteners galled up and f***ed out the threads. So now I get to try and tap the holes and and find some bolts.
The good news is that on my 2 seater, the bottom of this area is easy to get to, so even if the threads aren't good enough, I can put some nuts underneath. It just pisses me off as i ALWAYS seems to be fighting something on this machine involving parts that don't fit together too well.
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I checked mine the other day for the first time and mine where fine , a lil tight but definitely in spec . I'm with you , I stripped out 2 of the Phillips head screws heads trying to get them out . The threads were rusty only being 6 months old . I mite try replacing them with stainless hardware.
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It was a damn good ride. Seriously good.
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Summer's over and deer season is here. Putting the roof and windshield back on today along with oil change. Hooking the trailer up this weekend and begin the 8 week drag across the Midwest.
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s***ty Honda fasteners strike yet AGAIN.
Pulled my skid plate to check the steering rack guide spring for damage (none, just a s***ty design that's wearing quickly) and the rear one to beat it out (again). I know those screws are fragile from my 1st pioneer, so I HAND tighten them. 3 of them stripped anyway today. These must be made from the cheapest s*** legal in the US.
Oh...and my front diff seal is starting to leak.
Wonder when Wolverine X2's will start appearing again? 'Cause I am getting VERY tired of working on what was supposed to be a durable, long lived machine.
Pulled my skid plate to check the steering rack guide spring for damage (none, just a s***ty design that's wearing quickly) and the rear one to beat it out (again). I know those screws are fragile from my 1st pioneer, so I HAND tighten them. 3 of them stripped anyway today. These must be made from the cheapest s*** legal in the US.
Oh...and my front diff seal is starting to leak.
Wonder when Wolverine X2's will start appearing again? 'Cause I am getting VERY tired of working on what was supposed to be a durable, long lived machine.
I wonder if you got a lemon or something. I'm still dealing with my intermittent shut off but I've been fairly rough on my 700 in its short life and it's held up. I'm at 1000 miles on a 2020. I've toward trailers, put 500lbs of feed in the bed, I've pulled people out of mud, went to atv parks and played, hunted with it, etc and I've just done routine maintenance thus far.
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When Honda came out with the 700 sxs for $9,999, I thought damn... it must be too good to be true. Other brands were above that price and only had the rubber bands. Aside from being screwed over by their cam manufacturer they really have put out a solid engine and trans. It appears though they lowered their standards on other aspects to compete with an industry that had what? a decade head start on them. Weld's, frame thickness/materials, and hardware all seem to have taken a back seat to their old standards. It's like beating a dead horse though..... We all know Honda seldom does what their customers ask. Just like everything else......ignoring us and doing their own thing used to work good for them. Not so much anymore. I think at this point expecting quality of the old days is a waste of time. That ship has sailed. Hopefully they'll prove me wrong but odds are they won't. Remember how sweet Cadillac used to be? I honestly don't know if they even exist anymore.
Thinking of the cams....I wonder if some of the other issues are just a sign of available "modern" materials. Obviously they could demand better bolts, seals etc but at what cost? Would I even own a sxs if Honda was charging $15K or more for them back in 2014/2015......nope, probably not.
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My 1st 700 was a tank. Maybe not the best built thing in the world (though better than this one), but went nearly 9000 miles before I sold it. For that, it took 1 $2 seal at around 8000 miles. I went back with a 700 for this reason, but this one is not giving me the impression that's its going to come anywhere near duplicating that. It's been used at around 2500 miles, but it hasn't been abused or even used hard.
Well I'm sorry this one sucks for you. I've been very happy with mine so far. I'd like a 1000, but I do not like a 1000 price tag. Lol I got my 2020 for 14k OTD with roof and windshield. That was before everything went to s*** though.
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Well...how do you define "modern"? The cam thing goes all the way back to the original 650 Rincon In (I believe) 2003. I dont know what circumstances lead to the cam failures, but it sure seems like they are unwilling to change or explain it.
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