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The Honda Creed

Had to do a little writing project for college; here is what I came up with, with a little help from Major General William H. Rupertus….

This is my quad. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
My quad is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life.
Without me, my quad is useless. Without my quad, I am useless. I must launch my quad true. I must launch faster than my enemy who is trying to holeshot me. I must holeshot him before he holehots me. I will…
My quad and I know that what counts in racing is not the fuel we burn, the noise of our exhaust, nor the roost we make. We know that it is the wins that count. We will win…
My quad is human, even as I, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strength, its parts, its accessories, its bars and its throttle. I will keep my quad clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready. We will become part of each other. We will…
Before God, I swear this creed. My quad and I are the defenders of all that is Honda. We are the masters of Yamahas. We are the drag strip champions.

450es coil

we used to swap out the small stock coils with auto coils on our motorcycles, was wondering if this might work on atv to get a hotter spark? can’t remember if we needed the resistor or not though.

500 Rubicon Meter-Shifting problem

Have a 2005 500 Rubicon. The meter will flashing D1, D2 ESP and will not display the gear I am in. Does not want to go when throttle is pushed. Will shut off, recycle and then it will work but will start flashing again if switched to 4 wheel drive or stop unit and let idol. I am sure it is a sensor but really do not know where to start. No owners manual, unit has always been serviced and is in great running order. Any input on this would be appreciated.

Need advice / opinions

Hey guys I’m heading up to the hat field and McCoy trail system at the end of March, for any of you guys that have rode there, should I keep my mega mayhems on or switch back to the stock carlisiles? Lots of trail, crushed rock, and some pavement use up there from what I hear. What do you guys think? I may just bring the stockers with me just in case.

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Thumb warmers. electronoics expert needed

Can anybody help me out with ratings for a resistor to go inline to reduce the heat of a thumb warmer. There is a resistor inline to reduce the heat on the low side but I want to change things around and add bigger resistor for the low side and make my low side side my high side. Hopefully that makes sense. I don’t know what ohm resistor I should consider. The current resistor is a 5W 12 ohm J, I don’t know what the "J " stands for.
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Winch

I have a 2012 honda rancher fm and installed the warn xt30 and the winch mounts upside down. I was wondering if it matters which way the line comes off the spool from the top or bottom? 7

Winch

I have a 2012 honda rancher fm and installed the warn xt30 and the winch mounts upside down. I was wondering if it matters which way the line comes off the spool from the top or bottom? 7

Winch

I have a 2012 honda rancher fm and installed the warn xt30 and the winch mounts upside down. I was wondering if it matters which way the line comes off the spool from the top or bottom? 7