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General RZR Discussion

How to Stitch a bad tear in a tire???

I have never done it but have heard of repairing large tears in sidewalls with wire and plugs. I looked for a you tube video but couldn’t find one. If anyone has done this for an emergency repair, would like to hear some How To tips.

I am still debating on wheather to carry a spare or not. We ride hatfield mccoy alot and I do know it would suck bad to be 20 miles out and tear up a tire. I carry a tire patch kit, compressor,and ratchet straps. but some sidewall tears are tough. so the wire sew up method would probably be wise to know.

General RZR Discussion

RZR Newbie: Things I should look for or know? Spare Parts?

Hello everyone,
New member here, I have been researching SxS for a few days now and I am pretty sure I am going to try to pick up a used RZR 800 S.
The Non-S is tempting due to fitting on more trails, but the S just seems to be so much more stable and capable.
The 570 seems really nice, but they run a bit more money used, since they are newer, and then I would have to buy the long travel setup, so it ends up being a good bit more than an 800-S

I have a decent amount of experience offroad, started with a 4wheeler, then Jeeps.
I plan to do exploring on back roads and trails, but also some pretty hard technical trails also.
I basically see the RZR has a fun mini Rock Bouncer buggy. And plan to treat it like one. Though I dont plan on being REAL hard on it, I tend to prefer finessing it through a technical optical rather than just relying on skinny pedal.

Anyway. just wanted to see if there was anything in particular I should be aware of as a newbie.
1. Anything in particular that I would NEED to upgrade in order to do difficult trails, that will have plenty of rock.
2. What are the parts that are broken the most on the trail? What spare parts should I carry?
3. Anything I need to know about certain years or models? I was reading up on the years some, and it seems I should avoid the 08? I figure I will end up with an 09. Looking to keep it under $8k
4. I dont really think I can afford a 900, but are their any reasons I should really try to get a 900 over an 800?
5. I hear alot about bushings and bearings going bad in 1000 to 2000 miles. Just how much up keep is there? People make it sound like these things just eat parts if you run them hard.

General RZR Discussion

Colorado OHV Legislation

Don’t know if anyone has been following what the Colorado 2015 Off-Highway Vehicle Interim Committee has been doing. But they have two draft bills aimed at licensing and allowing OHV’s on roads with speed limits less then 45 mph, one down side is that counties and municipalities can choose to adopt the law or not. The committee has a meeting schedule for Oct. 23, 2015 to finalize the draft bills and present them for legislation.

https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/cga…erim-committee