Finally got the new tunnel cover mounted.

[Firemann32]

After I built my undertunnel exhaust last year I quickly threw together a piece to cover up the hole that was under the seat from the factory exhaust, along with making a seat bracket.

Seen here

Well I finally purchased a flat bottom seat, Mountain Mod, so it was time to make my tunnel cover. Got it put on the sled tonight along with the brake light and the bag and tank mounts.

What do you think?

 

[niko]

Looks good fireman, well done. Now to get rid of the stock running boards and put in betterboards

 

[Firemann32]

Looks good fireman, well done. Now to get rid of the stock running boards and put in betterboards

LOL I had actually planned on it but they were out of them at the show, then I spent all my money on my Banshee before I bought a set.

 

[niko]

Good job, another thing that I hate is the lower part of the rear bumper, it gets your hands everytime you lift from the side. I cut mine off.

 

[Firemann32]

Good job, another thing that I hate is the lower part of the rear bumper, it gets your hands everytime you lift from the side. I cut mine off.

Funny you mention that, I was looking at that bumper last night, thinking to myself hmmm there has to be a way to make a better bumper.

 

[niko]

take it off and feel how heavy it is. I made my own using some carbon fibre and alloy, easy fix: )

 

[niko]

heres the pic of it
http://www.facebook.com/nikstiks?ref=mf ... =534877230

 

[quebecmoutainrider]

good

nice job fireman..looks good..really makes it clean..

 

[Firemann32]

Thanks everyone for the compliments.
Everything worked well on my last trip, 6 solid days of sledding. I did discover two things though.

First, I need to further redirect my exhaust outlet down, it heated up the top of the tunnel enough to start to melt my Craiggerbuilt gas tank mount, I think it happened on the day with the least powder.

The scecond thing was my tail light, during the day it wasn't even noticiable and during the dusk/night was less than adequete, so I've already come up with a way to mount the stock tail light and it'll look cool to. More to come.

Now any suggestions for replacing the rear bumper/grab bar?

 

[mutley531]

Bumper

I replaced my bumper with one from Hartman, Inc. It is aluminum so it is lighter and it is curved upward to make it easy to lift with. It is reasonably priced ($70 + shipping) as well. You will have to drill new mount holes, but it is a simple install.

 

[Firemann32]

Re: Bumper

I replaced my bumper with one from Hartman, Inc. It is aluminum so it is lighter and it is curved upward to make it easy to lift with. It is reasonably priced ($70 + shipping) as well. You will have to drill new mount holes, but it is a simple install.

Can you post up a picture?

 

[kinger]

I would like a pict of that as well. Thanks!

 

[mutley531]

Hartman bumper

I don't have any picture of it on my sled, but I may be able to get one this weekend. It is the standard bumper that he uses on all of his tunnel extension kits. Here is a picture taken from his catalog (http://www.hartmaninc.com/fotos/2010cat ... _lorez.pdf page 58).

 

[Firemann32]

Hmm that would block my tail light, may be ok when I put the larger one on though. Really like to actually see it on a sled, hard to get a good idea what its going to look like sitting on a table.

 

[mutley531]

I was able to get a couple pics of the Hartman bumper on my sled, but they are only cell phone pics so they're not the greatest.