Oh, nonsense. The 440 is an extremely sweet, smooth engine that doesn't give any surprises. My 250 Husky is a lot more scary than my 440. And then this is a 1977, which I'd argue is the finest handling dirt bike chassis ever built by man. They keep the front planted and pivot like a unicycle when you want to turn. This is a fantastic bike that you can ride hard with confidence. The scary part is getting the blasted thing started.
Having riden a sl175 they may be a small engine but wow they are a fun bike. Kept thinking wow its loud then saw where the pipes ended. I hope you enjoy the heck out of that bike there is just something special about them
I had a Polaris 6 by 6 it was the biggest piece of junk I ever owned can't keep it running can't keep front end parts on moved on to a Kawasaki mule 10 times better and cost per mile way way way less
I stumbled across your channel, I also collect sap with a Polaris 6 x 6. The next model above yours is a magnum 425. Your theory on gravity sap. Concentration is an interesting one. I’m also not a huge fan of RO myself. Hope you had a decent season. Mine was very poor compared to last year.
I've worked on a few of the magnum 425's. I prefer my big quirky 2 stroke. I'd love to have time to experiment with gravitty concentration for sure. Any thing that works with no moving parts is good in my books. Our season was alright in the end and we already have plans for next year. Better luck next year to you.
They are 250cc Hodaka forks - off a road rat or something? It was out in the parts yard and they looked like a big upgrade over the stock honda! I adapted the original stem bearing to fit tthe hodaka triples and sleeved the honda axle to fit in the forks. Also had to make a new brake arm but that was easy. Out back are can-am shocks. It all fits the 'free parts bike' theme!
@@zachsbikeadventures I’m currently building a 1970 sl175 as a hair scramble racer, I love the videos and love hearing that thing sing through the woods. What spokes did you use to do the 21” swap? Haha I’m very interested
@@BrendanCautrell The rim and spokes were pulled off of a yamaha ty250. The SL has a larger brake drum so the spokes are too long but if you lay them over more (one extra cross) they are the perfect length. It was a total stroke of luck that I figured this out. I'm glad to hear there will be another off road SL out there! People never believe what these things can do offroad and they get lots of attention.
yeah it pulls right up in the air sometimes! some weight helps but it would take lots to offset all the sap. I usually try to not fill the barrels all the way.
Nice machine! I just got one of these the other day. I cant get the seat off,lol. Is there a special trick. My seat is in bad shape so im trying not to yank on it to much. Is there a cable or just pull up?
You should mount some car chains on the front wheels, they are smaller but does the job on ice and helps alot with the extra grip while AWD is on. I have 4x V-Bar Semi Truck chains on the 4 wheels on the back and car chains in front, helps alot... You just have to use a grinder to cut the length of it... I got a 2001 Polaris Big boss 500
I got v bar chains for the 4 back wheels but I didn't think I could fit any on the front because they would hit the front shocks. Are the car chains you're using narrow enough to clear the shocks?
@@zachsbikeadventures Yeah car tires are small enough to fit and still does the job on ice.. it might hit the plastic a bit when you turn left or right.. but at least here in Norway, car tires doesn't cost much at all .. so maybe worth a try :)
