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I was in the shop yesterday and the guy working on my Teryx H2 is the real deal!! I was getting some documents for the insurance underwriters and popped in to see the progress. I only took a few pictures and it's all torn down for assembling and retrofitting. Rear box, spare tire mount and spare are done, rear pod lights done and some other odds and ends.

Young gentleman doing the work is really paying attention to detail and doing a much better job than even I could!! I could tell just by looking at his toolbox and layout he knows what he is doing. Extremely organized and not missing steps. And he looks pleased to be working on my machine.

Happy I went with old school steel cable winch rather than synthetic. Other interesting observation is it is a Warn winch that Kawasaki OEM uses.

I'm also happy to have went with the dual battery setup. I have a lot of lighting and electrical on this rig. And man these look to be group 26 in size!! Darn huge.

Hoping to have it finished this week or next.

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Raidernut said:
Awesome!! Now if the weather would just cool down!!
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My first drive will be in the local mountains where the weather is mild. And with the lights I have options.

Already I have pre-ran some local BLM 2 track on my dual sports bikes. And good thing I did!! There is an up and back black diamond canyon I ended up turning around on my 300 2T!! The hardened (from last big rain) wheel swallowing ruts are not my idea of fun. I could turn around and ride them out with my 300. I was envisioning trying to get a 2,500lb rig unstuck. Or backing it up a quarter mile before I could turn around!!

This is a whole new ballgame of limited capability in technical terrain. Add the fact I'm as greenhorn rookie as it gets with 4 wheels in rugged off highway. Baby steps all the way. This is exciting in the fact it is just like when I was learning to ride motorcycles as a young kid.
 
Yes Dove Springs sure does bring back memories with the kids. Jawbone to the Piutes is brutal!! I only went as far as the old cabin. Some of the really advanced "A" riders have ridden from Jawbone through the Piutes all the way to Lake Isabella!!

Funny I have to think 4 wheels now when planning a "ride". Another great riding area is all the surrounding area around Ridgecrest. Really easy to get lost though. Especially in the El Pasos.
 
olliechristopher said:
Yes Dove Springs sure does bring back memories with the kids. Jawbone to the Piutes is brutal!! I only went as far as the old cabin. Some of the really advanced "A" riders have ridden from Jawbone through the Piutes all the way to Lake Isabella!!

Funny I have to think 4 wheels now when planning a "ride". Another great riding area is all the surrounding area around Ridgecrest. Really easy to get lost though. Especially in the El Pasos.
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Ridgecrest has some fun stuff and lots of old race course stuff. We have 100-140 mile loops we do from Jawbone all the way to the Pinnacles. Been a few years since I have been out there. I was in Barstow not too long ago helping a buddy at a UTV race. Barstow has lots of fun stuff and is rough and rocky. The H2 eats up that stuff.
 
Wowee!! What a heck of a machine. These UTVs have come a long way from the Turbo RZR I drove almost a decade ago!! This is hands down a very stupid yet very fun purchase.

I did a super familiar whooped out desert loop early in the morning. I was waiting for the jolt through my spine that never came!! Mostly stayed in low/mid power and soft/normal suspension settings. It was in 4wd the whole time. 36 miles before it creeped up to over 90 degrees in the morning. By the time I loaded up to go home it was pushing 100deg at 09:30. Ironically there were at least three UTVs trailering in as I was leaving.

The very short time I put it in high power stiff suspension it was almost too much!! The only thing holding it back from hard acceleration is the traction to the tires.

Here is where the reality of getting older is sobering. Back over 2 decades ago I did this same loop on both my XR 650R and KTM 300 EXC. I was able to go an average of 10-20mph faster on those bikes than this rig. Fast forward to present day and I'm able to go 10-20mph faster in the H2 than I can on either one of my Beta bikes. And I have not even tapped out the safe speed available (I was under 50mph most of the loop) . I'm only half throttle or less as I'm breaking this in.

The whoops and baby heads I was hitting just last year on my 300 annihilated me after just a few miles when on 2 wheels. Zero issues on the H2. I can see literally driving this thing all day in rough terrain and have the ability to walk like a normal crippled 65 year old after the ride ends!! When I do the big boy rides on my Beta 300 I'm looking for a place to lay down and popping ibuprofen.

I'm not off 2 wheels just yet. This is a new chapter in my life to extend my off roading a few more years God willing.....


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