Got some good news. Nick at Chupacabra got a H2 to develop a whole line of products for. He will also be making videos on the H2.
Chupacabra off road got a H2.
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Here is a Chupa update. He’s getting ready to do a 400 mile desert ride with the H2. This should give him and us a good idea of the car overall and reliability.
He talks about wheel sizes, and mentions that the rear axles right & left have two different part #’s, which is odd. If correct that’s stupid & sucks that one axle can’t be used for both sides like every other UTV. I’m also hearing these OEM axles are ridiculously expensive!
He talks about wheel sizes, and mentions that the rear axles right & left have two different part #’s, which is odd. If correct that’s stupid & sucks that one axle can’t be used for both sides like every other UTV. I’m also hearing these OEM axles are ridiculously expensive!
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Awesome, thank you for the update. Can't wait to see some of their products.
Here’s an update as Chupacabra gets ready for the 400 mile trip this coming week in the coming week. He’s made a few upgrades. 35 inches tires, PCI radio and new mounting solution, which looks to have raised the Garmin 2ish inches to allow for switches. He added the OEM spare tire rack & storage box. Should be in testing to see how the Kawi H2 does on and after 400 miles. Looking forward to a Chupa review video.
Here is pictures of the PCI radio mounting solution. To keep a place for switches, it looks as if the Garmin was raised around 2 inches.
Side view to see the raised Garmin.
Here is pictures of the PCI radio mounting solution. To keep a place for switches, it looks as if the Garmin was raised around 2 inches.
Side view to see the raised Garmin.
Yes. I’ll have to see it in person to see how it all fits and if any part of the rear of the Garmin that’s exposed could be an issue, or can water get behind it and into the dash area? The Garmin Tread itself is water proof, but I’d be more concerned with water getting behind the dash and how would it exit to the floor?
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Yea, when I found out that every axle is different I was a bit surprised but when you look at the placement of the motor it makes sense. But was even more surprised that the OEM axels are $900! Hope and aftermarket one will be available soon.
Yeah specific sides is completely dumb and then add they want $900 per axle. That can be a deal killer to buying a H2. Speed UTV axles are $700 ea and are a way more complicated design. The H2 axle is a basic non plunging radius rod style axle & cv. Nothing special!
Both the Polaris Pro R and Can Am Mav R axles from Super ATV or Demon are $300 or less. And those are stronger than stock aftermarket axles.
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The H2 axels look pretty beefy but time will tell. Let’s hope there is an aftermarket option soon. Do you think the H2 axels will be like Speed and be proprietary? Just glad we don’t have to deal with the axle greasing issue.
I don’t think there is anything proprietary to the Kawi axles as is a non plunging axle. Speeds axle patent is questionable too, but no one wants to deal with the BS & drama that comes along with trying to make a part for Speed and with the limited amount of cars built. It does not make financial sense for a Super ATV Rhino or Demon to try to make an axle.
I think it was a rep for Super ATV that posted on another forum that they think the only difference on the Kawi H2 rear axle was the stub axle thread direction. I guess Kawi is known for doing this. If true then it’s no big deal to run the same axle on both sides, like everyone else. But if there is a length difference, then it’s just F’ed up!
I hope that’s not the case! I’ll do some searching and see if I can find out.