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Steve07 · 12-21-2011, 12:40 PM

Gotcha. I built one of those from 3/16" steel. Won't break but it'll rip the dogs off the shock once they get dirty and sticky.

sspeckerwood · 12-21-2011, 12:45 PM

thats probably how thick mine is to. so far it ain't broke. my ex-wife was a real fata$$ so i always had to run the vtx on the hardest setting. then when it was me alone i ran it on the lowest setting. hence, ex-wife. i used to tell her she couldn't ride cause she was hard on my clutch and brakes. she didn't as funny as i did, of course i was serious...

DogRunner2 · 12-21-2011, 01:08 PM

My bad.From just pictures the shock on the Foreman looked like the same adjustment set up as the Rubicon. A screwdriver works fine on the Rubi.

sspeckerwood · 12-21-2011, 01:10 PM

can you post any pics of what your setup looks like??

Steve07 · 12-21-2011, 01:51 PM

Not a good picture, but you see the little recess, almost looks like a set screw should be there? That is where you put the screwdriver and use it as a lever.

sspeckerwood · 12-21-2011, 01:58 PM

thats kinda cool.. wonder why they do so much different stuff for the canadian bikes over the usa bikes

Steve07 · 12-21-2011, 02:01 PM

You'd think that they'd do the upsell stuff down there. California alone has as many people as all of Canada basically.

However, they sell boatloads of Rubicons into the oil-patch up here. Guys do lease-spraying, surveying, and seismic with them and it is one of the easiest to run so the little better spring rate and adjustable shock helps move more of them out the door I guess. Plus they are one of the few bikes that have proven they'll do 20-30,000Kms on a routine basis. Lots of Hondas in the oil/gas sector.

sspeckerwood · 12-21-2011, 02:08 PM

there's a race track out by me that runs foreman 500's for one summer then sells them. they average 25,000 miles on them. running on pavement all the time. most of them have got a topend job once or twice but the guys there beat the he!! out of them

12-21-2011, 12:40 PM	#21 (permalink)
Steve07 Honda Red Wing Rider Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Parts unknown... Posts: 727	Gotcha. I built one of those from 3/16" steel. Won't break but it'll rip the dogs off the shock once they get dirty and sticky. __________________ '87 TRX70 '03 TRX90 '03 TRX350FM '08 TRX420FM - Warn XT25, 25" Mud Bugs, Moose hand/thumb warmers

12-21-2011, 12:45 PM	#22 (permalink)
sspeckerwood Honda Red Wing Rider Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: tooele, ut Posts: 8,718	thats probably how thick mine is to. so far it ain't broke. my ex-wife was a real fata$$ so i always had to run the vtx on the hardest setting. then when it was me alone i ran it on the lowest setting. hence, ex-wife. i used to tell her she couldn't ride cause she was hard on my clutch and brakes. she didn't as funny as i did, of course i was serious... __________________ 2012 TRX500FM FOREMAN. SSPECKERWOOD 3RD HEADLIGHT MOD QUAD BOSS REAR SEAT 26" SWAMPLITES KFI #3000 WINCH HOT GRIPS HEATED GRIPS & THUMB WARMER HONDA ALUMINUM A-ARM GUARDS 00' FOREMAN 450es HIGH LIFTER SPRINGS FRONT & REAR MAXXIS TIRES OFF A 2012 FOREMAN 500 SSPECKERWOOD 3RD HEADLIGHT MOD http://www.flickr.com/photos/sspeckerwood/ http://www.youtube.com/user/sspeckerwood Official hondaforeman.com stickers IF YOU WOULD LIKE OFFICIAL HONDAFOREMAN.COM STICKERS PM ME.

12-21-2011, 01:10 PM	#24 (permalink)
sspeckerwood Honda Red Wing Rider Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: tooele, ut Posts: 8,718	can you post any pics of what your setup looks like?? __________________ 2012 TRX500FM FOREMAN. SSPECKERWOOD 3RD HEADLIGHT MOD QUAD BOSS REAR SEAT 26" SWAMPLITES KFI #3000 WINCH HOT GRIPS HEATED GRIPS & THUMB WARMER HONDA ALUMINUM A-ARM GUARDS 00' FOREMAN 450es HIGH LIFTER SPRINGS FRONT & REAR MAXXIS TIRES OFF A 2012 FOREMAN 500 SSPECKERWOOD 3RD HEADLIGHT MOD http://www.flickr.com/photos/sspeckerwood/ http://www.youtube.com/user/sspeckerwood Official hondaforeman.com stickers IF YOU WOULD LIKE OFFICIAL HONDAFOREMAN.COM STICKERS PM ME.

12-21-2011, 01:51 PM	#25 (permalink)
Steve07 Honda Red Wing Rider Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Parts unknown... Posts: 727	Not a good picture, but you see the little recess, almost looks like a set screw should be there? That is where you put the screwdriver and use it as a lever. __________________ '87 TRX70 '03 TRX90 '03 TRX350FM '08 TRX420FM - Warn XT25, 25" Mud Bugs, Moose hand/thumb warmers

12-21-2011, 01:58 PM	#26 (permalink)
sspeckerwood Honda Red Wing Rider Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: tooele, ut Posts: 8,718	thats kinda cool.. wonder why they do so much different stuff for the canadian bikes over the usa bikes __________________ 2012 TRX500FM FOREMAN. SSPECKERWOOD 3RD HEADLIGHT MOD QUAD BOSS REAR SEAT 26" SWAMPLITES KFI #3000 WINCH HOT GRIPS HEATED GRIPS & THUMB WARMER HONDA ALUMINUM A-ARM GUARDS 00' FOREMAN 450es HIGH LIFTER SPRINGS FRONT & REAR MAXXIS TIRES OFF A 2012 FOREMAN 500 SSPECKERWOOD 3RD HEADLIGHT MOD http://www.flickr.com/photos/sspeckerwood/ http://www.youtube.com/user/sspeckerwood Official hondaforeman.com stickers IF YOU WOULD LIKE OFFICIAL HONDAFOREMAN.COM STICKERS PM ME.

12-21-2011, 01:08 PM	#23 (permalink)
DogRunner2 Honda Rider Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 72	My bad.From just pictures the shock on the Foreman looked like the same adjustment set up as the Rubicon. A screwdriver works fine on the Rubi.

12-21-2011, 02:01 PM	#27 (permalink)
Steve07 Honda Red Wing Rider Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Parts unknown... Posts: 727	You'd think that they'd do the upsell stuff down there. California alone has as many people as all of Canada basically. However, they sell boatloads of Rubicons into the oil-patch up here. Guys do lease-spraying, surveying, and seismic with them and it is one of the easiest to run so the little better spring rate and adjustable shock helps move more of them out the door I guess. Plus they are one of the few bikes that have proven they'll do 20-30,000Kms on a routine basis. Lots of Hondas in the oil/gas sector. __________________ '87 TRX70 '03 TRX90 '03 TRX350FM '08 TRX420FM - Warn XT25, 25" Mud Bugs, Moose hand/thumb warmers

12-21-2011, 02:08 PM	#28 (permalink)
sspeckerwood Honda Red Wing Rider Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: tooele, ut Posts: 8,718	there's a race track out by me that runs foreman 500's for one summer then sells them. they average 25,000 miles on them. running on pavement all the time. most of them have got a topend job once or twice but the guys there beat the he!! out of them __________________ 2012 TRX500FM FOREMAN. SSPECKERWOOD 3RD HEADLIGHT MOD QUAD BOSS REAR SEAT 26" SWAMPLITES KFI #3000 WINCH HOT GRIPS HEATED GRIPS & THUMB WARMER HONDA ALUMINUM A-ARM GUARDS 00' FOREMAN 450es HIGH LIFTER SPRINGS FRONT & REAR MAXXIS TIRES OFF A 2012 FOREMAN 500 SSPECKERWOOD 3RD HEADLIGHT MOD http://www.flickr.com/photos/sspeckerwood/ http://www.youtube.com/user/sspeckerwood Official hondaforeman.com stickers IF YOU WOULD LIKE OFFICIAL HONDAFOREMAN.COM STICKERS PM ME.

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