Revenge is sweet!

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Bull800

Discussion Starter · Jun 22, 2009

Went riding today and raced against my old Grizzly which has beat me 8-10 times. I had dropped the idle down some so my launches wouldn't be so explosive so I could control them. I only lost 2 times due to power wheelies and some of the other races weren't very close. One race was neck and neck but ended up a win by 1/2 bike length. Couple races where I hooked up was maybe 3 bike lengths and what makes me happy is that Grizzly always beat me as bad or worse than my buddies 09 Outty 800(I did won one race against the Outty). I still don't have the hp that Grizzly or Outty has but the Copperhead has really helped my low end tremendously by taking away the performance limiter and then adding 6hp so I get a good jump. Mid range has been helped some and top end gained 5hp on the very top but doesn't help to much in our 150 yard drag since I still have less hp than either one of them.

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Gunny

· #2 · Jun 22, 2009

Bull .... if yer so tickled you finally spanked the owner on the Grizzly, that is no longer yours .... I'm curious why you list that Grizz & all the mods, in yer signature block ?? ;;s;;

Isn't that kinda like, gett'in married but keep'in pictures of all yer old girlfriends so everyone knows who ya use to date ?? :rotfl:

Later ....
:seesaw:

1Bad1000Xxc

· #3 · Jun 22, 2009

Great analogy Gunny. But I must say, I still have my old Grizz with pics and mods in my garage. So, I guess I can't say too much to Bull for his sig.

BATTLEGUN

· #4 · Jun 22, 2009

I still have pics of my Grizz up too. And gunny, the difference in a quad and woman is profound. You can ride your quad hard for 10 minutes or 10 hours and it won't complain, get sore, or leave you for another. Your quad won't care if you have pictures of other quads hanging up in the garage. And you quad will never care if you ride another quad. So I don't think your anology was good. Sorry.

Mack450

· #5 · Jun 22, 2009

Man....Yamaha is gettin an arse whoopin'....a brute with a few small mods killin a grizzly with major engine mods....pretty pathetic Yamaha!!

I have decided to get a used brute. I wanted a KFX 700 but 4x4 is worth it. So thinkin bout pickin up a used one in a year or so.

Gonna set it up like this...except big horns of course

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Gunny

· #6 · Jun 22, 2009

Jeez you guys .... so I picked the wrong anology ?? ........ You get my point ... besides, I was hop'in Bull would be giv'in me crap .... not my friendly Can-Ham ......... I mean .......... Can-Am owners ......... ;;s;;

Battlegun ... I feel yer anology sucks too .... cause from what I read on forums ...... sometimes a quad will just up and say, "Not now, Not today, Not this week even !" ...... Right ?? ....

ccasion14:

Oh well .... I got some action outta the comment ...... my job is done here ...... :hello:

Later ...
:seesaw:

Bull800

Discussion Starter · #7 · Jun 22, 2009

Thanks Gunny! I hear ya! I would add my old Foreman 450ES in my previous sig just for you but that may take away some of my credibility if I had any! Lol!

I'm an idiot! I just figured out why my launches were so controllable! I couldn't believe dropping back to 1500rpm from 1600rpm would make that much difference and it didn't! As you know I was one of the beta testers and so I have many different maps and firmware. Well each Copperhead has 2 different maps you can use with just a flip of the switch. During testing one was for 87 octane and the other was for 91 octane some were testing with. Well after the race with the Outty 800 I installed the maps that was for 87 only since thats all I use. Position 1 has all the limiters enabled for inexperienced riders and position 2 has all the limiters disabled for full power. I was running in position 1 so my low end limiter allowed me to launch but not with full power! I did notice the limiter on takeoff but jsut thought it was the drop in rpm's. That won't happen again.

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Gunny

· #8 · Jun 22, 2009

Bull750 said:
Thanks Gunny! I hear ya! I would add my old Foreman 450ES in my previous sig just for you but that may take away some of my credibility if I had any! Lol!

:rotfl:

Bull750 said:
I'm an idiot! ...... again.

Of course ... I'm paraphrasing yer comment ...... but it works !! :rotfl:

Later ....
:seesaw:

GRIZZLYWIZARD

· #9 · Jun 23, 2009

:rotfl:

Maxmud

· #10 · Jun 23, 2009

Yeah Gunny, I'm kinda with you on this one. I been wonderin if B-Dub was ever gonna let me take ownership of the Grizz I bought from him! I guess not! He still has feelings for her I believe. :rotfl: I just hope this sharing thing goes both ways!!!! When ya gonna let me ride the Gade B??:thumbup:

Mack450

· #11 · Jun 23, 2009

Maxmud said:
Yeah Gunny, I'm kinda with you on this one. I been wonderin if B-Dub was ever gonna let me take ownership of the Grizz I bought from him! I guess not! He still has feelings for her I believe. :rotfl: I just hope this sharing thing goes both ways!!!! When ya gonna let me ride the Gade B??:thumbup:

What did you do with the Elkas?

1Bad1000Xxc

· #12 · Jun 23, 2009

OK Girls, yep, I did love the Grizz and there are things I miss. However, I would only get rid of the gade for the exact same thing with power steering and Elkas. Can't let go of my pics cuz I like to reminisce.

As for the Elkas, they were sold to a fella on GC.

I was planning on putting some on the Gade but I AM finally making progress with tweaking the X shocks, thank GOD!

Jim, anytime you wanna come down, your welcome to ride my Gade like it's your own, with a slight stipulation.......dry ground only. I don't want my quad in that deep stuff you do.

However, let me warn you, it will make you wanna trade UP! ;;s;;

B

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Hebs

· #13 · Jun 23, 2009

I never quite understood the need to go retard speed on a 4x4...

When I want to cheat death, I do it on the yfz...

BATTLEGUN

· #14 · Jun 23, 2009

Hebs said:
I never quite understood the need to go retard speed on a 4x4...

When I want to cheat death, I do it on the yfz...

Valid point I suppose.

Hebs

· #15 · Jun 23, 2009

I guess to be more clear... A sport quad, that's designed for those speeds, instead of a 4x4 that isn't... (the gade kinda being the exception... then again, it was designed for it.)

Maxmud

· #16 · Jun 23, 2009

Well, as far as wanting to trade up goes, I'm there already! Don't get me wrong, 700 is doing great. But, I am who I am, I want more power, just because! I won't do it for some time, but I'm sure I will have a v-twin in the garage at some point. Maybe I'll make my own, take my GSXR1000 motor out and drop it in the Grizz??? That would be sick!!!!

I'm starting to have withdrawl's from riding. It's so hot and dry here that you have to have a dust mask just to take a ride. 3 weeks no and I mean NO rain, 99 to 101 deg every day! Kinda pointless to get out in that heat. I'm jonesin tho, gonna have to make a run soon. I have some trail tires now, since there is no more mud.

1Bad1000Xxc

· #17 · Jun 23, 2009

Yeah I know what you mean about the heat except down here in GA, we have it worse off than you. Our days are running 99-101 with insane humidity that puts the heat index up to around 109ish. It gets down to 80 at night. Yippee!!! If it's this hot now, I think the end of July will be deadly down here.

GRIZZLYWIZARD

· #18 · Jun 23, 2009

B-Dub said:
Yeah I know what you mean about the heat except down here in GA, we have it worse off than you. Our days are running 99-101 with insane humidity that puts the heat index up to around 109ish. It gets down to 80 at night. Yippee!!! If it's this hot now, I think the end of July will be deadly down here.

Maybe you should wear a shorter dress.;;tampon;;;;tampon;;

1Bad1000Xxc

· #19 · Jun 23, 2009

You'ld just try to look up it.

Bull800

Discussion Starter · #20 · Jun 23, 2009

Yeah well my sig was too big anyways so I slimmed it down.

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