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dvinesquirrel
03-27-2009, 07:40 PM
i bit the bullet and bought one finally. i went with the regular ol'Baja kinda wish i had gotten the SS but oh well.

this thing is pretty awesome. i can tell i need to fine tune the carb a little it seems kinda slow on the take off. but i believe a pipe and proper adjustment will fix this.

drove it for the first time during lunch at work today and before i could get a quarter tank in i flipped her over and ripped the receiver antenna off.
Got home and installed the Futaba from my Savage and out i went. by the time i hit half tank i had flipped it again.....unintentionally o course. this time i impaled the spark plug through the guard shattering it and ripping the cap. how that for a first day.

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http://i479.photobucket.com/albums/rr154/dvinesquirrel/Baja/Untitled1500m00s.jpg

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Dreadnaught
03-27-2009, 07:45 PM
might i suggest training wheels? lol. maybe bend a piece of aluminum to cover that up better?
dvinesquirrel
03-27-2009, 07:57 PM
yeah. i didnt expect to go on the roof so soon and so often.
Grumpy1822
03-27-2009, 07:59 PM
Get an alu guard.
SunkenMetal
03-28-2009, 07:02 AM
i crunched a spark plug or two on my baja a taller spark plug gaurd or a better roll cage will stop all that...
dvinesquirrel
03-28-2009, 02:55 PM
i'm going to see what i have laying around the garage maybe i can make something better than stock.
]-[0pa]0ng
04-12-2009, 08:17 PM
What did you decide on doin for a guard?
dvinesquirrel
04-13-2009, 04:28 AM
i just ended up getting the GH guard. nothing fancy. i'm brutal with this thing. i already snapped my front a-arms got a set of rpms on the way and got a worx front bumper
]-[0pa]0ng
04-13-2009, 05:29 AM
Are you getting the Worx 6 hole front bumper? I've been looking at that one.
dvinesquirrel
04-13-2009, 09:17 PM
yeah i have it sitting on my work bench/ kitchen table. i'm going to put it on once i get my rpm arms and dye them.

i'm debating trying to deannodize then annodize all the purple to blue. seems easy enough to do i guess
]-[0pa]0ng
04-13-2009, 09:20 PM
I just some how think that the worx bumper is the only true functional bumper available for the baja. Others bend or dig into the ground on a front end dive. At least by the looks it should help deflect the front end back up and the rear back down.
dvinesquirrel
04-13-2009, 09:51 PM
its definatly beefy. if i had that on. there is no doubt i would not have broken my arms. i just need to work on stiffening the suspension