P1000m5 Adam490's Short Bus

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Adam490's Short Bus Budget Build

Bought new from Honda Powersports of Covington. Went with the P1k5 after riding a few times with my daughter on my Rubicon and realizing we needed something more secure and comfortable to fit the whole family. She's been dubbed the Short BusView attachment 142813

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[Adam490]

What GPS program are you using ??

I've just been using the Polaris Ride Command app messing around in the neighborhood. I've got Maprika, Avenza, and oruxmaps that I plan to use when I'm out trail riding. @JACKAL has a lot of great info on Oruxmaps and a step by step install. Just search for Oruxmaps and you should find his posts/threads pretty quick.

 

[Adam490]

Removed the rear sway bar while I had it up in the air to put the 1"s spacers on. Was an easy job, just unbolted the arm mounts and took the clamps off. Took the lower shock bolt out on passenger side and was able to wiggle the sway bar out with the arm mounts still attached.



These @RB3offroad spacers are really well made, thanks @Swampmonkey for the deal.

 

[Adam490]

Added some recovery points. 1/8" steel plates on the backside of the brackets

 

[Swampmonkey]

Yes sir.

 

[Adam490]

Got tired of fighting the ratchet straps on my Rigid boxes so I added some quick disconnect mounts and used turnbuckles. Came out pretty good! Everything came from Home Depot:





I'll probably get a longer threaded rod with hook for the side of the turnbuckle that has the open hook so I can do away with the link on the top box.

 

[Adam490]

Seat can still fold up and down with the cleat removed and they sit damn near flush with the ridges in the bed so stuff still slides right over the top.

 

[Cal]

Great ride! I really like what you've been doing with it!

 

[Adam490]

Saw a cool spot we wanted to check out with our RC crawlers so we loaded up the kids in the short bus and made our way out to this big clay washout.

Kids got bored about 15 minutes in so I put on a movie on the P1K. They thought it was the coolest thing ever

Tested my Rigid boxes out with the turnbuckles and they don't move at all. Really like the setup!

 

[Adam490]

Here's the boxes with the turnbuckles installed and the seat flipped. I grabbed two 8" clothesline hooks so I could get rid of the top link I was originally using. I'm debating on adding these quick disconnects to the sides of all of my Rigid boxes so I can still get in them without having to undo the hooks for the turnbuckles.

 

[Adam490]

Also found out the clay over where we went exploring adds a bit of flair to my tires if I let it dry on there.. My kid thought it was cool

 

[ohanacreek]

Here's the boxes with the turnbuckles installed and the seat flipped. I grabbed two 8" clothesline hooks so I could get rid of the top link I was originally using. I'm debating on adding these quick disconnects to the sides of all of my Rigid boxes so I can still get in them without having to undo the hooks for the turnbuckles.

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There’s several ways to anchor them and get into them that people have used and @knuckledeep is making a base mount too.

This is before I did turn buckles for the cooler. The aluminum angle is bolted to the bed using nutcerts. Stayed through Tackett and Takeover this year.

 

[Adam490]

There’s several ways to anchor them and get into them that people have used and @knuckledeep is making a base mount too.

This is before I did turn buckles for the cooler. The aluminum angle is bolted to the bed using nutcerts. Stayed through Tackett and Takeover this year.
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I looked at yours and had all the stuff in the cart to do them that way when I found these little quick disconnects for about $4. I like that they are flush with the bed ridges when the clip is removed so I don't have to worry about removing anything, just pop the clips out and toss the whole thing into the box.

 

[ohanacreek]

I looked at yours and had all the stuff in the cart to do them that way when I found these little quick disconnects for about $4. I like that they are flush with the bed ridges when the clip is removed so I don't have to worry about removing anything, just pop the clips out and toss the whole thing into the box.

Like I said more than one way. My way fits my use and was cheap for me. Cost me more in time than material.

 

[Adam490]

Finally got around to putting my synthetic line and fairlead on

 

[Adam490]

Got my new hook pull in!

 

[Adam490]

Not too impressed by the synthetic line. It popped the first time I used it, but I'm going to chalk it up to being cheap ass line. I bought some of the Amsteel Blue stuff to replace it with.

 

[aauman88]

Dang that sucks. Have link of which line it was so I can avoid it?

 

[Adam490]

Dang that sucks. Have link of which line it was so I can avoid it?

It was bundled with the Hawse fairlead I got off Amazon and had a "protective" cover over the actual rope. I was leery to it since it was so cheap, but I needed the fairlead and a new stopper so I just went with it. They claim it has a 7k break strength but it popped on a straight pull that another Pioneer with a synthetic line pulled me right out of after mine popped.

Amazon Link

 

[aauman88]

Astra Depot 50' x 1/4" RED 7000lbs Strong Synthetic Winch Rope Rock and All Heat Guard + Rubber Stopper + Red Heavy Duty Half-Linked Hook for Truck ATV UTV KFI https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079L32WV9/?tag=sxsweb24-20

That’s one I’m using now and it looks identical. I haven’t pulled real hard on it and probably don’t need to

 

[Adam490]

Astra Depot 50' x 1/4" RED 7000lbs Strong Synthetic Winch Rope Rock and All Heat Guard + Rubber Stopper + Red Heavy Duty Half-Linked Hook for Truck ATV UTV KFI https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079L32WV9/?tag=sxsweb24-20

That’s one I’m using now and it looks identical. I haven’t pulled real hard on it and probably don’t need to

Haha they look identical, hopefully yours is better than mine!