P1000 P1K3LE Fun Haver build

[Schmeg]

Well, here goes the beginning of my money pit. Just picked up a holdover 2018 P1K3LE and now I’m bring it to life as I want it. I mostly ride logging roads and converted rail beds with some wet trails mixed in here in northern Maine. We have 7000 miles of trails here, so it’s not uncommon to have 100 mile days. I need a buggy that is dead nuts reliable, reasonably comfortable, smooth, good ride, and descent rubber that isn’t prone to flatting. This buggy will be used as a pack mule too. I have a family that uses my 3 ATV’s when we all go riding, so I’m going to be figuring out sensible bed storage. Here are some pics so far. I’ll post in chronological order. The emphasis is a reliable trail machine. No crawling, no mudding. I also ride alone.

 

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[Schmeg]

Here it is after a few days of adding the winch, winch bumper, and roof. Warn Axon 45S on a Warn 101700 winch bumper. Wheels are STI HD beadlocks shod with Pitbull Growler BG 2.5 27x9x12. I know 12’s go against the grain with many people, but I was looking for maximum sidewall for ride quality and I didn’t want to go to a tire that was too big for stock a arms and no lift. I also wanted to keep the wheel weight reasonable while having a durable tire. The Growlers are true to height and actually measure 9.5”. Load rating is 639lbs per tire. Should work fine.
Next, I’ll be tearing out the seat, adding Beard 4 point harnesses, and a heat shield for the seat. I’ll revise fuel tank and sub trans venting while I’m in there. After that, I will be adding a Honda fabric rear panel, and Seizmik fabric upper doors.

 

[Ultrasonic1]

Great looking buggy, I’d love to see some trail shots from Maine.

 

[Russ989]

Here it is after a few days of adding the winch, winch bumper, and roof. Warn Axon 45S on a Warn 101700 winch bumper. Wheels are STI HD beadlocks shod with Pitbull Growler BG 2.5 27x9x12. I know 12’s go against the grain with many people, but I was looking for maximum sidewall for ride quality and I didn’t want to go to a tire that was too big for stock a arms and no lift. I also wanted to keep the wheel weight reasonable while having a durable tire. The Growlers are true to height and actually measure 9.5”. Load rating is 639lbs per tire. Should work fine.
Next, I’ll be tearing out the seat, adding Beard 4 point harnesses, and a heat shield for the seat. I’ll revise fuel tank and sub trans venting while I’m in there. After that, I will be adding a Honda fabric rear panel, and Seizmik fabric upper doors.

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Looking good!

 

[Schmeg]

Great looking buggy, I’d love to see some trail shots from Maine.

Here is one from last year. Downeast Sunrise Trail. It follows the coast of Maine from Ellsworth to Calais. 113 miles long. Several spur trails feed off of it. Plenty of lodging and dining options.

 

[Schmeg]

Daughter and family out on the trail near Moosehead Lake.

 

[Schmeg]

Snowmobiling near Mt.Katahdin. Trail doubles as an ATV trail in the summer.

 

[Ultrasonic1]

Gorgeous, Maine is on my bucket list. Thanks for sharing.

 

[ToddACimer]

That new Warn Axon winch looks great on the warn bumper. Look into the Warn snow plow mount it will give you a nice leading edge that matches the bumper slope. I also added a filler panel between my bumper and plow mount.

The is the bumper with the plow mount added

This is the filler panel I made. Aluminum with a UHMW skid plate

This is the end result

 

[HondaTech]

You know what sucks (not to hijack your thread) but seeing your LE reminded me.

On the new LEs Honda only paints the upper A-arm silver. What a bunch of cheap assses.

Anyway, good looking rig!

 

[Ridinfool]

Here is one from last year. Downeast Sunrise Trail. It follows the coast of Maine from Ellsworth to Calais. 113 miles long. Several spur trails feed off of it. Plenty of lodging and dining options.View attachment 194383

Great looking buggy, I would be lying if I said I wasn't jealous about 7000 miles of trails to ride.
We tried to end up in Maine a couple of years ago on a 2 week round trip camper run, but only made it to New Hamsha...I think I pronounced that right.👍

 

[Schmeg]

Great looking buggy, I would be lying if I said I wasn't jealous about 7000 miles of trails to ride.
We tried to end up in Maine a couple of years ago on a 2 week round trip camper run, but only made it to New Hamsha...I think I pronounced that right.👍

If you rode Jericho Oark and points north, you had a good ride. NH does thing right. We have a lot of trail miles, but it’s a hodgepodge setup that lacks inter connectivity like our sled trails and many trails have 60” restrictions which may be changing to 65” soon. Maine has outlawed snorkels. No on road registration. As much potential the state holds, there is always pushback. The club leadership at most clubs are the worst offenders of championing progress. It’s a mindset they have about over protecting private land that has organized trail mileage passing through which accounts for 80 percent of our mileage. It’s a constant battle between landowners (not in my back yard mentality) trailmasters (I’m the self appointed law on my system) and every self appointed important persons wife that likes to fan the flames on social media. As pretty as Maine is, we need a total overhaul on how the trails are managed and funded. NH us a good model.

 

[Ridinfool]

If you rode Jericho Oark and points north, you had a good ride. NH does thing right. We have a lot of trail miles, but it’s a hodgepodge setup that lacks inter connectivity like our sled trails and many trails have 60” restrictions which may be changing to 65” soon. Maine has outlawed snorkels. No on road registration. As much potential the state holds, there is always pushback. The club leadership at most clubs are the worst offenders of championing progress. It’s a mindset they have about over protecting private land that has organized trail mileage passing through which accounts for 80 percent of our mileage. It’s a constant battle between landowners (not in my back yard mentality) trailmasters (I’m the self appointed law on my system) and every self appointed important persons wife that likes to fan the flames on social media. As pretty as Maine is, we need a total overhaul on how the trails are managed and funded. NH us a good model.

Unfortunately (sort of) that trip was B.G. before buggy, we did a bunch of sightseeing stuff the goal was when we left niagra falls to end up in Maine to get a Maine lobster but we never made it we were about 30 miles south of the line.
We still had lobster and it was good .

 

[wrhii]

Here is one from last year. Downeast Sunrise Trail. It follows the coast of Maine from Ellsworth to Calais. 113 miles long. Several spur trails feed off of it. Plenty of lodging and dining options.View attachment 194383

Lord, Florida is boring

 

[Haldog77]

Lord, Florida is boring

Which would you rather spend spring break at, Florida beaches or Maine? Errbody's home state has their own positives and negatives.

 

[Schmeg]

Right now I’m pretty happy up here. Plenty to do outside and Covid-19 is nearly non existent in Northern Maine. We have beaches too. Nice thing is, not many people this time of year.

 

[wrhii]

Which would you rather spend spring break at, Florida beaches or Maine? Errbody's home state has their own positives and negatives.

we crackers don't go to the beach anyway. I live on one of Floridas mountain peaks......120' above sea level Nothing like the pics you guys post. Amazing!

 

[Schmeg]

Another snowmobile pic. Doubletop Mountain on the west side of Baxter State Park.

 

[wrhii]

Another snowmobile pic. Doubletop Mountain on the west side of Baxter State Park.View attachment 194782

See there. Thats just amazing to a flat ground boy like me..

 

[Schmeg]

No bikinis though.