Vikes79 longship rebuild thread

[906UP]

Got the rear end squared away with the arms I straightened out. Took it for a spin and it for sure tracks better. It looks like both rears are toed in slightly….I believe this is normal for this type of suspension as power applied makes the rear toe out a bit…just what i remember from college mini Indy days…🤷‍♂️

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So I pressure washed the buggy with the rear suspension fixed. I then pulled the old Rops and test fit the new takeoff I picked up last week.

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Much to my surprise, the front section fit perfectly, then the middle…and the rear as well! I was stunned as I thought I’d be beating the crap outta it.

Mrs Vikes79 thinks I should leave the Rops red and call the buggy Stepchild….

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Yea or Nay ? What say you?

I love Mrs Vikes idea......phuckin hilarious

 

[Admin]

 

[Vikes79]

Not sure if you have checked out the factory welds….but it looks pretty factory to me!!🤓🤣 That’s how Honda should have reinforced it anyway!!

This is on the ‘23 Rops I bought…

 

[NorthernJoe]

Not my best work but they will go back on in the morning.

Something in the powder coating or surface treatment really made it hard to weld cleanly no matter what I tried it spattered like crazy…but I goobered enough on to make it work…I’ve never been accused of being a great welder…I’m a hell of a grinder however 🤣.


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Never lay more bead in a day then you can grind
It looks great!

 

[NorthernJoe]

Got the rear end squared away with the arms I straightened out. Took it for a spin and it for sure tracks better. It looks like both rears are toed in slightly….I believe this is normal for this type of suspension as power applied makes the rear toe out a bit…just what i remember from college mini Indy days…🤷‍♂️

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So I pressure washed the buggy with the rear suspension fixed. I then pulled the old Rops and test fit the new takeoff I picked up last week.

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Much to my surprise, the front section fit perfectly, then the middle…and the rear as well! I was stunned as I thought I’d be beating the crap outta it.

Mrs Vikes79 thinks I should leave the Rops red and call the buggy Stepchild….

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Yea or Nay ? What say you?

Love the name!

 

[CID]

You already know that all welds shrink - I wonder if welding the gussets in place pulled the toe in back into the trailing arms a 'bit'. Were you able to clamp the doo doo out of them before welding?

 

[Rayger143]

Got the rear end squared away with the arms I straightened out. Took it for a spin and it for sure tracks better. It looks like both rears are toed in slightly….I believe this is normal for this type of suspension as power applied makes the rear toe out a bit…just what i remember from college mini Indy days…🤷‍♂️

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So I pressure washed the buggy with the rear suspension fixed. I then pulled the old Rops and test fit the new takeoff I picked up last week.

View attachment 426190


Much to my surprise, the front section fit perfectly, then the middle…and the rear as well! I was stunned as I thought I’d be beating the crap outta it.

Mrs Vikes79 thinks I should leave the Rops red and call the buggy Stepchild….

View attachment 426191

Yea or Nay ? What say you?

Looks great!

 

[Vikes79]

You already know that all welds shrink - I wonder if welding the gussets in place pulled the toe in back into the trailing arms a 'bit'. Were you able to clamp the doo doo out of them before welding?

Yeah I did.

It is what it is for today. Maybe Santa brings better parts in the future.

I’m not even sure there’s an issue. It drives great! No marking of tires on the concrete either.

 

[CID]

Yeah I did.

It is what it is for today. Maybe Santa brings better parts in the future.

I’m not even sure there’s an issue. It drives great! No marking of tires on the concrete either.

I think what you made is better than what you can replace them with. And it's given me a plan if I follow in your shoes.

 

[Buggyman]

Got the rear end squared away with the arms I straightened out. Took it for a spin and it for sure tracks better. It looks like both rears are toed in slightly….I believe this is normal for this type of suspension as power applied makes the rear toe out a bit…just what i remember from college mini Indy days…🤷‍♂️

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So I pressure washed the buggy with the rear suspension fixed. I then pulled the old Rops and test fit the new takeoff I picked up last week.

View attachment 426190


Much to my surprise, the front section fit perfectly, then the middle…and the rear as well! I was stunned as I thought I’d be beating the crap outta it.

Mrs Vikes79 thinks I should leave the Rops red and call the buggy Stepchild….

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Yea or Nay ? What say you?

Paint it

 

[Vikes79]

Decided that I don’t want to paint the Rops … and honestly think it’s different, which I prefer. So I bolted it down and also fine tuned the latch point on the rear door and the hinge bracket so that door would close properly.

The pass rear door skin looks like a cheese grater was used on it and almost all the mounting points are broken. I’m going to try and clean it up a bit and plastic weld the tabs back together.

Gotta still mess around with the drivers front fender and headlight bracket to straighten them out too.

 

[NTCPrezJB]

Decided that I don’t want to paint the Rops … and honestly think it’s different, which I prefer. So I bolted it down and also fine tuned the latch point on the rear door and the hinge bracket so that door would close properly.

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The pass rear door skin looks like a cheese grater was used on it and almost all the mounting points are broken. I’m going to try and clean it up a bit and plastic weld the tabs back together.

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Gotta still mess around with the drivers front fender and headlight bracket to straighten them out too.

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Eh, leave it and you won’t have to worry about tree branches so much.

 

[Rayger143]

Decided that I don’t want to paint the Rops … and honestly think it’s different, which I prefer. So I bolted it down and also fine tuned the latch point on the rear door and the hinge bracket so that door would close properly.

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The pass rear door skin looks like a cheese grater was used on it and almost all the mounting points are broken. I’m going to try and clean it up a bit and plastic weld the tabs back together.

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Gotta still mess around with the drivers front fender and headlight bracket to straighten them out too.

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Red rops is hardly noticeable on the orange. As long as it drives and handles is what counts. Almost time to go enjoy it! Well done Vikes.

 

[Vikes79]

Eh, leave it and you won’t have to worry about tree branches so much.

Yeah for sure. I’ve read that @CumminsPusher is someone to aspire to for tree navigation.

 

[Vikes79]

Got some goodies today.

Some non Honda oil filters ( compared to my on shelf Honda filters they look identical in construction)

A rough country winch mount
Two sections of winch line
Soft shackle donut
A used radius rod to replace the bent one I straightened ( will become a spare)

I already have a used HF winch I’m going to use that was on my P1k5 which I converted to wide spool.




Last night I installed the new roof that came with the Rops and the SATV flip windshield ( sorry no pics yet)

Somewhere in my shop I have some usb charging ports, switches and led strips I’ll use for wheel lights if I can find them

 

[906UP]

Just posted on your wanted thread, you still need door nets?

 

[Vikes79]

Just posted on your wanted thread, you still need door nets?

Yeah see my post in that thread 👍

 

[ChadD]

The Bastard is coming along nicely 😎👍.

#NOMO

 

[Vikes79]

The Bastard is coming along nicely 😎👍.

#NOMO

lol “cheap” bastard is where I’m leaning at now for name.

 

[lowranger]

Fixed mine today.

 

[Vikes79]

Fixed mine today.
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Looks great, I’m still concerned that those Yamaha drivers are going to have different ideas about it however!

On the flip side…maybe the extra exhaust thrust is good for 30 hp? 🤷‍♂️