P500 What did you do to/with your Pioneer 500 today?

[NTCPrezJB]

I decided to start looking into the headlights on the p500, I haven’t done much riding at night until lately and these things are horrible! I figured I would start by seeing what kind of pattern they have on a wall......they definitely just through them in at the factory, this is only 5 feet away from the wall, the further you back up the worse it gets. Here’s some before and after.

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That is an amazingly bad alignment as shipped. lol

 

[Peter_72]

That is an amazingly bad alignment as shipped. lol

On my way out Saturday night I noticed a glare in the trees to the right of me, I think I know what it was lol

 

[NTCPrezJB]

On my way out Saturday night I noticed a glare in the trees to the right of me, I think I know what it was lol

Yeah no doubt.

 

[25yrds]

The p500 is going to have a nice Christmas!

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My next upgrades. Probably not gonna happen until sometime next year though. If you'd have added shocks I'd think I posted it. 😉

 

[Peter_72]

I wanted to buy shocks first but Walker Evans won’t have any to ship for about 3 months.

 

[25yrds]

I decided to start looking into the headlights on the p500, I haven’t done much riding at night until lately and these things are horrible! I figured I would start by seeing what kind of pattern they have on a wall......they definitely just through them in at the factory, this is only 5 feet away from the wall, the further you back up the worse it gets. Here’s some before and after.

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Yep, they leave a lot to be desired to say the least. And they don't even have high/low beams. Definitely require extra lighting. Fortunately, it's pretty inexpensive and really easy to add

 

[futzin]

Here’s some before and after.

Before and after what? Ok, I understand the before part!

 

[J80]

I wanted to buy shocks first but Walker Evans won’t have any to ship for about 3 months.

Check out the elka shocks there’s a few on here that speak highly of them but they might be behind to with their production also

 

[txbmcnabb]

Added a ballast for rear stability

 

[Peter_72]

Check out the elka shocks there’s a few on here that speak highly of them but they might be behind to with their production also

I looked at the Elka shocks but for the price they are not right for me. For the same price as the WE they come tuned for one riding style and I go from trial riding to carrying a heavy load while hunting weekly. If I make the investment I want fully adjustable shocks. I also looked into the 814's but they were also several hundred more than the WE.

 

[Avi8or]

Added SuperATV power steering from their Black Friday sale.
Oh man is it nice. Finger steering now.

 

[Bipi57]

I washed mine and pulled the battery for winter storage.

 

[NTCPrezJB]

I looked at the Elka shocks but for the price they are not right for me. For the same price as the WE they come tuned for one riding style and I go from trial riding to carrying a heavy load while hunting weekly. If I make the investment I want fully adjustable shocks. I also looked into the 814's but they were also several hundred more than the WE.

Elka and WE can both be bought adjustable for rebound, compression and preload/ride height.

Regardless of what brand shock you buy you are going to ultimately be picking a spring rate directly or indirectly.

I have no skin in the game no matter what way you go but what you’ve said doesn’t make sense.

Or maybe I’m a dumbass.

 

[Peter_72]

It comes down to price. To buy Elka shocks that are adjustable they cost a lot more than the WE. The stage 1 Elka is the same price as the WE but they are not adjustable

 

[NTCPrezJB]

It comes down to price. To buy Elka shocks that are adjustable they cost a lot more than the WE. The stage 1 Elka is not adjustable

Gotcha! That makes waaaay more sense.

 

[1border4manu]

Added some P700 Deluxe wheels and tires, got off of Facebook Marketplace. Got a pretty good deal. They had 27 miles on them. Not the tires I want, but could not pass on the deal.

 

[Bushwhacker]

I broke down and put the tracks on. Took a ride out to camp and fired up the sauna for the evening. Could use another foot to smooth things out.

 

[trigger]

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I broke down and put the tracks on. Took a ride out to camp and fired up the sauna for the evening. Could use another foot to smooth things out.

That's BA!

 

[Bushwhacker]

I don’t miss the sled with these. You loose the speed, but they will pull like a Clydesdale. With the cab it keeps you out of the weather. I have a picture somewhere of an original big red 700 on tracks and a cord of wood in a trailer with no axle, as it was lost a mile back in the bush.

 

[Garbageman]

Didn't think to take pictures, but..... put straw bales and christmas lights on the 7x6.5 I use to haul the machine around, hauled it around the neighborhood looking at people's decorations. Some "hot chocolate" was consumed, and a good time had. Had to use the jumper box and engineer a solution to get running lights on the trailer, but the police who drove by us just laughed and waved.