noobie with new buggy

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hey all time for me to stop mooching and sart contribiting Very Happy

i want to think everyone on this forum i have been reading it for 2 montes now and have learned a lot most of my questions i had i found here so i had no need to post till now Smile

i got my hammerhead twister 250 today and kidnme you may want to contact the dealer i bought it from to get your comishion lol your review is what sold this buggy i was wanting a blade xt250 but no dealers hear in southern WV that i could find (sorry stu) i have some pics i will attatch of the buggy i havent had a chance to do much more then a test ride i still need to change the oil and fliuds but first inpression so far is great ive never owned a buggy b4 but have 2 atvs a kawasaki bayu 300 4x2 and an artic cat 500 4x4 there is a small hill that is part of the trail and i had no problem at half throttle going up it even stopping and starting again i am as of yet to have it in any mud or serious hills yet but i will let you know when i do i was concerned about the tall gearing as here in southern WV flat strieght trails are the eception mostly winding hills and some are pretty steep i do plan on modding mainly the lighter rollers and another clutch spring the 15 mph lose kidnme reported wont bother me as long as i can get the low end torgue though for a while anyway i want to run it stock just to see what it will do there is one steep hill going to my main rideing area i will try to get a vidio of my first attempt at it Smile

ok till i have more to report ill close for now and attach the pics i also have a couple of one of the trials i ride on one is of a nice atv play hole pretty dry now though and another of a short rock crawling section again thanks to everyone on the forum the regulars and the question askers

Frank

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Welcome to the forum. I'm excited to see someone from my neck of the woods on here. I live in Eastern Ky, not far from Williamson, WV and I know what your talking about concerning the hills and winding trails. Does your Hammerhead have HI/LO?

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hello oldhermit, glad to see another hillbilly come aboard. i beleive this is the wright place to be.i have probably been down in your neck of the woods a few times, several years ago.
i'm 100 miles north of charleston and about 70 miles west of the highest point in west virginia.
good luck with your new buggy.
buggy on pud

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i didnt even know another hillbilly was in here thanks i got the buggy from charlston its not an ss as you can probly tell from the pics i got it from kanawa hardware dont even know how long he has ahad it in his showroom but he assured me he could get any part for it i needed but no mod parts i paid 3300 for it from what ive read on here seemed like a good deal i live near beckley if youve been in this neck of the woods its the biggest town around here lol my dad does volenteer work for the local react and wants to borrow the cart for bridge day hopefully enough people will be interested to get some more buggy riders here alot of motorcycles and atvs pluss a few uts but as far as i know im the first and only buggy in this area if anyone around me is going to be in the area let me know always looking for more to ride with lot of great places to ride im lucky in a way i have an old strip mine that is right behind my house with several miles of area to ride the only thing im qwestioning is there is one hill to get to the main rideing area ive been up it many years back with a little 185 atv but im wondering if this buggy can do it stock i want to break it in before i try but as i promised i will have vidio of it Smile

Frank

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I have the HH250 SS and my buddy has the HH200

We have some pretty intense hills under our belts.

To give you an idea we both climb the levee for our lake and some insane logging trails. You may want to consider some tires with better traction. That was our only issues. The buggies had the muscle to climb quit well. Our buggies have been held back by the lack of traction.

I have since installed 19g sliders and the 2500 spring and installed light foam filters in the cvt cover openings, external radiator fan and UNI filter, Red neck intake and 132.5 jet. My buddy has installed an inline electric 2" fan to force feed his cvt while climbing and hard trail riding, improvement in cooling cvt? He thinks so.

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oldhermit sure do know where beckley is, i'm sure i'm a little older than you, used to haul things out of that area,and get off south valley exit, than sometimes run down into ecles and tamms, i'm sure those names are mispelled but i think you know where i'm talking about.also think the year was 1987 on bridge day, i came through there but was loaded and had to get back. i wanted to stop and watch the bungee jumping and one guys bungee or either broke or wasn't set wright and was killed. does this sound about wright it hasbeen alot of years now.
well back to the buggys, from all the areas i remember down that way you definitely will have some good riding with the buggy. i to would like to see somemore buggies up my way, fun for all age's. i would watch about letting your dad ride your buggy to much, he just might keep it for himself. heehee
pud

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i know where your talking about pud back in '87 i worked for a little store called wender's in the selton shoping center it has been a ways back i finally got the fliuds changed today and took her for a spin my dad followed me on his 300 king quad i didnt piush it but took it through some mud and up a few hills even with giveing it no more then 1/2 throttle it had power to spare im beginning to belive it will get onto the strip Smile

ofcourse that means when i try it and get it on vidio yall wont get to see me back off the hill hehe thx for the advice stlrider i understand 19 or 21 gram rollers would help a lot does anyone have any advice as to which weight i should use and what clutch spring would be best top end is not as inprotant to me as the low end grunt

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i know i promised vidio but i do have a couple of pics i tried the hill today didnt make it got right to the top and ran outa momentum only hve about a 15 yd run b4 the bottom of the hill keep in mind this hill is just part of the trail system and to get to the greater part of the riding area i need to get my buggy up this hill i have did any mods yet still stock with the exception of the royle blue in the crank case my drive belt got very hot as well must have been slipping like mad i backed off the hill and let the buggy set for 20 min or so for the belt to cool off im now wondering even after i mod the buggy will that still be a prob if so what mod can i do to help it out any and all advice is greatly appreciated thx all

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ooops i just realised what i called the oil it is royle purple not blue lol

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Welcome to Buggynews Very Happy

The ONLY place for the buggy truth Very Happy

I am just outside of Charleston 10 minutes south of it...

You said you got the buggy from Kanawha Hardware ???

I have been looking for a dealer for a long time locally,
I guess not hard enough Embarassed

I am going to check them out Very Happy