here is my flexi Scout

Jaymz check those rims for cracks around the hub. The guy that made them used the wrong material and it was too soft.
Jim is right, it is a full race with an upgrade moonlight fork. Nice setup.

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Originally posted by jellis Jaymz check those rims for cracks around the hub. The guy that made them used the wrong material and it was too soft. Jim is right, it is a full race with an upgrade moonlight fork. Nice setup.

Thanks for the heads up Jon. Checked the wheels and all look good. I'll keep an eye out.
Still waiting to get the chance to ride the Libre.
Recently installed the barrows for a planned tarmac session. The front axle/spacer was hell to remove with a big hammer and dowel. Cleaned and greased the axle.

Now if we could just get a DRY Sat/Sun with wind :puzzled:

Just scored my first buggy today. Got it off the local Kijiji for $200. Aluminum, custom built, light as a feather. Guy didn't want it taking up space in his garage anymore!

Only thing that needs work is the seat...

Cool looking buggy swyper...!!

Newly rebuilt for the 2011 fall buggy season (thanks WG )
longer side rails make a nice place to put stuff

Looks like you now need a VanTanTech seat!!

Yeah what are my options for seat replacements, and are these things expensive?
Or are there some plans to make one somewhere, I might try to ghetto one over the long Alberta winter...

Swyper If you go to Van's site I think he has plans for seats there. But I have no idea what seats cost.

swyper ... did you grab any of the kites that guy had???

Another option for seat is www.buggybags.co.uk ....
don't know what shipping costs are like from UK, but he has templates on his site for the different buggy brands that you can paint and he then makes your custom color seat..... they do some real good work .... done some for PTW buggies too

Rocfighter ... got any pics of that Vmaxx you beat by a half hour on??

hey bigbear, nope I didnt get the kite, it was a Beamer 5m but he wanted 350 for it. I'm sure he'll probably relist the kite by itself on kijiji, his garage looked like it was overflowing

Gonna see if I can get a used seat first...surely someone must want to upgrade their seat!

Swyper, I got a couple seats that I made and use for testing purpose that would work well. Basically there's nothing wrong with them. I just used them once or twice on a buggy for demo purpose so can't sell them as new. $40 plus shipping would take care of it.

Right on van! u2u sent..

Beach

Lake Bed

swyper , my compliments to the builder , very nice well thought out build , lucky you!

This is an old Libre V-Max. I think I was the third owner back in 99. Today it has a fresh gloss-blue powdercoat and equiped with a new VanTech BW seat, rail pads, and splash guard.

Shoudl be good for another 15 years!

Here is what it looked like last year.

The seat comes off easy so make sure to take if off each session and give it a good cleaning and store it inside. I rinse mine off with a garden hose to get all the sand off and then just hang it up to dry. Good as new the next day!!

bump ... let's see some more rides

Van has the deal on seats at a great price.

Anyone mind if I ask some basic buggy 101 questions?

I am wondering why the rear axles are put so far behind the seat? Is it just to offer longer WB incase the kit gets behind you a bit so you do not flip backwards?

I could just see moving the seat back toward the rear axle for us tall guys to still have a short wheels base that handles quicker? I think for some of us that are not heavy fabricators, it might be easier to build with a seat location farther back as well? though it would put more load on those back wheels..?:puzzled:

you need your weight near the center for stability. If you get load up the rear ,you make it easier to slide your front end around.

Longer wheelbase will give you more stability.
Edit - what he said ^^^

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Originally posted by kiteboyza A info thread, post a picture, explain what it is etc. This might even help some newbie. My buggy Dust Devil - made by Trikbitz(John Trainor) All stainless not available in US/Canada Runs on barrow wheels but can run on midi's (forks are wide enough)

I have the Dust Devil too. Great bug! I replaced the front forks with the forks from a T3 to allow a BigFoot up front and Kenda BeachRacers on the back. Now it's the biggest small bug you can get with a tonne of ground clearance.







Some of those are a bit offshore.




It's been great weather here and I was bored so I thought I'd get the hose pipe out before they ban it and clean up the bugs.

I also swapped the disc wheels over from the T3. I've not used the Dominator with these wheels but I reckon it's going to be interesting.

No camber! I will just have to throw the kite behind me like a parachute to slow down.

Hey! How do I do the click on image to enlarge thing ? :sniff: