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    Honda ATV – History & Its Growth


    2009 - 11.17

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    ATVs have become an extremely popular recreational and practical vehicle for many campers, sports enthusiasts, and anyone working out in the wild. These products are easy to use and extremely durable to elements. They can be ran through streams, covered in dirt, and driven over rocks. They’ll keep going with a great amount of speed and a smooth ride. These products for all their benefits are also incredibly light and small, so they are easy to transport to and from the home and can fit down small trails out in the wild as well. Though they are great on their own, many people find that these vehicles need a few extra accessories to make them really fun and useful for whatever their purposes. Here are the top five ATV accessories to help you on your way making the most of your ATV.

    Probably the most common is a large front bumper. These products are used to reinforce the strength of the vehicle as well as to provide a lot of practicality when using it out in the wild. These accessories provide a great deal of utility such as pulling extra weight also have other objects with tent posts tied to them for extra storage space.

    Which brings us to the next best accessory for your ATV – the storage container. These products can be found in many different sizes and made to fit around many different parts of your ATV, whether the front or the back as well as alongside the fenders. These are usually heavy duty in construction, waterproof, and removable for easy and safe use.

    In addition to accessories that go on your ATV, ramps are probably the most helpful accessory for owners. Many people don’t live near the wild where they ride their ATV, so they transport these vehicles by truck or trailer. Ramps allow the owner to easily move their ATV to and from their location without trouble and more importantly with safety.

    Wenches are less common tools, but are extremely useful products. These products are attached to the front or back of your ATV and can be used to pull weight and even help you pull your ATV out of a ditch if needed just like a truck wench.

    Finally, appropriate wear like helmets, goggles, and masks are also very important to keeping riders safe and comfortable. These products come in nearly every type of color and style, so you can stay cool looking as well as having all the benefits.

    Top Five ATV Accessories


    2009 - 11.17

    Posted in ATV | No Comments »

    ATVs have become an extremely popular recreational and practical vehicle for many campers, sports enthusiasts, and anyone working out in the wild. These products are easy to use and extremely durable to elements. They can be ran through streams, covered in dirt, and driven over rocks. They’ll keep going with a great amount of speed and a smooth ride. These products for all their benefits are also incredibly light and small, so they are easy to transport to and from the home and can fit down small trails out in the wild as well. Though they are great on their own, many people find that these vehicles need a few extra accessories to make them really fun and useful for whatever their purposes. Here are the top five ATV accessories to help you on your way making the most of your ATV.

    Probably the most common is a large front bumper. These products are used to reinforce the strength of the vehicle as well as to provide a lot of practicality when using it out in the wild. These accessories provide a great deal of utility such as pulling extra weight also have other objects with tent posts tied to them for extra storage space.

    Which brings us to the next best accessory for your ATV – the storage container. These products can be found in many different sizes and made to fit around many different parts of your ATV, whether the front or the back as well as alongside the fenders. These are usually heavy duty in construction, waterproof, and removable for easy and safe use.

    In addition to accessories that go on your ATV, ramps are probably the most helpful accessory for owners. Many people don’t live near the wild where they ride their ATV, so they transport these vehicles by truck or trailer. Ramps allow the owner to easily move their ATV to and from their location without trouble and more importantly with safety.

    Wenches are less common tools, but are extremely useful products. These products are attached to the front or back of your ATV and can be used to pull weight and even help you pull your ATV out of a ditch if needed just like a truck wench.

    Finally, appropriate wear like helmets, goggles, and masks are also very important to keeping riders safe and comfortable. These products come in nearly every type of color and style, so you can stay cool looking as well as having all the benefits.

    Roll on Bed Liners – The Low Cost Option


    2009 - 11.17

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    Roll on bed liners are the do-it-yourself way to a better looking truck bed and improved bed protection too. We have lived with a do-it-yourself bed liner for about three years now and here’s what it took to get the liner on.

    The Tools and Materials For A Bedliner

    The easiest way to get going is to just get a kit. Herculiner is the leading brand with a kit, but now other liner paint companies offer the one stop material solution.

    Consider the paint for starters. Plan on at least 5 quarts for a full-size truck bed. The more the better. That makes sense when you realize that professional liners consist of about 5 gallons of paint. That’s 5 gallons, not just 5 quarts. So, don’t be satisfied with just a gallon of bed liner paint.

    You will need an applicator, preferably a roller and some cheap brushes. Don’t worry. As the paint dries, it settles and the roller or brush marks just fade away.

    Cleaner is a must, but a simple solution is to just get regular automotive grease and wax remover. That’s really the cleaning problem, getting rid of wax and grease.

    Then you’ll need masking tape, quite a lot really. You do not want bed liner paint anywhere except where it should be. It is so sticky, it’s hard to clean it off once you get it where it shouldn’t be.

    Finally, don’t forget the sanding material. That can be sanding paper or it can be abrasive pads. In any case, get plenty to get the job done.

    Getting Started Right

    Clean surfaces are key to paint that sticks. Getting rid of the old wax and grease is a must to get a coat that sticks. Don’t even think about sanding before cleaning. If you do, you drive the wax or grease into the paint. The sanding doesn’t get rid of it. That’s a sure road to peeling paint. So clean first or else.

    Acetone is the right solvent, but it’s easy to get as a automotive wax and grease remover.

    Sanding For Success

    Applying bed liner paint is not the place for fine sanding. It is the place for very aggressive abrasives. See, what you want is a really rough scratched up surface. That’s what helps the paint stick, a really rough surface prep. No fine sanding is required or desired.

    Application

    After the truck bed is clean and sanded, the hard part is done. Actually putting on paint couldn’t be easier. Partly because the liner paint is so sticky and so thick. It just levels out and sticks almost like a gel coat. You just roll it on and stand back. The paint levels out as it dries and all the roller and brush marks just fade away. It’s easy as pie.

    Good And Bad

    Applying bed liner paint yourself is a fast way to get a spray-on bed liner look-alike for just a fraction of the cost of a professional model. It really looks almost just like a professional liner but at just a fraction of the cost.

    The liner we put on as stood up to hard use for about three years. The bed looks good still, though before lining it was rusty and in sad shape. It is scratched and scarred from use but looks good especially from a few feet away. Here’s what to watch for if you choose this route.

    There’s more to this than just rolling on paint. The preparation is the tough part. Do it right or waste your time.

    A coating you put on yourself isn’t nearly as durable as a professional spray on liner. That’s mostly because it just isn’t as thick. The professional liner just consists of much more material.

    Especially for older pickups with existing bed paint damage, a roll on bed liner makes perfect sense. After living with a roll on coating for three years, I say it’s worth the trouble if you want a cheap bed coating.

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