TC's new Trail buggy

kevinhumphrey · May 7, 2017

https://youtu.be/y4gESJEFWk4

jeeptj99 · May 7, 2017

Saw that earlier. Looks like a good time.

tonybolton · May 7, 2017

Re: TC's new Trail buggy

No self centering rear steer?! FAIL!!! :

(5brothersfab-hatin) 8)

sleepsontoilet · May 7, 2017

Not hating, but curious why all the fittings on his steering? I thought everything is supposed to be full flow with as few fittings as possible. Some of it looks like there are 3 fittings in a row to get an angle right.

jeeptj99 · May 7, 2017

Re: TC's new Trail buggy

tonybolton said:
No self centering rear steer?! FAIL!!! : (5brothersfab-hatin) 8)

He said its on order. **** pay attention molaugh

If he had your money he would have called the president of the mfg and had him make it out of gold.

BUG-E J · May 7, 2017

In on the first page! I like it. I'm ready to see some old school beatdown videos no matter how well it does!

onepieceatatime · May 7, 2017

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I wanna see him climb Creme Puff in reverse again.

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truckbroke · May 8, 2017

Looks like a really nice rig. I`d still like to see him resurrect Fat Girl and do some wheelies again.!

j-mox · May 8, 2017

Looks good! I like how he thinks with using similar setup to gain seat time and keep the feel of them same.

Only question I would have is why he didn't go with RCV's?

yankster · May 8, 2017

j-mox said:
Looks good! I like how he thinks with using similar setup to gain seat time and keep the feel of them same.

Only question I would have is why he didn't go with RCV's?

My guess those are some kind of 47 spline hybrid axle.

The-Boss · May 8, 2017

j-mox said:
Only question I would have is why he didn't go with RCV's?

If I remember correctly he went with Overson shafts. I think the only reason he uses RCV is if he needs something custom on a tight time frame. Overson works on their schedule. Not a question of strength for either.

money_pit_yj · May 8, 2017

truckbroke said:
Looks like a really nice rig. I`d still like to see him resurrect Fat Girl and do some wheelies again.!

I am not sure it warrants a spinoff thread but, how far have buggies come since then? What would Fat Girl and the older buggies that started this movement be now compared to what is out killing hills and riding trails?

smbroady82 · May 8, 2017

j-mox said:
Looks good! I like how he thinks with using similar setup to gain seat time and keep the feel of them same.

Only question I would have is why he didn't go with RCV's?

He did say 47 spline oversons

money_pit_yj said:
I am not sure it warrants a spinoff thread but, how far have buggies come since then? What would Fat Girl and the older buggies that started this movement be now compared to what is out killing hills and riding trails?

behind the times on the racing scene, but still 10x nicer than what most of us have/can afford

jordan7118 · May 16, 2017

I could definitely see this being used as his main race buggy pretty easily in a pinch. Solid list of parts.

ridered3 · May 16, 2017

Was cool to see some trail riding videos again instead of just race footage all the time.

The rear sway bar setup on the new rig is definitely different.

paradisepwoffrd · May 17, 2017

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I like this buggy, but what about his race buggy makes it not work well trail riding? Or was this just a easy excuse to build another buggy? I would love to have multiple rigs, so just curious.

poolman · May 17, 2017

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paradisepwoffrd said:
I like this buggy, but what about his race buggy makes it not work well trail riding? Or was this just a easy excuse to build another buggy? I would love to have multiple rigs, so just curious.

My guess, and it's definitely a guess is #1 he can, it's a 2 seater, much bigger fuel cell, not open headers ect... :tc

problems...... :

BUG-E J · May 17, 2017

Having a full blown race buggy capable of being competitive makes for a not so fun trail rider. He prolly won enough with the first one to build the second because he wants to get back into wheeling.

Beerj · May 17, 2017

I'm guessing gearing and possibly cooling might be factors along with what was already mentioned

paradisepwoffrd · May 17, 2017

Re: Re: TC's new Trail buggy

BUG-E J said:
Having a full blown race buggy capable of being competitive makes for a not so fun trail rider. He prolly won enough with the first one to build the second because he wants to get back into wheeling.

I kinda figured this was the answer. He mentioned a 3 spd trans & 2 seat in the video. I figured with the hp some of these guys are making they likely run warm and don't make well for a long day of riding.

Kind of equate it to driving a sub-10 sec drag car much on the street.

Even though he gets kinda creative with tube work, i like how simple most of his setups are; The axle trusses aren't crazy, just a simple square tube; Minimalistic interiors, etc.