Drove it home in Jan. ordered it when I heard they were comming out with the V-twin 1000 cc motor and 10" of wheel travel. I have a sand car so I wanted it for trail riding.
DON~~~

Took it apart and started to work on a desent cage. The cage is .095 4130 all tubes are bent in one piece. Made each tube out of mild steel to get the bends perfect, then copied them in 4130. The corner braces are 1 inch .125 4130. The brackets are .250 in. cold roll. It also has a dome light bracket and a built in whip mount with light. The tail light is built in the cross bar. It is LED with brake light.
DON~~~

Finished the cage and installed the Beard seats with Crow 6 point belts. Bought the seats and mirrors at the CA sand show, while they were on good sale. Also bought the mirrors at the sand show before the Cat came in. Also had the front bumper chrome plated and pinstriped some of the decals and painted in some different ones. Also bolted the bed solid to the frame and added two extra tubes to support the roll bar.
DON~~~

Took it to Jeff Davis and had him do the top and windshield frame. Also had the roll bar and alum parts powder coated by Adam at Electro Tech powder coating while in Escondido.
DON~~~

Looks good!!! I want one myself......

Came home and took it back apart for the wiring and to add some gauges in the dash, water temp, volt meter and a horn to be street legal, also a alarm system. Also made a billet steering column and horn button.
DON~~~

Next is a stainless rear bumper with billet lighted lic. plate and two more tail lights. Picture is of it half done. Next after finishing the bumper will be some stainless leg minders then some trail riding. I have driven it around the streets and it is a blast. I am also going to do a dual pipe exhaust system. Also I cut out the winch mounts to get more air in the radiator. It runs at around 190 deg. on a 100 deg. air temp outside.
DON~~~

I cant wait to see the finished product. Looks great'

Awesome!

very nice...

It's turning out Very nice. where did you find those LED's ? those are the same one's I have on my jeep and I'm looking for new one's, Are they chrome covered plastic? just curious cause mine are and the chrome is getting pitted. thanks in advance DonP

Looks Great Don!!!!

I know someone with a dual exhaust

http://www.maxxima.com I get them from a local trailer supply, go to there web site and find a local dealer.
DON~~~

Finished the bumper.
DON~~~

Added some bling to the dash.
DON~~~

Found this neat way to mount your ice chest or gas cans. See there complete line here. Really nice stuff. http://www.axiaalloys.com/index.htm
Off to Bryce canyon and Marysvale UT.
DON~~~

looks good . like the tail lights i put mine in the body

Looks good. I am looking fordward to comming over and do some rides with you guys or maybe at Glamis.
DON~~~

Ok now it has 383 trail miles on it. I am at the South-Forty RV Park in Marysvale, Utah 435-326-4404. We are going to be here for another week. Come and ride the Piaute Trail it is great! Later

Don~~~

I have tons of pictures from my trip. I will start a new post about the trip. The Arctic Cat is amazing. Never had one once of trouble and it will go any place you want, and rides like a dream. One awsume machine. Someone was asking about gas milage so I did some tests. On real rough slow trails high hard climbs it got 10 MPG. On better trails it got 15 MPG. We were riding with a Rhino and when we filled up they both took the same abount of gas almost to the tenth.
DON~~~

Don that is a nice cat you got there! Couple questions for you... what did you use to cut out the winch plate? I tried to cut mine out with my grinder but I couldn't get a good angle on it. Also, I like the aluminum around the speedometer, where did you get that or did you cumtom make it?

To cut the winch plate I used a small air tool with a real thin cut off wheel. I use these cut off's a lot. The speedo billet piece is from www.utvcrap.com The rest of the billet stuff I made myself.
DON~~~

Looks great Don!!!!

Looking good Don, but I gotta ask, what's up with the green?

You can see it from very far away, when you see it coming you will know it is me. When you see it up close the green matches the pin striping.
DON~~~

DON~~~

That really is a NICE cat there Don. Those are some really nice moda and the cage is great. Wish I had some fab equipment and some better skills.

Looks great cant wait to see more.

Hey Don
Come over to the Fish Lake side of the mountain. We spend alot of our summers thier. You need to check out the Goose Berry trail system.
John

I sent you a PM. We will be back there in July.
DON~~~

Don have you been on the www.atvutah.com web site ? Alot of the folks on that site hang out in Marysville .

I signed up,

Last years trip to Bryce canyon and Marysvale UT
http://www.glamisdunes.com/invision/index....howtopic=181801
Thanks DON~~~