Took the Sportworks hunting moose in Quebec and it got through all the washed out trails. Had two moose hanging at the cottage we rented. The main building down the road has rooms and caters to foreign visitors, mostly from France. Well a group came walking up the dirt road by our cottage and saw the moose and 4 wheelers. They took photos like they never saw a 4 wheeler before. Two of the men wanted their photos holding the moose head. After they did this there was bloody guck on their clothing but they were enjoying this too much to care.
I have a large buck in the woods here but he never breaks cover, gets behind my tree stand and blows showing his discontent that I'm hiding up in a tree.
That's why he's a big one. Seen his tracks.
DON"T remove the shocks, just setting them on their lowest setting makes the buggy tippy. I tried disconnecting a shock on each side, not good.
It needs an independent rear end, which isn't worth redesigning it. Has an odd setup with a side bar and U shape with bottom of the U attached to the cab frame.
I did find a part that worked, a Polaris gas shock. Had to make the thread diameter smaller to fit the mount. Landmaster only sells the complete strut assy. and the left side they are out of. Stut assy. is $380, way too much when you just need the shock. Bought the shock for $100. You can see it in the photo, the only "clean": part.
I don't know the exact year but about 7 or so years old, Trail Wagon, with 653 Subaru engine (which is good). It's not made to go fast and you don't want to, steering is sloppy. For off road on bad washed out rocky/muddy trails it is slow but gets through it all. A shame there is no guard for the rear transmission with alloy housing. If it was not for the lack of parts and/or expensive assemblies I'd keep it.
Must be nice to be able to source parts being a Kawasaki owner. The shock I found the top thread to be a bit too large in diameter. I took it down, threaded it to 7/16" and it now fits. Had to shorten the nut for the spring cup too. But it works!