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Watch Grind Hard Plumbing Co. Turbocharge an Amazon Quad to Smoky Effect

Grind Hard Plumbing Co. are our form of of us. Lunatics of the best order, with the technical mechanical skills to again up their madness. The group of wrenchers have made all method of fever dream machine, however their newest challenge appears intent on hucking them into their store’s partitions.

Meet the Amazon-bought drift quad. And did we point out they’re turbocharging it? Oh yeah, issues are about to get spicy. 

The ATV is sourced from Amazon’s X-Pro model, a Chinese producer that has caught the attention of each YouTuber’s and RideApart’s editors alike, as they’re low-cost, are available a field, and are assembled by the tip consumer for half or extra the value of their name-brand counterparts. They seem to be screaming offers, as long as you understand how to show a wrench are are OK with components that is probably not all that nice. 

But hey, are you actually shopping for a quad, bike, or UTV on Amazon for the most recent and best? Or are you simply doing it to satiate your want for affordable enjoyable? I do know which camp I’d be in. What’s fairly spectacular, nonetheless, is that the quad began proper up with out difficulty after they assembled it. No faults, no unhealthy wiring, simply up and working. I do surprise how typically that occurs, although. 

As for the conversion course of from Buy It Now to the drift conversion itself, the fellows at Grind Hard not solely purchased an inexpensive as hell quad from Amazon, however they purchased the turbocharger package from the conglomerate, too.  

It took so much to get the turbocharger working, effectively, working sufficient that they really noticed increase strain. But ultimately, they acquired it up and working, and threw on a few of their spare slick go-kart tires to assist gear the entire quad down and get it screaming. It additionally smoked out their storage many, many instances. 

All in all, although, it makes me need to purchase considered one of these X-Pro machines and see what life is like with them. What do you all assume, ought to we? Sound off within the feedback under. 

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Watch A Sur-Ron Motorcycle Waterski Across a Gator-Infested Pond

There’s no scarcity of lunatics on Earth. But there positively appears to be a plethora of them within the nice state of Florida, because it definitely appears to churn out extra of them than some other state round. Maybe it is one thing within the water?

Yet, the most recent on this lengthy line of madness from America’s, um, panhandle, is one thing that I’d most likely strive given the possibility. Everyone’s favourite wild-eyed mechanics from Grind Hard Plumbing Co. went on all the way down to the Sunshine State to have some enjoyable with a few kitted-up Sur-Ron e-bikes.

Now, these aren’t your common modified Sur-Rons. No, one’s in full drag-spec whereas the opposite is the topic of in the present day’s story: a Sur-Ron constructed to waterski. 

Here comes dinner, gators! 

Sur-Ron Ski Hero

The bikes had been constructed by GritShift, a small Florida-based store that focuses on constructing sick-ass customized e-bikes, Sur-Rons, and UTV elements. 

According to the video, the GritShift guys received the thought from a video that Robbie Maddison put out a number of years in the past the place he took his competitors dirtbike and modified it to experience some waves. The primary premise of the construct was to stay aluminum “skis” on the entrance and rear tires—which they comprised of steel purchased from Home Depot—and add a sand-type paddle tire to the rear for propulsion and that is about it. 

They did a number of extra modifications to extend the ability and torque, too. 

What’s wild, nevertheless, is how nicely the entire thing works. It simply dances throughout the water prefer it was nothing. Granted, the water in query is a small canal, and crossing it looks like a reasonably brief affair from the video. But nonetheless, the electrical bike simply handles it. 

That stated, they’re nonetheless some teething points with the Sur-Ron Ski, because the entrance tire is claimed to kick up manner an excessive amount of water towards the inner motors and, despite the fact that they’re IP67 waterproof, one thing’s getting in and inflicting some points. 

There’s additionally the store’s dope Sur-Ron drag bike, which they are saying will hit 60 mph in below 4 seconds after which they drag race a brand new Corvette Z06. The entire factor seems to be like these dope Indonesian single-cylinder drag bikes, which I nonetheless want to write down a narrative on. 

Either manner, each look hella enjoyable and make me wish to strive them out.