Rhino Build

[hobie164]

A few weeks ago I decided to endo my Rhino out at Pala. After an interesting ride I climbed out unscaved and decided my Rhino was totaled. All the parts were fine except for the frame was caved a twisted and now after cutting it apart and sitting the chassis on flat ground the rear of it is bent up almost 3" from level.

Here is my progress on the rebuild


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[amr126]

That thing is looking pretty good man. I'm surprised you destroyed the frame that much on a rhino, especially after watching my brother stuff the front of our rhino in whoops at 40 mph. He also endoed ours and busted his nose, but that was in the sand so that made the difference I guess. Do you mind elaborating on your crash?

[07FJRog]

nice work Hobie

Rog

[hobie164]

I was testing out at Pala the weekend before the Worcs GH round and really just wanted to make sure everything was good before the race. Didn't plan on pushing it very hard at all. I did all the jumps in the first moto except on and in moto two squared off the big sweeper to do a step down and overjumped it by maybe a foot. The back end was up just a little and it tucked the front at the bottom of the transition on the landing. I was doing maybe 45 or so directly onto the front bumper. Hit and did two out the front when I landed on the rear corner which collapsed the rear cage and pushed the rear wheel and frame in. I was fine so that was cool but the Rhino wasnt so lucky.

For how hard I drive and how long I have been driving these things both in the desert and on the track that is my first roll. I have been pretty out of shape but always gathered everything back together before I lost it.


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[JoeyD23]

nice work!!