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What's in a Name?

2012-02-03T23:15:00.000-08:00

Mike Rietzke brands a Kawasaki Teryx 4 Rock Slider on the CNC.

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Duning the Wildcat and XP 900 with the crew at Factory UTV

2012-01-19T09:17:00.000-08:00

WILDCAT!!!!

2012-01-09T13:15:00.000-08:00

Is there anything better than a new dirt toy? Specially one with 18 inches of suspension travel...

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Arctic Cat Wildcat Walk Around

2011-12-16T23:48:00.000-08:00

Looks pretty cool! Can't wait...

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Loading for RZR forum Trip To Sand Mountain

2011-10-23T19:07:00.001-07:00

Don't think they'll fit in one trailer though :-)

XP ready for Sand Mountain trip

2011-10-23T19:00:00.000-07:00

The new 14 Inch STI paddles look good on the XP and should float nicely on the sand.

UTV Guide Wildcat Review

2011-10-19T19:22:00.000-07:00

Jon Crowley at UTV does another great review, this time on the Arctic Cat Wildcat. Click on picture below

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Mounted a set of Motosport Alloys M 16 Vice Bead Lock Wheels with Maxxis Vipr Radials on the Shop RZR XP

2011-10-15T11:53:00.000-07:00

Mounted a set of Motosport Alloys M 16 Vice Bead Lock Wheels with Maxxis Vipr Radials on the Shop RZR XP. The M16 Vice wheels are an affordable beadlock compare to some others out there and the Maxxis Vipr is a 6 ply Radial tire designed specifically for UTV's. Give us a call if your interested in a UTV tire and wheel kit.

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New Rims and Tires on the Can Am

2011-10-08T22:15:00.000-07:00

Hooked up the Commander today with a set of 14in GBC Grim Reaper tires on beautiful MotoSports Alloy M17 Elixir Bronze rims.

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MotoSport Alloys M16 Vice

2011-10-06T11:36:00.001-07:00

Got the new MotoSport Alloys M16 Vice Beadlocks in the shop. Sharp looking rim and a very affordable beadlock.

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Factory UTV UHMW Teryx Skids Featured on UTV Off-Road Magazine Cover

2011-09-30T09:50:00.000-07:00

Cool to see our UHMW skid plates on the UTV Guide Teryx build featured on the cover of the Oct/Nov issue of UTV Off-Road Magazine.

Got a new set of 14 inch STI Paddles in today

2011-09-29T17:47:00.001-07:00

New 14 Inch STI paddles mounted on SS rims showed up today. These things are huge and will float on the sand really nice.

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Factory UTV Equipped Team Jean XMF Polaris RZR Takes VORRA 24 Hour Endurance Race

2011-09-11T11:50:00.000-07:00

Fallon, NV – September 4, 2011 - It was a warm sunny weekend for the inaugural VORRA 24 Hour Endurance race. The race consisted of two 12 hour legs, one on Saturday (clockwise loop) and one on Sunday (counter clockwise loop). Friday was a day for pre running of the 41 mile loop course. We quickly found that with the addition of the Holz Stage III motor kit on our desert RZR motor this year made our RZR much quicker and faster than last year when we ran with the stock RZR 800 motor. In addition we had hit our set up perfectly on the XMF/Walker Evans +8 suspension as the suspension was working perfectly through the long whoop sections in the early part of the race loop. We finished our pre run in a leisurely 1 hour and 30 minutes at which point we loaded back up and headed off to tech inspection at Stockman’s Casino.
There were a total of 28 cars, trucks, buggies, UTV’s and bugs in the race. We drew a starting spot of number 18 behind the class 10 buggies and number 1 for the UTV’s. Our goal was 8-10 laps per day depending on how the RZR held up. We ran our first lap in 1 hour and 2 minutes well ahead of the other UTV’s. As the day wore on the lap times decreased slightly with each lap along with the increasing silt, height of the whoops and rocks getting kicked onto the course. With the other UTV’s dropping out due to mechanical issues we called it a day after 6 laps in order to save our equipment for day 2.
Day 2 brought a wrinkle to the start as VORRA promoter Wes Harbor decided to go with a land rush start of the nearby dry lake bed. Part of the start would require that each vehicle’s pit crew would need to change a tire prior to the vehicle being able to take off from the start line. The 28 car field had now been narrowed down to 15 cars with our UTV the only one to be able to start the day 2 race. Sunday’s loop was to be run counter clockwise so our goal was to have a good showing with the start and then pull over to let the faster cars, trucks and buggies head off in front of us. Our pit crew did a quick tire change and we were off the line 5^th. We quickly moved over so as to not get run over in the dust cloud but proved that our crack pit crew could hang in with the big boys and their pneumatic guns from their fully stocked chase trucks.
The counter clockwise direction proved to be challenging and devastating. Unfortunately for two vehicles the roller section at mid course proved to be a shorter jump in this direction and two vehicles had serious crashes which forced a red flag stoppage forcing a 2 ½ hour delay. During our long stop at Check 1 we found a small crack on a motor mount that we believe may have been caused by a hidden rock in the silt during lap 1, it appeared that the crack was not race ending and once the race started we continued on. Towards the end of lap 2 we managed to find the same rock that we found on lap 1 as well as another about a mile further up the course. As we came into the pits we heard a vibration in the clutch area and upon inspection of our RZR we found that our two encounters with the rocks had caused more damage to the motor mount which ended our day.
Fortunately enough for us our aggregate 328 completed miles was good enough to take the overall win for the weekend.
Thank you to our sponsors: XMF (+8 suspension & roll cage), Walker Evans shocks, Factory UTV, Sapa Extrusions, Cal Custom Trailers & Power Sports, Pape Rentals, MUZZY Exhaust, Holz Racing Products, Hiper Technology carbon fiber racing wheels and our new sponsor Summers Brothers Axles.

Factory UTV equipped UTV Guide Kawasaki Teryx Tackles the Rubicon

2011-07-24T22:44:00.000-07:00

David did some custom UHMW skid work on Jon Crowley's UTV Guide Kawasaki Teryx and Jon did a great write up on a trip to the Rubicon recently.

Check the story out here: http://utvguide.net/trip_report_rubicon_july2011.htm

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2011-05-23T15:01:00.001-07:00

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Jon Crowley Putting the UTV Guide Project Teryx Through It's Paces In Moab

2011-05-10T07:01:00.000-07:00

Jon looks to be giving our FUTV UHMW Skid Plates a good workout with the UTV Guide Project Teryx up in Moab. Looks like FUN!

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2011-05-05T08:20:00.001-07:00

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UTV Guide Teryx Build

2011-05-01T22:58:00.000-07:00

David did some real nice one off custom work on Jon Crowley's UTV Guide Teryx build. Teryx turned out really nice Jon!

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Working on Doors for the Can Am Commander

2011-04-24T12:12:00.000-07:00

Should turn out very nice!

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Maier Mfg New RZR XP 900 Scooped Hood

2011-04-21T12:43:00.001-07:00

Just picked up our XP from Maier and shot this pic of their new 2011 RZR Scooped Hood.

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Drove up to Maier Mfg today

2011-04-08T13:25:00.001-07:00

Picked up the Can Am after some hood and roof design work and dropped off the RZR XP for some design work

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Can Am XT1000 and RZR XP 900 on top of a slick rock deep in the Nevada desert

2011-04-03T22:29:00.000-07:00

We were out in the desert South of Middlegate Nevada and found a beautiful Moab like slick rock we climbed to the top of... Gorgeous view...

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Gibson RZR XP 900 Slip-On Dual Exhaust

2011-03-20T22:56:00.000-07:00

Gibson sent us their stainless slip-on Dual Exhaust system for the Polaris RZR XP 900. Really a nice looking piece of hardware!! Looking forward to installing this on our XP and NEVER having to repack the silencers!

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Middlegate Nevada

2011-03-18T15:32:00.001-07:00

Can Am XT 1000, RZR XP 900 and a Rhino.

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Rooster

2011-03-17T21:47:00.001-07:00

Needs more paddle, but throws a nice roost anyway...

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The XP runs awesome up here!

2011-03-17T16:15:00.001-07:00

We have the place to ourselves and the only tracks in the virgin sand are ours...

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Camp is here, wish you were beautiful...

2011-03-17T10:46:00.001-07:00

We got the joint to ourselves and it's gorgeous! !

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On our way to Sand Mountain. Waiting for Dennis to catch up..

2011-03-16T16:47:00.001-07:00

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Crowley and Jean mix it up in Moto 1 at Prairie City VORRA Round

2011-03-13T13:32:00.000-07:00

Jon Crowley and Dennis Jean running 1 and 2 had a great race long battle in moto 1 at the Prairie City VORRA race this morning...

Camp Fly By

2011-03-06T11:25:00.000-08:00

We were treated to a Stealth Bomber fly by Presidents Day weekend at Dumont dunes. The bomber seemed to be tracking the white plane in front of it. What an amazing bird it is!!!!!!!!!!

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Camp Dumont Presidents Day Weekend 2011

2011-03-06T11:18:00.000-08:00

Weather was perfect at Dumont Pres Day 2011!! Our accommodations and Tony D in the new RZR XP 900 in camp. Unfortunately I ended the weekend with 5 fractured ribs and a hemothorax :-(

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Dumont or bust!!

2011-02-14T20:19:00.001-08:00

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Factory UTV Polaris RZR XP 900 UHMW Skid Plates and A-Arm Guards

2011-02-13T22:45:00.000-08:00

Finished design on the main skid and a-arm guards today and they turned out GREAT! Now I have to go test them out at Dumont, that's my story and I'm stickin to it!

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Who'd a thunk it

2011-02-09T15:59:00.001-08:00

Who'd of thunk you would be required to run cat urine in your truck!!!

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Neighbors Toys

2011-02-06T10:21:00.000-08:00

I REALLY like our shop neighbors racecar and tow vehicle

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Factory UTV's current build projects

2011-02-04T08:16:00.001-08:00

UTV's have come a long way im a short time. No better example than our 2 current shop UTV's. The Can Am Commander and RZR XP 900. Both amazing machines in their own right...

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Crowley Off Road, Monster Energy Kawasaki, Muzzys Performance, Factory UTV Teryx gets some UHMW protection

2011-01-30T15:22:00.000-08:00

Jon Crowley's Monster Energy Kawasaki, Muzzys Performance, Factory UTV backed Teryx was in the shop this week getting outfitted with some UHMW protection in preparation for the upcoming King Of The Hammers.

New spare tire mount

2011-01-30T15:03:00.001-08:00

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RZR XP 900 Finally Arrives

2011-01-30T14:47:00.000-08:00

Game on!!

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Teryx Rollcage Build

2010-11-09T15:01:00.001-08:00

Mike one of our fabricators is building a cage for this 2010 Teryx

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Saw our first red Can Am Commander in the shop today

2010-11-02T14:31:00.001-07:00

Love the red, wish we could have waited for one

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New Factory UTV Can-Am Commander Skid Plate Package

2010-10-28T12:19:00.000-07:00

We've just finished design and build for our Can-Am Commander skid plate package. Turned out even better than we hoped!!

At the Hitch House in Stockton

2010-10-26T10:29:00.001-07:00

Getting new 5th wheel hitch installed

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Can Am's Playing in Superbowl

2010-10-12T16:39:00.000-07:00

Sand Mountain Nevada

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Sunset

2010-10-08T18:48:00.001-07:00

Great sunset

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New Commanders maiden voyage

2010-10-08T11:24:00.001-07:00

Sand Mountain Nevada

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The Stork Delivered a New Toy

2010-10-06T21:56:00.000-07:00

2011 Can Am Commander XT 1000

Can't wait to get to work on it!!!

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Bumper Car?????

2010-09-20T09:59:00.000-07:00

One of my show favorites was this vintage bumper car. It had the original cast iron body covering a 750cc inline 4 cyl engine and was STREET LEGAL! What a commuter car !!!

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Crazy RZR Body Work

2010-09-20T09:56:00.000-07:00

This thing had some serious custom body work on it

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Old School ATC 70

2010-09-20T09:52:00.000-07:00

Sweet early 80's Honda ATC 70

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Billet RZR Suspension

2010-09-18T17:32:00.001-07:00

Nice stuff

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Radius cage Commander

2010-09-18T17:30:00.001-07:00

Interesting looking cage on an LT Commander

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First 4 Seater Commander

2010-09-18T17:27:00.001-07:00

Really liked the graphice

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Crazy nice bicycle

2010-09-18T17:24:00.001-07:00

Custom!!!

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Stopped by the UTV Weekly boooth

2010-09-18T17:19:00.001-07:00

Checked out the Can Am and Teryx

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Some of the sights at the SSSS

2010-09-18T16:33:00.001-07:00

Always a great venue for people watching

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The E ticket ride

2010-09-18T16:29:00.001-07:00

Some kids have all the luck

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Ultra UTV

2010-09-18T11:53:00.001-07:00

just don't get in the way

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We are here

2010-09-18T11:51:00.001-07:00

Sand sport super show

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Shop full of RZRs

2010-09-16T22:22:00.001-07:00

Got a bunch of RZRs in for service and maintenance

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Factory UTV RZR 800 - RZR S UHMW Rock Sliders

2010-09-12T17:59:00.000-07:00

Factory UTV, the first name in UTV undercarriage protection introduces another industry first with their UHMW Rock Sliders for the Polaris RZR 800. These sliders are constructed from ultra tough 1/2 UHMW providing that rugged yet very slick UHMW protection to your vulnerable and exposed RZR rocker panels. These can be run with or without our skid plates and give you the protection you need without robbing you of that much needed ground or side clearance or the low hanging hardware found on the Polaris Rock Sliders. No drilling or cutting required, these bolt into existing holes. Combine them with our UHMW skidplates and A-arm guards for the ultimate RZR protection package. $139

Factory UTV Polaris RZR 170 Doors

2010-09-09T21:47:00.000-07:00

Polaris RZR 170 door frames ready for powdercoat

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Monster Energy Kawasaki, Muzzys Performance, Factory UTV backed Jon Crowley Takes UTV Class win at VORRA Hawthorne 225

2010-09-06T12:39:00.000-07:00

Congratulations to Monster Energy Kawasaki, Muzzys Performance, Factory UTV racer Jon Crowley for his UTV Class win in the VORRA Hawthorne 225! Great job Jon, keep up the good work.

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Factory UTV Polaris RZR 170 Replacement Swingarm Kit

2010-09-06T10:45:00.000-07:00

Factory UTV has been the gold standard for Polaris RZR 170 aftermarket parts and accessories from day 1. After seeing firsthand and hearing about multiple RZR 170 Swingarm breaking issues, we've designed a state of the art replacement for the stock junk that comes on the 170 from the OEM. Constructed from 1 ½ inch chromoly steel tubing and CNC machined ¼ inch high tensile steel axle holders ,Factory UTV's RZR 170 swingarm kit ends those issues for good. Mounts using Black Max Teflon lined 15,000 lb chromoly heim rod ends that can be adjusted for an extra 2 inches in length if desired. Powder-coated for a tough long lasting finish, this kit comes complete with custom molded UHMW skid plate.

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CNC putting the finishing touches on our new RZR billet 2 inch wheel spacers.

2010-09-04T23:31:00.000-07:00

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2010-09-03T19:24:00.000-07:00

We had UTV Weekly's Commander in the shop this week with the full Muzzy race duals on it and they sound awesome.

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Can Am Commander 800-1000 UHMW Skid Plate and A-Arm/CV Protectors

2010-09-03T17:46:00.000-07:00

Factory UTV has set the gold standard for UTV undercarriage protection for the last few years and look to continue that position with their offerings for the Cam Am Commander linep. These full coverage skid plates and A-Arm guards are constructed from 3/8 inch UHMW (Ultra-High Molecular Weight) plastic. Significantly lighter than aluminum, UHMW makes an ultra tough, super slick surface that easily slides over rocks rather than hanging up like their aluminum counterparts do. For the ultimate in UTV Protection, check out Factory UTV here: Factory UTV

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Factory UTV Polaris RZR 170 Sport Roof

2010-08-04T22:10:00.000-07:00

Factory UTV's RZR 170 Sport Roof offers great styling and protection from the elements. Available in several colors and constructed from 1/2" mild steel tubing and top quality high-impact polypropylene offering a high-gloss finish with excellent durability to endure extreme weather and temperature conditions. Roof clamps to OEM roll bar with supplied hardware. Take your RZR 170 to the next level with an FUTV Sport Roof!