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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
I use low range for speeds under 20 mph. The top speed is 38 mph and its runs great at 25. You get more cooling air through the belt drive and under light loads it gears up to lower the rpm. The lower gear puts less load on the belt too. Most UTV's with a wet clutch are slow from a start but rev up OK after you get rolling. Cruising under 50 should be OK but changing the speed a bit and throttle load to move the belt around a bit help the belt life. The Hunterworks kit may be needed for larger tires and give a stock machine the benefit of a lower take off gear plus gearing it up for a higher top speed. Looks like they get 59 mph which is enough for cruising a bit above 50 mph for the occasional fast dirt road or a paved road to get to another trail.

The Hunterworks guys can correct and provide more info on this and also how many miles before the belt drive grease develops enough sludge to prevent it from gearing up all the way. My stock Rhino's needed to be cleaned out and re-greased about every 3,000 miles due to the sludge build up from the dust entering the belt drive intake.

The Wolverine is not perfect but should be the best UTV in its class available so far, especially the suspension. For the sport guys needing a high HP 1,000 cc September is not too long to wait.
 
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Thanks! One more question, I plan on going to 28"-30" tires in the future but do not really want to dig into the wet clutch twice if I do not have to. Is there any down side to running the Sheave and Weight setup for larger tires with the stock tires except for top end speed? I would like to go ahead and do the wet clutch and Sheave kit now but will probably be a few months before I go with Larger tires. I would like to go 30" but not sure when Lifts etc to give the clearance will be coming out. I ride East TN Hills which are much like WV and am not a mudder, just want plenty of low end power and ground clearance for the steep hills, rocks and ruts.
 
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I run the belt drive intake up under the roof on my 08 Rhino. The grease was dark from belt wear dust but no sludge build up at 5,000 miles and the belt was still in spec. My Wolverine will get the same set up. I ride over 15,000 miles a year. I use a foam uni filter without any oil and an outerwear. I wash them out every 1,000 miles with soap and water. The clean air will increase the belt life too. My Snorkeled RZR 900 went over 8,000 miles on the first belt. I'm picking up a Blue Wolverine with EPS tomorrow.
 
#21 ·
This is their first Wolverine so this is a learning opportunity for them so I'm really just the fetch guy, I won't take credit for all the good things they do. I paid near full price for the accessories, in turn, I'm not paying anything for installation charges which works for me! Today they complete the accessory installation and I'll play fetch, in my definition that means I buy the lunch of their choice and help with anything where they need an extra hand. And mostly try to stay out of their way! But I will take some pictures!

As I said in another post it's a small dealership, three people total including the owner and they sell everything Yamaha makes except outboard motors and Yamaha boats which a local marina carry.
 
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The rear window was an easy install but we had to loosen the mounting bolts on the roof to feed the rear window mounting material between the top and the rear cross rail.

Notice the over fenders, they look great, and look like they should help with mud. Some of the mounting locations are hard to reach on the backside for nut installation and on the rear most nut of the front over fenders we removed the plastic in front of the doors and that made access to the nut easy!
 
#30 · (Edited)
The rear box drops in from the top and is held in place with two thumb screws! It looks like the box needs to be removed to load the spare tire and then reinstalled. Not a big deal!

Notice the LED rear lights, there is a rear plug to activate the lower (reverse light) portion of the tail light but the mechanic had to lengthen the tail light pigtails to reach the brake light power points. He did that this morning, or perhaps last night. I was not there for that install so that's all I know!
 
#31 ·
The last item we installed was the windshield. It required lots of adjustments but was not difficult to install. There are 4 blind holes to mark and drill so take your time and check you marks twice before you drill.


Actually the last thing was the rear view mirrors as seen on the last picture. I bought the smaller billet outer mirrors because the larger mirrors have a high damage rate due to branches. The middle mirror is convex and provides a nice view of back of the Wolverine!
 
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