Getting the old Rig KOH ready

[David Taylor]

The old rig was in need of some work to make it Competition legal. When I first built it I never thought I would need 3"
over the top of my head with a helmet on. The whole top of the cage as well as all the door area needed to be redone. All the cage work that needed to be done is one of the reasons I didn't race last year.
I really wanted to race this year, and wasn't looking forward to spending days in the garage grinding, bending and welding. Thankfully
Rigwerks was ready to get on board and help team naxja out. They have done a lot of work for Goatman and wanted to lend a hand with
my rig as well. I jumped at the chance to have a real shop do some quality tube work on my rig. Now the only problem is their perfect joints
and tig welding make the stuff I did look a little haggard. Good thing the new stuff is all on top.

This is what it looked like Saturday before it went under the knife Monday.

Just before the end of the old tube work.

Not much left.

Some of the new tubes

After the tube work the rig still need lots of work to be race ready. It will take a while to get everything done. The list is long, but we are hoping to
put on a good show come February.

 

[karstic]

Couldn't you just lower the seats?

 

[David Taylor]

Couldn't you just lower the seats?

I wish it was that easy. The seats are allready all the way down. The Atlas is pushed up for a flat belly.

 

[ruggedjeep]

Looks really good. Wish you guys the best of luck in 09. It'd be awesome to have both rigs finish in the top 10, hopefully better. Team site looks good too. Whats the deal with the shirts? Im willing to buy a couple and help support...

-mike

 

[David Taylor]

Looks really good. Wish you guys the best of luck in 09. It'd be awesome to have both rigs finish in the top 10, hopefully better. Team site looks good too. Whats the deal with the shirts? Im willing to buy a couple and help support...

-mike

Letterman from the here on does the team web stuff. He does great work. The shirts will be on sale for 40.00 bucks. I know it's more than regular, but we are using the money to try and make the team more
competitive. Getting good race radio's is on the top of the list.The bold yellow will be so we can hopefully see people on the side of the course. We might be able to have remote pits and this would let us pick people out of a crowd.

 

[markw]

If you all were ham radio operators, you'd be good to go with "race radios". Back channel me, we can get you guys setup.

 

[tcm glx]

Rig looks good,
Count on me for chase support again next year, I am looking forward to it!

 

[Ryno XJ]

Looks like you are off to a strong start. The team website looks good too!! Keep up the good work.

 

[Goatman]

I'll be posting up soon about how to get shirts. Between work, getting stuff ready for Moab, and KOH preperations, I've been a busy puppy. If you're ready to get shirts, go to the Team website at http://www.teamnaxja.com/ and click on the "support" tab. You can see the shirts and the graphics. You can PayPal $40 to [email protected] and be sure to include your size and shipping information. You can also send an order and check in the mail to:

Team Naxja
Richard Gauthier
420 Holtby Rd
Bakersfield, CA 93304

We should also have shirts in Moab, so if you're going you could get one there. Thanks in advance to everyone who takes a part in supporting our team effort.

Here's what the shirts will look like.

 

[David Taylor]

We will also have shirts at the off road expo. Look for Paul,Garry and I at the
KOH both from 4-5 Saturday.

 

[David Taylor]

Just got a few update pics. Most of the tube work is done.
I'm extremely pleased with the work Rigwerks has done. I was
afaid raisinf the roof would kill my old lines. But I think it looks better.

Garry in there for a headroom shot.

I'm getting wood on the Tig welds

 

[jmaxj]

richard, gonna paypal you 40 bucks just bring the shirt with you to moab and i will get it from you.

BTW:the rig is looking good cant wait to see it in action again.

 

[Matt S.]

So are people just not interested in the race this year? Come on , show some support!

 

[djblade311]

So are people just not interested in the race this year? Come on , show some support!

Already sent in some of my support

 

[Paul S]

So are people just not interested in the race this year? Come on , show some support!

I think this remodel sucks, mostly on account of Dave calling me this morning to tell me how good it looks causing me to get a driving while chatting ticket:doh:

It does look really good.

Paul

 

[Letterman]

So much time went into that shirt design, I had over 25 hours working on it when someone said "Garry and David are in the LCQ! David's rig needs to be on the shirt too!" . . .:doh:

It was:

All line art, all done by hand, a close up:

I think it will be a very sick shirt, so glad I was able to work on this one for team :

 

[GrimmJeeper]

that design looks GREAT :cheers:

 

[karstic]

We should also have shirts in Moab, so if you're going you could get one there. Thanks in advance to everyone who takes a part in supporting our team effort.

Here's what the shirts will look like.

Richard, Could you bring a XXL to Moab for me?

 

[Paul S]

you've got mad skills yo Dave.

Thanks,

Paul

 

[Jes]

Dave(Letterman), the site and shirt look great.
Like I said elsewhere, that's the best shirt design you've ever done! :cheers: