He is in southern Indiana It is amazingly beautiful there .Strip mine pits are great fishing and ..Little Nashville...Definitely a fun place at night.

On a trip 6-8 Hrs. is Good! Fortunately we have a couple Off-Road parks within a couple hrs. away.

I like 8hrs.but 10 is OK ..from the pan handle to Key west is >800 miles. Fortunately once you get out of Central Florida traffic ..OMG.. Nice trails are only an hour away. I sing as i drive...I can yodel pretty good...Mike talks to Michelle....Quality Time!

I can attest to that central FL traffic. I moved to the panhandle to get away from that crap. Lol

She usually sleeps on the trip, I listen to podcasts.

Before I changed the Primary Clutch Mr. AR had no get up and go even on a slight grade, I rebuilt the Primary and the secondary clutches. I installed in the aftermarket belt and it was an improvement but still not great. Once i could get him moving he had a lot of power in some deep mud and up hill. Then Ka-boom! That belt exploded. there wasn't but a few a pieces larger than 1/4 inch! Definitely a bad hair day! Hard surfacing aluminum (sheaves) is difficult. There are varieties of methods. I am familiar with ferrous metal hardening or at least prenil testing of same on large industrial drive rollers. Typically with ferrous metals it is the very thin surface that is hardened. Once you wear through that it is soft metal. I expect aluminum is the same. After the belt 'exploded' i noticed another "grove forming . So replaced that primary and new OEM belt. Now he is Ready even climbing on from a dead start.

Hmmmm...I had an aftermarket belt that I Micd' width and length was correct. It lasted 4 miles! Factory belt with new primary in there now. I'll check wear next spring. I can strip pretty fast. I bought the plastic rivets. I made a secondary compression tool. (Looks like A Rube Goldberg tool..LOL). And unfortunately I am experienced in working on 'Mr Always Ready., Yamaha 700 SXS.