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ZUKIWORLD Discussion Forum => Suzuki 4x4 Forum => Topic started by: van7559 on December 23, 2003, 03:17:22 PM
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Hey I just wanted to point out that we tracker owners need to let it be known that these little four-wheel dive wehicles kick ass. In the February, 2004 isssue of Four Wheeler magazine on page 84-85 if you look in the middle of the page you will see a readers rig "Mighty Geo". Unless I am blind or it happened before I gave a damn about Track/Kicks, I do believe this to be the first Tracker in a major off-road magazine. That is not counting the Calmini add! The ride belongs to Dennis Langston of Rochester,New York. I am not sure whether or not he is a member of this forum, but here is his specs.
94' Tracker
3" Calmin lift
5:83 Cogs
31" Swampers
Lockers: F-Detroit R-Lock-Right
Warn 3500lb. whinch
And some Skidplates.
All members give him a round of applause. :o :o ;D ;D 8) 8) :-* :-*
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Ya man, thats been my beef with all the 4x4 mags out there.
Every time you pick one of those mags up all you see page after page is Jeep, Jeep, Jeep,Jeep,Jeep,Jeep,Jeep
I think I've seen ONE Sammy, but it was heavily modded (I believe it was called "the Goat" for peeps who are familiar with the rig)
It's about freaken time they put a Trackick in one of those mags. Maybe people will see how kick ass these little trucks are.
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There was one in a magazine a few years ago. He was riding with a group that took an editor on a ride. There was only one pic with him in the background and on sentence mentioning him. It was something like: There was even a little Suzuki Sidekick that taged along that did not have any trouble all day.
What was funny, they were showing many built rides climbing  difficult obstacles, and even some winching, and breakage. They showed LOTS of pics and details about those vehicles and their drivers, but only one sentence about the Kick that had no trouble with the ride.
OH, OUR TIME IS COMEING ;)
Zig
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And then he said, Let There be Light!
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I saw one in one of their other aritcals.  I think it was in Moab it showed the tiny stock tracker trying to clmb this rock and i was kinda pissed that it made trackers look like street SUV's.  We should all get togather and invite Four Wheeler to come see what REAL trackers can do.  lata stu
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Surely someone (magazine) will be at the EJS :-/ Was there any there last year ???
Zig
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I saw one in one of their other aritcals.  I think it was in Moab it showed the tiny stock tracker trying to clmb this rock and i was kinda pissed that it made trackers look like street SUV's.  We should all get togather and invite Four Wheeler to come see what REAL trackers can do.  lata stu
We've had editors go on runs with us several times. Here's the problem. Four Wheeler's target audience is full size. The only real chance of magazine exposure is Four Wheel Drive and Sport Utility magazine. That mag has a better demographic for us because it is us that are reading that magazine. As for Moab, All of the editors from the major magazines are there during that week. People that are having rides and know them invite them to go along on day trips and that's how articles are made. Most are very busy during this week because all of the vendors and manufacturers like to have these people at their functions. So it can be difficult to get their time.
A few phone calls will be made. So, if you're going to be out there for the Moab EJS, come along with us 'cause you never know who will be hitching a ride.
-Eric
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We could also flood 4wd & Sport utility with pictures of our rigs too. If everybody set at least one picture, They would get overwelmed and couldn't ignore us.
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we should boycott the magazines..damnit, my tracker is better than a jeep. Two trucks went through the deep pits of hell the last time we were out.  it took a jeep with a 350 chev, 38s, welded differential at full blast to go through the puddle that mine has gone through.  I mean my other one with 35 inch swampers and enough lift to run it with a stock 1.6
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Brent Bradshaw was on the cover of 4wheel drive and sport ute!
I was also on the cover of Can 4x4 in march of 2000!
http://can4x4.com/bi/20000304.html
You guys have developed some awesome Zuk/Trackers and I think more people are switching to our world!
Jake Palmberg
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what about Petersen's 4wheel and Off-road. They seem to be willing to do anything to sell a mag. and i think they sell a dam good mag. lata stu
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I get "Four Wheeler" magizine. They just sent me a copy of their "Top Truck Challenge" video.
They had a sami with a 1.6L 16V with Toyota axils and Boggers compeat.
The Sami was doing awesome. It took first in the obsticle course and stopping distance. And on the big last "Tank Trail" they had one of the fastest times going until the guy ran the right bogger into the side of a cliff and broke a burfield joint.
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Ya i have that video too. he was doing better than any one else. One of my friends was their on the crew for the kid in the Heep. he told me that that sammy would of blown everyone away if he wouldn't have hit that wall. lata stu
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I get "Four Wheeler" magizine.  They just sent me a copy of their "Top Truck Challenge" video.
They had a sami with a 1.6L 16V with Toyota axils and Boggers compeat.
The Sami was doing awesome.  It took first in the obsticle course and stopping distance.  And on the big last "Tank Trail"  they had one of the fastest times going until the guy ran the right bogger into the side of a cliff and broke a burfield joint. ÂÂ
But what about his co-pilot/spotter? I think that guy had no clue about what his driver was tempting to do. He just seemed to take timely walks looking for a place to hook the strap for a winch pull.
Then not to add salt, he didn't really get the cable secured before the driver went into the hole. It looked like he didn't want to get wet at all.
I was really pissed and was even yelling at the spotter to run. My son now does this even though we've seen the video some 1000 times.
BTW, I just got a promotional video/DVD on that Top Truck Challenge. Info was about Peterson's 4WDOR mag, but the TTC is Four Wheelers baby. I don't get that mix?
If you really want to get exposure, get a built Suzuki to run with the big boys on the Peterson's 4WDOR Ultimate Adventure. Though get the truck up front of the pack otherwise, it won't be taped. (A week's worth of 12 hour day on trails, all in a 1.5 hr video. That sucks! To add, same rigs throughout video, even though there was 3 times on the trails.)
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Yea, the co did suck, and the winch thing was just stupid! You have to wonder if they don't watch eachother making the runs?
I was focusing on the Zuk. The way it was flying up the trail was awesome. If he could have kept his line and his rig together, he would have been gone.
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I laughed my head off at the guy (CJ-7) that won the event! On the tank trail he was just shy of the finish line (a timed event) and his jeep stalls.
While trying to find out what was wrong, he sprayed starting fluid or the like down the intake and it started up and died. So he knew that his fuel pump died. So he sat in the engine compartment, sprayed starting fluid into the intake while his spotter drove the Jeep over the finish line.
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ya that was pretty cool. it looked better in the mag though. it showed him on the hood with the tire spinning like crazy. i heard that the guy driveing the zuki wasn't a pro eather. but the Ultimate Adventure was good but it was all about the big custom trucks. that little sammy had like 2 pics in the whole mag. i thought it was doing pretty well too. lata stu
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Im going to apply for the Ultimate Adventure this year. Thats one of the main reasons I went to 35s. I figured the orange paint (comming soon!) might help catch their eye too. I agree that there needs to be more kicks in the mags. I think our time is comming. The problem is no one takes these things serious untill the see them go. The word will get around sooner or later.
Mike
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Go Mikey, Go Mikey, Go Mikey, Go Mikey,
;D
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Are they doing it in the South this year ??? Need a Spotter ??? ;D
Zig
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If they ever come up to the north east they better watch out. I'll be bringing spares! you know what that means ;D lata stu
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Well see how that goes. I bet its pretty hard to get into. They might not take this thing for real. Tracker in the circular filing cabnet. :'( After what the picked last year Id hope I had a real shot. I was not impressed.
Mike
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Don't the readers vote on witch truck they want to see compete?
If so let us know when we need to vote!
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I'LL SECOND THAT.......WOULD LOVE TO SEE A TRACKICK KICK THE #*:"%# OUT OF THE BIG BOYS ;D
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nope, wrong mag. you vote for the top truck challenge. i think the people the work for the mag pick who goes. lata stu
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i just read the December 03 issue of Petersen's 4W&OR and the letter about the ultimate adventure. i will try to write most of it but this is going to take me a while so aber with me., "I wouldn't go on the Ultimate Adventure if you paided me! This whole "groupie follow us cool people thing" is way too submissive. How do you determaine who has a "great personality?" I susprct it is someone who is just thrilled to be in your presence and won't show you up too much on trails. WHo made the rules? The off road Gestapo? Are you planning to have any fun or just rush though as many trails as possible in a vain attempt to impress your humble readers and lesser followers you have aloowed to tag along? Good luck to the "invitees". As long as they do as they are told, not break badly enough to get left behind, or heaven forbid, whine about anything. They should have lots of fun."
Keith Eldrige
Apple Valley, CA
"P.S. Please send me an Ultimate Adventure sticker for my mother-in-law's Minivan."
And the editors responed with
"We think your letter is self-expanatory on how we determine who has a great personality. The Ultimate Adventure isn't for everyone, but judging from the amount of entries we received and how happy the readers were who we picked, we figure we'll keep it around for a while. And no, you can't have an Ultimate Adventure sticker for your mother-in-laws minivan; we figure she has more sense."
WOW do my hands hert. now i think this guy should get his ass beat for running his moutha about the UA. And for calling all of us who hope someday we have our chance to be in the UA, "lesser followers". that really makes my blood boil. I hope one of the guys that live in CA beat this guys ass bad! I'm so mad right now that i can't even say anything funny about this. lata stu
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Ok just got my Feb. issue of four wheeler and i flip to the back to see this great geo and what do they call it THE LITTLE GUY!!!!!! WTF if that thing is locked like he sez it is then it could beat that ranger with 33s above it easy. lata stu
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Ok just got my Feb. issue of four wheeler and i flip to the back to see this great geo and what do they call it THE LITTLE GUY!!!!!! WTF if that thing is locked like he sez it is then it could beat that ranger with 33s above it easy. lata stu
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Little guy doesnt mean worthless. At events around here Im STILL the "little guy" and Im runnin 35s!
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Little guy.... I dont know who your wheelin with but round here I am still the "little guy"!
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Thats weird it gave me an error so I tried again. Then I see they both worked.
??? :-[
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ya same here
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same here too
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I think they should bring the rucus! Zukes are now a force to be reckoned with.
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HELL YA!!!!!  we should bomb four wheeler and petersen's with pics of the 'Little guys"  i don't know how me or my truck is little.  i'm 6'4 and my truck is on 34's.  lata stu
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I'm 5'6"! YES NOBODY WILL MESS WITH ME!! lol, I don't know how well the magazines will take to a bombardment of pictures....but hell its worth a shot!