In 1985 the Buffalo became the third buggy to be released by AYK. Evolving from the Sidewinder (itself an evolution of the Super Trail) the Buffalo continued AYK's mission to create a lightweight racing buggy. Still built on a square tube aluminum ladder frame the fiberglass upper chassis deck that replaced the plastic battery box on the Sidewinder was significantly shortened. The transmission was redesigned to place the motor transversely in the chassis behind the transmission. And gone was the trailing arm front suspension, replaced by a double wishbone arrangement with a sway bar and an oil filled aluminum mono-shock. The Sidewinders trailing arm style rear suspension remained with a sway bar and revised shock mounting locations. Preassembled, the Buffalo came equipped with a Magnum 600 motor and mechanical speed controller:
:shock: I don’t know what I was thinking when I laid down a bid on this Buffalo if I didn’t have enough project as it is. :?
I don’t know much about AYK except that the Buffalo was realest in -85. 8)
Hi everyone - I have an AYK Buffalo. I am always meaning to take the time to sit down and rebuild this car with new body and parts I have collected through the years. I have been thinking lately about putting it up for sale and putting the funds to...
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This thread sounds rather familiar , like I've heard it before somewhere ?
Gotta be a first in the Vintage Electronics section.... have to give credit for that.
I finished repairing and improving my buddy's Buffalo last night. I know it kind of looks a bit cobbled-together, but keep in mind it's for a runner/basher and he's not concerned about looks--just improved performance. I'll call it FrankenBuff ....
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Necro post , looks nice , by had to have a peek when you said you'd done one .
Found this on yahoo auctions a while ago but forgot to post it.
Engines are not my thing, but I don't think anybody posted an ayk with engine in the forum before, so here it is:
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That would make a sweet scale sand rail...
The motor is where it should be...just add a stinger exhaust!
I've been asking this for quite a while and hopefully some good soul would help me so that i can restore my AYK Bobcat/Buffalo kit. I have here an image of the model for reference and i will just upload the image of the said buggy once i get back....
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Anymore progress on this thread? I realise that it is nearly 2 years ago but hey, worth a try!
After a long, hard search trying to find something--ANYTHING--to replace the thin-shafted stock axles on my buddy's Buffalo (one of which broke at the dogbone end while trying to remove that weird-ass lock-washer that practically welds itself onto...
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Still way too much for the budget for this car, unfortunately. I'm not putting $50 axles in this thing. :)