In our 50th(!) episode of The SXS Guys Offroad Podcast, we are live in the Offroad Syndicate trailer at UTV Takeover Coos Bay, OR with special guests Blake Wilkey and Russell Porter from Buggy Whips! We talk over their businesses, UTV Takeover, growing up in So-Cal, a street-legal 3-wheeler, the impact Polaris has had on the offroad industry, passion and grit, Blake’s TT Bug and so much more! Check it out!
Short link: sxsguys.link/episode50
Rundown
0:00:00 – Introductions
0:03:37 – Getting Shreddy at Takeover
0:06:03 – New Buggy Whips Can-Am X3
0:09:07 – UTV Takeover Night Rides
0:11:22 – How Blake Met Russ
0:13:27 – Authenticity
0:16:12 – The Buggy Whip Story
0:19:43 – What Stokes Wilkey
0:23:39 – Growing Up So-Cal
0:28:33 – The Non-Stop Grind
0:31:31 – Intermission
0:32:13 – … of Polaris’ Impact on the Industry
0:34:02 – Lobbying for Bigger UTVs
0:41:37 – Blake’s New Shop/Compound
0:46:40 – The Scrappy Passion of Offroad
0:48:23 – The Logistics of Hucking
0:51:43 – Keeping Things In One Piece
0:52:46 – The TT Bug
0:53:53 – Wrap-Up
Applicable Links
UTV Takeover Coos Bay, Oregon (Facebook, Instagram)
Blake Wilkey (Facebook, Instagram)
Shreddy Lyfe (Facebook, Instagram)
Russel Porter (Facebook, Instagram)
Buggy Whips
Evolution Powersports
Jefferies Performance
Shock Therapy
SpeedStrap
Rick Mahlmeister (Facebook, Instagram)
Interview w/ Ric – Street Legal 250r 3-Wheeler (YouTube)
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