Congratulations on your purchase, and welcome to the site. You will find that everyone on here is very helpful.
I purchased the hard top because I figured it would last a lot longer that the cloth top, and I suspect up there you get a good bit of snow, so you would want to think of which one will hold the most weight, just in case it got a few feet of snow dropped on it over night. Also I would thik hauling the kayak on it with it laying up over the cloth top that it would rub a hole in the fabric pretty quick. Yep I'm pretty sure I would go get the hard top.
I made my own windshield because I couldn't afford to purchase on and had a sheet of Plexi laying around the house, Its not hard to do but it is time consuming. I bent my piece and even bent some flat steel to make my clamps to mount it with, there is a thread on here that will inform you of how people have made there own, and if it you still have questions, you can either ask on the thread or PM me and I'll try to help as best I can.
I am not sure where you can purchase a locking fuel cap. I had never thought about putting one on it, but now that you have brought it up that is a great idea and I will start my searching for on to fit is and if I find one I will let you know. If you find one could you post it on here on we can buy one also?
Again, welcome to the Viking family.
I purchased the hard top because I figured it would last a lot longer that the cloth top, and I suspect up there you get a good bit of snow, so you would want to think of which one will hold the most weight, just in case it got a few feet of snow dropped on it over night. Also I would thik hauling the kayak on it with it laying up over the cloth top that it would rub a hole in the fabric pretty quick. Yep I'm pretty sure I would go get the hard top.
I made my own windshield because I couldn't afford to purchase on and had a sheet of Plexi laying around the house, Its not hard to do but it is time consuming. I bent my piece and even bent some flat steel to make my clamps to mount it with, there is a thread on here that will inform you of how people have made there own, and if it you still have questions, you can either ask on the thread or PM me and I'll try to help as best I can.
I am not sure where you can purchase a locking fuel cap. I had never thought about putting one on it, but now that you have brought it up that is a great idea and I will start my searching for on to fit is and if I find one I will let you know. If you find one could you post it on here on we can buy one also?
Again, welcome to the Viking family.
