I need some advice. I was just up in the u.p. this weekend and they got hit hard with some lake effect snow (24+ inches) and we were running powerlines, needless to say there were a lot of really tempting lines I was intending to hit but I just could not get my nytro to cooperate with me and get myself into the right position to give it a good shot. The sled if on a sidehill goes in that direction no matter how much I try to lean and hang off the sled in the other direction. This is especially bad when trying to sidehill to the left and I know a left hand throttle would help that but when I compare my experience with the two guys I was up there with, one riding a stock 800r 154 and the other a stock M8 153... I became quite disappointed with my problems. The sled felt like a tank in comparison to theirs. I know the nytro is heavier but I've heard so many people say on here that it boondocks better and feels lighter than the sleds I was with... If it helps, I weigh about 160 and I'm 5'8" I was hoping for som ideas to set this thing up a little better for next time. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Disappointed after this weekend's U.P. Michigan trip...
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Lean and get on the throttle hard. That is about the only way my sleds will turn uphill.
This may be a silly question, but how much experience do you have sidehilling in the first place? If so, was your old sled easier? Any new chasis will take some time to get used to.
I personally don't see a need for a left hand throttle. If you are sidehilling to the left, standing tall and countersteering, the throttle should be very easy to reach. If you are trying to lean way out and muscle the sled over you're doing it wrong.
Thanks for the info!
I am with the Vman on that one
While a heavier sled tends to pull downhill more it is no issue with the Nytro
at all, all it takes is a slight counter steer and power to hold the line. If you try to do it by using strength and weight shifting all that tells me is that you need to practise counter steering and throttle control so you don't fight the sled. We usually go out in a open field or clearing (the deeper the snow the better at least 1 foot to start with) and practice doing donut turns ---if you can do a doughnut by counter-steering come out and turn the other way in one smooth motion and do one to the other side (without leaning out too far) just by counter steering and throttle control you have it mastered.
You will fall of a few times --- we all do but after a while it becomes almost almost effortless and you will have a ball.
While a heavier sled tends to pull downhill more it is no issue with the Nytro
at all, all it takes is a slight counter steer and power to hold the line. If you try to do it by using strength and weight shifting all that tells me is that you need to practise counter steering and throttle control so you don't fight the sled. We usually go out in a open field or clearing (the deeper the snow the better at least 1 foot to start with) and practice doing donut turns ---if you can do a doughnut by counter-steering come out and turn the other way in one smooth motion and do one to the other side (without leaning out too far) just by counter steering and throttle control you have it mastered.
You will fall of a few times --- we all do but after a while it becomes almost almost effortless and you will have a ball.
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