Freeride big air XP suspension - need ideas

[06-800RR]

I have a 09 146 Summit X and jump the sh!t out of it in the mountains. I need some advice from the short track racers to correct my suspension changes.

I first changed out the x shocks and put on some new Walker Evans race shocks. (they were new but originally for a 2005 IQ racer) I had them valved to the Polaris 2008 600RR specs as the dealership was a pain to get even that far.
Then I installed a Nextech Fox float kit for the rear. The front track shock is stock and seems irrelevant of spring tension except for ski lift...

Both changes have helped as the stock setup was softer than soft!!! But I don't think I have a very calibrated setup. The front is brutally stiff for the first half of the travel and then levels out to full compression. The back is slow to react and kicks through the whoops. Big drops still bottom out the whole sled but now not as brutally.

And of course the most obvious suggestion would be to spend some quality time with my local dealer and shock expert - not where I live....

 

[Doo37]

imo you need a center shock upgrade! but before i go into any details ill just suggest toms snowmobile out in cali call him he nows suspension and is a great guy to do biz with

 

[freerider]

I have a 08 146 I rode last year, sadly its for sell. I put Fox Evol in the front and regular Fox shocks in the back. I raced snowcross for several years and this set up worked better than the race sleds. I also like to jump ( 100' + )got my set up from Tom Snowmobile in Cali., if you go to him you wont be disapointed.

 

[curt]

I have a 09 146 Summit X and jump the sh!t out of it in the mountains. I need some advice from the short track racers to correct my suspension changes.

I first changed out the x shocks and put on some new Walker Evans race shocks. (they were new but originally for a 2005 IQ racer) I had them valved to the Polaris 2008 600RR specs as the dealership was a pain to get even that far.
Then I installed a Nextech Fox float kit for the rear. The front track shock is stock and seems irrelevant of spring tension except for ski lift...

Both changes have helped as the stock setup was softer than soft!!! But I don't think I have a very calibrated setup. The front is brutally stiff for the first half of the travel and then levels out to full compression. The back is slow to react and kicks through the whoops. Big drops still bottom out the whole sled but now not as brutally.


And of course the most obvious suggestion would be to spend some quality time with my local dealer and shock expert - not where I live....

Hi this is curt from NEXTECH. The float rear kit is valved for all around riding and for your aplication i would recomend get the fluid changed to a 7 weight instead of the stanadard 5. This will slow the comp and rebound changing agressive response bottoming less with no kick back. I can also send you a new valve code if you whant to tune it even better. I highly recomend that you have a canister to control air spring rate also. This year we are offering the rear upgrade in 3 valve codes to acomadate all riders and will also have a float center shock available. If you cannot find a local service to revalve just send it here and i will do it for free.