Nice, I like how the fill the area below the oem rubber. Look full width as well?
I witness my riding buddies sled catapult him and then do cartwheels down a hill after hitting a little popper on a downhill and the ski tipped down hooked and voila, (Not a 23 g5), but it does happen to any sled under the right conditions. Ski down is far worse than ski up.
So one has to buy spindles $, bushing stiffners $ and skis $=?
It does hold a sidehill very well, no complaints there so far. The thing I don't like is all the forward offset of the ski mounting relative to the arms. Pulls the tip of the ski around in some conditions, jerks the bars around badly when crossing old tracks and seems to have more tendency to stuff up the inside ski on aggressive turns. Although another small modification I have done has helped a lot with ski stuffing on stock spindles so far. Some lift in the front end might be nice too, likes to ride low in the front and get under the snow more than I am used.
Try a set of Iceage or zrp spindles with aftermarket skis. You won’t ask this question. Noticeably better then stock if you are pushing the sled in technical terrain.
It’s what ever works best for you. Gen 5 is much better in tech terrain than a Gen 4 no questions asked. Skis, spindles, shocks, and sway bar disconnected takes the Gen 5 to another level. A rider will only see those advantages depending on their ability. Yesterday we had a completely stock identical sled to mine out, we swapped sleds for awhile. Immediately the stock sled is harder to get on edge, once in a side hill there is more bar feed back and more correction needed to stay on line. Owner of the stock sled said the same thing. Spindles are definitely not a waste of money for me, especially in the terrain I ride. Lots of options out there and lots of preferences on how a sled should perform. I’m not in the mind set of good enough, I want the sled to suit my style.
