Is it worth it to buy the bogie wheel set up for my 09 D8 RMK for spring riding, or are the ice scratchers effective enough?
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I have scratchers on my 06 900 with 1200 miles and no bogies at all.My hyfax are still in good shape! Scratchers WORK Period! Bogies will not cool the engine down ! I just bought some slidekicks for my sled so maybe I wont break any with the reverse this year !
I re-installed all the bogey wheels on my 151 after doing the Holz last week ... I have a pair of scratchers too, but IMO the scratchers are a complete PITA ... unless you're gonna do a real long trail ride or something it's so annoying constantly having to put them down, pick them up, etc ...
I figured that those bogey wheels altogether might have been 5-6 pounds .... not enough to make me wanna replace a hyfax every 6 months.
for those running regular ice scratchers, if you remount them to the top of the rail so that there is no hole for the spring end to sit in(the spring end sits on the top of the rail) you wont break your scratchers if you backup,..they just swing under ...
There was a post earlier in the year where a rider kept all of his bogie wheels and mounted traditional ice scrathers that flipped out of harms way when going in reverse.
Rather than the rails taking the rubbing abuse of the spring wire he made a piece of aluminum which mounted to the rail bolting through an existing hole and the scrather mounted to this small aluminum plate putting the scratcher out of the bogie wheel's reach and bore the brunt of rubbing in either direction.
I've yet to run into anybody that likes them. Heard they just don't have enough down pressure to throw the snow. But it's only what I've heard.
And if they work PERIOD. Why do I have Hyfax melted to my clips?
That was me, I just made some for my 09 D8, sledhead wanted some so I will take some pictures and post tonight. I still need to make sure that they won't hit the front suspension arm.