M1000 weight transfer

[rigrat]

Good day. Other than a 2 wheel kit and bar riser, is there any other mods i can do to make my 2008 M1000 lay over easier. I am not very heavy (185lbs with gear) and am finding it difficult to lay my sled on its side, especially in off camber powder. Doesn't seem to matter how far i hang my *** off the side of the sled, i don't seem to have much luck transfering weight to the inside and sharp turns, sidehiiling etc in the powder are difficult. I dont want my sled to sit lower and was thinking a softer rate front spring or some other mods may make it easier. Thanks for any input.

 

[knzee]

any of your friend ride a poo???

you could always see if any of your riding partners that might ride a poo dragon with the walker evans' shocks would trade you. Seems like they last about 350ish miles and then they are shot, makes it pretty easy to dart around then....LOL. You might lighten up the fronts a bit and see if that helps. Are they fox floats? If they are i am about 250#s with gear on and i run mine around 80#s and seems to work great so i am guessing you will need to take yours down a lot.

 

[rigrat]

Sled uses a coil over shock on the front. Would like to know if a M6,7 OR 8 uses a softer spring. Maybe i should just throw some rocks in my avy pack.

 

[backcountryislife]

If you look inside your tunnel, you will see another set of front skid holes lower than the other set that it sits in. If you drill those holes out & drop the front of the skid it helps transfer.
Another thing that will help is to increase preload on the front shock skid.

 

[WyoBoy1000]

soften the front stiffen the front skid spring to liking/ but it could make it trench worse.

 

[mountainguy]

Try letting the limiter strap out all the way.

 

[knzee]

try this...

it doesn't sound like it is trenching bad as far as you have told us yet. you can adjust your skid if you want but if you are not trenching bad or your skiis aren't up around chest height when you drag on fairly hard snow it sounds like you have that set pretty good. when you are sitting in the garage or on the trailer stand with both legs of one side and try pulling the other ski off the ground, at 180#s you should be able to do this. If you can see how much of the shock you are using. There is another post on here right now, I think it is mostly about floats but you can pick up quite a bit from it. The one guy talks about how he can't keep his sled from tipping on its side because his shocks are too light. try adjusting the fronts out all the way and ride it, if they are bottoming out adjust up until they don't or maybe they bottom out every once and a great while.

 

[M-Rider]

Have you adjusted your ski stance? You can make the ski stance more narrow by adjusting spacers at no cost, this should give you a little more leverage when trying to pull the sled over. Hope this helps.

 

[Fordman]

Have you adjusted your ski stance? You can make the ski stance more narrow by adjusting spacers at no cost, this should give you a little more leverage when trying to pull the sled over. Hope this helps.

yes....

 

[rigrat]

Good day, i will try adjusting the ski stance. Love the sled, just have trouble when trying to transition from going downhill in powder to uphill and more trouble than the heavier rider when trying to sidehill. I would still like to know if the M6,7 or 8 uses a softer front spring? Thanks.