off set skis

[Insaneboltrounder/sjohns]

Im pondering this idea and the one about cutting the outer , back half of the ski off.
I will have a HCR this year and might be riding at home in the flats this year due to damaged knee. IF , i do get the the mtns the wide hcr stance is going to make it harder to wrangle . What if a guy modded the ski saddle on a simmons so the ski was moved much more to the center , about 2.5 inches? The weight will be on the outside skag i know and trail handling will suffer but i dont care ,these skis would be for mtn riding only.

 

[volcano buster]

It would be an interesting experiment. I would suggest to make the saddles pretty stout especially to the inside where the inside runner could have more leverage.

 

[LRD]

Here is a thread by Teth Air on doing exactly that to Simmons on his XP 2 years ago.
http://www.snowestonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=171652

Good Luck

 

[Insaneboltrounder/sjohns]

Thanks !

 

[giddyup]

you riding an HCR this year??

 

[Insaneboltrounder/sjohns]

Yup... not sure if ill make it to the mtns much due to bad knee so i wanted something wider. Did some work for a gallery , so you know how that goes.

 

[justinkredible56]

I had a similar thought process as you. I found a pair of simmons gen 2 skis used that I decided to modify. I cut the outside wing (2") off the skis and left the inside wing. Shouldn't change the weigh distribution on the skags but should make the pivot point distance less. I got the idea from a pair of Ski-Doo skis I had on my 03" ZX summit 800. I won't recommend this modification to anyone because I haven't tested it yet.

 

[volcano buster]

Bravo.

That is the way I think they should have come from day 1. I hope they work for you.