Skinz electronic arc
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I think the adjustability on the fly is a bit of a sticking point for me.
The ARC is the only coupler on the market?
The ARC is the only coupler on the market?
Once again, these are booth great skids. Kevin builds a great product with the Kmod. His quality is great and his customer service is great. You can't go wrong here. Kevin will sell more kits for sure.
Skinz isn't building for the masses with the Arc. They support some of the best riders in the world. Dan Adams and Chris Burandt wanted a skid that they could adjust on the Fly when coupling was needed, and then retain the agile feel and playfulness of the stock setup. Getting off and adjusting the skid wasn't an option here.
I love to wheelie through the trees and while playing in the creek beds. I actually prefer the feel of the stock skid here compared to the coupled skids.
If you ride to climb big hills and are willing to give a little playfulness, I'd go Kmod. For the guy that loves the stock feel who wants to couple when only climbing, Arc ain't bad.
Skinz isn't building for the masses with the Arc. They support some of the best riders in the world. Dan Adams and Chris Burandt wanted a skid that they could adjust on the Fly when coupling was needed, and then retain the agile feel and playfulness of the stock setup. Getting off and adjusting the skid wasn't an option here.
I love to wheelie through the trees and while playing in the creek beds. I actually prefer the feel of the stock skid here compared to the coupled skids.
If you ride to climb big hills and are willing to give a little playfulness, I'd go Kmod. For the guy that loves the stock feel who wants to couple when only climbing, Arc ain't bad.
You can set up a Kmod to be more playful than stock very easily. That skid will do anything you want it to minus on the fly coupling adjustment. Which I would never want personally. I keep my skid super playful all the time because that's what I like. When **** gets real I turn the coupling way up (which is way more than ARC is capable of). Takes literally 10 seconds and it's never iced up. Get out of the hairy situation and then back to super playful mode.
Performance and cost aside, Kmod durability is also superior. After one season on my stock skid it was ROASTED. 2 broken front torque arms, bent front shock, whopped out bushings, tweaked rails. 3 seasons on the Kmod and it's still perfect.
Again to each their own. I love my skid and will getting another one for my next sled.
Performance and cost aside, Kmod durability is also superior. After one season on my stock skid it was ROASTED. 2 broken front torque arms, bent front shock, whopped out bushings, tweaked rails. 3 seasons on the Kmod and it's still perfect.
Again to each their own. I love my skid and will getting another one for my next sled.
What kind of riding do you do mostly?
Trees and just general goofing off trying to do cool stuff and having fun:
http://www.snowest.com/forum/showthread.php?t=414868
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0KV0n4gUeo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fKNhd7ndh0
Man that's some nice spring riding.
Riding like that is how you've broken a lot of stock stuff?
Yeah basically. Plus we have a pretty rough "trail" ride in to our riding areas. That doesn't help.
Just crazy that you went through a stock skid to that extent only riding like that with a rough trail to get there in 1 year. The only difference between our riding styles would be I don't typically have to beat a trailer. Usually in fluff from the road and away we go. I was thinking you were airing it out a lot or something.
Until your aluminum shaft shock gets scratched and dented.......
The raptor will keep going for years.......
Until your aluminum shaft shock gets scratched and dented.......
The raptor will keep going for years.......
I'd have thought that about a Fox shock in years past...but the only thing any scratch would be contacting is a wiper seal in the body, even if it was substantial enough to tear that seal, it wouldn't immediately affect the performance. To each their own I suppose...myself I'd rather have the ability to tailor the shock to my own application.
Talking with Skinz, there didn't seem to be any adjustment to the Raptor shock that the consumer can do...
I would think it will always provide some sort of resistance...although minimal when off.
The raptor has nitrogen pressure inside.
I backed off my rear spring a turn.
Feels stock when uncoupled.
Should post up a link.
Looks like they are STILL overpriced at $2000 to me.
Seems like a waste of money since one can get their shocks re-valved for their riding style, tighten the preload or use a stiffer rear track spring, loosen the front track spring preload, and even shorten the limiter strap (last resort) if keeping the nose down is an issue.
I would spend the 2k on FAR more important things
Looks like they are STILL overpriced at $2000 to me.
Seems like a waste of money since one can get their shocks re-valved for their riding style, tighten the preload or use a stiffer rear track spring, loosen the front track spring preload, and even shorten the limiter strap (last resort) if keeping the nose down is an issue.
I would spend the 2k on FAR more important things
What about $1K? And it's for changing riding styles on the fly. To be having fun with nose in the air and than planting them skis down to rip straight up a hill. If you only want to do the same thing over and over, which is fine, then you can absolutely dial a suspension but if you change then I could see where it would be handy.
Definitely not for everyone though.
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