Steering Post Moved Forward?? Like or Dislike??

[wildcard28]

Hello from all the replies and threads I have read i decided to check out my suspension set up and where everything was set at , my front shocks were on 3 and i turned them down to 1.5 my front skid shock had about 1 3/8 inch threads showing so I backed it off to around 1 inch of thread showing, it actually releaved alot of pressure and I can feel the front of the skid move now when I tip it up or over on the floor couldn`t feel it move before , I also put my 6.9 pilot skis that have the cutouts and are swapped from side to side leaving the outer carbide to the inside even though I`m not running the inside carbide, after doing this I notice the center carbide is set in the ski different to the stock 04 carbides which are set to the outside almost lined up with the outer part of the spindle, after putting the pilots back on the carbide sets in the center of the ski and with the skis set to the inside offset position the carbide set just inside center of the spindle it actually makes the pivot of the skis a touch over an inch difference it doesn`t sound like alot but definetly looks like a big change.

Of course this is after the steering post forward mod, I`ll look into possibly getting a shorter riser but it feels really good now to where my hands are vs where I am standing on the sled. I don`t feel like I`m leaning over for the handlebars.

Now the effort to tip the sled over on its side it a Big difference from it was before, Before to tip it to its side I had to give a hard yank and have one foot on the boards and one let out to get it to come over , Now I can pull Alot easier on the bars and have both feet on the boards and it comes right over , I`m sure on snow this will be a Huge diffference.

Wildcard

 

[NorthMNSledder]

I'm going to give this a try on my REV also as I work on the summer projects for it. I'm also going to pull out the sway bar for next year and I have a new set of EVOL X Shocks going on the front. Should be an interesting project sled going forward. Kind of like REV Freeride/Assault type of project.

 

[Reeb]

I kept all the swaybars in my rev's and XP's.
This Rev doesn't have one, so I upgraded the springs to much stiffer ones. Sled doesn't "dive" like it used to no matter how tight I had the springs wound. I've never had an issue getting a XP or REV on it's side w/swaybars so I'm definitely not the one to copy suspension settings. But how light are you? I'm 5'8" and 200lbs and literally, one foot hooked into the footwell and one hand......sled is over everytime. You've seen how my sled sits....not anything special I don't think?

Boss Seat - I'm a bad salesperson, I sell these on a daily basis all winter but decided against one for my Rev. Had it on, didn't like it, extra height sucks for hopping back and forth, and it gets wide too early bowing your legs out. I simply took my stock X seat(I know you dont have an X seat - but they can be found cheap enough) I shaved it down some more so it was narrower, then recovered. I also replaced the majority of the foam with closed-cell foam and kept the stock "cushion" open-cell foam.

Find an 07 airbox, seriously, pods just aren't they way to go on these things. Unless there are a bunch working great, locally. Because in some areas?!?!?! people rant and rave about pods and how well they work.....I've always said its what was in the water. They don't work where I ride.

Riser is totally dependant on you. I'm 5'8" and love the 8" riser with 2" RSI bars...I notice immediately when I get on a sled without as much of a riser, not for the better, not for me. I don't care what works for Brett and Chris, doesn't work for me....and I ill-fatidly tried on too many occasions. You don't know until you try it for yourself.

Why are you running carbides? Use standard wearbars.......huge difference.

A-Arms - your choice, personally, I think the 37" is a product of Doo marketing and spun off by a aftermarket company.(with the help of consumers who eat up anything and everything) Uh...you know where this is going....

Keep the stock sidepanels......wasted money.

Skis.......really? Your having that hard of a time with a ski decision?

OK, I know this might come off as brash.......but...ride the muthafawka!
Get some serious seat time in on the sled in various conditions and figure out what you want to improve. Don't sit idly wondering what to do, because the more you do that, the more money you spend on shat that you don't need. KISS principle dude. Ride the beast, you know with that track it's gonna be a train to pullover, its the nature of a longaas track. Don't set your suspension by what you feel on the concrete floor, don't "think" your sled is doing this or that, we need snow to ride on and then tweak here and there. You might have solved all your issues already, it might fit like a dream....once you get out and try it! Stop comparing concrete tests with concrete tests.....I know it's hard. But really helps the wallet in the end.