NEED SOME ADVISE ON SKIIS

[Roadrider]

To start with I am old so I'm not looking to extreme ride. I have a 2005
mountain vector. Everytime I try to side hill my down hill side ski sinks and
I am done, usually stuck. I bought it with a pair of non factory trail skiis and
am thinking some simmons gen 2's would allow me to do a bit better off trail.
The way it darts now on trail I don't think that any ski could make it worse.
I just can't float the front end with the skiis on it. Would I be wasting my money? Are my problems just lack of ability. We do have deep powder here
in Mt. Thanks.

 

[jlparker77]

i put the first gen simmons on my 05 vector mtn. And that did help, but it was still really nose heavy and darty.

What i did, and it made a night and day difference, was to raise the rear of the rear suspension up about 1 1/2 inches or so farther into the tunnel. It took most the ski pressure off and then i could really throw it around without fighting the handle bars all the time.

 

[Roadrider]

By raising the track I assume you mean redrilling
the assembly mounting holes? yes?

 

[jlparker77]

yes, exactly. It was quite simple and made a huge difference for me and my style of riding. Something to consider.

Also, shimming the skis helps with the darting too.

 

[Roadrider]

I understand the shims and how they'll help with the
darting but my real problem is sinking the downhill side ski in deep snow. thanks.

 

[jlparker77]

Also, when you sidehill, your downhill ski should be about 2 feet in the air.

 

[Jigger]

You could also remove the sway bar. This makes it much easier to lay these sleds over. Downside is with the sway bar removed makes it a little sketchy at high speeds with stock shocks. I've heard of guys drilling out the bolt and putting a cotter pin in for quick disconnect

 

[Roadrider]

Thankyou both for the suggestions. I'll try really
laying in heavy on the uphill side and take a look at
the swaybar.

 

[BlgsRX-1mtn]

You don't have to remove the sway bar. If you want to see how it handles; just take one bolt out of the linkage going to an A-arm. If you don't like the handeling just put the ok in. I lost a bolt and didn't even notice a difference on the trail with my RX-1mtn but it had Simmons Qen 1s from the start.

I now run PPD X-MT skis which have been dis-continued.

 

[Roadrider]

Got a used/near new set of Gen 2's today. Orange
grabs and Arctic Cat mounts. All I had to do was drill
my bushings to 11mm from 10mm, width of the spindles is the same. I still wouldn't mind trading the
orange hand grabs, they look brand new and were not
mounted. These have the 8 inch bars all the way around too. My skis were slp trikeels, 6" wide. Should
be a huge difference. Thanks Guys!

 

[rx1mtnman]

I have Simmons Gen 2 on my 03 rx-1 mtn since they came out and I love them The sled no longer sinks or Dives in the powder I had done a lot of mods to drop weight the years before the Gen 2 skis came out and I think if they would have came out earlier I would not have done all the mods. I think you'll be very Happy I had the regular Simmons Skis prior and the were a Marked inprovement over factory but nothing like the Gen 2 Skis.

 

[Roadrider]

Went on a great ride yesterday, Like a different sled.
No darting , no getting stuck, hunts a little in deep
trail snow is the only negative. Accelerates quicker from
30 on. It does wash a little in powder but with a ski
that size verses the 6 inch skis I expected it.