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It is more controlled but not enough for me. With everything I've done it still is far too excessive for my ears. My buddy tried it and thinks it's fine so it's obviously me at this point, my hearing is to sensitive and important to me to keep what I can't cure. We did a good 166 kms yesterday...

You can buy mine if you're close enough to Kingston Ontario. 2014 RTX with 6767 kms on it plus new sliders, track, Yamaha cover any many more extras. https://www.kijiji.ca/v-view-details.html?adId=1488337431

A little update on the track howl. So I broke and bought a new track. I didn't want to bother removing studs... I'm wishing I did after changing the track though only because of how long it took. I spent about a week on it but it's done. What an improvement though. A new Camoplast Cross Country...

I'm not a fan of studs personally. They have their place but I just hate the damage they do to everything. This is coming from virtually no experience with them too lol.

I'm not sure if Ron is a part of this site, but I just had to post some positive feedback. After hunting for hours online to get a decent price on a Phazer track, I almost gave up and went with Royal Distributing. A buddy of mine told me to call Ron at Knapp's Yamaha in Prescott Ontario. I...

I saw those, a little more expensive but I wasn't keen on the lug design.

The porting is being shoveled off lol. I just bought a freeride track for an outstanding price from an outfit in Prescott Ontario called Knapp's Yamaha.

Nice, I'll give this a go and see what happens. I'm only going to do one hole in the middle mainly to get rid of the little front to back cut.

So it looks like I need a new track. I was out having a look at some possible tunnel strengthening options when noticed about an inch and a half long cut in he center of my track. I'm also beginning to put a lot of faith in the studs as a major contributor in the droning effect. The studs are...

Quick question, is your track studded? I'm going to try what maim said and remove the studs from mine. I don't like the damage they do to everything anyway and if nothing else it should help the skid drain off with the holes being open. Maybe the holes will help disperse some frequencies or...

I think that it's a combination of the exhaust frequency coupled with the tunnel. When looking at the research in the link I posted, they were able to silence the tunnel resonance with small lengths of angle bridging the tunnel seams. They act like little braces to isolate flex and vibration...

I like that plan, I'll get working on that one Saturday afternoon. I'm also revving up the grey matter thinking about options for tunnel stabilization. I'll be getting lots of measurements Wed night after work. I'm hoping to machine up some small but functional parts to help make that happen. If...

I found this very interesting and potentially beneficial university experimental sled. The tunnel stiffener idea looks very intriguing. I'm going to look further into this with my tunnel. Maybe I can find some areas and do little things like this to help isolate the tunnel. Where I work, we...

I just saw a video about track porting. Mine has studs, if I removed them would the holes have the same effect? I also read that if you put washers under the stud heads to raise them up a touch, preventing them from sinking into the track it will do a lot of good. But that was done to a Venture...

I'll be staying with the stock length. It appears according to the parts diagram description that it uses a 9 tooth already. Would a 10 be much bigger? Would going bigger make more noise? I have read so many failed attempts on changing idler sizes, M10 skids, Arctic Cat quiet tracks. It doesn't...

Nope, doesn't work. I went from 43 where it really starts up through 70 with minimal change and I flat out refuse to invest several hundred dollars in parts to eliminate it. If I can't figure something realistic out then it'll go up for sale. It is beyond excessive as far as I'm concerned. Would...

Hey fellas and fellarettes :D As noted in the title here I am wondering about track drivers. According to the parts diagrams, my 2014 RTX has a 9 tooth track driver. I am currently experiencing the dreaded tunnel howl and wonder if going with a 10 tooth driver might help. But also, what would be...

Yeah I was looking at that site but nothing turned up. I'm thinking more in line with something like SKF or NTN as they sell a lot more than just bearings. Timken or Koyo too might have something, it can't be a specifically Yamaha made part, and companies like Koyo which is a Japanese bearing...

Agreed, I hope to get into the front end of mine while still working where I am. Change is coming on that front but for the now, if I am still there I plan to do some machining work where I can and see how I can modify the steering setup to be more reliable. I find it hard to believe the current...

I have been looking into this for the last hour or so and at least found this... https://www.royaldistributing.com/sports-parts-inc-lower-ball-joint-sm-08167-1.html#snowmobile-2014-yamaha-phazer_rtx_500_4_stroke_es_r_121 Other than that, so far nothing. I have been contemplating my options...