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look here: http://www.ty4stroke.com/viewtopic.php?t=56313 It is a bit of reading -- but worth it. ;)! Valve job from Pioneer + other settings: Floats @ 50 PSI (A-arms "look" level); Limiter Straps 1 hole up (shorter); Springs (coil & torsion) where Bruce set it Pioneer, transfer - one...

I put a Seat Jack on my 08 RTX a few years ago -- hoping it would be good for the few times a year my wife would like to go out into the great white ... Well -- she is about 5' 4" & 120 lbs, and it is really not too comfortable for her -- but I suspect it would be perfect for an 8 year old...

Well stated --- If I could make myself 20 years younger, I would really love this set up ...

When I described the "2-Mile" never groomed trail -- it is an ugle stretch. Likely sees a few hundred sleds a week, and with the two rain/melt cycles we had, the bumps are now solid ice. It is non-stopbumps -- 2 foot & bigger. We got ~ 1 foot of Snow yesterday and I was in it as it fell...

Perhaps the idea of "Out-Sourcing" might make it into the yamaha engineering department -- and they will just put some other skid on the Apex. Imagine a factory installed M-20, or ZX2. Who would even notice the differece in cost? (the difference between really expensive & stupid...

If that were possible, I would like to get in the line of RTX owners who want to do the same ;):D Perhaps Yamaha has an employee that thinks the "Apex RTX" is in some way "good" instead of a manufactured defect that customers must fix. Earlier today I said I have adapted my riding style...

Your settings sound simular to mine -- Differences: I weigh 165, revalve @ Pioneer, & I lack the lack the experience of comparing it to ... (much other than a 1973 moto-ski). Perhaps you need to turn in the main spring to account for your weight~? The skid on mine is stiff, but much-much...

If your wife rides like a snow-cross wanna-be, then the RTX will make her happy -- or if she really enjoys lots of sharp jabs -- or if your trails are really well groomed when you go riding. A revalve made mine ride-able. If I keep my 08 RTX it will get a different skid.

thottle habits and use of the brake effect the performance of the warmer(s). Find a location where you can hold RPMs @ 5-6+K (non-stop) for 5 minutes (without touching the brake), and see if it just starts working again ... Just a guess --- based on how mine acts

I hope you will have enough snow to try it yet this season ... I suspect it will be a welcomed improvement.

I have no way to know -- No experience with "M-10." The re-valve helps allot, but when the track wears out, I plan to replace the skid. If it were today (ZX2, M10, M20? - not sure -- I do not have to choose yet). I would like both a longer track & better skid. THe rest of the APEX RTX is a...

The idea of burning lubricant in an engine on purpose is just flawed (IMHO). If only 2 strokes (& carburetors) had been available in '08, then I would not have bought a sled at all. A sled with a proven 4-stroke fuel injected engine -- that is why I bought a Yamaha. Fixing bad suspension...

What is still difficult for me to wrap my head around is that someone at Yamaha choose to put a single stage shock in that skid. I recall the '08 ads for the RTX saying something like the suspension is setup to "pop" over bumps with "squirt of the trottle." My guess is that somewhere someone...

X2 on slim jims

Yami, I am wondering how you put 3,800 miles on the stock setup? :o| Much like "jgustman" I was ready to trade mine for a moto-ski after the first hundred miles. I bought mine new and was not happy. I still think someone at Yamaha should explain what they had in mind when putting a...

I was thinking of the same excell headers & those "Copper" donuts --- assuming by next fall someone will have price on them ... I would expect some marketing genius would make a kit (than includes better clamps too). ;)!

Re: Limiter Strap 2 replies here -- #1 - It has been in hole #4 (one hole open above bolt) for three years. Good pressure on skis, handles well. Read on the form to set it all the way up for fresh deep snow -- have not had a chance to test that yet. #2 - Mine only became ride-able after...

Take a phazer strap, and cut it in half (the long way). Two years ago I got the "wrong" one at the dealer. I think it was for a phazer - it was the same length, thickness, and the holes were in the same locations -- however it was twice as wide with two sets of holes. I needed it & it was the...

Mine was $500+ new (& not for sale) -- The few times a year I use makes it worthwile. It was well made. Install was not exactly as described - but OK in the end.

Everything exhaust is original on mine -- I hope it holds together until the aftermarket products have all these details worked out. I expect to replace everything at once (donuts & y-pipes) & it would be good to do it just once -- sounds like copper & stainless --- next season.