09 MTX Front End Swap

[Esquired]

I have a blue '09 MTX and am wondering about swaping the front end for a wider one. My wife is a relatively new rider and I think the wider front end may be more stable. Thoughts or willing parties? The sled only has 500 miles and the front end is CLEAN.

 

[ThatOneGuy]

thats a good idea, I'm looking to do the same eventually these sleds can be pretty unpredictable in corners with the narrow front, nothing like riding a short track phazer, they seem like SRXs compaired to the MTXs.

Good luck
Joe

 

[karl]

hey Esquired, I have a set of wide arms for sale.

 

[aksteepndeep]

I posted in the classifieds, with or without shocks for sale. Yes it's ALOT more stable, good for some folks

 

[yamahamaniac]

I'm just after taking the sway bar off of my '03 Rx-1 M because one of the bushing are gone so for the time being I took it off. You should feel how tippy that is. Insane for off trail riding but on trail can get pretty spooky.

 

[powder muncher]

Just Move the skis out to the widest position works well.

I also took the sway-bar out and crank the right shock to max pre-load and the left on notch less.

Works awesome -- The sway-bar helps mostly at speed and the girls roll the phazer a lot of trail on uneven bumps at slow speed , without the sway-bar the shocks can move independent and walk over stuff that flipped here with the sway bar in. that with the wide ski stance made here a happy camper.

 

[yamahamaniac]

Yeah I've found that as well without a sway bar. It's more like an independant suspension now and I like it a lot better for off trail.