OK , had the first ride this year , most was good .
First of all , I have installed the 2.3 springs and a 12mm bar . I put on a set of simmons with 4" cutters . I have 192 1.15 studs and green carb springs.
I found the handling very good . I am happy with the front end , feels good (almost like my srx)
I need to start setting the rear soon , it kicked the crap out of me on some of the trails.
In the gas department I rocked , I have under 1000 km on my machine.
There was a mxz 800 , mxz 800 renegade( long track) and a mxz 800 x
On one of the rides the mxz x ran out of gas at the 145 km mark and the renigade ran out exactly 5 kms later , for some reason the other one made it to the gas station . I had 3 bars left on mine . The guy that made it to the gas station with me put 29 bucks in and I put in 19 .
It seemed all weekend I was about 10 bucks cheaper plus when the got oil on the trail it was 9 bucks / liter with tax.
As for performance we all raced a few times and with good starts and rolling startes I won, not by a mile but I slowly pulled away ( all sleds were stock . X had studs , renegade has screw in studs and 1.5 track , the other no studs ( just big guy on seat)
Other than a engine backfiring problem ( in another post) which I hope is bad gas , and my gauge leaked again(second one) it was nice to get out for a ride . I ended up with almost 600 kms for this ride( not like the almost 1400 kms on the truck to get there and back.
Ger
First of all , I have installed the 2.3 springs and a 12mm bar . I put on a set of simmons with 4" cutters . I have 192 1.15 studs and green carb springs.
I found the handling very good . I am happy with the front end , feels good (almost like my srx)
I need to start setting the rear soon , it kicked the crap out of me on some of the trails.
In the gas department I rocked , I have under 1000 km on my machine.
There was a mxz 800 , mxz 800 renegade( long track) and a mxz 800 x
On one of the rides the mxz x ran out of gas at the 145 km mark and the renigade ran out exactly 5 kms later , for some reason the other one made it to the gas station . I had 3 bars left on mine . The guy that made it to the gas station with me put 29 bucks in and I put in 19 .
It seemed all weekend I was about 10 bucks cheaper plus when the got oil on the trail it was 9 bucks / liter with tax.
As for performance we all raced a few times and with good starts and rolling startes I won, not by a mile but I slowly pulled away ( all sleds were stock . X had studs , renegade has screw in studs and 1.5 track , the other no studs ( just big guy on seat)
Other than a engine backfiring problem ( in another post) which I hope is bad gas , and my gauge leaked again(second one) it was nice to get out for a ride . I ended up with almost 600 kms for this ride( not like the almost 1400 kms on the truck to get there and back.
Ger
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Ger, how was the steering with 4" carbides on the Simmons?
I also have Simmons and did 4" carbides on the outside and 6" carbides on the inside, and have 96 studs. Steering was very good, but it seemed to take a little more effort than with the stock skis. Just curious.
I also have Simmons and did 4" carbides on the outside and 6" carbides on the inside, and have 96 studs. Steering was very good, but it seemed to take a little more effort than with the stock skis. Just curious.
I liked it , the only thing is it is hard to compare because the conditions were different on all days , one was cold one was warm and one was in between .
all in all it was way better than the stock ones.
the day it was cold it felt a bit heavy with the 4 inch , but the snow was really crusty and freshly groomed
Ger
all in all it was way better than the stock ones.
the day it was cold it felt a bit heavy with the 4 inch , but the snow was really crusty and freshly groomed
Ger
