2 regrets about buying snowtrackers

[steiner]

Another neat thing about Snowtrackers I have found is that they produce a good amount of snow dust for the skid.
My skid is always packed full of ice and snow no matter what the conditions are.

 

[4strokeluvr111]

IF I pull the trigger on a new Vector LTX and IF Snowtrackers wants to send me a set to "try before I buy".....I'll do it and give my honest opinion of them.

 

[whitedust1]

I have ridden both Bergstrom Triple points & Agressive snowtrackers both on 2012 Apex XTXs. The snowtrackers basically using out of box suspension set up no transfer turned out just set up shocks at standard meduim, 0 tow & handled well. I went with 8" triple points, pulled up limiter 1 notch, transfer on line 2,middle settings on front shocks,rear cam block hard & rear clciker all the way hard with center shock on hard side & my XTX has razor sharp handling with ice ripper track. IMO if you don't want to fine tune your sled go with snowtrackers will work well.BUT if you want to fine tune sled handling Bergstrom triplepoints are better choice. While snowtrackers are good I did feel a bit of oversteer that disturbed me but still a good out of box product.

Hmmm I wonder what would happen if you fine tuned the setup for Snowtrackers? Just asking!

I hear ya but other 2012 Apex XTX was not my sled. The point I was trying to make is snow trackers work well out of box for peeps that don't want to fine tune their sled. The triple points were a gradual tune to excellence. To me the snow trackers did well with little or no tuning but the oversteer disturbed me I felt that the rear could come around on me with no transfer turned out & no traction products bone stock XTX. The way I ride with no transfer turned out & if I gassed hit an embankment the front end would see lots of air not what I want but with currnet oversteer turning transfer out would not have been a good idea. I wish I could have made adjustments to the other XTX but the guy liked it & I had not fine tuned the triples yet so I was pushing a bit also have iceripper but not any more way ahead of his handling with snow trackers.

 

[Sasquatch]

I hear ya but other 2012 Apex XTX was not my sled. The point I was trying to make is snow trackers work well out of box for peeps that don't want to fine tune their sled. The triple points were a gradual tune to excellence. To me the snow trackers did well with little or no tuning but the oversteer disturbed me I felt that the rear could come around on me with no transfer turned out & no traction products bone stock XTX. The way I ride with no transfer turned out & if I gassed hit an embankment the front end would see lots of air not what I want but with currnet oversteer turning transfer out would not have been a good idea. I wish I could have made adjustments to the other XTX but the guy liked it & I had not fine tuned the triples yet so I was pushing a bit also have iceripper but not any more way ahead of his handling with snow trackers.

I'm guessing you mean dialing in less transfer when you say transfer turned out. I run with lots of transfer but I like it for lifting the front over obsticals and such. I have no oversteer on my 11 XTX and find the grip of Snowtrackers to be simular to my Curves with shaper bars, except for way easier to turn. I also found that when I first ran them I tended to oversteer a bit because the steering was so much easier. It did not take to many miles to adjust to them.

Snowtrackers are an aggressive carbide and like all carbides if you want the best out of them you tune your sled to them. I just love the traction combined with easy steering even with all the weight planted on them in a corner.

 

[Sasquatch]

Be careful of swapping the Snowtrackers from sled to sled. I believe the '11 ski design is different than the Warrior.

Yep the 11 to 13 ski is set forward more as compared to 10's and back. Hence the different Snowtrackers. If I do swap over it will be the whole unit, ski and all. If I go to mountain skis it will be with new trackers for them. With the playing in the deep snow however we did I noticed that a wider ski may not be the way to go with the XTX and I. I had no trouble keeping the front in the air even with the skinny stockers.

So I may just add trackers to my Warrior on mountain ski's. It needs more float on the front. The Mountain ski's are cheap!

 

[Chasx7]

I'm never taking mine off. I have about 6-700 miles on mine and they are awesome.
I just rode about 110 miles yesterday and actually used less gas than my 700SX that my son was riding.
The trails were loose and has some fresh snow on them.
They have made my sled more fun to ride.

 

[whitedust1]

I hear ya but other 2012 Apex XTX was not my sled. The point I was trying to make is snow trackers work well out of box for peeps that don't want to fine tune their sled. The triple points were a gradual tune to excellence. To me the snow trackers did well with little or no tuning but the oversteer disturbed me I felt that the rear could come around on me with no transfer turned out & no traction products bone stock XTX. The way I ride with no transfer turned out & if I gassed hit an embankment the front end would see lots of air not what I want but with currnet oversteer turning transfer out would not have been a good idea. I wish I could have made adjustments to the other XTX but the guy liked it & I had not fine tuned the triples yet so I was pushing a bit also have iceripper but not any more way ahead of his handling with snow trackers.

I'm guessing you mean dialing in less transfer when you say transfer turned out. I run with lots of transfer but I like it for lifting the front over obsticals and such. I have no oversteer on my 11 XTX and find the grip of Snowtrackers to be simular to my Curves with shaper bars, except for way easier to turn. I also found that when I first ran them I tended to oversteer a bit because the steering was so much easier. It did not take to many miles to adjust to them.

Snowtrackers are an aggressive carbide and like all carbides if you want the best out of them you tune your sled to them. I just love the traction combined with easy steering even with all the weight planted on them in a corner.

Yes less transfer I really have nothing to add since you have Curves with shaper bars comparo I was comparing 2012 Apex XTXs bone stock except for snow trackers vs Bergstrom triple points with ice ripper track both have stock skis. At the time I thought perhaps the iceripper was causing the triple points to push & probably was to some extent. My other bud has 2011 SE with min studs down the center with 6" shaper bars & does pretty well eliminating darting but will push from time to time. Now getting into apples or not apples comparos.lol The snow trackers are good carbides but not the 1 & only carbide for Yam sleds & I'm not sure how well they wear compared to Bergstroms triple points but snow trackers do give good resluts with little to no adjustments & lost of peeps fit that market.

 

[KnappAttack]

I run the Aggressive Snowtrackers on my 1200 Doos because of their ease of steering, no darting and no pushing. Have never had any drop in fuel mileage running them on the Yamaha's or the Doo Four-Strokes. They are the real deal. 4000 miles on the set I have on my 14 Doo now and no chips or excessive wear. Good for many more miles yet! Beat them to death this year around home due to plowed fields, downed trees across trails, rocks and plenty of road running, cant believe there not all mangled, chipped and wore out. Best thing you can put on a set of skis. Had a set of 8" Bergstroms on early in the season and carbide is gone and missing after two rides on them. Not to mention the Bergstroms dart and are a bear to turn on my Doo. Only Snowtrackers here on in for me, every other carbide setup out there junk in comparison to the Trackers IMO.

 

[whitedust1]

I run the Aggressive Snowtrackers on my 1200 Doos because of their ease of steering, no darting and no pushing. Have never had any drop in fuel mileage running them on the Yamaha's or the Doo Four-Strokes. They are the real deal. 4000 miles on the set I have on my 14 Doo now and no chips or excessive wear. Good for many more miles yet! Beat them to death this year around home due to plowed fields, downed trees across trails, rocks and plenty of road running, cant believe there not all mangled, chipped and wore out. Best thing you can put on a set of skis. Had a set of 8" Bergstroms on early in the season and carbide is gone and missing after two rides on them. Not to mention the Bergstroms dart and are a bear to turn on my Doo. Only Snowtrackers here on in for me, every other carbide setup out there junk in comparison to the Trackers IMO.

No idea how you mangaled triple points with 2 rides must have REALLY SUCKED?LOL Typically I get 5000 miles or more on Apex sleds with triple points & still handle well just time to change for peak performance.

 

[thrasher]

I run the Aggressive Snowtrackers on my 1200 Doos because of their ease of steering, no darting and no pushing. Have never had any drop in fuel mileage running them on the Yamaha's or the Doo Four-Strokes. They are the real deal. 4000 miles on the set I have on my 14 Doo now and no chips or excessive wear. Good for many more miles yet! Beat them to death this year around home due to plowed fields, downed trees across trails, rocks and plenty of road running, cant believe there not all mangled, chipped and wore out. Best thing you can put on a set of skis. Had a set of 8" Bergstroms on early in the season and carbide is gone and missing after two rides on them. Not to mention the Bergstroms dart and are a bear to turn on my Doo. Only Snowtrackers here on in for me, every other carbide setup out there junk in comparison to the Trackers IMO.

No idea how you mangaled triple points with 2 rides must have REALLY SUCKED?LOL Typically I get 5000 miles or more on Apex sleds with triple points & still handle well just time to change for peak performance.

Triple points with ski savers and shimming didn't last for me either, and really didn't help with the darting and wore down after a season. Very disappointed after trying them. Went to SnowTrackers on a fellow Yammi rider's recommendation. Snowtrackers all the way, if you haven't tried them, you should. I detest spending money on gadgets that promise alot and deliver nothing, however, I fully endorse SnowTrackers and every single person that I know personally who uses them, absolutely will not use another anti-darting carbide, and I'm not an investor in the company.

 

[Murse]

I was running trackers semi agressive 2 years in a row and switched to agressive this year bigger carbide and I can tell you I love them in all snow conditions. I noticed a lot of push with the semi's but with the agressive ones with fresh powder on groomed trail it bites really nice and there is no push the sled goes exactly where I want it with no darting at all. On hard pack trail it handles really well with no steering effort. I did not notice any ski lift or anything. The only thing I noticed is a slight increase in steering effot by the end of the day I feel it in my hands but really not a big deal at all. The pluses out weigh the minuses big time. I am loving my setup now with agressive trackers for sure.

 

[kviper]

Glad to see people judging them by there performance instead of there looks. I have a lot of year's and mile's on Trackers and glad I am not wasting money on ski's any more.

 

[newfie09xtx]

I run the Aggressive Snowtrackers on my 1200 Doos because of their ease of steering, no darting and no pushing. Have never had any drop in fuel mileage running them on the Yamaha's or the Doo Four-Strokes. They are the real deal. 4000 miles on the set I have on my 14 Doo now and no chips or excessive wear. Good for many more miles yet! Beat them to death this year around home due to plowed fields, downed trees across trails, rocks and plenty of road running, cant believe there not all mangled, chipped and wore out. Best thing you can put on a set of skis. Had a set of 8" Bergstroms on early in the season and carbide is gone and missing after two rides on them. Not to mention the Bergstroms dart and are a bear to turn on my Doo. Only Snowtrackers here on in for me, every other carbide setup out there junk in comparison to the Trackers IMO.

What skis do you have on your 1200? I am running Pilots on my Nytro and wondering if what they would perform like on the pilots. Also wondering if they would hook in on my skiguides (Box Liner cut 8 inches wide). Any Thoughts?

 

[KnappAttack]

I run the Aggressive Snowtrackers on my 1200 Doos because of their ease of steering, no darting and no pushing. Have never had any drop in fuel mileage running them on the Yamaha's or the Doo Four-Strokes. They are the real deal. 4000 miles on the set I have on my 14 Doo now and no chips or excessive wear. Good for many more miles yet! Beat them to death this year around home due to plowed fields, downed trees across trails, rocks and plenty of road running, cant believe there not all mangled, chipped and wore out. Best thing you can put on a set of skis. Had a set of 8" Bergstroms on early in the season and carbide is gone and missing after two rides on them. Not to mention the Bergstroms dart and are a bear to turn on my Doo. Only Snowtrackers here on in for me, every other carbide setup out there junk in comparison to the Trackers IMO.

What skis do you have on your 1200? I am running Pilots on my Nytro and wondering if what they would perform like on the pilots. Also wondering if they would hook in on my skiguides (Box Liner cut 8 inches wide). Any Thoughts?

I'm running them on my 5.7 Race skis which are single keel and a basic copy of C+A's. Have run them on my std 5.7 and 6.9's too though. Single keel skis work better in loose snow.

 

[Sasquatch]

Just hit 107 on the gps last ride. Same speed I hit last year with the Curves. So slowing you down is out the window.