anyone ditchbang there rx-1

[yamiman]

i know alot of you dont do this but i do and wanted to know how they hold up. i had a viper that i could keep the trailing arms straight on, broke shocks and motor mounts constantly. i was going to buy a skidoo 440 racer cause sounds like they work for the job, but dont want to lose the reliability. i rode on a river 20 miles nearly wide open the whole time on that viper it was about -10 below and no problems. my question is will this sled work for me?

 

[Indy]

what is your definition of ditchbanging?

 

[TopGunn]

Well idk what you call ditchbanging but last year i would beat the crap out of my dads rx1 er.Didnt ride in the ditches but down mogul trails especially straight ones i would have the speedo set at about 115 and she was as stable as can be! I'm sure you could set it up to work in the ditches and pound trhough the same stuff a rev and that would the engine wouldnt fail ya and when you got on that river the guys who got the 440's would be wishin they had that 1000 4 stroke.It may be heavy but it will do anything any other sled will do maybe just not as good.Overall a good sled

 

[Gilbey]

Don't get me wrong here, I don't want to steer you away, but going down a trail that your weight is balanced and skipping over the moguls is a totally different story. That is not a problem. Stutter bumps should not be a problem.

A ditch, however, due to the weight of the sled, is a lot of terrain that the center of balance gets off and it's a lot of work to pound in and out of them. Can it do it? Yes, I have to run a few miles of ditch to the trails. Is it a handling dream in the ditch? No.

Suggestion, if you go with one, long track the thing to at least 136 for better traction in the deep and add some better tracking skis/better flotation skis, there are many posts on here regarding the Simmons, Precision, SLP's etc etc etc.

 

[Mighty]

Ditchbang an RX-1 :ORC

You better be big, strong and a very good rider.........................

 

[RX-1 Liter]

I agree with Mighty on being big, strong, and good!. If "ditch banging" is your primary reason for riding you will be much happier with a REV. If trail riding and river riding is your thing, get the RX-1.

 

[Ski-Dog]

The RX1 / Warrior is no ditchbanger in my books. If that's where you get your jollies I'd look elsewhere. AS far as durability I'm not a ditchbanger but I mangaed to to toast my rear shocks on my Warrior. I've never had that happen year one on other sleds. Hopefully Yamaha will come to plate for new ones. We'll see in September.

 

[KbxSrx]

BANG BANG BANG!!!

I ride the bag off mine in the ditches, we get drifts here, especially down one stretch of backroad that are up to 8' deep. I love jumping the beast, the torque is the only thing that saves you, it has the power to lift the front end up enough to grab the next drift, and they can be 5-10' apart. I have gotten stuck, slowed down to miss a fence post a few times, and it took almost an hour to get it out. The only way to ditch bang a rx hawg, is to ride it like you stole it. I am tall, 6'5, and strong, 340 lbs, and at the end of the day I am beat, but its fun. I liked my 156 ekholm srx better, but this thing is swaying me, slowly.

 

[impalapower]

Ditchbang and RX-1? You might as well ride a mechanical bull or even a real bull, then you won't have to wreck your sled, just yourself.

 

[Blue Me]

Ditchbangin

It does just fine. 6'3" 234lbs. Stock suspension medium setting.

 

[TopGunn]

Any sled WILL ditch bang just some better than others lol everysled will do the same things but some are just better at that thing than others!

 

[nhrxrider]

Put soem decent rear suspension in it, and it should be plenty rugged enough to hold up to anything you throw at it. After a 90 mph endo causing my sled to go end over end 3 or 4 times, my chassis had no problems and the sled just needed cosmetic repairs. Anything else would have been totalled. And as others have said, you had better be big and rugged. I can throw around my sled in the rough stuff without a problem, but a lot of that is thanks to the Cat rear skid and my being 6'4, 260+ lbs. If I was 150 lbs, it would toss ME around!

Jim

 

[welterracer]

anyone can ditch bang a sled but if its the rx-1 you better be willing to pay for repairs..(thats why i bought a beater sled, Polaris indy 500)

Ive rolled my warrior 3 times trying to ditchbang it..

It just doesnt do well due to its heavy weight.. It doesnt like slow, hard to move around obsticals..

Brian