First Ride Report RTXSE "136"

[dirkdiggler]

1. The motor is flat out sweet. Up to 100 I think it will run with anything out there "stock for stock" I saw 104 on the speedo in a very short distance but not anything more. The sled only had 50 miles on it at that point.

2. Handling is very different then any sled I've ever road. Keep in mind I have powder hounds with 8 inch shaper bars and ski shavers. the steering is very heavy and super sensitive. I'm used to having to crank the bars to get my any sled to turn. Not this sled you turn it an inch or two and it's goes. I Have my couplers on full still because of the extra leverage on the sled with the 136. I was told today that I need to crank up the center shock spring pre-load and that will make it turn better.

3. This sled doesn't feel light to me. I road my wife VECTOR LTX Gt Saturday night and it felt lighter then my sled and it weighs more. I think it has something to do with the steering. I think Once I get that right it will feel lighter

4. The seat position is the coolest thing next to the motor. When you get on a apex or even an older sled I don;t know how I road them. I love the up right feel and the feeling like I've on top of the Machine controlling it.

5. The 136 flat out track strait down the trail. There is zero wiggle in this baby.

6. The cobra track is also a thing of beauty. As I mentioned I road my wife's sled which has a ripsaw. What a joke. The Cobra flat out rocks in any condition over a ripsaw. The Ripsaw digs in deep snow while the cobra picks you up on top of it and on Hard pack the cobra hooks and goes.

7. The Powder hounds skis are nothing short of sick in the deep snow or when you transition from a hard packed surface like ice or pack snow to deep snow they pop the front of the sled right up and keep snow from coming over the hood.

8. The wind protection blows. LOL But I road an SRX for years so I could careless. I was never cold because I ride hard and keep warm.

9. The hand warmers are OK. They aren't terrible and if you where proper gloves they aren't an issue. They won't burn your hands off but they keep your hands warm. I can tell you this it would be nice if you felt like you wanted to turn them down so on the really cold days you knew you had a good warmer if you needed it. But like I said with the proper glove and them turned up They work OK. I would say with the wind chill Saturday night it was around 0 to 5 degrees and My hands where good.

10. The stock clutching was good once you got moving. It seems to snap in like a drag race sled and I don't like that at all. I'm going to talk to Allen Ulmer today and Turk and see about getting some clutching for this baby.



I will throw some pics up tonight. The snow was Sick for the first week in December. I would say there is 3 feet in the woods. We road Near Traverse City Michigan. It's great having a trail sled again!!!!

 

[Blue 4's Rule]

Good report! Sounds like you enjoyed yourself!

 

[ApexRtxGuy]

pics please

 

[NLVMAX]

Thanks for the report. I think it will be a blast to ride. Looking forward to
the first ride myself. Late getting the snow here on the Rock this year.
Keep us posted.

 

[dirkdiggler]

pics

pics

 

[Srxspec]

10. The stock clutching was good once you got moving. It seems to snap in like a drag race sled and I don't like that at all. I'm going to talk to Allen Ulmer today and Turk and see about getting some clutching for this baby.

Yamaha Y-P-Y primary spring will help with the agressiveness of the slow speed/engagement area.

 

[dirkdiggler]

Thanks Allen. I think I want to buy a clutch kit from you. I think I'll wait until I get my Excel Exhaust.