Yama-Crazy
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Ok I'm gonna try some of these suggestions sounds like it might make it handle even better!
Thumper1000
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Simple, just put on simmons skis and your done.
Yama-Crazy
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simmons as good as the C&A ski I have been hearing about?
smokeless1
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If you ride off trail, go buy the yamaha wide powder skis and move them to the widest setting. This make tons of difference.
Secondly, whenever you have a sled that has more suspension under it, your center of gravity is much higher and it will always be more tippy.
Finally, over and over I hear people complain about how badly they dislike the yamaha suspensions, but in the final analysis they have not gotten the suspensions setup properly. One sled with one type of suspension will never act as good as one that is really meant to be for a different type of riding. But you can go a very long way to making the ride better by simply adjusting the suspensions properly for the TYPE OF RIDING YOU DO, AND THE WEIGHT OF THE RIDER WHO RIDES IT. There is a ----vast---- difference in who you can set the sled up to accommodate the rider and the type of riding you are mostly doing. I am amazed that these modern suspensions can be so far modified to cover such a very wide latitude of heavy to light riders and from trail to running wide open fields full of powder. My hat is off to those who engineer these things because they are far and away better than the old sleds ever thought of being. And if you think you have done all you can do to adjust the sled to your type of riding there is always more to do, including putting beefer springs, or even going the otherway and putting lighter springs where general purpose springs fit the majority of the riders. There are always things to do to make it work, and usually it is something pretty simple. You should NOT have to pull the suspension to put in a Cat type to make it right. Every year the suspensions get better and better. But you have to set them up right or none of it will work correctly.
Secondly, whenever you have a sled that has more suspension under it, your center of gravity is much higher and it will always be more tippy.
Finally, over and over I hear people complain about how badly they dislike the yamaha suspensions, but in the final analysis they have not gotten the suspensions setup properly. One sled with one type of suspension will never act as good as one that is really meant to be for a different type of riding. But you can go a very long way to making the ride better by simply adjusting the suspensions properly for the TYPE OF RIDING YOU DO, AND THE WEIGHT OF THE RIDER WHO RIDES IT. There is a ----vast---- difference in who you can set the sled up to accommodate the rider and the type of riding you are mostly doing. I am amazed that these modern suspensions can be so far modified to cover such a very wide latitude of heavy to light riders and from trail to running wide open fields full of powder. My hat is off to those who engineer these things because they are far and away better than the old sleds ever thought of being. And if you think you have done all you can do to adjust the sled to your type of riding there is always more to do, including putting beefer springs, or even going the otherway and putting lighter springs where general purpose springs fit the majority of the riders. There are always things to do to make it work, and usually it is something pretty simple. You should NOT have to pull the suspension to put in a Cat type to make it right. Every year the suspensions get better and better. But you have to set them up right or none of it will work correctly.
