New 06 Apex RTX, what do I need?

[Throttle Jockey]

umm, aren't all the suspension problems with GT's, not RTX's.

Is a bigboy spring really neccesary on an RTX?


No, I bottomed out all the time on the RTX (230 with gear) I also tried moving the clips and all that before getting the spring, Once the spring was in no more bottoming!! I have heard a few complanits from both gt's & rtx owners, either way it works for me and at $80 ( i got a deal) i couldn't go wrong

 

[rhoag]

As far as the oil change goes, yes it's a pain and takes some time. I have done it twice on mine, once at 41 miles and again at 670 miles. There are alot of pro's and con's but I used regular old Castrol GTX 5W-30 and a supertech filter from wal-mart $13.00 for the whole oil change. After 1500 miles I will go to synthetic. Now this is just me others will disagree. Anyway, what ever you decide here is a link to a thread with detailed instructions and pics on changing oil and filter. Good luck it takes about an hour. Oh make sure you have a huge 10" or better channel locks to get the filter off and always inspect the block to make sure the o'ring came with the filter.
http://www.ty4stroke.com/viewtopic....0&postorder=asc&highlight=oil+change&start=15

While you have it apart use a black sharpy to mark the antifreeze over flow cold fill level somewhere where you can see it with the panels off. Also check to make sure you don't have 100% antifreeze. Just my .02

 

[rjf965]

Ok I get the studding to avoid conflicts with the shock Eyelet.

As far as the spring, yes it is an issue on the RTX. Loaded up I am about 250lbs and my dealer recomended the spring swap.

Now we need SNOW! (been saying that all year)