New Dupont slides anyone try them yet?

[Ak Yammy]

Hmm interesting look pretty stout but holy $$$$. For $120.00 I can buy a lifetime supply of the regular. My graphites with no extra wheels and a tight track are going strong at 2000mi.

http://www.yamaha-motor.com/sport/acces ... etail.aspx

 

[Super Sled]

As I've come to find out, these sliders are made for fully clipped tracks for max potential. I infer that to mean they will not last to their full piotential for a lot of the tracks that are not fully clipped. The Vespel material will slide across the metal clips and not get hot and not wear. But the rubber may be an entirely different issue. As many including myself still have stock track (stock track on my Attak anyways) that is not clipped, they won't work as well. Oh well, I'm also really interested in hearing reviews on these sliders.

 

[yamahahaapex]

Im waiting for a set as Ive got over 2000kms but I think ill wait it out till next season and listen to reviews as Ive got at least another 2000kms in them yet.

 

[swmichvector]

they are still on backorder , at least last week they were. my gut says that they cant get the inserts to stay in place .

 

[Ak Yammy]

As I've come to find out, these sliders are made for fully clipped tracks for max potential. I infer that to mean they will not last to their full piotential for a lot of the tracks that are not fully clipped. The Vespel material will slide across the metal clips and not get hot and not wear. But the rubber may be an entirely different issue. As many including myself still have stock track (stock track on my Attak anyways) that is not clipped, they won't work as well. Oh well, I'm also really interested in hearing reviews on these sliders.

Good to know SS as I have my stock track as well.

 

[thor452]

Dont seem worth the money to me

 

[steve barber]

I was at the old forge show this ppast week end and factory rep told me that not till sec. week in Jan. they will be out. he aslo told me that they were not going to come out till next yr. but others push to get them now.

 

[Blue Dave]

I always get a full season out of the Yamaha graphite high performance slides. At $17 each I can change these three times for the cost of the Dupont version.

Since I pull my skid every year for maintenance it is no big deal to simply change the slides every year anyway.

I can not see why anybody would spend the money on the Dupont version unless there was a noticeable performance gain.