Mills
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- '21 SRX, '14 Viper RTX, '06 Apex, '99 SX 600, '74 TL433F,
I just purchased an '06 Apex with 9,480 miles on it. For the most part it is a clean sled with new carbides and new track with about 500 miles on it. I know the exhaust donuts are toast so they need to be replaced. I have no idea if the flex pipes, y-pipes or exhaust pipes are cracked or not. But, I need to know what I should check, clean and/or adjust on this model with this mileage? I looked through a lot of the FAQ for this sled and have some ideas what to start on but, you guys always have those one or two things that REALLY need attention that are not in the FAQ. Any input would be greatly appreciated. I don't think this year model has the EXUP right?
Any easy "go-fast" adjustments or add-on's you may know of would be good to learn about to!
Thanks,
Mills
Any easy "go-fast" adjustments or add-on's you may know of would be good to learn about to!
Thanks,
Mills
Donuts. You have to pretty much remove the exhaust to do this. Check the gaskets from the Y pipes to the 2 to 1 collector. No Ex Up on this machine.
Front end bushings. Light up the front and let the suspension hang. Grab the spindle and shake it. If it moves back and forth you need to replace the bushings. I would use the Oilite bushings.
Check the W arm. It breaks a lot. I have mine beefed up to the specs of the '08 and newer W arm.
If you have the stock heated grips. The ones with the bolt on hooks you may want to get the update harness for them or if you are comfortable with wiring, rewire them form series to parallel.
Many toss the pink spring in the secondary and use the white spring that is found in the Attak secondary. Ulmer has a nice clutch kit for these machines. I run a stage 2 kit. Does not make it faster but it sure pulls and backshifts well.
There are other clutch setups but this is the one I know.
Driveshaft failures seem to start around the 10,000 mile mark. I updated mine with a shaft from a 2012. Barn of Parts supplied and modded it for me so it fit in my sled.
As in all Apex the headlight sucks. Installing a HID system from Rocz Toyz is a great plug n play system.
Front end bushings. Light up the front and let the suspension hang. Grab the spindle and shake it. If it moves back and forth you need to replace the bushings. I would use the Oilite bushings.
Check the W arm. It breaks a lot. I have mine beefed up to the specs of the '08 and newer W arm.
If you have the stock heated grips. The ones with the bolt on hooks you may want to get the update harness for them or if you are comfortable with wiring, rewire them form series to parallel.
Many toss the pink spring in the secondary and use the white spring that is found in the Attak secondary. Ulmer has a nice clutch kit for these machines. I run a stage 2 kit. Does not make it faster but it sure pulls and backshifts well.
There are other clutch setups but this is the one I know.
Driveshaft failures seem to start around the 10,000 mile mark. I updated mine with a shaft from a 2012. Barn of Parts supplied and modded it for me so it fit in my sled.
As in all Apex the headlight sucks. Installing a HID system from Rocz Toyz is a great plug n play system.
Mills
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- '21 SRX, '14 Viper RTX, '06 Apex, '99 SX 600, '74 TL433F,
Steiner - thanks for the input. I am already looking at clutching, W-arm, front end bushings, bearings, reverse adjustment, sensors, relays, fuses, wiring, full exhaust inspection and doing a good general tear-down clean/inspection. I am sort of anal about my equipment and wont be happy with it until I go through it end-to-end and get it the way I want it. I am the only one in my riding group that has never been pulled home or picked up along side the road in the last 25 years of riding. Preventative and corrective maintenance is the key to that. I wish a few of my riding buddies believed that but sadly they are the one's my Yamaha pulls home all the time or I have to fix them on the trail for them.
mysledblows
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- Sidewinder, mcx phazer, phazer, apex
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Stator and whatever sensor is attached to it. Just did my 06 with similar mileage after it decided to randomly shut itself off.
Id eliminate the grounding blocks in wire harness. Alot of information on that. My are soldered together now with heat shrink.
I run Allens kit as well stage two custom. It works well but in my opinion if your looking for a few extra on top factory setup is hard to beat. My stock weights have different rivits in the tip. I recently reinstalled factory setup and was surprised what it did on top. It all comes with a price lost some of the fun factor.
Air lid or intake box mod is always another way to add a few.
I run Allens kit as well stage two custom. It works well but in my opinion if your looking for a few extra on top factory setup is hard to beat. My stock weights have different rivits in the tip. I recently reinstalled factory setup and was surprised what it did on top. It all comes with a price lost some of the fun factor.
Air lid or intake box mod is always another way to add a few.
