YammyRX1
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rx1 improvements
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Rob_0t
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Rx upgrades for devon went as follows. Fresh stock motor build by osp. Bender clutch kit . -2 top gear. Gutted muff. Extra seat foam. And we did our own rider forward job. Reloc'd the speedo and cut the windscreen.
Next is a pioneer rebuild/revalve.
Makes the sled alot more fun to ride and woke it up quite abit..
05 rx-1 ER. Some may have seennit around ishpeming during the TY ride in christmas u.p. at the end of the '11-12 season.
Next is a pioneer rebuild/revalve.
Makes the sled alot more fun to ride and woke it up quite abit..
05 rx-1 ER. Some may have seennit around ishpeming during the TY ride in christmas u.p. at the end of the '11-12 season.
RxThunder
Expert
I had an 03 and an 05 for the last 3 years, Just sold the 05 last year for an Apex GT. I love the 03 too much to let her go. When I first started riding it I was 14 years old and my dad bought it, it was one year old at the time. We rode it stock for many years until I moved to Northern Michigan and took the sled with me, as I started to ride it harder I quickly found out how rough of a ride she was. I'm a bigger guy, 6'2 210 and my hips hurt every morning after I rode. 3 years ago I finally decided to do some upgrades.
Apex seat, 2" handlebar riser, 13mm sway bar with the longer sway bar links, stud boy shaper bar carbides, took a lot of preload off of the front of the sled, and cranked up the preload on the back. I also let the limiter straps all the way out and adjusted the transfer rods for max transfer. That next winter it was like I was on a different sled, no more darting, no more hip pain, I could muscle the sled around instead of the sled muscling me around. I love the sled now, it is so much more fun to ride and I can keep up with just about anyone in the twisty tight trails now. Before I would go into a turn not knowing if it was going to plow through it or lift the inside ski to the point that I thought I was going to roll it. The seat, riser, and sway bar made a world of difference, I went from hating how it rode to loving it. That is why I sold the 05 which was stock and decided to keep the 03. Good Luck! Let it snow!!!
Apex seat, 2" handlebar riser, 13mm sway bar with the longer sway bar links, stud boy shaper bar carbides, took a lot of preload off of the front of the sled, and cranked up the preload on the back. I also let the limiter straps all the way out and adjusted the transfer rods for max transfer. That next winter it was like I was on a different sled, no more darting, no more hip pain, I could muscle the sled around instead of the sled muscling me around. I love the sled now, it is so much more fun to ride and I can keep up with just about anyone in the twisty tight trails now. Before I would go into a turn not knowing if it was going to plow through it or lift the inside ski to the point that I thought I was going to roll it. The seat, riser, and sway bar made a world of difference, I went from hating how it rode to loving it. That is why I sold the 05 which was stock and decided to keep the 03. Good Luck! Let it snow!!!
RxThunder
Expert
I also forgot that shimming the skies made a huge difference in carbide wear and darting! I made my own shims out of fiberglass board and made them long enough to be able to use a bolt from the carbides to be sure it can't slip out.
I have had 2 03's and 3 05's I did the same thing all of them. The first 03 I installed a bender mono-shock conversion skid the 2nd I bought a mono out of a wrecked 06 apex. All of them had 13 mm sway bars, Ohlin clicker shocks up front and Penske clicker skid shocks from Bender. I ran simmons flex skis on all of them and they handled like a ferarri.
I Had the rear skids beefed up and powder coated and went to wheels with replaceable bearings.
I Had the rear skids beefed up and powder coated and went to wheels with replaceable bearings.
