Second ride report

[mnescape]

If the Nytro can beat an 06 144" I am going to be very happy with mine.

You'll have a chance against the 06 rev with your stock nytro only if the rev is a 600! Sorry guy's, but this is a 600 class sled here. Boost would be the only way you'd come close to highmarking a 800 rev....sorry to say!

Ken is correct here!!

Had my Nytro out this week for the first time in Cooke City, MT. After the first day's ride, I was ready to slap a "For Sale" sign on it!! This sled can't get out of it's own way in deep powder on a climb!! BIG DISAPPOINTMENT!

Keep in mind, I am coming off of a 2003 Vertical Escape....slightly modded. My buddies ride an M7 with a 910, and a Polaris 900 with a 975, so I didn't expect to go everywhere they did with the stock Nytro, however, I DID expect more the I got. It wasn't even close.

I believe the biggest problem is in the secondary. It wouldn't back shift under load. I can pull 8800 rpms all day long on the trail or flat, packed snow. But, when you put this thing in powder, it could only get 8300. Put it in powder on a climb, and 7800 was max!! I'm going to look into the Shockwave Adjustable Clutch. Been hearing good things about this.

The track is by far the worst I have ever seen. I will be turning it around before the next ride and see how that does. If it still folds, I'll be going with the 2.25 Challenger.

The skies are great in powder, but absolutely suck on the trail or any hard pack snow. I have never been thrown around so much. Lowering the front spring dampening helped a little bit. Really wishing I would have kept my Simmons. Will definitely be changing the skies.

Now for the good news.....By far, the BEST handling sled I have ever ridden! It cuts and carves unbelievably well and feels VERY light. Even my buddies said it was better handling then theirs. This is definitely the sleds strong point. However, handling doesn't do any good without the power to go with it...at least in the places we ride.

I didn't buy this sled to ride stock for long. I had every intention of adding boost next year. I can see that coming a lot sooner then later!!

BTW, I would not recommend any type of skid plate on this machine if you ride off trail at all. I added the OEM skid plate to mine before leaving on this trip. On the second day, I noticed a huge bulge in the plate. The plate traps the snow and the engine heat turns it into ice. The expanding ice had pushed the plate down about 2 inches. If I had not noticed it, I think it would have cracked the plate or possibly pulled the screws out of the top. When I got back into town and removed the plate, I had to chip 6 inches of ice away from the A-arms support area. I might try drilling some large holes in the plate, but my gut tells me this isn't going to work. If you have a skid plate, keep an eye on this!

It must have been you guys that honked at me and the wife when we were parked along the road headed home. We had the RX-1mtn (on the left side)and 900 RMK on an open two place Triton with the salt gaurd being pulled with a Red Ford Escape. The truck that honked had a Polaris in the back and one on the trailer along with a Nytro. At least thats what the covers indicted the sleds were.

The Nytro I rode had the secondary spring twisted another 10 degrees but it still felt slugish on the backshift while climbing. His would hold 8300 in a climb.

Jim

Hey Jim!

Sorry, that wasn't us. We got into town on Wednesday morning and pulled out on Saturday night. We pull a 22' Enclosed Featherlite with a red D-max.

I talked with Brandon from Cooke City Motorsports a bit on tightening up the secondary. He told me I could try putting the secondary spring in #6 and #3. Stock is #6 & #1. Unfortunately, I never got around to trying this. Is this what you meant by the secondary being twisted 10*? I'm not familiar with Yamaha clutching at all!!

Do you know anything about the Shockwave adjustable helix?

Thanks!

Steve

 

[Tookes]

Nikolai, I'm just finishing up my KMOD install and new camo track.

 

[nitro express]

I got rid of the yami sec spring and put in a cat red or red/yellow way more side pressure and backshifts like crazy I set it @ 0/2 or 0/3....02

 

[Tookes]

Nitro Express, what altitude are you at?

 

[DITCHBANGER]

finally tried mine out today,and i agree it needs some clutch work,backshift was weak and 8300 in some powder..ulmer racing is making a kit for the mtx,so ill try that out..i love the motor esp the low and mid..tommorrow ill get some good miles..no hill climbing just cross country running

 

[Nikolai]

I'm also going to start working on the clutching. Like mentioned above the backshift sucks. I can still maintain RPM's, but it's not as on/off as I would like.

BTW, thanks for the tip on the skidplate, I'll hold off on getting one.

 

[WANN4STROKE]

Speaking of the skid plate, what about the A-arm protectors-same problem?

David

 

[DITCHBANGER]

just a side note,team wont have a roller this year for the fx chassis..ill be putting one on next year

 

[Tookes]

How much better are the Floats than the stock shocks?

 

[HYFLYR]

Get the floats!!!! All stock yammi shocks other than the floats and Ohlins are crap.

Plus, the floats drop weight and are very adjustable.

 

[DITCHBANGER]

this is my 1st sled with floats and i love them,no more bottoming,plus i removed my sway bar which is even better with the floats as you can adjust with air pressure.

 

[Nikolai]

How much better are the Floats than the stock shocks?

Way better, plsu if you remove the swaybar you lose a total of 6 lbs.

 

[SilentSno]

Speaking of the skid plate, what about the A-arm protectors-same problem?

David

I had no problems with either on my first ride. Had plenty of deep powder too to get in.

 

[Tookes]

So the Floats can take "the need" for a swaybar away?

 

[08NitroRTX]

Tookes,

You shall soon find out!! lol!

Have fun removing it! It can be a a pain!!