Ski Mounting Hardware Help Please

[ski_bum]

Pay2Play, what are you using for polish and for the plastic? Thats a beauty!

I just put pilot 6.9's on my XTX, i noticed when my skis were in the air there is a fair bit of moment where the ski bolt goes through the knuckle. My machine has a fair number of miles on it, just wondering if this play is normal or if I should be replacing something...

Ski_Bum

 

[pay2play]

Thanks for the compliment. I use Mothers and elbow grease! It gets better the more I polish, of course. It's what I do when I'm bored. For plastic I use pledge furniture polish. There is way too much time between rides! For the 6.9s, are you using the Yamaha mounting hardware or Doo hardware?

 

[fubar8182]

J

Pics of my XTX

image by michellelhill1, on Flickr
Lots of work to get the shine, but I think its worth the effort.

image by michellelhill1, on Flickr
The Doo can fits, the Nytro pipe turnout is on the way...

image by michellelhill1, on Flickr

i like the setup
I'm going away next week to ride and strapped for time. I have a 2013 nytro with SC kit on and going to need the extra gas. I have a few questions. Does the mounting holes line up from break light to reflector? Did u have to add wire? Drill holes? And how did u make/mount straps? Any help would b great
Ty

 

[alswagg2]

The minimal amount the mounting hardware is, it sure is worth it. The MTX ski's sure are a lot better than the Tuner ski's I had.

 

[upei93]

You can still use your XTX ski rubbers in the MTX ski. They are narrower, but will stay in place under the spindle no prob. I ran mine that way for 4 seasons without issues.
There use to be bolt/collar kit available from Yamaha to fit the mountain ski. It included all the parts required to do the swap (except rubbers), but I haven't been able to locate the part #. It's a kit that came out when they first started putting the MTX ski on mountain sleds somewhere around 2005 I believe. I remember that I bought the kit when I put MTX skis on my old SX Viper and that it was cheaper than buying the pieces seperately.

Also shimming the back of the ski rubber with a 1/4"-5/16" thick piece of stiff rubber helps reduce darting on the trails.

Bill

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[fubar8182]

x2

Gas?

 

[Dr. FeeLGooD]

J

i like the setup
I'm going away next week to ride and strapped for time. I have a 2013 nytro with SC kit on and going to need the extra gas. I have a few questions. Does the mounting holes line up from break light to reflector? Did u have to add wire? Drill holes? And how did u make/mount straps? Any help would b great
Ty

I did this. to put a storage bag there, I have no need for more gas as I have a trail tank. The holes line up, I never had to splice more wire. I just taped the harness down on top of the tunnel since it is covered with the bag anyway, cant really see it. I used small piece of aluminum floor edging to level the tailight.

 

[fubar8182]

I did this. to put a storage bag there, I have no need for more gas as I have a trail tank. The holes line up, I never had to splice more wire. I just taped the harness down on top of the tunnel since it is covered with the bag anyway, cant really see it. I used small piece of aluminum floor edging to level the tailight.

Any pics ?

 

[Dr. FeeLGooD]

Bag was $12.99 at Princess Auto