steiner's Attak upgrades

[kinger]

How many miles on the sled?

 

[steiner]

Only 6000 miles on it

 

[kinger]

Only 6000 miles on it

Ahh she's a toddler Cool sled, I love the white...the seat not so much..Fun to see what you do with it.

 

[RobX-1]

Although the turbo one would be fun to ride, at least the one you bought has the good GYTR shocks.

I like the white seat but knowing how dirty and how much I have to clean the red on the two Apex seats, I can see keeping it clean will be a challenge; just would hate to dye over the graphic/wording that was added.

 

[steiner]

Also has the electric Ohlins in it. Not too excited about fixing the wire all the time.
Really like the blue and white combo, but like black and blue better

 

[RobX-1]

Also has the electric Ohlins in it. Not too excited about fixing the wire all the time.

Not directed at you @steiner, but I always have to chuckle when I hear others complain of their EC Shock cable breaking when I have over 20,000 miles on the original one in my 08 LTX GT. I've always followed that tech bulletin that Yamaha released outlining where to zip-tie the cable. I added a few extras but it's crazy to think that my EC shock cable outlasted the W-arm.

 

[steiner]

I cut off about 10 zips ties and the wire was broken about 3" from the cap

 

[RobX-1]

Maybe I've been fortunate all these years as I do have a replacement cable after reading of others having had issues with theirs. I just wished it was the cable instead of the W arm as it would have been much cheaper to replace.

 

[steiner]

Went thru 3 W arms on my Attak. All were beefed up as well. Also have bent 2 sets of rails and cracked one set.

 

[kinger]

I hated the monoshock, chucked in the garbage many years ago. ZX2 for the win! Truly turned it from a GT tourer into a sporty sled capable of hanging with anything in any condition. It does work for many though so if it works run it, I do not miss skid maintenance though.

 

[Stubbs]

Nice look’n new ride @steiner. I’ve got a parts list for converting the EC Ohlins over to a manual hi/lo compression clicker instead of the silly servo. Shoot me a PM if you’d like it.

 

[steiner]

Worked on the exhaust today. Removed the Excel system and going back to factory. Notice a mid hanger point for the Y-pipe. The exhaust kit I picked up did not have anything for this mid mount so I made one. Hope this will help me not to break the exhaust pipes

 

[DARKMAN]

I'm with ya, that white is too much.

 

[steiner]

Got the tunnel painted over the holidays.

 

[RobX-1]

Nice job, had no idea you could paint the tunnel like that. I always hated how Yamaha would use the unfinished aluminum for their tunnels. Considering the amount of time I spend each year cleaning and polishing the tunnels on my Apex's (it's a labor of love ), I would love to paint them to the point I considered a wrap. Did you out source this or did you do this yourself? If the latter, how hard was it?