JDKRXW
TY 4 Stroke Junkie
I did a quick check; (US$)
04 RX1 rails = $191
04 RX1 w arm = $152
and for comparison
05 ZR9 rails = $88
05 ZR9 front arm = $131
It appears that Cat has 3 cross shafts right in the area that the Mono shock rails are breaking.
I'd be curious to know what the retail $ of the mono shock rails are.
04 RX1 rails = $191
04 RX1 w arm = $152
and for comparison
05 ZR9 rails = $88
05 ZR9 front arm = $131
It appears that Cat has 3 cross shafts right in the area that the Mono shock rails are breaking.
I'd be curious to know what the retail $ of the mono shock rails are.
#5 - if your going to fix it, fix it right - I think it's worth an extra 3% - 4% if the result is a machine which will have a suspension to last as long as the engine!!
ReX
TY 4 Stroke God
I hope Yamaha sees this and understands what their customers want.
So far:
Only 2 out of 40 RX-1 owners believe their suspensions are strong enough.
The remaining 38 out of 40 are asking for improvement.
So far:
Only 2 out of 40 RX-1 owners believe their suspensions are strong enough.
The remaining 38 out of 40 are asking for improvement.
black john
TY 4 Stroke Guru
ride
i have put lots of miles in with lots of differnt sleds and supensons from what i have seen with my type of rideing the Xpert X seems to be the way to go i have seen them all brake doo front arms brake just like yamaha,s m10,s ride good but bleed to much speed and they seem to be hard on parts thro exseve parts wear cats brake rails. note that even the X only had one problem and that was with an very old mod with no zerks the bushings wore out and even then this did not stop him he just turned the bushings and installed zreks
i have put lots of miles in with lots of differnt sleds and supensons from what i have seen with my type of rideing the Xpert X seems to be the way to go i have seen them all brake doo front arms brake just like yamaha,s m10,s ride good but bleed to much speed and they seem to be hard on parts thro exseve parts wear cats brake rails. note that even the X only had one problem and that was with an very old mod with no zerks the bushings wore out and even then this did not stop him he just turned the bushings and installed zreks
ReX
TY 4 Stroke God
I'm sure if you ride hard enough you can break any suspension.
I know I'm repeating myself (I just can't comprehend how this whole broken w-arm history with Yamaha exists), but in 28 years of "my type of riding", the only suspension I've ever had break on me is this 2005 RX-1 ER.
It's also the only Yamaha I've ever owned (we bought my wife's 98 Venture this year too - would you believe it had a cracked w-arm when I bought it too!).
Also, not one of my buddies who rode with me this season had a single suspension problem (only 1 rides a Yamaha. A Vector). Other than the 05 Vector and an 05 MXZ I've got the lowest mileage on my sled out of all of them.
One of my buddies has a 1995 Mach 1 with 25,000 kms on it. He rides just as hard and has never had a suspension problem (other than changing idler bearings and bushings every few years - regular maintenance as far as I'm concerned).
I'm not trying to say I take it easy and baby my sleds either - I don't. I ride my sleds hard. Until now I've just never broken suspensions.
I know I'm repeating myself (I just can't comprehend how this whole broken w-arm history with Yamaha exists), but in 28 years of "my type of riding", the only suspension I've ever had break on me is this 2005 RX-1 ER.
It's also the only Yamaha I've ever owned (we bought my wife's 98 Venture this year too - would you believe it had a cracked w-arm when I bought it too!).
Also, not one of my buddies who rode with me this season had a single suspension problem (only 1 rides a Yamaha. A Vector). Other than the 05 Vector and an 05 MXZ I've got the lowest mileage on my sled out of all of them.
One of my buddies has a 1995 Mach 1 with 25,000 kms on it. He rides just as hard and has never had a suspension problem (other than changing idler bearings and bushings every few years - regular maintenance as far as I'm concerned).
I'm not trying to say I take it easy and baby my sleds either - I don't. I ride my sleds hard. Until now I've just never broken suspensions.
SoCoRX1
TY 4 Stroke Guru
my suspension is plenty strong. i found that out yesterday going off some of the biggest cornices and some huge jumps where i get 10 feet of air. my only complaint is that i have a 151 track and i want more of that track on the ground. from the side mine looks like a 144 because all the track is up in the tunnel. I think on the mountain sleds Yamaha needs to get a suspension that puts more of the track on the ground.
