v8toilet
Veteran
Well what do you think?
noob
Extreme
took mine out, love it. nice thing with yammi is they are easy to take out and put back in. taker out and see if you like it, if not putter back in. all personal preference. noob
EhPex
Newbie
Been hearing alot of people removing them. i will be as well. Lil harder on the trail but i dont care. Its not a trail sled.
errol
Expert
Took mine off and love it. Just be careful on turns on the trail but again it's not a trail sled! You'll get use to it on the trail!
v8toilet
Veteran
I'm coming from and M so tippy is where I used to live. Thanks for the info, I'll roll a day without and see what I think.
YaMon
Pro
How tough is it to take it off? Can you just disconnect it for the day?
rideblue
Expert
Rode many times with sway bar removed on my rx. In 1 - 2 feet of new snow, it felt good boondocking in the trees, but front wanted to push down hill when sidehilling. Even had the spring preload set high. In more than 2 feet of new snow, the front of the sled got sucked into every tree well and soft spot in the snow. Spent the first few hours of the day stuck in every tree well and sinkhole I came near. Went back to the truck at lunch and installed sway bar and rode the rest off the day with much better results. And when the snow gets crusty, hold on tight! Especially when going down hill!
IMO the rx platform sled work better with the sway bar in the sled. They are still responsive to rider imput, with out feeling twitchy. The uphill ski is less likely to want to tuck under the sled while sidehilling. The sled does not want to dip into sinkholes and tree wells as much and is more predictable when going up or down hills. I have tried removing the sway bar each time I haved tried new skis (powder pros, usi, '05 mountain ski), but I keep going back to it. Going to the wider skies did improve how it worked with out it, but the front did not feel like it always did what i wanted all of the time. Even with the sway bar in, and longer end links, it is still easier to manuver and carve through the trees than an MM or Viper.
IMO the rx platform sled work better with the sway bar in the sled. They are still responsive to rider imput, with out feeling twitchy. The uphill ski is less likely to want to tuck under the sled while sidehilling. The sled does not want to dip into sinkholes and tree wells as much and is more predictable when going up or down hills. I have tried removing the sway bar each time I haved tried new skis (powder pros, usi, '05 mountain ski), but I keep going back to it. Going to the wider skies did improve how it worked with out it, but the front did not feel like it always did what i wanted all of the time. Even with the sway bar in, and longer end links, it is still easier to manuver and carve through the trees than an MM or Viper.
apexnfever
Extreme
Took mine off first time, and noticed how much nicer it was to turn, and climb, much quicker in turning climbing up hill, needing that quick response is great.
Need to test more, to see if I like it, but I really didnt notice to much diffrence on the trail at high speeds, to me it felt like I had better control, much quicker responseses, and I had it going at about 80 on the trail.
Need to test more, to see if I like it, but I really didnt notice to much diffrence on the trail at high speeds, to me it felt like I had better control, much quicker responseses, and I had it going at about 80 on the trail.
Wakegod
Pro
How much weight is saved?
A
Anonymous
Not much weight.
But I removed mine and re-installed it after a few ride. It really made mine feel so much heavier when riding in powder up here!
We do not have large open ground areas like you have in the mountains!
But I removed mine and re-installed it after a few ride. It really made mine feel so much heavier when riding in powder up here!
We do not have large open ground areas like you have in the mountains!
I rode with mine out the whole season. The sled was dipping and diving alot and hard to hold on a side hill with less than at least 2 ft. fresh powder. I figured it was just me since I am female and this is a pretty heavy sled. Then I rode one with the sway bar in. What a difference. The turning radius was alot less, much easier to hold on a side hill and no more dipping and diving. After this I put mine back in. This is the first machine I've owned where I put a sway bar back in, course I've never owned a sled anything like the Apex Mt. before either.
