Tuner Skis

[garyr]

Guys I am having trouble with the heavy steering of my Nytro and I am wondering if the new Tuner skis actually do help any with this problem. I now have the MTX skis on herfor better floation which I must say is a big improvement over the original skis, but at the end of the day I am still shoulder wary from the heavy steering of this machine ...honest opinions would be greatly appreciated ...love the machine just not the fatigue at the end of the day....also if I put less of a load on the front shock springs would this help any ...I have them at approx. 1/2 way on the shock now...any help is greatly appreciated

 

[Pstn head]

The tuner skis from my experience are much lighter to turn, and do work very good with just a little push at apex entry but not scary by any means, also could be made aggressive with square carbides and still easy to turn handle bars. The only thing I suggest is not to go with the yamaha brand carbides there tend to wear quickly. Look into a shaper bar or woody's etc.

 

[old man winter]

The dealer carbides do wear quickly but they are cheep. I started with them so I wasn't throwing money away trying to find the right combination. I now use woody's 4" inside 2" outside. Removing preload on the front and adding preload on the center shock helps lighten the steering effort also.

 

[kokonut]

I put tuner ski's and OFT relocator....brand new animal...had no idea a nitro would handle this good

 

[APEX 06]

They help but its still a work out at ths end of the day.

 

[full tilt viper]

Tuners

I switched from the curve xs with 6" carbide to the tuners last year. The yamaha round bar carbides work well but don't last ( no carbide pads front or back ) Went to 4" and 4" square bars this season. The difference between the curve and the tuner is massive, The tuners are so much easier to turn. I had to work my #*$&@ off cranking into those curve's. The 4 and 4 combo hooks really well and it feels feather light in the turns.

 

[mp5]

Love my new Tumers! 2/0 with preload on the soft side. Turns great!

 

[terez]

Tuners

Running Tuners on 2013 FX studded Rip2 with 126 4/2 pattern in the middle.

Running Woodys 4in carbides inside with the oem 2in outside.
Decent steering effort, turns well.

The oem carbides have very small round host bars and not very aggressive carbides.

The Woodys host bar is flat topped but rd bottom and much sturdier than the oem's and better carbide.
I will likely use Woodys on the outside when the oem 2in'ers fry which won't be long.

New to the Nytro so no comparo for ya.

 

[garyr]

Thanks guys for the input, looks like I am going to buy the tuners and give them a try ..got nothing to lose only $300.00 ...lol

 

[MNBlizzard]

I just bought a 13 and rode one ride with the tuners and they tracked really nice down the trail with a light feel. I then put my powderhounds on it. Rode 200 trail miles yesterday and wished the tuners were on. I had a ton of darting with the powderhounds. Going to mess with the alignment and try again. I have a feeling the tuners will be going back on.

 

[Hooray!]

The dealer carbides do wear quickly but they are cheep. I started with them so I wasn't throwing money away trying to find the right combination. I now use woody's 4" inside 2" outside. Removing preload on the front and adding preload on the center shock helps lighten the steering effort also.

I am in the same boat... have a set of brand new tuner's, going to add Woody's but I was considering the following setup from the Bergstrom web site reference and Woody's site suggestion:

Woody's 4" 60 degree carbide Extender III (outside runner)
Woody's 6" 60 degree carbide Trail Blazer iV(inside runner)
Bergstrom 3/8" shims and Ski Savers

You went 2" less inside and out, how do you like 4"/2"? I am pushing 200 lb. maybe 210 lbs. geared up (full leathers, boots and helmet), FX XTX 144", trail tank, plus rear rack and likely 25 lbs. of gear (1 gallon gas jug, shovel, rope ratchet / 50' rope, plugs, tools, spare belt, first aide kit / emergency blanket, flask, energy bars, oil, maps, GPS, HIDs).

I just searched and this is thread one of ten on "tuners" so lots of information here to read.