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viper diet....

Right but with turbo or supercharger its pretty noticeable and do a little racing and don't wanna have to go in the big boost sled area
 

It has been a crazy summer with fishing, family, and ALOT of yard work.... however I got some spare time last night to start an airframe running board install, taller riser block and hopefully find a away to move the battery up to the nose of the machine

I started out with a simple rise block change......I wanted to go from 5.5 to 6" it is only .5" but the other machine that was set up with the 6" was great! This one not so much the block was so wide that I was unable to even bolt it on to the steering post.


Next up was the battery box.... wanted to find a place up front in the nose of the machine, I grabbed one off of a friends Harley to see what sort of room I was working with........ not a lot moving a ytx20 to the front of the machine is gonna be a huge challenge



With that on hold it was time to start drilling and cutting the running boards.
out comes the skid to unbolt the front foot brace supports

needs a quick wash and grease

removing the out side supports




both sides have been cut apart and just waiting for my air saw to arrive before I finish cutting off the running board

 
I find that side hilling the back end drops a bit more with the YTX20 in the back vs my ballistic battery, mainly when I stop on the side hill and want to get going again. I was always a big fan of Yamaha having the battery up front.... This has been an idea that I have wanted to look into for some time..... If it was a simple swap I was hoping to compare ride quality in the mountains.....and 15 lbs off the back end of the machine cant be a bad thing lol
 
Just a friendly tip here but your foot location (always wrong foot forward) on the inside running board determines if the sleds is going more up or down hill during the side hill carve. So if the sled is wanting to track more uphill during the side hill carve then your foot needs to be moved forward on the running board. I will often stop on a side hill just to take a break or plan a line through the trees and I love how the viper is balanced with some weight in the back. But I know everyone rides differently to.

Bring the Snow! ;)
 
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Agreed! The viper is very well balanced, I just always wondered why Yamaha put the battery up front on all other machines except this one. I was hoping to re-locate it and see if it made a big difference in the hills
However I don't think there will be any room to do this , so the battery will stay in the rear for a while longer and I will have to start running to drop some pounds :(
 
Got the new Blue point air saw this afternoon, so now it is time to get a jump on the running boards while the wife is off at work for a week!

Amazing little saw, however I am gonna need a much much bigger air compressor here soon. It was working really hard to keep up with the saw.
Needed a way to mark out the cut line and went down the carpentry path with some blue chalk line, it worked much better than I thought!

Cut the straight line first and then went back and cut all the little notches out, in the end I fallowed the running board pattern an just left a little extra material to be on the safe sife



same process on the other side.


small trim on the brake disk cover

Should be able to finish up the last run of rivets on the right side and then hit the cut edges with a little bit or krylon matt black paint. I tested it on the under side of the boards before I started to cut checking to see if the color was close. Once it dried it was perfect!
 
They put battery in back for few reasons. Once nytro was made they wished they had less Nose weight for better balance. Also that's where cat has their batt so why Change it.

Have airframes myself. Sooooooostrong and stiff with great traction, love them!
 
Got most of the job done last night before I ran out steam and needed some food.



Traction screws phew...... forgot how bad they are gonna hurt if I drag my leg down the running board!
This side worked out with out any problems! The other side I had 4 heads break off while screwing them in to the 1/8" holes..... not sure what went wrong I was putting them in by hand. I ended up having to leave two in the running board and re-drill a second hole

 
Just about finished the sled, running boards are on and everything has been washed, A- arms have been touched up with the black paint to hid some rock chips......Still missing the 6.5" riser block but nice simple install when it shows up.
Wife is home tonight so back to my domestic duties building a retaining wall and a run off creek for her......

 
That's way nice looks like both of mine though could use a bath - how does snow make them so dirty?
 
As you can see in the back ground it look a lot of windex to get the carbon viper all cleaned up.
Not sure how the dust gets into some of these spots!!!
 
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