Whats with the tippy fr. end??

[zipclean]

Guys, someone out there must have a fix for the front end on the Attak! This sled is scarey on open feilds.When you hit a snow drift it ends up on one ski ,grabs your handle bars out of your hands and your feel like you are going to tip over.Even the back end goes up on one side.Surely some must ride on open country and not just trails. On trails it great but in uneven terain it is like the old 1968 machines.I played with transfer and ski pressure but no difference.The only thing I can think of is the torsion bar is WAY too weak.I had 6 of my Polaris and Cat buddies ride it today and all said the same.WILD!! and very unstable.When you ride bend my Attak you can see the thing kick up and dive and ends up on one ski and on the side of the track. There is no way you can keep up to other brand sleds with the Attak in this type of terian.I mean I am trying to love this sled and for the most part it IS good but front end is JUNK! Some else must of noticed the same problem,WHATS THE CURE please!!

 

[JDKRXW]

WHATS THE CURE please!!

It's not the suspension, it's the skis.
Warriors have the same issues. A set of mountain paddles will cure this completely.

 

[snowbeast]

Guys, someone out there must have a fix for the front end on the Attak! This sled is scarey on open feilds.When you hit a snow drift it ends up on one ski ,grabs your handle bars out of your hands and your feel like you are going to tip over.Even the back end goes up on one side.Surely some must ride on open country and not just trails. On trails it great but in uneven terain it is like the old 1968 machines.I played with transfer and ski pressure but no difference.The only thing I can think of is the torsion bar is WAY too weak.I had 6 of my Polaris and Cat buddies ride it today and all said the same.WILD!! and very unstable.When you ride bend my Attak you can see the thing kick up and dive and ends up on one ski and on the side of the track. There is no way you can keep up to other brand sleds with the Attak in this type of terian.I mean I am trying to love this sled and for the most part it IS good but front end is JUNK! Some else must of noticed the same problem,WHATS THE CURE please!!

Yup my attak has done the same thing before,now it does it much less,went to larger rear spring and installed the pioneer 13mm swaybar wow what a difference,and both mods only cost 160 bucks total.

 

[zipclean]

I think the 13mm should help .I do have Apex mountain skis on.SNOWBEAST why would the heavier rear spring help? I am 220 fully dresses rear set at #7 notch and dial set a softest setting(10 clicks in)

 

[zipclean]

Ordered a 13mm bar today hope this is the cure. Don't want to trade it with 200 miles on it but there is no need to ride a sled that handles like this one. I can't remember when I owned a sled that was so ill mannered cross country.If you have the transfer set too little, it plows into the drifts,if you have it set so it doesn't plow it bounces,flips and falls over?? Go figure.BUT I will keep trying different settings as surely the Yamaha engineers have ridden other brand sleds and noticed you can have control on your front end without gripping the bars so tight your fingers turn white.(or was that the handle bar heaters that did that) Thanx for the Thought on the 13mm BEAST.

 

[Tork]

Welterracer did a nice write up awhile back on the 13MM bar,
It is in FAQ near the top

 

[actionjack]

You may need to take out some front pre-load also. I loosened my front springs about 1cm and that really made a nice difference in the inside ski lift.

 

[Dano]

Lowering the center of gravity is a big help! Run your front shocks as soft as you can and bring up the limiter strap 1 or 2 notches. I run 35-40 lbs of air pressure in my fox floats and brought up the limiter strap one notch which made a big difference. Also have C&A pro skis which are also great.


Dan