nitris223
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Hey people. I am looking for some opinions good or bad. I would like to long track my wife's 2002 SXR 600. I have a spare 144" x 1.25" track kicking around which I would like to use. I would like to use a different OEM suspension but around here in Saskatchewan Canada they are way out of the price range. Next option would be to use Tracks USA tip up rail extensions.
Tunnel extension I can fab my self. and maybe some drop brackets if I can't see a side profile picture of a long track Yamaha with the one's advertised on this site.. I would like to see what it looks like first before I would order and end up not liking them. She likes the look of the rear raised up.
What about transfer rod elimination kits. Good , Bad. and another idea was to get 136 extensions and relocate the skid. Good or bad.
I perfer the look of extensions that use the hyfax it just looks cleaner to me.
The conditions we ride in are flat land. Lots of trails and offtrail conditions. We usuall take the trail for a while then go cross contry , maybe some ditch riding. A mixture of everything except hills. Kind of hard to find here in the prairies. My wife weighs about 140 lb dressed any suspension tips. The main reason for the longer track is to smopthen out the ride on the trails when they are pounded out and to help her out in the fluffy stuff. I found that the SXR darted alot on open feilds that had a hard crust of snow on top. Fresh powder was fine but any freezing rain and the ride was scary on the crust. On the trails it rides like it is on rails. Way better steering than my 700 RMK She kicks my *** in the trails.
I was reading that removing the transfer rods will make the front end rise quite a bit. Will this still happen with the lokger track. She never really punches it out of a corner more or less just zips around at a steady speed. I would like just enough lift to get the front end up better in the snow. If she lets of in the deep it's like a bull dozer.
Lets here what you have to say. I have a month or more before we start the project.
Tunnel extension I can fab my self. and maybe some drop brackets if I can't see a side profile picture of a long track Yamaha with the one's advertised on this site.. I would like to see what it looks like first before I would order and end up not liking them. She likes the look of the rear raised up.
What about transfer rod elimination kits. Good , Bad. and another idea was to get 136 extensions and relocate the skid. Good or bad.
I perfer the look of extensions that use the hyfax it just looks cleaner to me.
The conditions we ride in are flat land. Lots of trails and offtrail conditions. We usuall take the trail for a while then go cross contry , maybe some ditch riding. A mixture of everything except hills. Kind of hard to find here in the prairies. My wife weighs about 140 lb dressed any suspension tips. The main reason for the longer track is to smopthen out the ride on the trails when they are pounded out and to help her out in the fluffy stuff. I found that the SXR darted alot on open feilds that had a hard crust of snow on top. Fresh powder was fine but any freezing rain and the ride was scary on the crust. On the trails it rides like it is on rails. Way better steering than my 700 RMK She kicks my *** in the trails.
I was reading that removing the transfer rods will make the front end rise quite a bit. Will this still happen with the lokger track. She never really punches it out of a corner more or less just zips around at a steady speed. I would like just enough lift to get the front end up better in the snow. If she lets of in the deep it's like a bull dozer.
Lets here what you have to say. I have a month or more before we start the project.
