Bone Daddy
New member
I tell my friends I would never go back to riding old sleds all the time , until now. I purchased a 07 Apex RTX in 07 and felt this was the best thing I ever bought for the amount of fun its givin me until the other day ! That day I deceided to take out my wifes sled - my old 00sxr 700 - to clean the gas out of it before I put it away and had not riden it since my 07 purchase. The trails were flat and well groom so I felt it would be good time to ride such obsolete hardware . WOW ! I forgot that sled could handle like it was on rails and was light ,easy to stop all the things I forgot about. Im not bashing my new ride its just I guess Im not going to bash my old anymore. I havent had so much fun in a long time on a sled, I guess once you get used to throwing around a extra 100 pounds to hop on something light with almost no ski lift is just a blast. Sure I had the throttle to the bars all the time but to rip around corners and brake in shorter distance was a great feeling . It was like I became a better rider , I had so much more confidence and didnt have to think as much on when I should brake or what part of the apex I should start to ease into the gas so I can make it through the turn without lift.
Now if the trails were ruff I would not ride that sled compare to the rider forward design or if I were up in the U.P. due to the lack of throttle response and top end but if the trails are smooth, fast and tight I just might take the old blue out for a spin down memory lane .
Now if the trails were ruff I would not ride that sled compare to the rider forward design or if I were up in the U.P. due to the lack of throttle response and top end but if the trails are smooth, fast and tight I just might take the old blue out for a spin down memory lane .