figured i'd post some pics of my exciter project, i've had tons of tech questions answered for me on this site so here are a few pictures of her. it sat in the previous owner's back field for 4 years and took a little restoring to get it going including replacing all fuel and oil lines, filter and rebuilding the pump. but I didnt stop there. what started as a simple "just going to get it running" turned into almost the full winter of changing this and that to my liking. i finally got to take it out on the trails this past weekend when we trailered up to Hurley WI for its maiden (and last) ride this winter. Will definatly be widening the front end this summer, and i might be changing the rear skid again, i majorly ate slides due to the xtra 12's natural bad approach angle and the combination of that and the smaller 8 tooth drivers. track tension was correct. anyways on with the current mods and pics.
body:
polished tunnel
yamaha blue front clip
aluminum handlebars with 3" riser
PowerMadd throttle extension
shortened windsheild
drivetrain:
primary: 52gram weights, comet blue spring
secondary: stock 45 degree helix, SX pink spring
SX 38mm flatslide carbs. stock SX jetting
SX y-pipe
PSI single pipe
Bender Racing cold air intake
Bender Racing torque arm
stock 17/31 gearing
Wahl Bros Racing 8-tooth no slip drivers
Camoplast 1" ice ripper track 240 carbide tips
suspension:
96 Polaris Xtra-12 rear with fox shocks 13.1 inches of true rear travel
graphite slides
GYT adjustable front struts 2" longer travel in front
(96 V-max XT struts with GYT shocks installed)
composite ski's from 2006 Yamaha Attak
body:
polished tunnel
yamaha blue front clip
aluminum handlebars with 3" riser
PowerMadd throttle extension
shortened windsheild
drivetrain:
primary: 52gram weights, comet blue spring
secondary: stock 45 degree helix, SX pink spring
SX 38mm flatslide carbs. stock SX jetting
SX y-pipe
PSI single pipe
Bender Racing cold air intake
Bender Racing torque arm
stock 17/31 gearing
Wahl Bros Racing 8-tooth no slip drivers
Camoplast 1" ice ripper track 240 carbide tips
suspension:
96 Polaris Xtra-12 rear with fox shocks 13.1 inches of true rear travel
graphite slides
GYT adjustable front struts 2" longer travel in front
(96 V-max XT struts with GYT shocks installed)
composite ski's from 2006 Yamaha Attak
Vmax540
VIP Member
Awesome ! You'll like the results after adding a wide kit !
nice job exciter89! looks like a fun time machine! are the attack skies a easy bolt on or did you have to make em fit?
the saddleless ski's are definatly more work to bolt on than the saddle type. if you are going composite i recommend you start with a slightly older set. the saddleless can be made to fit, but I had to modify them and the lower knuckle on the strut. i'll post another thread a little later on on what it takes to modify the saddless skis to bolt onto a T.S.S. front.
Bam94
Member
sweet sled, Nice paint job. How much did you have to mod it to fit the suspension.
had to add new drop brackets to mount the rear of the skid, i think it was around 6-7 inches farther foward than stock. and redrilled the front holes. the width of the mounting on the rear was perfect, had to narrow the front cross shaft on the skid about 1/8" on both sides. pretty easy to mount actually.
BigMan76
Member
What did you do to add the saddleless skis?
87YAMAHA-570
New member
what extentions did u use because the powermadds say 4 strokes and what did you do for the brake
crazzygunner
New member
awsome restore love the color
Evan
Evan