Good day all,
I am new to the forums here and i thought i would begin by asking a pile of questions for my introductory post.
First off i bought a 2012 XMR late last season, graduating from a 1996 Honda 300 Fourtrax. i have been riding for quite awhile but mostly trail with a few mud holes as the people i have gone with have always made the attempt to go around rather than through. I am looking forward to new adventures with this machine, but i dont want to go unprepared...
Since i bought the machine i have installed a few goodies. it has an HMF slip on, chip, intake, throttle body, and cams. while noticing a difference i suffer from the belt slippage that seems to be a common problem. My first question is what would be recommended for clutch upgrades? do shim kits work copacetically with new clutch plates? can someone steer me in the right direction (post or otherwise) as to how these transmissions work?
Suspension... i am not liking the fact that the back tires are so close to the fenders, and have actually had them rub from time to time. is there a long arm kit available for the back? i have heard that one could go with a lift kit and just reduce the amount of lift to get the arms to shift the axle back. is this true? who makes lift kits (or long arm kit) for the XMR?
I am considering a snorkel kit. I know that the XMR already has somewhat of a snorkel system in place. i would like the added security incase i get into one of 'those' situations. im not a fan of the snorkels touching the skys, just ones that would be relatively even with the hieght of the rad.
I have heard of people putting turbo kits on their quads. whats the consensus on this? other than the obvious, what is the purpose/advantage? may be a stupid question...can a quad produce enough exhaust to get it to spool to be effective through the power band?
thank you to all who have survived my post, and thank you to all who have a response. i look forward to learning a lot from all of you and maybe someday being a wealth of knowledge to draw from as well.
I am new to the forums here and i thought i would begin by asking a pile of questions for my introductory post.
First off i bought a 2012 XMR late last season, graduating from a 1996 Honda 300 Fourtrax. i have been riding for quite awhile but mostly trail with a few mud holes as the people i have gone with have always made the attempt to go around rather than through. I am looking forward to new adventures with this machine, but i dont want to go unprepared...
Since i bought the machine i have installed a few goodies. it has an HMF slip on, chip, intake, throttle body, and cams. while noticing a difference i suffer from the belt slippage that seems to be a common problem. My first question is what would be recommended for clutch upgrades? do shim kits work copacetically with new clutch plates? can someone steer me in the right direction (post or otherwise) as to how these transmissions work?
Suspension... i am not liking the fact that the back tires are so close to the fenders, and have actually had them rub from time to time. is there a long arm kit available for the back? i have heard that one could go with a lift kit and just reduce the amount of lift to get the arms to shift the axle back. is this true? who makes lift kits (or long arm kit) for the XMR?
I am considering a snorkel kit. I know that the XMR already has somewhat of a snorkel system in place. i would like the added security incase i get into one of 'those' situations. im not a fan of the snorkels touching the skys, just ones that would be relatively even with the hieght of the rad.
I have heard of people putting turbo kits on their quads. whats the consensus on this? other than the obvious, what is the purpose/advantage? may be a stupid question...can a quad produce enough exhaust to get it to spool to be effective through the power band?
thank you to all who have survived my post, and thank you to all who have a response. i look forward to learning a lot from all of you and maybe someday being a wealth of knowledge to draw from as well.