I have been watching this thread and see if I can have a few questions answered. A little background - owned an '06 attak. Loved the motor, hated the suspension in the rough stuff. Just didn't hold up (broke the W arm, many rebuilds on shocks), bottomed out often and with a bad back, sent it down the road. Debating getting out of sleddding completely, but rode a buddy of mines Nytro xtx in some really rough woops. Could not believe how that machine just sucked up the bumps. So I picked up a '12 xtx Nytro and overall, not a lick of issues, handles the woops just great, but in all honesty, really miss the motor of the Apex - that thing just pulls and pulls.
So I am on the fence - the Nytro is trouble free, 3 years left on the warantee and does everything pretty well (do about 10% of my riding off-trail). When it is rough, can stand up for miles and miles without any fatigue, which saves my back. I could not do that with the Apex. So if you throw that xtx skid in the Apex, does it fix the bottoming out issue and being able to run at a decent speed in the woops, or does it feel like it still "dives in" each hole rather than stay on top? How much difference does the EPS make? In my old attak, you felt the weight, but I am in overall pretty decent shape and never felt like i wanted to quit because my arms were tired. Can the Apex xtx do a little off roading without getting stuck all the time? I just really miss that motor. I have also thought about a turbo or supercharger, but as you add complexity, you decrease the reliability, and that is why I ride yamaha in the first place.
Would love to hear your thoughts. Thanks in advance!
