Nope not true if you want to do mods fine with me but we have not bone stock since 2006 Rage mono only add ons were higher windshields & studs. We have never had excessive hyfax wear with any Yamahas but don't ride crap either we find hyfax quickly wears to a point then stops wearing. Sure added Bergstrom triple points but we do that with any sled. I'm amazed you guys are telling me what I have done to my own sled.LOL
they can't help it! Like Jesus said, forgive these guys for they know NOT what they are doing, lol
Fact: Yamaha slides do wear somewhat fast till about 50% because the slides wear down to the wheel size. At that point they wear like any other and last as long as any other. Some people would prematurely change the slides because they feared they would wear out soon but they don't. I have had 3 Yamaha 4s and same thing, I changed them after about 5500 miles depending on snow conditions. Idler wheels I found were no different than any other sled. Sometimes you bend them and that stresses seals and water enters the bearing, before you know it they are toast. I changed not one wheel on my 07. In 03 I changed the rear right in 7400 miles and 1 set of slides. Heated grips on 07 Rage were weak and needed help, that I admit,,they were poor. Some people were saying the low windshields were cooling off the grips but I say BS because I had a medium windshield and they still were not sufficient. previous owner added some device and it boosted heat levels to acceptable levels but still annoying that someone would have to buy additional stuff to make sled normal. To this day I still do not know exactly why that era Yami's had issues. As far as headlights you are totally incorrect. Hands down Yamaha has the best electronics out of all four and the stock lights are totally sufficient but heck yea to HID, they rock!,,,,,not necessary but no doubt an advantage to any stock lighting system. Yamaha lights are just as bright at idle as running 8000 rpm's. I agree the stock skis needed better carbides and in stock form they were undesirable. IMO they were bad enough for me to change them out right out the gate.
So, for may people why loved the advantage of 4s, we would deal with some minor issues because of the longevity and reliability of a 4s, regardless of what manufacturer. There are inherent wear items that a 4s will encounter such as exhaust doughnuts, drive bearings, keep an eye on front suspension bushings if you pound trails ahrd. The old RX1 were a pain to change oil as you had to remove battery, battery box, air box and have not so common tool to get filter off as it was right under battery mount. Rage was easy, you took out 4 or 6 screws and removed plastic belly pan and filter right there and drain plug right there, very easy, I hear Apex is same way.
