Howdy TRX friends. This past June my buddies and I went to Little Sahara Utah and rode the dunes for a day. We spent a bit racing up the south face (steep face) of Sand Mountain. My 400EX (seen in many of my Youtube videos) was (sold earlier this month) an ’04, all stock/original with King’s Tire paddles on back. Note all three 400EX’s in this video had been geared down one tooth on the front sprocket. My buddy’s 2002 (yellow) 400ex was also stock/original with low hours. My other buddy’s red 400EX (’07) is not stock: open air box, K&N with filter lid and pre filter, parking brake block off, ITP Sand Stars, Pro Circuit exhaust, and professional rejet. Riding that day and switching around on bikes I saw two things that made the biggest difference in the races we ran: rider weight and paddle tires.
The guy who always won was the lightest guy = 130 lbs. In the race on film you’ll see the red 400EX come in last, but it is easily the most powerful of the three. However, the rider is 200+lbs. Then, my paddle tires are a worn down, heavy paddle vs the the new light Skat Traks on the ’02 yellow 400EX. He had the best flotation of the day in the big climbs, and those Skat Traks are easily the lightest set of paddles of the three. I weigh 160 lbs and you can see I fall in the middle of the pack racing up the face.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtWNLrkL2S0
The guy who always won was the lightest guy = 130 lbs. In the race on film you’ll see the red 400EX come in last, but it is easily the most powerful of the three. However, the rider is 200+lbs. Then, my paddle tires are a worn down, heavy paddle vs the the new light Skat Traks on the ’02 yellow 400EX. He had the best flotation of the day in the big climbs, and those Skat Traks are easily the lightest set of paddles of the three. I weigh 160 lbs and you can see I fall in the middle of the pack racing up the face.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtWNLrkL2S0
