Category Archives: General RZR Discussion

Purchase Help 2011 RZR 800 (high miles)

We have been looking to get into a used RZR for some time. I finally found one with all the features we are looking for and then some at an amazing price! However, it has very high miles!
This is from a dealer that is well respected in our area- he states purchased new from him by senior couple who rides our extensive rail bed trail system nearly every day. The couple simply upgraded to a new RZR 900 this year (and added the expensive extras to the new one). He has even offered to introduce me to couple…
So is this too good to be true?
-$8000
-RZR 800 EPS
-full Rangerware cab with heater
-winch
-camoplast Tatou 4s tracks included
-brush guards
*-BUT HAS 9,000 miles

Link to ad with photos- https://maine.craigslist.org/snd/5024744613.html

Purchase Help 2011 RZR 800 (high miles)

We have been looking to get into a used RZR for some time. I finally found one with all the features we are looking for and then some at an amazing price! However, it has very high miles!
This is from a dealer that is well respected in our area- he states purchased new from him by senior couple who rides our extensive rail bed trail system nearly every day. The couple simply upgraded to a new RZR 900 this year (and added the expensive extras to the new one). He has even offered to introduce me to couple…
So is this too good to be true?
-$8000
-RZR 800 EPS
-full Rangerware cab with heater
-winch
-camoplast Tatou 4s tracks included
-brush guards
*-BUT HAS 9,000 miles

Link to ad with photos- https://maine.craigslist.org/snd/5024744613.html

ride of 2015 900s vs 1000

Hello all, I am new to this forum. I am torn between the 2015 900s and the 2015 1000. What are your guys’ opinions on the two machines? Comparing them, has anybody evaluated the differences in the way the two ride? I am really looking for which one rides better on big bumps and whoops. The 1000 has a considerably longer maximum travel on the shocks, does this make a big difference?
Thanks

Jumping Tech

Greetings,
I am new to UTV’s (my back ground is in rock crawling) and have built some jumps on my property. I was hoping to get some info about the "science" behind jumping and keeping your rzr from pitching forward.

I am hoping to get info about jump design, suspension setup and throttle control while going over the jump.

If there are any articles pls post them.

CVT Clutch Design 101

I have been a member of the site for a very short time, but have been engineering and teaching CVT clutching for the past 15 years at the factory level. Many of you have read my tech articles in SnowTech magazine. I enjoy researching and writing about these incredibly complex mechanical devices.

I have read many prior threads on this site involving CVT clutch and belt issues. These issues also exist in the snow industry. To understand how we got here, a short history lesson is in order.

The modern day CVT flyweight clutch was first developed around 1970. The first flyweights were hand-made to develop the cam surfaces we see today. The attempt to share understanding of the working CVT clutch system was first published by Olav Aaen. The first manual was nothing more than a couple of pages, but was popular and first published in 1975. In fact, so little was known about the CVT primary clutch that Olav would sell out every weekend at races in the snowbelt. He paid for all his travels just selling the manuals.

Olav Aaen Is credited with the first patent involving the CVT flyweight design (patent 3,939,720). It was written while Olav worked as an engineer for OMC. The ‘720 patent is very revealing as to the understanding of the technology at the time. If you take the time to read the whole patent, you quickly realize that the patent was written about devises that controlled the flyweight, not on how to design a flyweight. When talking to Olav about his “720” patent, he said there were just too many variables that weren’t understood at the time.

The Aaen clutch tuning manual has just been updated (40th anniversary). The manual currently sells for $35 on his site (Aaen Performance – High Performance products for Snowmobiles and Polaris ATV’s), and will be the best money spent for those who want a baseline understanding the CVT clutch system.

The Aaen manual is a great starting point, but for hardcore performance guys the manual really only discusses the end results of changes made to the system. To truly understand how the system works you need to get into the physics of the system. For many years I avoided trying to do this. The CVT system seemed very complex, and frankly nobody (including myself) would touch the subject. “Experts” in the field were just happy to know how to tune them and the science became one of those black arts that was learned over time making the old guys very valuable in the high performance snowmobile business.

Corbeau Seats for the RZR

As we all know the new style stock seats in the Rzr’s are pretty good but if you are planning on spending a lot of seat time or racing your RZR a seat upgrade is an easy way to add comfort to your ride. In my old XP900 I upgraded to Twisted Stitch, which were great but did not fit in my XP1000 so my search for new seats began. Being I’m 6’-4” and 190lbs my top priorities are the seat is comfortable and that the seats can be pushed all the way back for plenty of leg room. I searched the web and looked at all of the available brands and found Corbeau, a long time seat manufacture for offroad and street cars had recently released a new seat for the RZR 1000 called the SXS Pro, SXS Pro – SxS Seats – Other – Corbeau Racing Seats . They looked nice on the website and the price I thought was very reasonable at $399.00 each with other brands ranging in price from $425 to $550. They have four stock color options to choose from and they fit on the stock slider seat base. So I ordered a set of the black and white seats to match my white RZR. They arrived within a week of ordering in one box, protected and packaged very nicely with the two seats and the bolt on base brackets. Installation was easy, unbolt the stock seat from the slider base, follow the instructions and bolt the seat base rails to the slider base then attach the slider base to the seat and install in the car. Installation took about 15 minutes.

My first impression was the seats look and fit very well in the car, the foam is on the firmer side and the bolstering on the seat and back of the seat is very comfortable and felt like it would hold me in place very well. I took the car out for a test and tune session to Barstow (which is very rough) a couple of weeks ago in preparation for an upcoming desert race and I was impressed with the comfort of the seats. I knew that the next big test would be the AVE Pure 125 race in Ensenada we competed in last weekend. After 3 hours of racing in these seats, my 70 year old Dad/CoPilot and I agree that we made the right decision buying the Corbeau seats. They were very comfortable and felt like they really held us in place through some very tough terrain.

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