All good info. you all!

Hey Captain Quint, yea everything you said is really the heart of the post. I want to make sure that my setup will be the best I can make it for any future hill climbs. I learned my lesson about steepness and will not again climb what I did on the flip over. But some of the other hills throughout were steep and gorged enough. I figure if am going to run my bike on these trail systems even GREEN (Easy) that I will still need to make sure my center of gravity is right on.

Thanks for the info. guys!

R'

 

Here's another type of hillclimbing for you folks, ... sand hillclimbs. Sand is different than most other surfaces, and you want top end power, and lots of it. Paddle tires are the hot ticket, and can make the difference between making it and not making it. I tried this hillclimb with the stock Holeshot ATRs on the ATV and made it about 100 feet up from the bottom. I then tried it with paddles on the rear and trail tires on the front, and made it half way up. I didn't make it over the top until I had paddle tires on all four. This is a video of the climb, which was done in four wheel drive low range on the Renegade 800 R. Throttle was held wide open for the whole 44 seconds.

YouTube - Renegade 800 R Climbs Five Fingers at Sand Mountain Utah

 

I saw that video before, and that does show off the power of the Rotax motor

 

DV,

Man, thats a crazy hill climb! I would rank that up there with a LIFE and Death hill climb!
Wow, you wouldn't ever catch me doing that, but I would be curious to know how many cfg their Sportsmans for DUNING? Any out there? Show us some vids.

Cool stuff though DV! Thx for sharing1

R'

 

Are you talking about the Hatfield McCoy trails

 

No I mean those who are out in the WEST and other places that have those huge DUNE hills. Is there any Polaris Sportsmans running those hills? Just curious but yea my original intent of this thread is more applications on steep mountainous rocky hills which is my situation.

Regards,

R'

 

I live about 20 miles from the St. Anthony dunes, we ride there a couple times a year. I used to ride there 2-3 times a week back when I rode a CR-500. There are alot of people riding the dunes on 4X4 quads and RZR's its great fun, you just wont climb the big hills.

The biggest improvement I made on my old 800 for technical hillclimbing was a clutch kit. Stock, my 800 had an abrupt engagement that was spooky at steep angles when you only wanted to creep. If you stopped momentarily to navigate around a rock or obstacle the dang really wanted to jump and go rather than creep forward an inch or two. With the clutch kit I was able to cure that little feature.

 

wolkf1,

What clutch kit did you have? I have a dalton clutch spring in mind but I think it does the opposite of what I would need. Its supposed to give a little more power back to which is lost with the add-ons of my 27" Mudliites.

thx,

R'

 

I had the Supertips adjustable kit from Bikeman Performance.

 

I do lots of hillclimbing on my 500 and its just stock. When I first bought mine I stiffened the rear shocks up to the highest setting and QUICKLY found out that stiff rear shocks don't work as well as softer ones for climbing on uneven terrain.
My wife and I got into some pretty steep/rough stuff hear a few months ago and her machine would keep all four planted on the dirt due to the shocks being set as soft as they'll go. There where places that I had some trouble because I had mine stiffened up...I didn't want to tell her that I got kinda nervous a few times lol!
When I get time, I'm going to do the quick disconnect mod on the rear swaybar. I've read that it really helps, it gives the rear alot more articulation kinda like a rock crawler..