I have a 2000 Yamaha Kodiak. I origionally bought it used for the purpose of ice fishing, hunting and snow plowing. Well I recently discovered how much fun it is to go trail riding up in northern minnesota and mudding. My problem is that all the guys I ride with have Polaris 500 sportsmans and I cant go through as much mud as them, mainly because of thier extra ground clearance and more aggresive tires I would assume.

The only thing I can see to do to improve my Kodiak would be to put on some 27" Mud Lites and a clutch kit and a snorkel for the tranny(I learned about the snorkel the hard way).

I at least have the Kodiak with low range and for 90% of what I ask this machine to do it is perfect except just that couple of times a year I want to go mudding. So buying a new Grizzley although would be an attractive option to me probably would not fly well with the wife. So here are a few questions.

Will I need some kind of a lift kit to clear the fenders with 27" tires?

Will a clutch kit be enough to overcome the power loss of these big tires?

How wide of tires should I get?

Is PVC good enough to make a snorkel with?

Is there anything else I am missing that would make my lowly little Kodiak a Monster Mudder?

 

snorkel your exhaust, belt, differential vent lines, and intake.

winch, small lift, agressive mud tires, ect. will help you alot.

 

Thanks for the reply. I will have to read up on how to snorkel all of those things. I do have a winch though. Its a Ramsey 2500, if I didn't have it I would STILL be out there in a mudhole somewhere. It saw a lot of action last weekend. BTW, any suggestions on tires?

 

I like the Outlaw tire on www.highlifter.com

 

take a look at my custom grizzly snorkels (click the camera) The clutch and and the exhaust are the ones i have snorkeled and it works very well i also think it makes the machine look better.

 

that snorkel is so sick man. it makes it look like a chopper on 4 wheels. very mean.

 

I have seen your pics before of your Grizz, and it looks awesome. In minnesota however if you want to ride on state trails the snorkel can be no taller than 6" above where it was origionally.

 

Thanks for the comment and i just thought i should share my pics with you guys good luck with your kodiak

 

Thanks for the help guys. I have a long way to go to figure out exactly what I should try but all the input sure helps. I am definately going to snorkel it though. At least the tranny for sure, last year I got it filled up with muck! What a pain in the a** that was.

 

raxxor, is that regular exhaust piping, or something else?