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12-17-2004, 04:42 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2003
Where I sled: ny
Posts: 219
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I just put precision skiis on my 97 fromula 583. i had the stock steel skiis on it until now, can i expect big improvements or did i waste my money? i was hoping to cure the heavy steering and darting....
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12-17-2004, 06:54 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Minnesota
Primary Sled: 2003 Yamaha RX1
Where I sled: Mn. and Wi. and anywhere else there is SNOW!
Posts: 745
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The skis will help in reducing darting. If you have heavy steering with the steelies, then you need to check your ski alignment. You may need to adjust your rear suspension to help lighten up on the ski pressure.
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12-17-2004, 08:25 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Selkirk, Manitoba
Where I sled: Interlake area and east side of Lake Winnipeg
Posts: 3,817
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They will help with the darting but imo the precision skis are crap. Only good on a packed groomed trail. Any little bit of snow and they push like crazy. IMO you would have been better off with some Flex skis or any other aftermarket plastic ski
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12-17-2004, 08:51 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Reed City Mi.
Primary Sled: 04 Ski-doo 500ss Rev
Where I sled: R.C, Chase, Luther, Carrieville, Baldwin, Cadillac, Irons, Bigbass lake
Posts: 541
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I'm not impressed w/ how my skis do in powder. If you know how to ride in the deep stuff you just work a little harder to get it to turn. Need to teach the g/f how to turn though.
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12-17-2004, 09:15 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: southern Ontario,Canada
Primary Sled: 97 MXZ 670
Where I sled: Bancroft area, Ontario,Canada
Posts: 1,139
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I've never ridden a sled with the precision ski's but it sure won't take much to greatly improve handling over your old steel ski's.My wife got the plastic ski-doo ski's at the time she bought her's in 97 and they were much better than the steel.I swapped my 97 MXZ steel ski's for flex ski's last winter.They certainly slide along much better but they don't seem to bite as well as the steel despite having more carbide.I need to tinker with the settings a little I guess as I have my sled set up very light on the front.
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12-17-2004, 10:35 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2003
Where I sled: ny
Posts: 219
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i was thinking with the precision skiis i could lighten up the weight on the front and still have it steer better then with the steel skiis. i had to put some weight on the fornt to get it to steer witht he steel skiis, they also seemed to hit the bumps on the trail awefull hard....
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12-17-2004, 10:49 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Sudbury,Northern Ont
Mileage: 1268
Primary Sled: 01 ZR 600 VEV
Where I sled: Chelmsford,Northern Ont
Posts: 4,869
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I had steel and got 2001 Flex skis for my 583 last year
500% improvement in handling and ride quality 
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Current sled 01 ZR 700 X
3.5 Oles Machine riser,1.25 ripsaw,388/389 rear springs,45deg hooks,Shell Utra Oil
Previous sleds-69 Dauphin--71 SW 396--75 GPX338--85 Safari 447--87 Safari 377
89 Safari Scout E--84 SRV 540--86 SRV 540--91 Indy 500--87 Indy 400
2nd 91 Indy 500 --95 STX 583-- 01 ZR 600 VEV
Current weather in Chelmsford
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12-17-2004, 10:55 PM
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#8
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2003
Where I sled: Where the snow is!
Posts: 938
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Are we talking about the straight steel skis, or the plastic skis with the steel frames?
I'm pretty sure the 97 form 583 had plain out steelies, while the MXZ's had the plastic/steel.
And to further mix things up, how do the plastic/steels compare to the flex skis?
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12-18-2004, 06:47 AM
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#9
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2003
Where I sled: ny
Posts: 219
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Quote:
Originally posted by Russ Wheeler@Dec 17 2004, 11:17 PM
Are we talking about the straight steel skis, or the plastic skis with the steel frames?
I'm pretty sure the 97 form 583 had plain out steelies, while the MXZ's had the plastic/steel.
And to further mix things up, how do the plastic/steels compare to the flex skis?
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no plastic in these, they were all steel..,...not sure how the plastic steel compare to plastic.....
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12-18-2004, 06:52 AM
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#10
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: North of Oshawa, Ont
Mileage: 360 kms
Primary Sled: 05 GSX 600HO SDI
Where I sled: twin mountain, paudash, buckhorn, in ontario.
Posts: 876
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If you are just riding groomed trials, it will make a big difference. If you are riding powder, precisions are not very good.
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