WOODS RACING YAMAHA YXZ1000R -兔耳朵在线影院

By the staff of Dirt Wheels —

WOODS RACING YAMAHA YXZ1000R

It is easy to see how much clearance the Teixeira Tech lower front A-arms help ground clearance in the front. They also make the steering lighter.

Yamaha’s YXZ1000R doesn’t love tall tires, but most builds go a little bigger than the stock 27-inch Maxxis Bighorn 2.0 tires. Instead of going bigger, TXT went an inch smaller to 26-inch Bighorns, and it chose to use 26×9-14 front tires on all four corners. On top of the smaller tires, TXT selected DWT Sector Zero beadlock wheels that are 0.75 inches narrower with very little offset. GNCC racing is all about changing directions quickly and safely in the woods and, of course, missing trees. A low, narrow car is a bonus.

**Teixeira Tech’s new XGC YXZ rear arms are super beefy and strong without adding a lot of weight to the suspension.**

Simpson seats with optional diamond stitching and Crow Enterprizes four-point belts were all that the interior required to be awesome and comfortable.

WOODS RACING YAMAHA YXZ1000R

While not actually part of the suspension but involved, TXT replaced all four stock axles with Demon Powersports heavy-duty units. It also added Frap heavy-duty rack ends.

**We’ve driven Yamaha YXZs with Elka shocks before, and they always work well. These were set up to minimize body lean and maximize corner speed.**

WOODS RACING YAMAHA YXZ1000R

QUEST FOR TREES

Ed Teixeira asked for a riding area with trees, but the best narrow and twisty trails we have in our area are lined with heavy brush and not real trees. Nevertheless, it proved to be an interesting test. The trails have some very steep and technical rock stair-step climbs. We wondered about the paddle-shift SS-model Yamaha YXZ without any low range, but it did just fine. The shorter tires (and the narrower rears) shorten the gearing a little and allow the rears to spin a bit easier.

As we expected, the Simpson seats are extremely comfortable. We actually enjoy the stock Yamaha seats, but the Simpson seats are a step up. The four-point belts were welcome as well. We appreciated that the Yamaha still had the stock quiet pipe. With the shorter tires, it was plenty responsive and accelerated quickly.

**We worried about the stock YXZ gearing on these steep, slow climbs, but there was no problem at all with this SS-model YXZ.**

We recently had uncommon conditions for SoCal. It had rained, so we had greasy rocks and slick and muddy roads, a lot like typical GNCC conditions. Elka had set the suspension up to keep the car low but to ride up in the stroke. Initially, the feel is a bit crisp, but when you hit things harder, the shocks do a great job of soaking up ruts, rocks and ledges.

The most impressive facet of the car is its turning. Yamahas already turn well, but with lower tires and suspension tuned to minimize body roll, the TXT GNCC replica handles like a slot car! We generally like to drive in four-wheel drive to keep cars planted. With this Yamaha, we got on the muddy sections and switched to two-wheel drive. We simply let the rear drift, and it was a riot. The car never feels tippy, and it simply rails around turns.

**When we did hit fast and rough sections of trail, the YXZ handled them fine, but this machine wouldn’t be our first choice for endless whoops.**

WOODS RACING YAMAHA YXZ1000R

We ran into some of the typical 4×4 trails where the big, heavy cars make alternating stair-step bumps that can send the wheels into the air every which way. That wasn’t a problem. With steep ascents, there are always equal descents. Ours were rutted, rocky and loose. We were able to just rail down them in perfect control. We didn’t have a bunch of whoops, but this car is obviously not set up for that. For actual trail work, though, it is an accurate weapon!

CONCLUSION

Teixeira Tech started this project with a clear goal for a specific type of performance, and it totally nailed it. This is one of the best-cornering cars that we have ever driven. Having the TireBlocks in the small tires was interesting as well. You don’t realize how careful you are being in sharp rocks until the TireBlocks make it a nonissue.

You simply hammer through the worst of sharp rocks with no worries. Obviously, in a championship series with a similar car that Cody Miller is driving, this is a package that works in the woods. It gave us confidence we had never felt on flat turns, and that was extremely fun.