Ive been waiting for almost a year to get to ride a spark the way I ride...chasing big cruisers and getting big air. Im pushing 230 and beat the living hell out of it for over an hour and it held up fine.
This spark has the 110 tune, intake and exhaust mods, skat prop, wear ring, and seal.
The few gripes I have...that seat!! Man does it suck. It needs some extra padding on the top and sides. Im still walking all gimpy. I cant believe my X-4 is better but it is! The bars...holy vibration batman! After about 20 mins I couldnt open my hands! Lastly...the thing I brought up when I tested it the first time in Havasu...that edge on the left side of the bars. I had good gloves on and I still got a serious cut on my thumb thats all infected. Both the vibration and trim issues Im sure will be resolved when the Steering setups become available.
Everyone keeps talking about it sipping gas...well I killed a half tank in an hour 20 mins. It is modded...but still...not as great as everyone claims.
All in all though, Im impressed with how well it jumps. After getting back on my XP I realized the Spark was easier...mostly because you dont have to go into the "trough" as fast. On the XP you have to keep the RPMs/speed up to get that torque you need as you are going up the wave. With the 4 stroke low RPM torque I could go into the jump much slower and just brapp it up the transition and I was going as big as on my X-4.
Enjoy!
This spark has the 110 tune, intake and exhaust mods, skat prop, wear ring, and seal.
The few gripes I have...that seat!! Man does it suck. It needs some extra padding on the top and sides. Im still walking all gimpy. I cant believe my X-4 is better but it is! The bars...holy vibration batman! After about 20 mins I couldnt open my hands! Lastly...the thing I brought up when I tested it the first time in Havasu...that edge on the left side of the bars. I had good gloves on and I still got a serious cut on my thumb thats all infected. Both the vibration and trim issues Im sure will be resolved when the Steering setups become available.
Everyone keeps talking about it sipping gas...well I killed a half tank in an hour 20 mins. It is modded...but still...not as great as everyone claims.
All in all though, Im impressed with how well it jumps. After getting back on my XP I realized the Spark was easier...mostly because you dont have to go into the "trough" as fast. On the XP you have to keep the RPMs/speed up to get that torque you need as you are going up the wave. With the 4 stroke low RPM torque I could go into the jump much slower and just brapp it up the transition and I was going as big as on my X-4.
Enjoy!
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