YXZ1000R SS Trail Racer Upgrade Project Test

Teixeira Tech upgrades Yamaha’s paddle shifter YXZ for improved handling, capability, and safety while flying through the woods.

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With our first test of the 2017 YXZ1000R SS on the trails of the Big Buck GNCC racecourse in 2016, we knew that Yamaha had a car capable of going fast in the woods. Along with its solid cornering stability, the addition of electronic paddle shifters allowed the driver to more easily harness the engine’s top-end focused power while keeping both hands on the wheel for improved control. While its top-end focused power and taller gear ratios are somewhat limiting factors for serious rock crawlers, the YXZ SS is a capable trail cruiser with the potential to beat your buddies or win national championships. Just ask Factory Yamaha’s Cody Miller, the 2017 GNCC XC1 Pro UTV Champion.

Teixeira Tech, out of Traci, California, aided in Cody’s success his first year out in the YXZ. They outfitted Cody’s 2017 car with their Xtreme Ground Clearance front A-arms and are working with Cody to develop more products for the YXZ. Based on what he learned working with Cody’s program and his own years of racing ATVs, Teixeira Tech owner, Ed Teixeira, built a Yamaha YXZ1000R SS offering a higher level of handling, durability, and safety, with which to develop and test new chassis and suspension parts for the Yamaha. This machine was setup to go fast in the trees and features nearly everything one would need to get started in cross country racing.

Ed Teixeira reached out to us and asked if we would like to come to California and put his personal YXZ1000R SS trail build to the test. Bristling with production and prototype suspension upgrades, plus a number of hop-ups from other top aftermarket manufacturers, we flew out and met up with CT Racing engine’s owner and Off-Road racer, Allen Knowles, to evaluate the car’s performance. Testing took place at the Drinkwater Flats OHV area and El Mirage in the California high desert. Allen has previous experience driving the standard shift YXZ at Yamaha’s first press intro at the Glamis sand dunes and he is typically full of valuable insight.

If you’re building a YXZ to go fast through the woods, your car has to be prepared to do battle with trees, stumps, ruts, rocks and roots. If you’re going racing, you also have to be prepared to deal with other cars as well. If speed is your game, you don’t want to skimp on quality parts as buying an inexpensive and cheaply made part twice is nearly always more expensive than purchasing high-quality parts the first time around. If championships are on the line, one DNF is all it takes to ruin a season. While there are a few missing items required to make this car race legal, it has nearly all of the pieces in place to compete and finish a grueling cross country race. We beat on this car for a couple days with zero issues to report.

While we would really like to see CT Racing extract some more low-end horsepower from this machine, despite the lack of motor mods, this car performed better in nearly every way out on the trail, especially when it comes to going fast. If you are the type of YXZ1000R owner who likes to drive your car like the true sport machine that it is, you might want to consider reproducing this car’s setup.

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