I just dropped off my F7 at a very reputable dealer to have the steering stem replaced due to a mis-placed bracket weld which causes me to hit the cylinder head at full turn right, and even worse I had pratically half the turning ability while turning left!!!!!!! AC has a recall on this issue.
While I was there the manager asked me how I like the handling - I told him that it sucks!!! He asked me what problems I felt there were: I told him that it's way too tippy - ever corner the inside ski lift was always there. Then he asked me what adjustments I made:
1. Installed 8" carbide up front
2. Screwed the ski pressure on front shocks down a bit
3. Put the limiter strap in the second hole
He went on to tell me that many of his own customers (I didn't buy from here) were making the same complaints. Keep in mind that this dealer (manages a race crew) is up on the X-country racing circuit. He called CAT and they have admitting to adjusting the center shock (the one in the suspension pointing towards the engine) improperly!!! According to this fellow, and our manual this shock pressure is CRUCIAL to the overall handling of the machine, thus the reason that it states in our manual to not adjust the center pretension on the shock or it will affect the handling tremendously. Well, they gave him some directives as to what to do to the center shock and to release a lot of the pressure on the front ski shocks, this will cure the tippiness and the problem about digging in to hard (darting uncontrollably) upon hard decelleration. I am planning on getting the machine on Dec 26. Prior to that one the fix and all adjustments are performed he will ride it to confirm his results against their base line F7 for handling and I will post the exact methodologies he performed here so those of you who are having issues can take care of it yourself!

While I was there the manager asked me how I like the handling - I told him that it sucks!!! He asked me what problems I felt there were: I told him that it's way too tippy - ever corner the inside ski lift was always there. Then he asked me what adjustments I made:
1. Installed 8" carbide up front
2. Screwed the ski pressure on front shocks down a bit
3. Put the limiter strap in the second hole
He went on to tell me that many of his own customers (I didn't buy from here) were making the same complaints. Keep in mind that this dealer (manages a race crew) is up on the X-country racing circuit. He called CAT and they have admitting to adjusting the center shock (the one in the suspension pointing towards the engine) improperly!!! According to this fellow, and our manual this shock pressure is CRUCIAL to the overall handling of the machine, thus the reason that it states in our manual to not adjust the center pretension on the shock or it will affect the handling tremendously. Well, they gave him some directives as to what to do to the center shock and to release a lot of the pressure on the front ski shocks, this will cure the tippiness and the problem about digging in to hard (darting uncontrollably) upon hard decelleration. I am planning on getting the machine on Dec 26. Prior to that one the fix and all adjustments are performed he will ride it to confirm his results against their base line F7 for handling and I will post the exact methodologies he performed here so those of you who are having issues can take care of it yourself!