I was thinking someone on SledMaine spoke about Yamaha developing a set of scratchers that would attach to the front stabilizer bar assembly in some manner, but haven't found anyone who has any info, or even heard of it. Does anyone here know anything about any such equipment, or have I been hallucinating again  

Thanks for the info; I thought I had been hallucinating there for a while. I've friends from Canada so I'll check with them for availability.