sledderj

Are you contracting anything or just doing your own stuff?

When did you upgrade? I remember you posting up pics of an old one a few years back.

That is the best guess I have heard yet. Shuffle the parts bin a little and fabricate a bit of hype. Pretty typical Yamaha launch. I give them credit for launching the turbo, there's substance there, but not much else in the last how many years.

It must have sent a heck of a shock through the drive train if it loaded the chain hard enough to push the bolt through tensioner. Probably should have a good look at the chain.

It does look like it has a lot of tweeks. Any idea what's with the pipe coming out of the clutch side panel? The exhaust should be on the other side of the sled.

How fast were you going when the belt blew?

Looks like the seat is missing. lol Ski's flapping in the wind at 160+ Looks like modified seat, skis, skid, track.

? That would be in a regular chassis, just lowered and a speed track, no?

Used to find one or two in the tractor or implement tire every spring.

It was something along the lines of him getting pistol whipped in his dooryard.

Must have strong fingers!

I've never understood the big HP hang out on the lake all day thing. These days, a lightweight 150HP gets me just about everywhere I have the talent to have any business being. 200HP for a drift busting field monster sounds fun, but I have been know to use poor judgement with my right thumb. Probably best I not go there.

A friend made the catastrophic error of ordering a 2012 high country 1100T. I remember thinking WTF WAS THAT the first time he went ripping by..... and not in a good way. 250 feet later, he blew the 17th belt.

Whoa, wut? You saying everyone would rather have the Zuky, Gazoo sitting on a fart cushion sounding motor over the Yammie triple?

That's a pretty sexy field bustin, warm up shack boozin, snowmachine. You know you wannit. How they doing racing them? I see they are putting up some 150MPH ice runs.

Yammie got 150 out of the Apex, so another 20% displacement in the 1200 could theoretically give you 20% more power, BUT, you would need the 10,000 + rpms and gear reduction to get the clutch speeds into the efficient range. Not to mention the Belarus like construction of the internals of the 1200 triple would likely self destruct at sustained high RPM's.

Now you are guzzling the purple jizz.

I think reliability is the #1 thing these days. If one gives up 5 hp to another, WGAF. Get me back to the truck and not cause me to lose the few days a season I have to ride. The rest is personal preference.

Mmmm, not to sure about that monorail suspension. Seems like washout city trying to sidehill.

Yammie sure did their homework on them triples.

Perm probably stuffed a dirty sock in one of your throttle bodies.

Not missing a little braaaapin in the mountains yet Tom? You aren’t that far away if you are in AZ. Or even fly home for a quick trip.

Kinda strange considering the Doo would be the same old etech 600. Not like it's a new package or anything.

He got pretty banged up a few years back in a sled accident, no? He must have healed right up if he’s back racing.