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What's her current sled?

On 6/17/2022 at 6:47 PM, Jerry 976 said:

Someone told me they (HCS) closed a thread for talking about gas prices and how sledding trips this winter are going to cost more than double.......

  

 

HCS aka DooTalk 2.0

Truth.

they'll get their backs "wet" doing that.

Going thru every nut, bolt, bearing, shock, spring, stud, carbide, and bogie wheel on my new to me 2016 Pro S Switchback 600. Might even update it with an Artic FX wrap.

Skis are NOT sold. Dickhead backed out after giving his WORD that he would come tonight or tomorrow with the cash.

My RED XPT's w/6" Shapers and 140 total miles, are for sale in Northern Vermont $350.00  SOLD.

4 stroke!

On 2/15/2022 at 9:41 PM, Deephaven said:

Prosteers are awful.  Grab some grippers as they are the compromise you are looking for.

They won't push in soft snow and will rail hard show?

Well, they look a little froggy. 

It could be tracking vs. darting. It was originally darting before I tightened the FTS spring preload and backed off the rear preload. That's calmed down significantly but turn in effort is still excessive. The XPT's are supposed to be the least aggressive that C&A offers, and I was trying to address soft snow pushing. Which they did. I'm probably going to go back to the Prosteer skis and the suspension settings I had before switching skis. The Prosteers with 6" deuce bars didn't dart and were excellent on hard snow. I'll just have to keep working on the soft snow pushing. Maybe I just need more ski preload.

RED with black handle XPT skis with 140 actual miles, 6" shaper bar carbides and Polaris mounting kit.  $350 in northern Vermont. Cost me $490+ a week ago.

On 2/10/2022 at 8:50 AM, p51mstg said:

I wonder if it’s worth checking ski alignment.  maybe the excessive understeer of the old skis masked an alignment issue.  Just thinking out loud.

Checked alignment 1/8"of the Prosteers before installing the C&A's. Then re-checked the C&A's for the required 3/8".

With all the weight I can get off the skis, the XCR's with 6" shapers were too much on the hard snow yesterday AM. And in the fresh powder at altitude with a firm base. Down low in the sun and slush they were OK. I've got some Woody's on a round host bar ordered. If those don't fix the hard snow darting, it's back to the deuce bars on the prosteers and live with/try to fix the pushing in soft snow.

On 1/22/2022 at 10:01 PM, Crnr2Crnr said:

I do both at once this way.  Helps to invite a fat Polaris rider over for dinner to sit on it while he eats.

Finally got out yesterday on some well grommed soft trails. First 5 miles the darting almost jerked my arms outta the sockets! Gradually increased the preload on the FTS and reduced on the rear shock. 1 change at a time and test ride. Ended up with clickers on the IFS turned down 4 clicks. Greatly reduced darting after all the adjustments which all-in-all took me about 25-30 miles to accomplish. The XPT's have cured my pushing issue in soft snow which I could not tune out with the Prosteers. The XPT's DO steer harder, still, but not harder enough that I'm giving up the performance and precision.

Before my next ride, I'm going to back off all preload on the IFS leaving only enough to keep the springs tight and try that to see if it helps the minimal darting that's still there..

I don't have a plastic bed liner. It's spray-in. Don't know if that makes a diff.

Rode today for the first time on the C&A's. I "think" they're better in soft snow, but we got 12" last night and nothing was groomed where we went except by other sleds. You know what that's like. a real workout. I did not notice hard steering and have not touched my previous suspension settings yet.

13" today in Jay@ 1000'

Everything changes tomorrow!

What amazes me is that ABC suspended her! Is there hope that MSM will eventually come around?

BUT WAIT! There's more!

Breaking: If your sled serial # isn't on the recall list, it's not one affected. Later builds (Dec-Jan) seem mostly OK. But even if it is on the list, apparently today it became known to dealers that this is a simple 5 min. repair with no parts needed.

However, there IS an issue with some 650 and 850 MY 2022 sleds that can cause an issue and the parts are NOT available to fix it.

Some sleds have a mis-attatched lower radiator hose that can get a hole worn thru it in short mileage. The exhaust can needs to be removed to gain access to even see if yours is one of them. The bracket that holds the electric starter (if you don't have one, you're GTG) has a protruding bracket on itself that sticks out and can contact the coolant hose wearing a hole thru. You MUST check it. Polaris has not acknowledged this issue as yet.

Please check under HCS under Matrix for the posts on the coolant hose. It's much more detailed than I can possibly go into.

There is also mention of it on FB.

1 minute ago, racinfarmer said:

I believe that we are only a generation or two from loosing a large amount of the trails and land (public and private) we currently ride on today, whether it is in the Midwest or the East or the Mountains.

Electric sleds may address the noise and pollution issues by then, but they surely won't stop the off-trail riding.

Landowner response is, "Police your own!"  We are going to have to do it ourselves. You can't expect the landowner to go to the expense of monitored trail cameras and the labor of checking them just so he/she can generously allow trails to cross their land.

We need heavier fines and sled impoundment to curtail this behavior. Will there be any riding left before we make it happen?

State snowmobile groups are going to have to work with their state legislators to get the fines and sled impounding written into law to be effective. When?

www.polaris.com/en-us/recalls/off-road/polaris-issues-stop-sale-stop-ride-2022-matryx-rmk-indy-switchback-voyageur-nordic-pro-snowmobiles