Sedz
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Season is off to a good start. Put some laps in on a Track and started feeling comfortable jumping my sled again.
Rode a friends new 2018 skidoo rs. The etec race motor is really weird but that new chassis is sweet. The ‘shot’ button changes it from pump gas to race mode, pretty trick
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4 hours ago, Stoney said:
Owning a cat, let alone three will do that to ya.....there is huge nervousness of something breaking that comes with the territory....
Welcome to Cat ownership....it has its privileges, but apparently if you want the best skis, try the Yellow camp....
I know, for some reason I only trust these cat motors as far as i can throw them. I also have about 2 extra sets of a-arms just incase.
2 hours ago, smokin george said:That the seat delete standup version
well if you want a sub 400 lbs, 160+hp xf 600 141 you gotta cut out the unnecessary items!
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Ever since I became a cat rider I’ve started uncontrollably hoarding. I’ve now got 3 cat sleds and a massive collection of extra parts I don’t need but am too attached to to sell off.
I’ve always said no to Dad tracks but now I own a 141. Why do the rear idlers sit 4 inches off the ground on these things anyways ?
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12 hours ago, ArcticCrusher said:
Royal's website really needs a revamp. I see no reason why they shouldn't be able to display the distributors price and then their sale price. BS.
I second that, unbelievable how a company that does as much business as royal has such a garbage website.
If they had a proper site they could just show the msrp then discount it to whatever they feel like on checkout.
Either way from what I hear a number of other brands are going to cut royal off also.
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2 hours ago, StevieWonder said:
Of course it's price fixing , if you buy a product from a supplier or wholesaler you should be able to sell it for one dollar over cost of you choose to , catalog or not .
When a supplier dictates what everyone should sell for to make it "fair" for everyone it takes away "fair competition " .
If royal was nothing more than a speed bump , why is everyone complaining how they take away sales from dealers . Dealers saying ," we can't compete with Royal ".
sure they can , if the dealers are paying Kimpex the same price as Royal , all they have to do is say .
"We Will Match All Royal's Prices "
wait a second , that makes too much sense .
Lets go back to trashing Royal .
I think you’re missing a few pieces of the puzzle here.
I’m sure royals cost on kimpex is deeply discounted based on volume. There’s no way that they’re paying the same cost a small dealership is. 99% of the time if a dealer is matching royals price they are making way less margin.
If kimpex has a proper MAP (minimum advertised pricing) policy royal is not allowed to advertise below the price kimpex dictates. Royal is however free to sell kimpex stuff for whatever price they feel like in their store. This isn’t price fixing at all, it’s kimpex stepping up and protecting their dealers.
If a retailer isn’t respecting your map policy this is the best way to put an end to it. Kimpex has a pretty hot ticket item with the titan helmet right now, this is a strong move to protect that from ending up off price.
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Pretty bush league move on royals part. Playing it off like they’re doing this for the customer when really they’re undercutting other kimpex dealers and likely not respecting kimpex map policy. This sounds more like a ‘minimum advertised price’ dispute not a ‘manufacturer approved price’.
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12 hours ago, Garth said:
What happened with the watercross circuit?
Well the people that run it said they are 'taking a year off'. I think some people are stepping up to run a few races this summer.
Hopefully it materializes, spent so many hours building mine and only got to race it one weekend.
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23 hours ago, bladefever said:
Was that your friend on the Ultra Sonic? Looked like a fleet of...... ET 340's put on a clinic on for him......
No, he was in the second class, the vintage open.
8 hours ago, bladefever said:Honey Harbour maybe 82.
That's a cool pic.
Im bummed the our watercross circuit is pretty much shutting down this summer. I race weekend and I'm hooked.
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On 4/3/2017 at 4:42 PM, bladefever said:
A friend was thinking of joining the vintage racing..... Until he found out that year there was only the one race (horseshoe) . Not sure how many they had this year. Way to much effort needed to do maybe..... 4 laps
That $500 payday for the winner isn't bad though! My buddy pulled a huge holeshot in the open vintage class but got taken out. I want to race it next year.
Kinda shows how ahead of their time those phazers were.
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47 minutes ago, Poncho said:
I'm thinking he might want to rethink his choice of sled, or perhaps slow down a bit. I assume he blew a turn or two.
No blown turns. We were riding the shoulder of the road and he was trying to ride the bank and got sucked into the ditch somehow...twice.
3 minutes ago, Tinker said:Are those BRP rear idler wheels ? Maybe go for the Pilot skiis too
I don't know. Just don't ask him about them if you see them he will go on about how he has all red parts(turbo tubes, ski loops, wheels) on the right side "Red right returning".
The yammy skis have to be the worst skis ever. Sled is too front heavy to be riding on those popsicle sticks.
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On 1/27/2017 at 9:18 PM, Puzzleboy said:
Or you could just run the manufacturer reccommended lengths that resist bending/breaking/tearouts. I run just higher than the paddle, and still get bent/broken/torn out studs every year. Just part of sledding if you don't ride like a girl.
That's not mine fool. That's a pic from HCS from a guy who runs 1.86's on his TCat.
Why running longer studs? Nothing wrong with deeper penetration as long as you have the nuts for it..
That guy running the 1.86 studs is crazy. Those will bend so fast with those short nuts.
Got my old mans studs sorted out now his only problem is staying on the trail. He got himself really stuck twice in the span of 1000ft on our way home yesterday.
On its sidewinder.
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On 1/23/2017 at 9:16 PM, StevieWonder said:
Dang !?
Who are you , Jethro Bodine ? You wearing a rope belt in yur dungarees ......
yeap, literally seriously considering wearing a sled belt as a jacket belt, there is no where to put the things these dang cats.
I also still mix gas and you guessed it...zero room to carry it on my sled. Good thing my old man is around to be my sled parts sherpa.
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2 hours ago, Reevester said:
Hopefully the groomers roll out tonight. 80 miles on the seguin and D south. Some good some shit.
Rode that same stretch on Sunday. It was rough and mashed potatoey as hell. Some cold and a groomer should fix er up.
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7 hours ago, 02sled said:
My ZR7000 has a low coolant temperature alert on the cluster and the engine is limited in revs until it reaches operating temperature range.
Dang my zr 6000 ain't got none of that. Heck it doesn't even have a tach or speedo.
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23 hours ago, Stoney said:
Kind of nice not running studs the last number of years.
Another point to double check seeing as the dealer has a few strikes against him, make sure the studs are for single ply tracks with the thinner shoulder.
Lots of opinions on this, but I though the general consensus was to not use double backers on single ply tracks?
I don't think the sled is a single ply track is it? It's a 137x15x2.86 ripsaw 2.
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2 hours ago, Poncho said:
There needs to be a minimum of 1 1/2 threads exposed above the fiber or steel locking part of the nut for the "locking" part to work. Maybe a complete retorque is required. Take it back to the dealer. Were they new nuts and are they the correct size for the stud. You can go on the stud manufacturers site for specifications.
He's running 144 1.5" studs in a 1.25" track. I tried to tell him to stick with the 1.375 but all the cool kids on totalyamaha are running the 1.5. He's having the guy put shorter nuts on the studs.
He also mistakenly bought 48 studboy double backers for a single ply track. If anyone is looking for some new super lite backers let me know.
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Here's another one. I'm worried the dealer sold him the wrong tall nuts and this is going to happen to all of them. He's got atleast 6 studs missing.
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Dads sidewinder decided it didn't like the stud pattern it was given. Taking matters into its own hands...
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6 hours ago, StevieWonder said:
By now I fig you had a removable one ........
Since i got some aftermarket hardware installed they have been pretty good for just about everything but giving high fives. My real issue now is my hips, headed for a bilateral hip replacement. Oh and i guess my fragile Faberge egg like bones aren't helping much.
3 hours ago, ArcticCrusher said:Fire Marshal Sedz gonna show how not to fly a plane first hand.
there's a classic!
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On 1/18/2017 at 8:26 PM, StevieWonder said:
And Sedz , definitely don't take him up ............. Prob a wing will come off ..
My wing or one of the planes?
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On 1/7/2017 at 10:03 PM, Puzzleboy said:
"Featherweight". 615 pounds, and the gas tank ain't even full. Looks like Yammy was in charge of weights/mass.
spent a fair bit of time riding my dads sled back to back with my sled (zr6000 R sx) and its a totally different animal despite being a similar chassis. He also still has his apex
steering on the Sidewinder is really, really heavy. Was surprising that my zr with c&a xt (2" deep keel) and shapers has way less steering effort than the sidewinder with the stock skis. Obviously it has a lot more weight over the skis but it still seems unusually hard to turn. Not to mention the tuner skis are the worst.
Rear skid is weird too, not much transfer at all even after removing coupler blocks. He hasn't had much of a chance to play around with the skid setup though.
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23 hours ago, Puzzleboy said:
Did 7 grand cover the New Years' women and whiskey? Well, hopefully the whiskey, anyway.....
Nah, all I got was this shitty kitty.
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2 hours ago, StevieWonder said:
If you took out 20 bucks the teller would tell you that ,....... and you'd prob dislocate your shoulder reaching across for it ......
I'm just happy she didn't offer up a firm handshake.
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Helmets
in Ontario
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509 helmets are junk, your fly lid is a far better lid. 509 goggles look great but that’s about it.
The cores of most helmets are essentially styrofoam, one and done as far as a hit to the head goes. I think the visor issue depends on the helmet, I haven’t had the wind catch the visor on my current lid. My sled does only top out at around 80mph so maybe that’s why