This^^

I just try to ride with ski boots as little as possible, basically only tandem and retrieval laps.

I use aftermarket tube style running boards but instead of sharp screws or traction...

My buddys' were ripping at the zippers. Hopefully they beefed them up. I really like the cheetah guys so hopefully they got them a little more dialed.

Probably have the binding in the way of your legs like that.

I guess my skis were less rockered tips way back when I owned a rev now that I think about it......

Scroll down this page to the powder packs and buy one of these, I've been using one for years

http://skinzprotectivegear.com/snowmobileproducttz/tunnelpakstankbags.html

I've got the 12x12 one...

Nice!

Just fyi on those sleds you can shove the skis even further forward and hook the tips inside the foot well up against the tunnel.

A little more solid and you won't have the tails...

My first sled was a 2004 rev and those toe hooks and running boards seemed made for that shit. I got used to being able to ride like an asshole with skis while others people break skis, bend tunnels,...

Yep. Angle aluminum and uhmw strips from mcmaster and cheapo snowboard binding buckles. Long ladder straps to fit boards and skis both. The annoying part is drilling and tapping the rods. You can use...

Put your rack on correctly, you're going to break your skis, your rack, or bend your tunnel like that.

UHMW blocks are pretty burly (talking 'blocks' here not the sheets obviously). It's basically the same thing cheeta does, although they use molds instead of cutting from what I can tell. So yeah I...

buy some of this

https://www.mcmaster.com/plastics/slippery-uhmw-polyethylene-sheets-bars-and-strips/


and find a bandsaw


I've been building my own racks for years out of that stuff

Ooh an upright citizen for justice with a developmental disability bias. Good catch!

correct

Slacker

Yeah man 6k miles is a lot.

I've personally only gotten close to 4 with a top end but lots of other shit that wore out that wasn't the motor before I sold it.

You should be able to find a...

How much money you got? Each budget bracket has its brands/versions that work and don't :D


Anybody tandem on an arctic cat alpha rail? I haven't but it seems like that would be the worst sled...

Don't forget metric tons of cigarette butts.

I've been to your great white covid free glaciers and needed sled parts, and hence seen the dealer network. It's more an acknowledgment, not a...

Not when talking about a 2009 m8. That thing will last forever. The suspension on the summit is better but both will get you out. Fewer miles on the summits should mean they're in better shape...

Do I need to point out the potential flaw in logic here? When that quad doesn't work, how do you get home kind of question?

Snowmobiles have the potential to turn into cold shivering nights and...

As a general rule, it's a good idea to pay more for a snowmobile than what a pair of skis with bindings cost. They tend to be a little more complex. ;)


Not saying that thing hasn't been well...

I'd agree with all that but the XM tandems better part. Your clutches are likely beat on your M7. Plus it's probably carbed...plus the XM is a bigger motor with a better track.. When I say 'better...

That's the expensive (newer sled) list but I'd edit it slightly


2016+ Arctic Cat
Planted/heavy feeling front end which makes it a little cumbersome just riding around in tight spaces, but that...

Oh if you don't want the whistle then fuck that. Just buy a 2020 850 in some capacity. Just not the first year with the shearing cranks. Which by the way, is actually a reason to not snowcheck....

u rich?

If so, enjoy!

If not: those things are fucking expensive. Buy a holdover if you want new, or a year old from grandpa who needed new last year.

Snowchecks used to be a lot more...

325170

Maybe you just gotta want it more.

It quit snowing here, let's go try to tandem on a snowbike.

Just fyi

https://www.mcmaster.com/standard-plastic-sheets

Slippery uhmw is what I've cut/drilled all my straps out of. Look at the think "bars" for straps. No failures in 10+ years. Until I had...

ooh powder coated matchy match.....looks good!

Can't wait to tandem on that thing eldo! We've got a shit winter on tap so I'll be seeing ya.

If you're genuinely setup for welding and fabrication, know what you're doing and not "my buddy just bought a mig off amazon, and we can clear some space out in the kitchen", then go for it. There...

That m7 looks like it's in pretty good shape.

You sure it's yours?

That M7 carbed or EFI?

You ever work on the primary clutch at all? Weights notched or anything?

Text me some pics. I might know a guy.

I've personally towed out two that did exactly what I describe.

As far as it not being a known issue.....you're not looking hard enough. It's a thing. This took me about 5 seconds to find....

The bearing around the jackshaft behind the secondary is just a matter of time kind of thing. Hopefully whoever you bought that from replaced that section. Besides weird self-destruct tuned motors,...

06 skidoo Rev: strong motors, keep an eye on the carburetor boots, they crack easily and then bye bye motor, handle like 2006 but decent enough ski sled, 07 got a weird motor that they didn't have...

You're the dickbag who parroted the rack name URLs of other companies to direct to your site when people searched for the other racks. The one who tried to sue other rack companies for patent...

You think my truck is too wide?

You get a first gen because they're made better and don't have fiberglass beds, not because of the width :smile:

RE: riding alone

I do it frequently but with a few caveats. I always have either my skis or some snowshoes. I stay relatively close to my truck and uphill of it. Stay on the side of the hill with...

Find out the pitch length of that track. You may be able to find a skidoo track (IE: same 16" width) that works. You don't need to find an exact 'apex' track necessarily.


As far as new sleds...

Yeah do NOT drop 3k on that thing.

Did you damage the cooler? Chances are the drive shaft is fine. How bad is the track chewed up? Got any pics? I'm having a hard time picturing 3k or anything...

Thanks for piping up :)

heh

I was in pemberton a few weeks ago and had to pick up on the leaned over freespin trick when going up morning boilerplate. Pretty damn handy.


In other news:
I just turned pro

As it sounds like you probably know, compression is generally a ring thing so a cracked skirt wouldn't have shown anything. So it's good you dug in there. But to pull the entire motor? You must have...

I hate to tell you this but before you got everything back together, you could have checked the oil and water pump functions.

A dead water pump will fry your sled pretty soon and you'll know once...

Snowmobiles.

You know....

"fun!"


I think the insane amount of oiling is a carryover from Polaris not being able to make an 800 that didn't eat cranks up to that point. Not sure the...

Hey bro you need some more oil lines with your oil lines, in case you run out of oil lines.


Nice find on the piston though. Maybe needed more oil.

I read the following three words placed together

Polaris
Lightweight
Crankshaft


I stopped reading at that point.

I do know that.

I'm talking about more 'fun' tandem routes :D


It's more just when the rear end is heavily weighted, both people standing on their back leg kind of thing. The wobble will...

tandem + barney alpha = bad time


Running laps and retrievals with a t-motion sled and one without back to back, there's definitely a difference pulling hard up steep hills with some ski lift....

That's on air bnb and open to snowboarders right? They look solid enough.

One of these days I'm going to stage an intervention and make you buy a different sled.