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Ok so some summer maintenance and upgrade questions from this FNG.
At the beginning of last season I bought a 2001 Ski-Doo Summit 700, 144 track (ZX chassis). The only mod it had was an after market can and it ran great last season and after cleaning the carbs and tweaking the air/fuel mix a bit the jetting seems to be spot on for my altitudes (5000-8000 ft). I did have the clutch serviced mid season and according to the local clutching guru it was very much in need and hadn’t seen a clutch service in a few seasons. I also added a 6” riser which was made inevitable after rolling the sucker a couple of times
, the riser and the appropriate line extensions helped make the sled fit my 6’-1” 180 lb frame better
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Anyway a couple of questions:
1) Over the summer I filled the tank with gas (adding stabilizer) and basically run the sled about once a month for 10 min or so to warm it all up and then shut-er-down until I get out there the next month. Is that the thing to do or should I just let the beast rest till the snow flies (starts up on the second or third pull consistently and had about 130 lbs to both cylinders if I'm remembering correctly).
And # 2)
Summer upgrades:
I find this sled a bit hard to pull up on edge for turning in deep snow and was thinking of changing from the stock Summit Mtn. ski’s (6 ¾ wide) to some Simmons Gen 1 ski’s…Good idea? I tend to ride probably 25% off trail and 75 % trail but hope to reverse those percentages over this next season doing much more boondocking and (hopefully) not slowing my friends down so much and thereby getting called out for more rides
. I have no intention of becoming a high marking fiend or learning to jump my sled over small buildings or anything so being new to the sport at 50 I just want a very capable back country machine.
I will also probably add some snow eliminators as this thing really packs up the snow under foot when it gets heavy around here (Bend OR).
Currently my skills are holding the machine back and not the other way around, still I think that snow eliminators and a lefty throttle would be good ergonomic helpers, and some better ski’s may help keep the front end up when off trail and ? make it easier to pull up on edge for deep snow turning and side hilling???
(I suck at side hilling btw! but next season will be better)
Thanks for the help guys!
At the beginning of last season I bought a 2001 Ski-Doo Summit 700, 144 track (ZX chassis). The only mod it had was an after market can and it ran great last season and after cleaning the carbs and tweaking the air/fuel mix a bit the jetting seems to be spot on for my altitudes (5000-8000 ft). I did have the clutch serviced mid season and according to the local clutching guru it was very much in need and hadn’t seen a clutch service in a few seasons. I also added a 6” riser which was made inevitable after rolling the sucker a couple of times
Anyway a couple of questions:
1) Over the summer I filled the tank with gas (adding stabilizer) and basically run the sled about once a month for 10 min or so to warm it all up and then shut-er-down until I get out there the next month. Is that the thing to do or should I just let the beast rest till the snow flies (starts up on the second or third pull consistently and had about 130 lbs to both cylinders if I'm remembering correctly).
And # 2)
Summer upgrades:
I find this sled a bit hard to pull up on edge for turning in deep snow and was thinking of changing from the stock Summit Mtn. ski’s (6 ¾ wide) to some Simmons Gen 1 ski’s…Good idea? I tend to ride probably 25% off trail and 75 % trail but hope to reverse those percentages over this next season doing much more boondocking and (hopefully) not slowing my friends down so much and thereby getting called out for more rides
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I will also probably add some snow eliminators as this thing really packs up the snow under foot when it gets heavy around here (Bend OR).
Currently my skills are holding the machine back and not the other way around, still I think that snow eliminators and a lefty throttle would be good ergonomic helpers, and some better ski’s may help keep the front end up when off trail and ? make it easier to pull up on edge for deep snow turning and side hilling???
(I suck at side hilling btw! but next season will be better)
Thanks for the help guys!
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