I went out for a ride yesterday, not quite enought snow at base of the trail, the ski's were chattering a little bit on the small trail rocks. @ 4k in, the snow on the trail was deep enough and it was smooth sailing, erm, well sledding, at 2100M alt there was some nice powder, about 3.5 to 4 feet, but it took almost two hours to get 7Kms up the trail because of haveing to stop every 10 or so mins to cool off the clutches, they were way too hot to touch and i didnt' think this was a good thing, even with easy riding on the trail, and slightly varying the wick stick as I was told to do by my dealer.
I got up to a flat medow and could only play around in the pow (3-4ft) for about 5 - 10 mins before clutches were hot again, i was running on clicker 3 hitting about 7800rpm and dropping off to 7500 track speed about 45km/h while boondocking. while waiting for the clutches to and belt to cool once again, i noticed a cord freying out of the pto side of the belt, 30.1km on that belt, with and east breakin and being heat cycled about 12 or so times. Installed new belt and adjusted deflection. Not very happy at that point and sick of sitting there waiting for the clutches to cool, I decided to make a wide packed run about 200M long and "install" or should i say uninstall, a Clutch Super Vent Mod (aka removing side panel and clutch cover) not too sure if this was a good idea or not but no snow spray was getting near the clutchs and they were running cool to the touch, the belt was getting warm but still touchable. clicker #5 @ 2200M and the sled would pull 8100 and drop off to 8000-7900 at WOT, pull was fairly strong. I put on about 15 more Kms (45 km total) by doing 2 hard passes and then 2 easy passes and the a 2 min break, to let the heat to dissapate equally thoughout the tight new engine, and also to heat cycle the belt.
the sled started pulling a bit harder and rpm would reach 8300 for half a sec and drop down to 8200, for the rest of the pull, off the throtle and back on and it would do the same, the throttle was decently snappy but not impressively so.
at 60km's and 2.8hrs on the motor I decided to head back down. I had to work nightshift, or I woulda stayed out even longer, the chassis to me felt friggin awesome! it handled the bumps and jumps and mougles that were forming on my "highway" well, even at 110km/h, it was a blast!!! i removed my Clutch Super Vent Mod and headed for the truck
heading down the trail and getting to the rocky part the hr meter hit 3.0hrs and the sled sounded a little different and the throttle was much snappier, I dont know if it was because of the drop in elevation (only 400M different) or some breakin chip, but it seemed like a much happier engine. got to the truck and the clutches were unholdable, i thought they would be cool as it was mostly downhill and slow slow trail riding about 15-20km/h, but nope. but the belt still looked brandnew
Note:
Before riding the sled i dissasembled the primary and everything was freely moving, small bit of oil on the clutches, and in the bottom of the clutch compartment, i steam cleaned the primary and the scotch padded the clutch faces from the center outward. then stream cleaned again, small bit of oil on the secondary still so I used a bit of brake clean got her squeekie clean.
sled is bone stock except for quick clickers, running XPS blend, and premium fuel.
geared up rider weight is about 185-190lbs
The good: Awesome handleing chassis when the shock are set stiff. light and very easy to control, floats awesome even in the light pow, the sled looks killer awesome. fuel gauge good, hand and thumbwarmers good,
The bad: Lots of snow build up on the inside of the tunnel, having to stop every 10mins for 20 mins to let the clutches cool. old style belt adjuster. a 15G OTD is a lot to pay for something that blew a blet in 30kms even after stopping every 10 mins or so to let it cool. I'd hate to see what the clutch/belt heat would be like after a long hero climb or something like that. vent mod seems like an absolute must, BRP should make us a design a vent kit and give it to us for free as part of a recall, or let us send them the bill for the vent kits we have to buy aftermarket. (not to step on any of the guy's shoes that are making a living on making vent kits, but I've already spent 15G on this thing and it's not a even functional unit. But maybe I should feel lucky that brp included a steering device, or ski's, or even and engine when they sold me this sled and that i dont have to go buy those aftermarket as well!!! )
the ugly: first belt blown cords at 30.1kms (easy kms too)
sorry guy and gals if this post was too long or boring, just thought someone might want some of the real details, both good and bad.
Steve
I got up to a flat medow and could only play around in the pow (3-4ft) for about 5 - 10 mins before clutches were hot again, i was running on clicker 3 hitting about 7800rpm and dropping off to 7500 track speed about 45km/h while boondocking. while waiting for the clutches to and belt to cool once again, i noticed a cord freying out of the pto side of the belt, 30.1km on that belt, with and east breakin and being heat cycled about 12 or so times. Installed new belt and adjusted deflection. Not very happy at that point and sick of sitting there waiting for the clutches to cool, I decided to make a wide packed run about 200M long and "install" or should i say uninstall, a Clutch Super Vent Mod (aka removing side panel and clutch cover) not too sure if this was a good idea or not but no snow spray was getting near the clutchs and they were running cool to the touch, the belt was getting warm but still touchable. clicker #5 @ 2200M and the sled would pull 8100 and drop off to 8000-7900 at WOT, pull was fairly strong. I put on about 15 more Kms (45 km total) by doing 2 hard passes and then 2 easy passes and the a 2 min break, to let the heat to dissapate equally thoughout the tight new engine, and also to heat cycle the belt.
the sled started pulling a bit harder and rpm would reach 8300 for half a sec and drop down to 8200, for the rest of the pull, off the throtle and back on and it would do the same, the throttle was decently snappy but not impressively so.
at 60km's and 2.8hrs on the motor I decided to head back down. I had to work nightshift, or I woulda stayed out even longer, the chassis to me felt friggin awesome! it handled the bumps and jumps and mougles that were forming on my "highway" well, even at 110km/h, it was a blast!!! i removed my Clutch Super Vent Mod and headed for the truck
heading down the trail and getting to the rocky part the hr meter hit 3.0hrs and the sled sounded a little different and the throttle was much snappier, I dont know if it was because of the drop in elevation (only 400M different) or some breakin chip, but it seemed like a much happier engine. got to the truck and the clutches were unholdable, i thought they would be cool as it was mostly downhill and slow slow trail riding about 15-20km/h, but nope. but the belt still looked brandnew
Note:
Before riding the sled i dissasembled the primary and everything was freely moving, small bit of oil on the clutches, and in the bottom of the clutch compartment, i steam cleaned the primary and the scotch padded the clutch faces from the center outward. then stream cleaned again, small bit of oil on the secondary still so I used a bit of brake clean got her squeekie clean.
sled is bone stock except for quick clickers, running XPS blend, and premium fuel.
geared up rider weight is about 185-190lbs
The good: Awesome handleing chassis when the shock are set stiff. light and very easy to control, floats awesome even in the light pow, the sled looks killer awesome. fuel gauge good, hand and thumbwarmers good,
The bad: Lots of snow build up on the inside of the tunnel, having to stop every 10mins for 20 mins to let the clutches cool. old style belt adjuster. a 15G OTD is a lot to pay for something that blew a blet in 30kms even after stopping every 10 mins or so to let it cool. I'd hate to see what the clutch/belt heat would be like after a long hero climb or something like that. vent mod seems like an absolute must, BRP should make us a design a vent kit and give it to us for free as part of a recall, or let us send them the bill for the vent kits we have to buy aftermarket. (not to step on any of the guy's shoes that are making a living on making vent kits, but I've already spent 15G on this thing and it's not a even functional unit.
But maybe I should feel lucky that brp included a steering device, or ski's, or even and engine when they sold me this sled and that i dont have to go buy those aftermarket as well!!! )the ugly: first belt blown cords at 30.1kms (easy kms too)
sorry guy and gals if this post was too long or boring, just thought someone might want some of the real details, both good and bad.
Steve
