1100T HCR first ride, first trip 549 miles
These are my observations
This sled is a Billy goat.
With The snow conditions in West, it wasn’t if you could climb it. The question was how high and fast you wanted to climb.
Rear Suspension
I have it set-up like my 07 with the Burandt kit and like it.
Barely tight front shock and 125 in rear.
Front Bumper
I built my own and it has already paid for it's self.
If I had left the stock one on it would have been destroyed and might have damaged my hood when I broke my TieRod and bent the a-arm.
Track
I miss my 2.5 Camo Xtreme.
Brake
I don’t know if the brake has no feed back or if it’s that the powderclaw has no braking ability.
Oil Leakage
I had two incidents with leakage, the first was with the sled laid on the clutch side and the second is the picture further down.
This has convinced me that a roll over valve is mandatory.
Skis
Perfect on the trail when aligned, Just ok after some encounters with trees.
We had a crust, so if the front end broke through it was a handful, but under power they seemed to work just fine.
I will be getting a set of 8” SlyDog’s
Side panels/ vents
I had originally ordered Moddsrods vents to install, but bought the cat side panel set.
The sled needs that much ventilation , but steam from a overheat on clutch side and being pushed onto stock can has put holes on both sides
I will be installing the vent kit over the cats fog skin vents to cover the holes and stiffen the sides.
Can
I had built my own can and with it wrapped with header wrap it ran cooler and was louder, just not annoying.
Stock can, nice and quiet but very hot and heavy.
HCR Cooling
It overheated three times and was because the scratchers were not down, operator error.
But my only warning was the surging, I had no warning lights but they work on cold start-up and when it's too late.
Front end and Turning Radius
For me it seemed hard to pull over at times.
And because it corners excellent like a trail sled and I need to replace an a-arm.
I will be installing the 38" set. I want a mountain sled not a trail sled.
It does need more turning radius in my opinion.
The weight, DAMN
This thing makes my 07 M1000 feel like a 440
I have made this maneuver many times with my 1000 , bump the throttle hop down to the next ledge
But this time I did not bump it hard enough to spool the turbo and it just dived like a kamikaze.
These pictures were taken by my Dealer and he said they would be held against me for future warranty claims. He says the tree is obviously not stock
I wanted a 800, but my dealer could not get me one. For the money I will have in this sled to get it set-up for me. I could have had one heck of a modded out 800.
Am I impressed with the sled, NO. But I’m not unhappy with it.
I will spend another grand getting it set-up for me, then I will hope it will impress me.
These are my observations
This sled is a Billy goat.
With The snow conditions in West, it wasn’t if you could climb it. The question was how high and fast you wanted to climb.
Rear Suspension
I have it set-up like my 07 with the Burandt kit and like it.
Barely tight front shock and 125 in rear.
Front Bumper
I built my own and it has already paid for it's self.
If I had left the stock one on it would have been destroyed and might have damaged my hood when I broke my TieRod and bent the a-arm.
Track
I miss my 2.5 Camo Xtreme.
Brake
I don’t know if the brake has no feed back or if it’s that the powderclaw has no braking ability.
Oil Leakage
I had two incidents with leakage, the first was with the sled laid on the clutch side and the second is the picture further down.
This has convinced me that a roll over valve is mandatory.
Skis
Perfect on the trail when aligned, Just ok after some encounters with trees.
We had a crust, so if the front end broke through it was a handful, but under power they seemed to work just fine.
I will be getting a set of 8” SlyDog’s
Side panels/ vents
I had originally ordered Moddsrods vents to install, but bought the cat side panel set.
The sled needs that much ventilation , but steam from a overheat on clutch side and being pushed onto stock can has put holes on both sides
I will be installing the vent kit over the cats fog skin vents to cover the holes and stiffen the sides.
Can
I had built my own can and with it wrapped with header wrap it ran cooler and was louder, just not annoying.
Stock can, nice and quiet but very hot and heavy.
HCR Cooling
It overheated three times and was because the scratchers were not down, operator error.
But my only warning was the surging, I had no warning lights but they work on cold start-up and when it's too late.
Front end and Turning Radius
For me it seemed hard to pull over at times.
And because it corners excellent like a trail sled and I need to replace an a-arm.
I will be installing the 38" set. I want a mountain sled not a trail sled.
It does need more turning radius in my opinion.
The weight, DAMN
This thing makes my 07 M1000 feel like a 440
I have made this maneuver many times with my 1000 , bump the throttle hop down to the next ledge
But this time I did not bump it hard enough to spool the turbo and it just dived like a kamikaze.
These pictures were taken by my Dealer and he said they would be held against me for future warranty claims. He says the tree is obviously not stock
I wanted a 800, but my dealer could not get me one. For the money I will have in this sled to get it set-up for me. I could have had one heck of a modded out 800.
Am I impressed with the sled, NO. But I’m not unhappy with it.
I will spend another grand getting it set-up for me, then I will hope it will impress me.
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