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1-2 years on that sled went to a 1990 Yamaha Exciter with a custom 141 track bought from LJ McCarty? in Delta, Co. Best sled around nothing would touch it in deep powder. Blazed many of trail on the flattops out of Silt, Co.
1992 moved back to Idaho and went back to school from 93-2000.
Bought another 1993 Exciter in 2000 and found out a decade had eclipsed this sled. Not so much weightwise but lots more power available.
2001 Bought a used Summit 800 144" awesome sled that served me well for 7 years. spent lots of money on lightweight parts. All my riding partners were getting out of it after 7 years so I did as well.
Sat out one year 2008-09 and that was a long winter and decided I wasn't ready to be done yet. End of 09 I bought a 09 M8 snoPro great sled that I rode for a year but wasn't the same without my old riding buddies basically riding with kids 20 years younger than me but that was Ok kept me in shape.
2010 sold M8 and said I am done snowmobiling.
Enter 2011 and was back to riding my old Summit when I got an urge to go once or twice a year. The older guy I was riding with had a new Pro 800 and I made the mistake of riding his.
2012 Im on a red white and blue Pro 800 if anything will rejuvenate my thrill to ride this sled will. Absolutely loved this sled and what an easy sled to ride Almost too easy. Hang on a sidehill just feathering the throttle, wow. But decided I was too much of a fair weather rider I only wanted to go in blue skies and 2 feet of powder that meant 4-5 times a year not enough to justify a 12000 snowmobile. Sold it and bought 2013 Crewcab ranger to put the whole family in.
Ive sat two pretty crummy winters out and so I haven't been all that disappointed but here I am again getting the itch at 46 years old, but here is how it has changed for me. I only want to go 5-6 times a year when the snow is deep and fresh and base is good so Feb and March.
Found a great deal on a 07 M8 for $2000 bucks about a month ago so still a great mountain sled but without all the financial obligations.
Now for the something different, I want to find a good used turbo to put on this sled. Ive always had lightweight now Im ready for power but I don't want something that will fling me into a tree when it hits the turbo. I ride trees but also hit open places as well but it will always be deep HP robbing snow when I go. So maybe the deep snow will offset the turbo HP a bit to react quickly enough to navigate fairly tight trees. Maybe you just learn to anticipate when the turbo hits and plan accordingly. So Turbo owners who ride trees what is your best advice. I don't want a BB so this is my only power option. When does the turbo work by the way, is it working at 1/4 throttle?? Do you even need to be on the turbo in the trees? How long of a pull can you go on before that belt is smoking?? Is there a heavy duty belt you use for turbos? Ihave read all the other stuff about reeds and pistons so I get it. Should be plenty of used kits going up for sale as people upgrade to newer sleds so I will hold out for a good deal. I have always done my own maintenance on my sleds so I think I can handle basic tuning on the turbo Im hoping. Have never dealt with fuel controller so that will be a learning curve for me. I know lots of info and questions but I would rather learn from someone elses experience and mistakes and successes than learn from my own. Thanks for any advice and input.
Steve
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