looking to buy a used mountain sled to be used primarily to access remote backcountry skiing. seems like rmk's, summits, and m7/8's are the most popular. willing to spend up to 25hundo, and hoping to get a model no older than '03. leaning toward an rmk. any council is greatly appreciated.
Advice for a noob.
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Ive got an 01 800 ski doo with a 151 track that was just rebuilt with H.O. pistons and a whole lot of other goodies if your intersted send me a message, I want 2500 for it
Ive got an 01 800 ski doo with a 151 track that was just rebuilt with H.O. pistons and a whole lot of other goodies if your intersted send me a message, I want 2500 for it
you're not going to get a M7/8 for 2500 that's for true.
and all the sleds are good..can't really go wrong with any of them.
seems like you might want reliablity so you can spend more time on your skiis rather than wrenching on your sled. RMK 800 edges are pretty reliable.
and all the sleds are good..can't really go wrong with any of them.
seems like you might want reliablity so you can spend more time on your skiis rather than wrenching on your sled. RMK 800 edges are pretty reliable.
As a noob myself I did a lot of searching on the internet about sleds to purchase. I just got a 2007 RMK 600 I spent more than 2500, but if your going to spend 2500, spend a little extra and try to get into the IQ chassis sleds. I rode my buddies 07 dragon vs his 02 RMK and it was night and day, especially for a newbie.
Here's what $2500 will get you for a sled in Canada...the red one 
You may even have to haggle a bit to get him down to $2500. The other two are $5000 each.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3087/2806199102_3b32e79193.jpg?v=0
You may even have to haggle a bit to get him down to $2500. The other two are $5000 each.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3087/2806199102_3b32e79193.jpg?v=0
If I were in your shoes I would find a clean VE 800 RMK Polaris. They are the most antiquirky sled ever built, they have the power to run with most any stocker being sold today and I've seen many for sale in the $2,500 to $3,000 range. I'll admit I am VE diehard and will probably ride them for many more years. Great sled for a newbie!! If you watch the swapmeet closely you can find parts for next to nothing. It seems everyone is brainwashed into thinking they have to purchase the latest and greatest and they are letting perfectly good sleds go for peanuts.
you could probably get a 600 155/153(cat) thats 2007+ if you take just a 600. People around here seem to think that anything under 700 is not big enough
ummm ok?
So no one is going to warn this poor fellow of the 800 polaris crank shaft failures? Just sayin.......
So no one is going to warn this poor fellow of the 800 polaris crank shaft failures? Just sayin.......
I have no clue on what im about to say whatsoever, but if its fuel injected do you still loose hp at altitude?
Yes you will
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Thanks for the responses. Its a big help to get some feedback from experienced riders. At this point, the RMK 800 seems like the likely target. Other skiers who picked up a sled for the same purpose seemed to favor the RMK. Im sure the m7 and summit are great rides, but the value/reliability equation seems to favor the RMK. Looking forward to finding the right one and getting out next winter. Thanks again!
If you do buy a high mileage poo 7/800, be sure to replace the waterpump belt, shaft seals and bearings.
Then cross your fingers and hope the crank doesn't break if its an 8.
Then cross your fingers and hope the crank doesn't break if its an 8.
yes, but you can counter that by increasing compression or a turbo:b
spend the extra money and get a good sled. you might end up skiing half the time and sledding the rest your first year. eventually you will just be sledding. i used to be big into skiing i went once last year.
get an m7 or m8 or 2007 or newer dragon
get an m7 or m8 or 2007 or newer dragon
how hard would that be to do?
Different head with less clearance to piston (I'd say zero deck should just about do it...
) or a stroker crank but easiest is the head. You can put a thinner base gasket under the cylinders and drop them down but then you end up altering your port timing so that typically does not work. More compression means more octane for your motor, so be prepared to spend lots of $$$ on race fuel.A head needs to be properly designed, don't just have the local machine shop cut 0.030 off your stock head, it will just screw it up. More compression means detonation if you are not careful. Detonation means motor damage if you do not pay attention to what your motor is telling you and you don't watch the octane requirements for the altitude.
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