Rode my new 50th Anniversary Summit this weekend. For those who don't know what the 50th is, basically it's an X-model with black powder coated tunnel, special emblems and color, and a tall windshield ...which was the first thing to get replaced. I have an HPS can for it, but that won't go on until I break her in fully so I can see (feel) the difference between stock and after market.
How'd it do? Awesome! Clutch was set up at clicker #4, and after riding it around the Hood on the roads for about five miles, I set the clickers to #3. On the trail and deep powder, it pulled strong and I never saw it go over 8200-rpm, and held steady at 8200 when at WOT. Conditions were 2-feet of fresh powder at 10 to 10.5K-feet, temp was between 22 and 25 deg F.
Temp gauge was showing between three and four bars, with four bars most of the ride. MY 08 ran at three bars all last season, but then again I didn't add the temp gauge module until after break-in. Do the 09's and or 50th come with the temp gauge standard, or was that something my dealer added?
Broke trail most of the ride for some 600 and 550 sleds, and never did I feel like there was anything not right with the clutch, other than feeling like the sled is geared down slightly from my 08 Summit-X, again maybe a perception since the motor and everything is tight during break-in? All but one time, the primary was warm to slightly hot when I opened up the side panel to check.
Finished the ride with 53-miles on the odometer, and two bars on the fuel gauge.
Problems: New secondary adjustment requires a 3-mm Allen wrench, which wasn't in the sleds tool kit, good thing I checked before the ride and grabbed one from my tool box before leaving home.
How'd it do? Awesome! Clutch was set up at clicker #4, and after riding it around the Hood on the roads for about five miles, I set the clickers to #3. On the trail and deep powder, it pulled strong and I never saw it go over 8200-rpm, and held steady at 8200 when at WOT. Conditions were 2-feet of fresh powder at 10 to 10.5K-feet, temp was between 22 and 25 deg F.
Temp gauge was showing between three and four bars, with four bars most of the ride. MY 08 ran at three bars all last season, but then again I didn't add the temp gauge module until after break-in. Do the 09's and or 50th come with the temp gauge standard, or was that something my dealer added?
Broke trail most of the ride for some 600 and 550 sleds, and never did I feel like there was anything not right with the clutch, other than feeling like the sled is geared down slightly from my 08 Summit-X, again maybe a perception since the motor and everything is tight during break-in? All but one time, the primary was warm to slightly hot when I opened up the side panel to check.
Finished the ride with 53-miles on the odometer, and two bars on the fuel gauge.
Problems: New secondary adjustment requires a 3-mm Allen wrench, which wasn't in the sleds tool kit, good thing I checked before the ride and grabbed one from my tool box before leaving home.
