I have a 1999 Polaris xlt 600, and I was wondering if it was even worth moding a model like that. I would like to put a 136 inch suspension on it but I don't know if the 600 would have enough power to move that track. Any ideas?
Mod sled Ideas?
- Thread starter Fly Molo
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It all depends really on what your budget is and what you would like to do with your sled. I personally have a modded 99 700 that I love. Would I like a new Pro? You betcha! Can I afford one at the moment? Unfortunately not. The xlt 600 will have no problem spinning a 136, with the proper gearing they can spin 144's and 151's as well.
Thanks for the info! What all have you done to your 700? I would love to see it.
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freekweet mods
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Modding the older iron is always cool,even if it is just changes to make it "yours".
Cool idea. I am in the proces of deciding to buy a 96 xlt and doing the same idea. Decisions decisions.
your imagination is the limit, i took a 92, hopped it up a little, put a 151 skid behind it, hand built a front end using iq front end (a buddy has a tig welder) and made the skin out of chopped xlt fairings
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l86/umvr/IMGP1286.jpg
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l86/umvr/IMGP1286.jpg
thats an awesome machine you got there. Looks pretty wicked.
I wanted to get some bar risers for my sled so I went to my local polaris dealer and the guy told me that if I raise my handlebars 6 inches or higher i could potentially snap my steering post. Is this true? If so how would I go about preventing this? Any info helps.
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mr p-j
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-w9G0pD_Rc this is the most bad *** sled using xlt parts!!! 
If your in or near Idaho I have an indy storm 800 tripple with a skid stretched out to a 156 and SLP tripple pipes and a reverse chain case. Has a couple other goodies as well.
This is a sled that I did not want, and want to sell it ( for cheap ) to someone who would want it for the mod parts. Runs but needs the carb's cleaned.
This is a sled that I did not want, and want to sell it ( for cheap ) to someone who would want it for the mod parts. Runs but needs the carb's cleaned.
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Farmbuilt800
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I have a 98 Rmk 600 and put a three and a half inch riser and some old bicycle handlebars that i modded up, the top of my bars ended up sitting well above six inches and i have yet to have any problems. and i am anything but nice to this sled.
Just what Farmbuilt said. You can see on my sled that my bars are above 6". I've it that way for at least a half dozen years and nothing but a little bending. I'm not nice to my sled either, of course who is lol. Getting some support for the steering post has always been on my to do list...just at the bottom. As for actually adding support there are a couple of ways that it can be handled. One is chop the top of the steering post off, slide a piece of solid stock in there and weld the top back on. I've been told that it works marginally well. The second is to come off the steering hoop and create a brace using a two piece bushing of some sort, I've only seen a couple people do it this way and it seems to work well. The third and final way is to contact wildchild here on SW. He makes a chromoly steering posts for these and the Gen II sleds that work awesome. I have a couple of buddies that have them and love them. If memory serves me correctly i believe you can get them in like a +1 or +2 length as well. Hope this helps you out with your needs.
Any ideas for gears? Looking to get some lower end power out of it. I don't know what I'm running right now. I don't know much about gearing so any info helps a ton.
We used to run 2"x136" tracks on them and SLP pipes. They were great running sleds.
Here are some old ones I have done, for ideas,
1971 Elan
1971 Elan
Here are some old ones I have done, for ideas,
1980 Kawasaki Invader
1980 Kawasaki Invader
1980 Yamaha ss440
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1996 Yamaha Phaser
