Phazer Needs a Long track

[Roar_Your_Engine]

Santa is bringing an 85 Yamaha Phazer to my kids for Christmas. It is totally stock and it only has 160 original miles!!! Any way the reason for my post is I will want to long track it before next year. This year will be a great time for my 8 year old to learn how to ride. Next year he will start going with me on some mellow rides. I would like to get a 133 or 136 under that thing. I would think that I would be safe with 1 1/4" and maybe even 1 1/2" tall lugs but I don't know. I really don't want to mess with things to much. If I can just add the rail, and tunnel extensions, and the track that would be my preference. Changing drivers wouldn't be such a big deal I guess. Any input would be Great! I am wishing for snow for Christmas. So far Western Wy, is pretty bare.

 

[volcano buster]

I never owned one, but the guys I rode with that had them typically had a 136 x 1.25 track. I'm thinking that was a good blend of traction yet allowed the motor to spin and it still had clearance in the tunnel. I'm not sure if they had to put smaller drivers on or not.

 

[BigAir]

Is anyone still building a tunnel extension for the old Phazers? Could use one.

 

[volcano buster]

Suppose an RMK extension off a 97-2001 sled would work? Or one off a Mountain Max in roughly the same years?

 

[catnfool]

I bought an extension from Ricky Anderson on Center Street in Kalispell. Don't know where you are from, Big Air, but he had a few new ones in stock, and they worked out nice. Forgot the price...
he is in the phone book.

 

[smittysnow]

long track phazer

I had a 95 phazer st that had the factory 136" track on it. I replaced it with an 1.75 inch track from a late 90's Summit. I just replaced the stock drivers with 7 tooth drivers and that effectively geared it down enough to spin the track enough. I also had an aaen pipe on that thing. It was a blast to ride even for my 190 lb frame. If you can find the extensions, I would go this route for sure. I talked to Hartman?? I think in Idaho and he said this is what they always did to them back in the day.

 

[smittysnow]

Also being air cooled you don't really need the tunnel extension right away as no cooling benefits are needed. Would look a bit ghetto but???

 

[couch]

no problem to put a longer track under it ... you can use the same basic (cheap) way the OEM phazer and enticer II were stretched - bolt on an extension bracket on the back of the rails ... just pull up the parts microfiche online and you can see how it was done. I think that you can fit a 1.5" lug with no problem - maybe more .... just can't remember at the present time.

 

[2rock]

I longtracked an 85 phazer in the early 90's, back then Tom Hartman was putting out kits for it. I googled him, looks like he's still in business at hartmaninc.com

 

[whitee]

Ive got a 95 with a 1 1/4 133 that my 8 year old daughter rides all over Cooke City she gets around good but like you said am sure I will be swapping 7 tooth drivers in it and a 136x2 when I can find a good deal on a track

I didnt see any Phazer tunnel and rail extensions on Hartmans website but it would be worth a phone call my rail extensions say WPS on them it was a short track originally

 

[LRD]

All the Phazers I longtracked I would move the skid back 2.5 to maybe 3.5" and then extend the rails to make up the rest of it for a 136. Then made custon rear drop brackets to keep same distance from front suspension bolts to rear tunnel bolts. Doing it this way takes the angle of attack at the bend in the rails from trail sled to more mtn sled and less trenching.

Good Luck

 

[longtrack156]

My 86,

 

[newmy1]

We purchased a mtn lite version last year for the kids, same year with a 136". Perhaps you can find a retired or wrecked mtn light out there some where and add it.

 

[NOT2OLD]

I talked to Hartman at the Puyallup snow show, he doesn't have any old Phaser Stuff anymore.
Let me know if you find extensions, I have a nice condition 92 I'd like to stretch.

 

[WyoUltra]

I have a 136"x15"x1.5" track (brand new) in the garage I was gonna use for a project, it also has 121" to a 136" rail extensions, and even a tunnel extension (all for a Polaris wedge) $300 if you're interested at all, I'm also in WY.