Have only been riding 40 years, never had a throttle stick, have had the kill switch screw me up though, tether also got ripped out in the trees. Rubber band under the kill switch, no tether.
Who disables their kill switch
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Disabled bar mounted rocker kill switch on both M sleds, and installed tether switches instead.The cat tethers are quite long, so you literally have to be off the sled to kill it. One of the best mods I've done to the M-series sleds.
Get rid of it
Got rid of mine all together, put a tether on (needed to race). Found out last year the tether works alot better if it's hooked to you,,,,,,,
I never knew my sled had a self loading feature??????
Got rid of mine all together, put a tether on (needed to race). Found out last year the tether works alot better if it's hooked to you,,,,,,,
I never knew my sled had a self loading feature??????
Put on the slider type kill switch like the sno pro sleds use. And mount it on the front of the bar, lots safer than no kill switch.
slightly off topic but funny anyways. was ridin with a guy and his throttle got stuck wide open after a quick climb so he hit the kill switch and came to a nice safe stop, but the brains came into affect when he fired it right back up again and it took off without him right into a little group of trees. Surprizingly it only did cosmetic damage.
I hate that when they get a mind of their own!!
Same here
I move it as close to the mountain bar as possible, or inside of it if there is room and put a runner band on it. I prefer to leave it functional but eliminate any possibility that it might be hit inadvertantly.
I have an 07 M8
the rocker kill switch is horrid from the factory, frozen coat cuffs will shut the sled down or anything else.. caused me several good stucks!
So I unplugged the switch inside it's housing (there is a tiny plug in there for you other M owners)
So now I run an Attwood marine tether (Wal-Mart lol)
nice thing is it's a C clip not a rubber boot, more reliable and won't ice up inside the boot.
Also built into the tether is a push kill switch, so I don't even run a key anymore. push the red button and kill the sled or pull the tether
the rocker kill switch is horrid from the factory, frozen coat cuffs will shut the sled down or anything else.. caused me several good stucks!
So I unplugged the switch inside it's housing (there is a tiny plug in there for you other M owners)
So now I run an Attwood marine tether (Wal-Mart lol)
nice thing is it's a C clip not a rubber boot, more reliable and won't ice up inside the boot.
Also built into the tether is a push kill switch, so I don't even run a key anymore. push the red button and kill the sled or pull the tether
I always wear the tether
I always wear a tether. After last year, a friend of mine fell off his sled while climbing the bank above a narrow road. The sled came back down on the road not 10 feet away from me and started idleing for the edge. Both of us chased the thing for 20 feet or so and couldn't catch it before it went over the edge. We must have looked like the keystone cops chasing it! Thankfully it wedged between the only two trees on the hill. The front end plastic was permanantly squished but the sled was pretty much unharmed. 2 feet either direction and it would have went 500ft pretty much straight down a canyon.
I always wear a tether. After last year, a friend of mine fell off his sled while climbing the bank above a narrow road. The sled came back down on the road not 10 feet away from me and started idleing for the edge. Both of us chased the thing for 20 feet or so and couldn't catch it before it went over the edge. We must have looked like the keystone cops chasing it! Thankfully it wedged between the only two trees on the hill. The front end plastic was permanantly squished but the sled was pretty much unharmed. 2 feet either direction and it would have went 500ft pretty much straight down a canyon.
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New windshield rubber. Dino
I also use his daughters hair ties! Tks BG, you have stopped me from flying over the handlbars at least a few times now.
I used a zip tie. but my last sled also took off on me when I went to start it. If the kill switch would have worked I could have saved it.
if its a skidoo, and you do take off your kill switch, put another kill switch or tether on it, cause it wears the comp chip in your stock tether real quick. i just had to replace mine along with a couple other buddies.
yep, thats the trick, they lost forever this way. have to actually really push w/ 2 of em.
have done this on my last cpl sleds.
i've went over the bars a few times when i didn't have my wt planted right...and wasn't expecting the sled to die!
only thing is, i should wear the tether more often...
have to actually really push w/ 2 of em.have done this on my last cpl sleds.
i've went over the bars a few times when i didn't have my wt planted right...and wasn't expecting the sled to die!
only thing is, i should wear the tether more often...
Been doing the rubber band thing for years now. Started on my 98X I think. Seen it on a few of the guides sleds and figured, now there is an idea that works, doesn't cost a lot and is easy to install. Wouldn't ride without it.
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