daman
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You and your buddies leave the bar what have you fire the sleds up and pinn it taking off riding hard and fast pistons are heating up getting hot FASTER getting larger then the surrounding cylinder tolerances get smaller and smaller until there's no room left then squeak,seized.super1c said:
Always warm up your liquid sleds before riding. I fire mine up go inthe house get dressed then go back out side,if leaving a bar for lunch i start it BS for a wile then split.
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super1c
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daman said:
Thats kinda what i was thinking. You know how many times i got away with this on my twin, kinda makes me cringe. We had a buddy with a cat that blew a rod and it was after the bar, now i know what happend. You bet ill be warming mine up for now on!!!! Thanks daman for info.
daman
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i see it time and time again guys just pinn it when they leave,i just cringe..lol
600srxman
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i did that 2 winters ago 
blueblooded
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Ouch...i had that happen with my 809 mach z.Was doing about 80 on the lake and decided to punch it,as soon as i did "BOOM".I got a face full of antifreeze and smoke.When i finally stopped and opened the hood the rod had completely cut the motor in half!!! I just stood there and laughed,what else can ya do!!
YA*AM*A*HEAD said:
Wow, you sawed that one in half!!
It sounds like you were alone... and they left you there?
Must have been out of towners ;>)
Sucks man!
Maybe it's time to start advertising your powervalve repair service. I'll be sending mine the end of this season.
YA*AM*A*HEAD said:
Any sledders that would not offer assistance to a lone rider with apparent mechanical issues should leave our sport for those of us that "Get It"!
They would do us all a favour by finding a different sport...like Shark Wrestling!!!
sideshowBob said:
Agreed, I don't care what you're riding.
Now, If I could only find the Swedish bakini team stranded on the side of the trail... Of course it'd be the one weekend the old lady decides to tag along.
daman
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So you wouldnt stop then?? lolsnomofo said:
mountain_man
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agreed sideshowbob! i ride alone most of the time, and anytime i see anyone down, regardless of hood open or multiple riders in their group, i just give a quick thumbs up to see if they need help, i would expect no less from any other rider. i have ridden motorcycle, did boats/waverunners, and off-roading, sledding by far has the friendliest riders, and to hear that someone could not stop for one friggen second makes me mad. i don't care what you ride, yamaha/doo/poo/cat/deere/kaw/moto/whatever-it's wrong just to leave someone stranded like that.
daman said:
Oh yeah, I'd stop.
"I just want to watch honey" LOL
Still hard to believe someone wouldn't stop and ENSURE a lone rider was okay. Like MM said, just a simple thumbs up isn't too much to ask.
... and if he was in the way (they did tell him to get out of the way) why the heck would you leave him there for the next guy.
With some folks it's all about ME, ME, ME.
If it were the guys I ride with we'd stop. We'd send someone up trail to wave off on coming traffic, pull him off trail and figure out how he's getting home.
Then we'd talk him into buying dinner... or at least the first round.
daman
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Yep i hear ya,lol 
bluemonster1
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snomofo..I am moving up to your area.In my area..try and get a sled of a different color to stop..impossible.The Ski-doo guys out here think they own the place.Same with the Cats out here..very unfriendly types.When we pass,I wave and I get nothing back.Must be the SRX decal on the side on my hood that scares them.And they are foolish on the trail or pathway..come at you like 100 mph and I have to move out of the way.
I have stopped to help out a guy in his older Artic Cat Sled and a guy who's quad was stuck in the slush on the River and couldn't drive over the ruts last year.Most people think the guy has a cell phone,so he doesn't need our help.Just stop at least and ask if we need help,we'll thank them.
I have stopped to help out a guy in his older Artic Cat Sled and a guy who's quad was stuck in the slush on the River and couldn't drive over the ruts last year.Most people think the guy has a cell phone,so he doesn't need our help.Just stop at least and ask if we need help,we'll thank them.
bluemonster1 said:
We have our fair share of chuckleheads here. Funny, when I was riding Polaris, it seemed the Yami guys were the biggest chuckleheads. I guess some take the whole brand loyalty thing a bit too far.
...and I was envying you the end of last season with all the riding you were doing that I wasn't.
ryanryan
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Last year, mid-February, I was snowmobiling in the Sudbury area with my dad. The conditions were terrible, icy with no loose snow and warm weather=....an overheating viper!!(no rear hx) A couple of times my dad was leading and we had a fair distance between us, and when my temp. light would come on, I would pull over to the side of the trail and shut her down. When he would not see me behind anymore, he would turn around and come back. A couple of times I was pulled over, dad not back yet, and one time it was a group of 3 or 4 just drove right by, some were Yamahas too..., If I saw someone on the side of the trail I would ask if everything was ok. I also often ride by myself, and if it wasn't for the Yamaha reliability, I'd be screwed!!
bluemonster1
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I hear ya,but maybe them other dudes are intoxicated and really don't care about stopping,just trying to beat their buddy into the coffin first.
bluemonster1
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snomofo....are you stalking me or something...lollllllll. Late in the season last year
(April),it was just perfect conditions and it was the best for a long time..This year is a different story,but that could change. I feel my Yamaha's are reliable and I ride alot by myself also,but now don't really do any night riding anymore.Unless if I am with a bunch of other sleds.Night time riding is a lot more fun,but alone it can be tragic.
(April),it was just perfect conditions and it was the best for a long time..This year is a different story,but that could change. I feel my Yamaha's are reliable and I ride alot by myself also,but now don't really do any night riding anymore.Unless if I am with a bunch of other sleds.Night time riding is a lot more fun,but alone it can be tragic.
well i wasnt alone i had my secon sled there with a newbie 17 year old ...no flash light ....and they were only mabe a min behind me just long eniugh to open the hood than i see there lights comming ...and come to find out the rail on the second sled is broke clean in half ....so we had 2 downed yamaha`s ,,,,gonna make my own ANGRY INDIANA SNOWMOBILER VIDEO....cause i went home finished off the summer project headed to niles rode 50 milles and i hear what i belive to be a ratching track ...but after a few more miles it got worse .....checked it over thought it was chain tensioner so i tightned it up cause it was loose ....now it souns horriable ....and the chain case is empty ...i think the bearing went out ...cause i know i put oil in it and cain was tight cause i just did it yesterday ......
bluemonster1
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oh no not another angry snowmobiler video..lol....Are you having some bad luck or WHAT?????? I will say a prayer for you then. Sit back,have a few shots and think things out.It has to get better.......it has to!!!!
a few shots ....lol wait til you see the bottle i have been drinking since ....and all the stops at the bar tonight ......i am getting all the bad out the way .....cant get no worse ...got no more sleds to ride ...was gonna ride in the morning before i go home ....but NOT NOW .....
