moss
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Went out for the firs ride on the machine to the Cottage yesterday, round trip was around 90-100k. Sled is a 97 Vmax XT 600. The
First issue, is I burnt about 8 Gallons of gas for the trip, where typically I should not even burn a full tank. There was another Vmax with me, that actually pulled a Sleigh for the whole trip, and he only burn 3/4 tank.
Second issue was after riding for awhile, I noticed I would lose power. I would have to be at 3/4 throttle just to maintain speed around 70-80K, and there was no power left. Stopped and Changed spark plugs, they looked clean, there was some brown/Black, but really it looked like some had been washed off. After sled had cooled down, it was much more responsive, power seemed normal and much snappier. But after another 5-10 K, same issue would happen.
Used about 1/2 tank of Oil, so I think oil consumption seems normal, Never seen any overheating light or anything else. Carbs were cleaned and Adjusted last season, and I didn't have any issue's last year, should I be looking at Carbs for this?
First issue, is I burnt about 8 Gallons of gas for the trip, where typically I should not even burn a full tank. There was another Vmax with me, that actually pulled a Sleigh for the whole trip, and he only burn 3/4 tank.
Second issue was after riding for awhile, I noticed I would lose power. I would have to be at 3/4 throttle just to maintain speed around 70-80K, and there was no power left. Stopped and Changed spark plugs, they looked clean, there was some brown/Black, but really it looked like some had been washed off. After sled had cooled down, it was much more responsive, power seemed normal and much snappier. But after another 5-10 K, same issue would happen.
Used about 1/2 tank of Oil, so I think oil consumption seems normal, Never seen any overheating light or anything else. Carbs were cleaned and Adjusted last season, and I didn't have any issue's last year, should I be looking at Carbs for this?
