Fogged sleds, when do you guys start waking sleds up?

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yankeeslover

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upstate ny... starting to get into low 30s now. I have my 2000 sxr 700 and my 2012 Polaris rush.. both are fogged.. im starting to get the itch to smell that two stroke smell. when do you guys start sleds up for first time? this is not a debate on wether fogging is good or not as I always fog.. Please correct me if im wrong, am I correct in assuming that I would be better off starting the rush sooner because no carbs to deal with and clean?? I hate to clean my carbs in the sxr and then have to clean them again in two months before the season.. Since my rush is fuel injected does that mean there is really nothing to clean to get it started up?
sorry got to in debth there, just wondering when everyone starts up for first time...thanks.....
 
started my SRX last weekend,she smoked good from the fogging oil.I put some fresh premium in the tank and ran it to operating temps,then shut it down and waiting now for some snow.Gonna do my SXR on the weekend as well.If you use ethenal blended gas,then I would wait..don't want that stuff standing in the carbs to long..
 
I got my sxr going last week, didn't want to be working on it in the cold if it didn't start. Lucky I did, carb was full of oil
 
All depends on what kinda work is needed. Mine has been running for a while due to track change. And I am just throwing this out there but I started to use the ethenol shield last season. When I pulled my carbs for the first time I counldnt believe how clean and good the fuel was. I would highly recommended it. Thats my opinion. Still clean carbs but so much easier. Anyways back on topic. I love that smell of 2 stroke as well. Lol. My family and I have a lot of sleds so we start early to beat the cold. Longer story shortened personal preference. If you start early run them once every 2 weeks to keep the fuel flowing.
 
I hate to bring the sled to mechanic as he charges around $200.00 to clean carbs and get her ready for the season. im really not that handy.. I do know how to clean the carbs now, but I have no idea how to replace the slides or how to do anytype of clutch work, adjust track, etc... so I may be stuck paying a mechanic again..ARGHHHHH... oh, I also know how to change my chain case oil now too.. so I would be paying mechanic to clean clutch, change slides and adjust track.... is this worth it for a mechanic to do or is this easy work?
im not sure what kind of work to do on my new RUSH either. my local POO dealer told me he would do the work this winter for $100.00... clean clutch, powervalves all that good stuff to get her ready, I may take them up on that though.. seems cheap enough...
 
For me working on the sled is half the fun, same my other one has been going since I tested the water pump seal and a track change
 
I just fired up the enticer the other day when it was snowing...I couldn't resist, as soon as I saw it snowing I ran back into the garage like a little kid and put my cologne on for the day! I could barely see across the garage, felt good and smelled even better! Still waiting on all my parts for the SRX otherwise I probably would've woken the demon!
 
Started mine a few weeks ago, and will start them and let them get up to temp every couple weeks as mentioned earlier in thread, smells good and love to hear them ping away.

At the end of the season I'm happy to just stick them in the barn but by this time of year I am ready to spin the spanners and get them ready for snow!
 
yankeeslover said:
I hate to bring the sled to mechanic as he charges around $200.00 to clean carbs and get her ready for the season. im really not that handy.. I do know how to clean the carbs now, but I have no idea how to replace the slides or how to do anytype of clutch work, adjust track, etc... so I may be stuck paying a mechanic again..ARGHHHHH... oh, I also know how to change my chain case oil now too.. so I would be paying mechanic to clean clutch, change slides and adjust track.... is this worth it for a mechanic to do or is this easy work?
im not sure what kind of work to do on my new RUSH either. my local POO dealer told me he would do the work this winter for $100.00... clean clutch, powervalves all that good stuff to get her ready, I may take them up on that though.. seems cheap enough...
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If you're able to clean the carbs you can certainly replace the slides and adjust the track. Not very hard at all. YouTube has videos on that stuff. Make sure your rollers are good in the clutch, no cracks in the sheaves and blast it with an air compressor and then spray it with brake cleaner spray( Put some rags under the clutch when doing it). That comes form Hartman's web site. If you want to have your mechanic pull the clutch off, disassemble it and give it the once over that's fine, but don't pay him to change the slides or track adjust.
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Fired up the Apex the other day just to hear it bark. That undertunnel exhaust sounds so sick when she starts loping. The 2 smokes haven't been touched yet.
 
When I picked up my MM from getting the track put on it they had had it running so all the fogging oil was run out of her already. I always leave the tank dry, so I was suspect of the quality of the gas that was in there plus what was left over that I didn't get out. I had run the sled to get it off the trailer the week before then pulled the battery. Anyways, I sucked the tank dry with my oil changer then looking inside and everything looked good, no little ethanol balls floating around. I'm going to get some trufuel and pull the gas hose off the tank pickup and extend out the line and run her off the can of 92 octane non ethanol gas when I get home from work in a few weeks. I'll be checking the track tension/alignment and bleeding the coolant system from installing the tunnel extension and having it opened up. I'd love to run a full tank of gas on the trufuel but at $6 a quart it would get pretty expensive. I may have to go to the local airport and buy some avgas just for one tank and see how she runs on that jungle juice.

Not to get too far away. If your sled will start reliably when you want it, wait until the snow is on the ground. If you need to tinker with it then now is probably ok if your going to run it every week or 2 just to keep things flowing. I have become religious about using the green marine sta-bil in my gas. I think any kind of additive is important, your playing russian roulette to put straight gas in a carb'd sled with out it these days. It doesn't mean you may have water in your tank, but who knows what's coming out of the nozzle and that's what I try and treat for.
 
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