Recent content by Upstater57

Here is one floor plan I see online. They are a short term company. Note the accumulated cost at 120 days for $7500 ( which is about 1/3 the cost of a new SRX ). Not a good deal. I am sure there many types of plans out there. The point is that floor plan is expensive. Some manufacturers will...

Yup, the interest on floor plan is about 1.5% per month. I cannot imagine Yamaha helping dealers with floor plan costs since they are bailing out of the business.

Sadly, the marketplace numbers for Tcats and Sidewinders cannot sustain the cost of making a special built engine and triple 4 strokes are expensive. The base engine needs to be made in large enough numbers to provide enough ROI to the manufacturer. I would bet that component cost is the most...

Most manufacturers make the most money vertically integrating their business. Until cat had the cash to design and build an engine factory they needed to buy engines. Now they build their own 400's, 600's, 858's for their sleds. I assume 4 strokes are next. With Textron ownership, they can also...

As the season ended, I started getting ready for next year. I am adding the 225/240/270 tune to my stock 998. Just did the intake clamps, 3bar, and BOV. Looking to put my TAPP clutch on it. I will be using the Ron Ward torsional secondary kit on the stock ADAPT secondary. Any advice on which...

There's a fix for that as well.

Your Doo dealer probably has crates of sleds piled up from the past two seasons like I see locally. I would expect the 2025 model year will be a bust for many dealers. Lack of snow, high interest rates, and lots of old product on floor plans is not a recipe for good snomo sales. Yamaha will sell...

Thank you for the info. Ron Ward does his homework. The best I can figure messing around with my angle gauge is that the HT7 is about 3 - 4 degrees less that the stock helix.

I used a Pro 4 with a TAPP on my 1100. They worked nice together. Getting a Yamaha secondary for my 998 may not be a bad idea. It would cost much less than a STM and there is a boatload of set up information on this site.

Thanks for the info. I played with the ADAPT this year with the stock secondary. Next season I will use my TAPP and a Ron Ward set up on the secondary.

Has anyone run a TAPP with the ADAPT secondary? I am curious to know the offset spec. Would it be the same as the Team secondary? Also, which spring seems to work best? Blue, Brown, or Black?

I agree regarding the float. The spline on the shaft does not allow the secondary to move back under load. The old keyed round shaft allows it to float.

The old 1100 Suzuki ( AKA Anvil ) motor was a pretty good industrial motor. It did need lots of boost to make big power. Unless cat makes a wider front clip for the catalyst chassis, I don't think we will see a triple in the current chassis. I was looking at a cross country 858 up close last...

I think model year 25 will be the last year for 146 EPS. Not sure we will see the pro cross chassis after 25.

What really gets me are the people who bring apples to feed the deer. This trains them to hang around where sleds go. I view the deer as 150-pound rodents. We have all had near misses with wildlife. These stories remind us that the throttle is adjusted by thumb pressure.