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Troops If you have a 2011 apex with a yamacharger watch your fuel quality! The knock sensor is very very sensitive & will kiick the crap out of your mid & top end performance if you get mediocre fuel. I noticed this on the weekend racing my buds after i bought fuel in the boonies. The sled...

Guys..1st off i was not at these races but a good bud/yamaha dealer was. It was a huge race with 280 sleds entered. 660' on snow Raced till 11 pm. 2011 apex xtx took 2nd in 700/800/1000 class. 40 sleds in each class Running drag n fly weights. Beat every 800 e-tech & lost to a 2011 800...

Way to go Fern. He won open mod in snow drags in Thompson area. He had tuff competition. Local doo dealer was running 1200 renegade turbo @18 pounds boost Winnipeg Cat dealer had his race Z-1 turbo which he said was 340 hp. Fern never lost a heat alltho 1 race he had to run down a 5...

Troops Has anyone that has done a yamacharger install got a code 85 after. It took about 15 miles but then lights started flashing & this code (oil pressure sending unit) keeps flashing. The sled runs great but the code & lights keep flashing. Anyway the yamacharger is the real deal. The...

Well; just rolled 600 miles on xtx. Rode with 800 e-tech 09 800R 09 1200 renegade hopped to the nutz 2010 renegade 1200 stock. Didn,t ride as fast as usual due to overcast day but still averaged 60-70 mph on trails. 1st fill at 60 miles Apex took $24 premium at $1.14 per litre. Tank...

Well; just hit 500 miles & sled is really improving with small tweaks. I did ride at -25C on hard pack groomed trails & have some issues today tho. 1st the hard start issue. my xtx would allways cough & sputter then die 3-4 times every time i tried to start it in the cold after sitting...

Well troops. Did another 100 miles today with the doos. I even checked fuel consumtion fir shits & giggles. Driving very very very hard netted me 15 mpg Canadian which is about 12.5 per us gallon. The 1200 doo,s took very slightly more & the e-tech took a lot more(400 miles on it) along with an...

Troops Best riding conditions possible today. -8C blue skiis;tons of snow & brand new groomed trails. Finally got to run xtx on groomed trails. #1..do not try to run xtx on any groomed trail with factory set up. The limiters are out all the way & transfer rods are on full kill. It won,t turn...

Troops Had our 1st shake out ride together. I have about 200 miles on my apex 800 etech has 1 tank fuel. i have a 144 cobra he has a 120 ripsaw. Did we line em up? Kinda. I did use $2 less fuel in exact same distance. The e-tech still shakes a lot but smoother then an 800r. I did ride...

Best X-mas ever. 14" of new snow last nite over top the good snow we allready had plus this other box just kinda sorta showed up the same day!!!!

Troops Does anyone know a good quality bov with a 1" inlet. The bosch,s (powderlites kit) blow out the diapghrams at 15 pounds boost & that is the sweet spot on my set up. I took out 1 last winter & blew out a brand new one this week. Soooo....if somebody can recommend a good quality bov...

Troops go grab a beer...got a lot to tell. EPS.....your gonna forget about in 3 seconds or until you swap sleds or drive one with out it. Even at higher speeds it hides the hard jolts that can allmost rip the handlebars out of your hands. I rode with a good bud on an 09 800 dooX today on the...

Troops Got the xtx all buttoned up ready to roll. Notice Yamaha now has bolt in tunnel protectors which are so easy to remove(cobra track) Small additions are lake effect 2.5" riser(throttle cable needed minor tweaking) Billet overload adjuster for torsion springs usi vx 301 skiis cobra...

Troops Getting my apex xtx ready for the shake out cruise this weekend.We got dumped on with a lot of snow! The nytro xtx suspension & apex xtx skid look pretty well much the same. This thing better be good in deep snow. Approach angle measures the same so no reason it should not. Anyway...

Troops Here is how I measure helix angles. After doing a few you will get very good & very accurate at measuring any helix angle with in 1 degree. You need a $10 angle finder with a magnetic base; a nut & a flat table. stick the nut on the magnetic base Keep the nut very flush to the...

Done with this gong show. Left hotel at 6:30 & got close to haydays by 6:50. Waited in line with the truck until 10:45 & finally parked 1.5 miles away. Many many people were in line for 4 plus hours & others had to walk over 5 miles. There was 1 road going in & out. After 10 years I think I...

Troops We had year end drag races today on snow. I never ran T-2 as the track was iffy & I woulda got hurt or hurt spectators. . Anyway; there were 2 turbo 1200 doo,s at this race. They were both running 1.75 big lugged tracks. Long story short..they were both on their trailers in 10 minutes...

Guys Just heard about the big avy at the big iron shootout at revelstoke.At least 2 yammie reps were out there; Lakeracer(Jim manning) & Randy swenson(climbmax). Heard there were 3 deaths & numerous injuries!!! Lets hope for the best! There are usually over 200 people out there at this...

Troops... Need some help here. I boought a used 2560 turbo. It lasted about 30 miles on my 03 RX-1. I noticed the last few time when I shut the sled down it sounded rough when idling down. I am a fanatic about idling down the turbo after a run. Anyway..I was out today doing some test runs as...

Guys Just got back from demo rides. Special thanx to Jimbo(lakeracer) who got me out on an extra rip. Also congrats on the new baby girl. As you lnow jim is now working for Yamaha canada. Anyway..What I was looking for was not what i expected & in a good thing. First & foremost the...