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I have been a faithful Yamaha snowmobile customer for over 34 years. Their attention to detail, quality and reliability were second to none. I’ve owned 14 Yamaha sleds over the years and enjoyed every minute of it until now. Three of my 2 strokes went past 25,000 km with not one of them ever...

Frozen steering update chapter 2 For the love of god, all Sidewinder owners need to peel open the boot on the steering shaft side and spray the ball joint on the btm of the steering shaft. After spraying the joint the steering was so loose I was initially unnerved. This machine has never been...

Frozen steering update. Sled sat in dark trailer at moderate temp and melted out. Moved it into garage, steering frozen again. Jacked it up and removed rubber boot on steering shaft side to investigate. Good access. Sure enough just like Steve said there is a ball joint at btm of steering...

Broke trail through 24 inches of new snow in Quebec for over 40 km. Ride of a lifetime. I had to stand up entire time as even with the pilot 6.9’s sled couldn’t pull up out of the deep snow. Never would have made it without the 136x1.6 or the pilots. Pretty much ran the crap out of the sled...

I appreciate the feed back. Sledgeorge discusses snow dust. I looked into trying to keep it out, virtually impossible. Vents and slots all over the cowl for cooling. Piston head had a good idea about keeping the boots lubed but this is already being done. I think Steve has found the issue...

Frozen steering. First post, been an avid user of this site for years. It has helped me through many sticky situations. Riding all the big Yamaha’s since 1987. Tried one Polaris but 3 engines later decided I couldn’t afford them. Ontario, Quebec, Minnesota blah blah. Who really cares? When...