First a little history. I had owned yami's for years but after my 97 600 xtc had 2 engine failures, ruining 2 trips I became disguisted and bought a 2001 poo xcsp. Although it has been a good trouble free sled,I'm not impressed with their new sleds.I looked at buying an 05 vector but decided to wait a year to see how they shaked out. Wow have I been impressed with all the positive comments I've read. There just don't seem to be many issues with these sleds other than the tors, clutch rattle which I hear has been fixed for 06 and some overheating issues. I have ordered an 06 vector,now has anyone heard if the 06 has any updates to the cooling system or should I order the rear heat exchanger now so I have it when my sled comes in? Also I liked to say this is the best and most informitve sight there is period. 

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To my knowledge, there will be no additional cooling on the 06 Vectors. I bought a rear heat exchanger from a guy on ebay. It looks exactly like a Factory Yammi part, so I'm wondering if Yammi has a rear heat exchanger kit on the verge of releasing to the public... i know they offer one for the Vipers...


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I have put over 1500 miles on my 05 Vector and have ridden hard in 45 degree weather for 180 miles straight with no overheating problems. I haven't had any issues at all about cooling so I doubt they are going to add more heat exchangers. Why fix it if it ain't broke?

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same here rsvectorfreak...have 2834mi on and havent had any problems overheating...cept one time tryin to jump dads sled in the trailer. but other than that 2834 trouble free miles
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There's no rear heat exchanger in the 05 rages and my husbands hasn't overheated yet. 


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yamasnowpilot...i think ur gonna love ur 06 rage...with teh mono shock rear suspension. it will be awesome. oh by the way..make sure u air it out once in a while-its good to let the track tension loosen up for a little bit

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got my clutch rattle taken care of today by Yamaha and dealer install...what I do is always shut my sled off if I'm parking for more than a min I never let it just sit there and idle..You can also install a temp guage as many guys have...its a great way to monitor what your sleds doing temperature wise. I'm installing one this summer since I met a guy who had one on his and I think its a great idea.russraider said:First a little history. I had owned yami's for years but after my 97 600 xtc had 2 engine failures, ruining 2 trips I became disguisted and bought a 2001 poo xcsp. Although it has been a good trouble free sled,I'm not impressed with their new sleds.I looked at buying an 05 vector but decided to wait a year to see how they shaked out. Wow have I been impressed with all the positive comments I've read. There just don't seem to be many issues with these sleds other than the tors, clutch rattle which I hear has been fixed for 06 and some overheating issues. I have ordered an 06 vector,now has anyone heard if the 06 has any updates to the cooling system or should I order the rear heat exchanger now so I have it when my sled comes in? Also I liked to say this is the best and most informitve sight there is period.![]()

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One time the computor did shut my sled down while I was reading a map on the trail so maybe it was getting warm then but that was when it was new..I also have riden in 45 degree weather with 0 problem just put her in some fluff sometimes if snow is lacking, keeps the hyfax lubed and engine cool!
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Rage2005Yamaha said:got my clutch rattle taken care of today by Yamaha and dealer install...what I do is always shut my sled off if I'm parking for more than a min I never let it just sit there and idle..You can also install a temp guage as many guys have...its a great way to monitor what your sleds doing temperature wise. I'm installing one this summer since I met a guy who had one on his and I think its a great idea.russraider said:First a little history. I had owned yami's for years but after my 97 600 xtc had 2 engine failures, ruining 2 trips I became disguisted and bought a 2001 poo xcsp. Although it has been a good trouble free sled,I'm not impressed with their new sleds.I looked at buying an 05 vector but decided to wait a year to see how they shaked out. Wow have I been impressed with all the positive comments I've read. There just don't seem to be many issues with these sleds other than the tors, clutch rattle which I hear has been fixed for 06 and some overheating issues. I have ordered an 06 vector,now has anyone heard if the 06 has any updates to the cooling system or should I order the rear heat exchanger now so I have it when my sled comes in? Also I liked to say this is the best and most informitve sight there is period.![]()
where did you get the temp gage from?????
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Had the xtra cooler put on my Vector. It's a genuine Yammi part. The way I see it, for $100 installed, it's cheap insurance!

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