cold right foot

[Roger]

Thanks!! I haven't really heard a lot about the 06 vector hand warmers not working well. I thought maybe it was just mine. My SXR could burn your hands off but the Vector on really cold days is....not good. In fact, I'm buying gauntlets for when I go to Canada....

If you come to "CANADA" (you Americans aren't to bright when it comes to other countries), bring some cold weather with you. It's been warmer than Northern Florida, and Northern California here lately.
P.S. Bring some frozen lake and river water with you so we can get out snowmobiling!!!

 

[06RSRAGE]

I have an 06 Rage and I wear 5 year old TrukkE boots and I have never been able to tell that wind was blowing differently around my boots when riding at 6 mph or 70 mph even at -21 (feb 07).
I find that the Rage is the warmest sled I have ridden to date.
No problems with the hand warmers even on the -21 day (Feb 07).
No problem with one foot hotter or colder than the other?

Maybe switching boots left to right is a good test to see if the cold follows the boot.. If it continues give the tape a try the tape over the vent but use clear packing tape nobody would notice (block half of the vent 1st to see if it helps) Good luck.

 

[xtcman]

I would have to say my 06 Rage is the coldest sled I have owned. The air comes around the sides and blasts your legs. Your feet sit higher on the running boards and you can't feel the coolant from the heat exchanger.

 

[coyotekid]

I would have to say my 06 Rage is the coldest sled I have owned. The air comes around the sides and blasts your legs. Your feet sit higher on the running boards and you can't feel the coolant from the heat exchanger.

I would say the same about my 06 Nytro. A set of touring mirrors will help block quite a bit of the wind that hits your legs. I have also experienced the cold right foot. Last year I rode on a day that was forty below zero in northern Maine, by lunch time my right foot felt like a solid block of ice but my left foot was fine. I bought some new boots this year that are rated for -165F, and while my right foot has not been "cold", it is usually "cooler" than my left. I think its a combination between the wind and coolant flow as previously mentioned.

 

[towing]

I had try to make a serie of holes in the aluminium of the right foot rest and block the side panel vent to force the air from the cab to go at my boot. It make a little improvement but not much...

Alain

 

[jamm999]

Finally someone else that has experienced this, by the way I've been riding in Canada for over 10 years and in very cold temps on many different sleds and this is the only one that I have ever had this happen on. I even proved it to a friend, when I felt the left one getting hot I stopped and made them feel the outside, the left was much hotter on the outside than the right

 

[unclearpine]

I just put my foot on the heat exchanger ,if you just pull it out of the shroud .You think it will get colder but it heats up the feet quick if its real cold riding .My feet get the coldest when we stop for a break and that always works the best for me.

 

[ACG]

On my 07 Vector mtn the right foot well is always packed with ice. Just doesn't generate enough heat without the clutches to melt everything off. If I am not in powder and constantly have snow on those heat exchangers on the running boards, my feet are soaking wet with sweat. Usually only happens on the way back to the trailer fortunatly.

 

[wannagofast]

I had this same problem on my 06 vector while riding in quebec last year and it was below zero every day we were out. Left foot toasty warm and right foot like a block of ice. Been asking people around here and nobody has heard of it. It is not the fan on the brake because I have had mine cut of my brake rotor before it hit the snow. I had my wife buy a pair of socks that have a c battery in them to heat my foot up. Works really well. Only wear them on days below zero. 20 dollars for a pair. Well worth the money.

 

[Metallicat]

You guys are 100% correct. I just experienced the same thing last weekend when the temps dipped below 10 deg F. Right foot was cold (but not as cold as my hands with the mediocre hand warmers). I wear big, bulky Sorel Glaciers with wool socks and never had any type of issues before on any other sled. A month ago I thought you guys were all drunk, but yeah...same problem here. This is not a cold weather machine. It is downright brutal to ride below 0 deg F.

 

[Roger]

Just came back from a week long trip where temperatures were -25 in the mornings. We duct-taped the hole in the hood above the oil reservoir. This helped a-lot. I wish Yamaha would make a snowmobile for the winter months, where you don't freeze on it, unless it's above freezing.

 

[guyzoun]

same experience too....Sorel -60 celcius

 

[06RSRAGE]

I retract some of my last statement The Rage is definitely a lot warmer than the last sled I rode. The Hand warmers work great for me (I always have to turn them down) But I went for a 100 miler and it was below 0 I kept my right foot in the foot well (I don't usually) and I too found it cold but the rest of me was warm. Hmm I think I will be trying the clear duct tape ..

 

[ACG]

Just put your foot on the running board above the heat exchanger and your foot will warm right up.

 

[jamm999]

Just came back from a week in northern Ontario, it seemed the easiest fix is putting oneof those little foot warmers in my right boot, it seems to be just enough to keep warm. Yamaha should give them out with the sled, as for my hands when it gets real cold I just use gauntlets