rbell14
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Curious if anyone knows if the advertising in the lower portion of the sled are stickers that can be removed. I'm talking about the "GYTR" and "YAMALUBE" advertising on both side of the engine cover.
It feels like a NASCAR sled...
It feels like a NASCAR sled...
Yes it's a crummy sticker. Nowhere near quality of kit. Peels off very easily and will fragment like a bullet hole if you lay it on its side. Expensive too.
rbell14
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My heat gun will be on that this weekend. I hate all the stickers they place on these sleds.
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I'm pretty sure when I get her home I will be removing some decals as well. Just wish I didn't have to put the Mn license
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I broke through some slushy snow this past spring and tore one of those lower side decals to shreds, very cheap, hoping the yamaha wrap is better quality than that
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It appears to be very high quality.
My wife rolled it on the right side on a ice covered road without a scratch!
My wife rolled it on the right side on a ice covered road without a scratch!
Yea but how is the wife? any scratches??????
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Couple of broken ribs that she sacrificed to save her Viper! LOL!!!! Never left the sled rode it to the ground! She's been working out 3 days a week since the ribs have stopped hurting. First muscles she's had in the 40 years I've know her, impressive. Starts with a personal trainer in December in addition to the thrice weekly workout! Now she's starting to scare me! LOL!
Yikes - good to hear she is in good shape - just hope you stay in line - sound like she may be able to take you 1 out of 10 and next time may be the 1!!!!
Ribs suck - I broke 2 last year on the last ride of the season. Sled has no marks on it!!!!!
Ribs suck - I broke 2 last year on the last ride of the season. Sled has no marks on it!!!!!
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That's what I'm thinking, might let her take me 8 out of 10, give her that "on top" advantage! LOL! Glad to hear your Viper was unscathed too! She may be in the best shape of her life! Great seeing that new level of confidence that goes with it. And, Oh Yea, has CPL and she knows how to use it!
Thats very sportsman like of you to give up the top position
And actually I was on the PRO R 800, had I been on the viper probably would not be typing this right now
First time ever sled being broken saved my life and the guy I hit!!!!
And actually I was on the PRO R 800, had I been on the viper probably would not be typing this right now
First time ever sled being broken saved my life and the guy I hit!!!!
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Some day I'd like to hear that story, but you sure do know how build suspense!
Oh no suspense meant!!!! It was Stupidity!!!! I was riding with 2 buddies I have ridden with for years. We were on a trail that breaks onto a summer maintained road only. We stopped at the begining of it to discuss where we were headed. I was shut off and helmet off. The other 2 took off and both like to ride fast. The road would go 1/2 mile then a crest and drop off then 1/2 mile and crest and so on. I was almost a 1/2 mile behind and saw both crest the next hill airborn. When I got there I was over 10 feet in the air at over 100 mph when I realized they had stopped and were sitting side by side blocking the trail and not looking back.
I landed 10' short of them and flicked the sled to the right which was a 5' tall embankment. The sled almost went on its left side. My left side was parrallel to the ground and caught the right side of one guys handle bars in my chest peeling me off my sled and it continued on down the road. I broke the steering column off his sled and destroyed his hood, windshield and gauges.
The viper was down cause we did almost 300 miles the day before and I had lost the hand warmers, reverse and the dash pod on that ride. If it had been the viper I never would have landed it and been able to turn that hard with the push it has. I probably would have piled into his rear end.
The best part was when I asked them why they sat there? they said they could not remember if I went 1st and if I did go first did I turn off onto another trail!!!!
In 15 yrs of riding and over 30,000 miles on the trails it is the first time I have ever been involved with another sled and it was my fault BUT rule 1 never block the trail. 5 minutes after we moved down to my sled another group came through and they flew like I did and 2 guys were side by side in the air. That would have been much worse.
Remember kids don't try this at home!!!!!
I landed 10' short of them and flicked the sled to the right which was a 5' tall embankment. The sled almost went on its left side. My left side was parrallel to the ground and caught the right side of one guys handle bars in my chest peeling me off my sled and it continued on down the road. I broke the steering column off his sled and destroyed his hood, windshield and gauges.
The viper was down cause we did almost 300 miles the day before and I had lost the hand warmers, reverse and the dash pod on that ride. If it had been the viper I never would have landed it and been able to turn that hard with the push it has. I probably would have piled into his rear end.
The best part was when I asked them why they sat there? they said they could not remember if I went 1st and if I did go first did I turn off onto another trail!!!!
In 15 yrs of riding and over 30,000 miles on the trails it is the first time I have ever been involved with another sled and it was my fault BUT rule 1 never block the trail. 5 minutes after we moved down to my sled another group came through and they flew like I did and 2 guys were side by side in the air. That would have been much worse.
Remember kids don't try this at home!!!!!
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Wow, I had a similar but less eventful occurrence. Fortunately I had fallen behind so a friend on a slower sled would stay in touch which gave me time to react as I crested the hill. My idiot buddies were 150 feet passed the crest and we're giving us scores for our jump and landings! My buddy on the slow sled now owns the 1998 SRX I was driving that day. The 1985 skidoo he was riding that day survived an epic jump of T least 35 feet high and 60 feet out from a 12-15 foot ravine he did not see till the last second. At 70 his track never hit on the way down, 15 feet of,flat the a 5 foot launch pad,with a gradual,rise to the same level as his original height. Compression fractured three vertribare, left the hospital the following day with a body brace and snowmobiles the following season on the same skidoo!
The following day the doctors would not release him till he could stand the pain without pain shots. But he never had any so they had to let him go although they could not believe it! The ER doctor asked how long he was out when he landed. He told the doctor he was never out. Dr. Said BS, impossible, but I was there, no BS. He was in the air long enough for a couple of the kids at the front of the group to turn around and race back to his landing point just as he landed, with "0" roll.
When we were growing up on the east side of Detroit he was one bad MF'er. Saw him back down 12 guys who picked the wrong guy to try to intimidate! 5'10" 165 lbs with hands like sledgehammers and so fast you could,hardly see them move. My brother Vince 21 years Green Beret and 18th Airborne has said that my buddies from HS were the baddest guys he had ever met! And all in one neighborhood. Well,enough of that. We are all still friends today, surprised we all lived this long.
The following day the doctors would not release him till he could stand the pain without pain shots. But he never had any so they had to let him go although they could not believe it! The ER doctor asked how long he was out when he landed. He told the doctor he was never out. Dr. Said BS, impossible, but I was there, no BS. He was in the air long enough for a couple of the kids at the front of the group to turn around and race back to his landing point just as he landed, with "0" roll.
When we were growing up on the east side of Detroit he was one bad MF'er. Saw him back down 12 guys who picked the wrong guy to try to intimidate! 5'10" 165 lbs with hands like sledgehammers and so fast you could,hardly see them move. My brother Vince 21 years Green Beret and 18th Airborne has said that my buddies from HS were the baddest guys he had ever met! And all in one neighborhood. Well,enough of that. We are all still friends today, surprised we all lived this long.
I know it is amazing what the human body can take. I do have my scars though. On sleds, bikes and race cars I have managed to bend just about everything
