Few Q's

[SAB1]

Got my first full day of riding in. New to sport.

How fast do you guys get out of the RS Venture. Just curious. Seems like the kind of snow surface your on has a bit to do with it?

Crossing on tar is a challenge. The skis wont allow any type of turn at all and just slide along the tar. My buddies seem to be able to get some turning ability out of there sleds. If I am not on a staight shot across a road I often have to dismount and pick up an end of the sled to adjust. The carbides seem fine. Anything I am doing wrong here?

Learned the hard way Saturday unloading from trailer. Didnt realize it but everything was froze up under the sled when when I went to get it off the trailer from sitting for 5 days. Couldnt get the machine to move. Tried to long and I "glazed the belt" my buddy said. He was able to get the new belt on but man that looks like a job out out in field vs at home in his garage. Any tips?

 

[oldguy2]

Have you adjusted your suspension or is it right from the factory? There is lots of info on adjustments on this site. You just have to do some research. If the front track shock is adjusted too firm, it will take pressure off the skis and it won't turn. It will also feel tippy. As for the freezing up, you may have melted the sliders and they stuck to the track. That happened to me at a poker rally. how embarrassing.

 

[SAB1]

How would I have melted the sliders? THe prior weekend? It ran great with the new belt on. Machine is an 06 that now has 420 miles on it.

 

[17Rambler]

Turning while crossing roads can be almost impossible.

I think you are saying the bottom of your track was froze to the trailer bed, not that the hyfax was melted to the track. Always make it a point to be sure skis and track are not frozen to whatever they are resting on before gunning it.

The new belt should last a long time, but most of us do carry a spare.

 

[xtcman]

To help turn, shift all your weight forward and to the ski in whitch way you are turning. So for a left turn lean forward on the left ski. This helps me turn. Always keep in mind the direction of the sled before going on the road.

 

[GeorgianBayGuy]

My RS Venture GT is much better tarmac or cement with the aggressive snow trackers. I'm also studded. Serious improvement.

Get your dealer to explain slider care, it's important esp on a Yamaha. In my trailer or in the morning on snow I always rock the machine back and forth to make sure it's free.

Welcome!

 

[SAB1]

Thanks all. Rookie mistake. Will try the leaning toward turning ski this weekend.

Anybody have a typical top end speed on the two up?

 

[newventure]

i've had my 06 venture 110mph across big wood lake in jackman, under perfect conditions , mine can easily reach 100mph most of the time, but its always according to the trail conditions, have 13,000 miles owned it since new in 06, love the sled its a perfect solo touring sled

 

[shed]

80 on the lake, deep snow
best ever 107 perfect conditions, wet and icy
mine didn't turn either, till i put 8" carbides on
i can't wait to go for another ride

 

[VectorLTX2012]

I don't know how you guys with the big two ups are getting those kinds of speeds. I have '12 Vector LTX and the best I've seen so far is 93 mph (gps) on very good hard pack roads.

One thing that I do with my sled if it sits on the trailer is to use a lift to keep the track off the trailer bed. This will keep it from freezing in place if the snow melts some. You can also start the sled up and let it warm up and turn the track over and maybe get some of the ice off.

What I've found is that on tar or concrete is you will have better turning capability when you run the sled in reverse. So get to a certain point and the put in reverse and try it once again.

 

[SAB1]

Thanks. I have gotten 95 out of mine so I was wondering if others had done better. Good idea on lifting the track in the trailer. I do that off season so why not in season! Now that you mention it, I do have better luck turning in reverse. I am going to play around with the front suspension Saturday having read some older post on the site on what to do. Thanks for the help!

 

[mooseflyer]

I've run mid 80's on the lake (gps) in low snow conditions, but last week only got into the high 60's in the deeper snow.

 

[BombaPolaYama]

Got my first full day of riding in. New to sport.

Crossing on tar is a challenge. The skis wont allow any type of turn at all and just slide along the tar. My buddies seem to be able to get some turning ability out of there sleds. If I am not on a staight shot across a road I often have to dismount and pick up an end of the sled to adjust. The carbides seem fine. Anything I am doing wrong here?

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The original Yamaha skis come with disposable carbides (2.5" or something) - so in addition to susp adjustments, etc, better carbides will help a lot. Road crossings can be dangerous so you want some frontend traction. As for backing up - that's okay on parking lots but not a good option for road crossings.