Just like getting back together......

[revster]

.....with an old girlfriend. It never takes long before you remember why you dumped her.

I had a 2009 Nytro that I had sunk a lot of money into and It was an awesome sled. It was extended to 144 with iceage rails and did really well on our annual mountain trip. But I decided I needed something lighter.... enter the 2012 Polaris Switchback Assault. Now this sled was awesome, it totally ripped....for 3 hours.

3 Hours into a 5 day trip a crank bearing went and I was getting towed back to town. Ah yes, thats right, I went to a 4-stroke Yamaha for this very reason!! It took 3 of us to load the switchback onto the trailer, it didnt seem lighter than a Nytro at that point..... The Nytro always had the ability to move under its own power!!

Anyways, I just wanted to remind you why you ride a Yamaha 4-stroke!! Take care team blue, I gotta go trade the YZ250 on a YZF450, Its snowbike time!!! Later

 

[moab11]

Good to see you still around revster! I always loved your sled/build!

Sucks to hear about the polaris, but I have to ask since I have been debating the same change, would you do it again?

 

[Cubby]

I bought a 2015 Skidoo Renegade 900 ACE this season but I much prefer riding the phazer. I let the wife have the skidoo.

The Phazer has personality - you ride it. The skidoo is just bland - just sit and turn.

I really like Yamaha and hope they bring something new and comptitive.

 

[Tyloooor]

tried a snowbike and there tons of fun to ride in the trees (small hills).....I would consider buying one

 

[revster]

Good to see you still around revster! I always loved your sled/build!

Sucks to hear about the polaris, but I have to ask since I have been debating the same change, would you do it again?

Thanks! but ....No I wouldn't! If I could go back now I would have bought a narrow front end for the mountains and kept it for a couple more seasons.

That sled should have been one that was retired to the back of the garage and kept as a spare/wife/kids sled. But who knows the guy that bought it lives two streets over and hasn't used it much, maybe I'll buy it back someday!

But, I have a line on a gently used YZ450F so the snowbike operation is proceeding!!!

 

[revster]

I tore down the Polaris engine, it was the PTO rod bearing that went.

 

[Cubby]

My neighbour's Polaris 800 blew out the piston shirts a few weeks ago. Only at 3,000 kms. He said it was a known issue and the engine was on borrowed time. But now it should be good to go for a long time.

 

[Tyloooor]

It weird cause all the poo guys say they have to be rebuilt before 5000KM- which is like a season

 

[PS-RagE]

I had a 2012 Switchback Pr0-R. Five times in 12,000 km that thing stranded me in the woods and three of those times was due to a blown engine. The last time I was so disgusted I abandoned the thing overnight hoping someone would steal or burn it.

 

[tomanytoyz]

The name says it all! Switchback ))) to Yamaha ! Lol . Polaris also had one called Dragon , because you WILL be Dragging it back to camp

 

[poor farmer/logger]

Problem with the polaris was the design of the motor. The way the pistons come up and down at more sever angles from what I understand. My nephew has a pro rmk that he rebuilt this winter before he headed to the mountains with it. 1900 miles and the pistons were pretty much junk. There's a aftermarket fix for it that shims the cylinders up so the pistons travel in a straigher line is what I was told.

 

[Preacher]

There is a fix for that . It's called a Sidewinder MTX

 

[PS-RagE]

There is a fix for that . It's called a Sidewinder MTX

I called it an SRV XTX.

 

[Dr. FeeLGooD]

Wifeys 2011 600 Switchback has about 10,000 miles on it. Regular fuel and Polaris synthetic oil. Engine has never been opened. But it has rarely seen wot either lol.

 

[tsiciliano]

Piston skirts on the polaris are not long enough they rock in the cylinders and destroy them selfs. Saver kit is a spacer and new pistons with longer skirts

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