Lake run video

[plake]

450 miles so far. Belt runs nice and cool. I've got 144 studs and that's it. I did 6 passes on the lake, about 1/4 mile wot. My sled has had 0 issues. I broke it in easy. I had 7,000 miles on a tuned 2012 F1100T so i'm familiar with this chassis. You can't drive it like a two stroke or it will eat belts.

Not sure I understand, how do you drive a two smoke differently and eat belts? Merry Christmas!

 

[krm]

450 miles so far. Belt runs nice and cool. I've got 144 studs and that's it. I did 6 passes on the lake, about 1/4 mile wot. My sled has had 0 issues. I broke it in easy. I had 7,000 miles on a tuned 2012 F1100T so i'm familiar with this chassis. You can't drive it like a two stroke or it will eat belts.

We have a 2012 that you couldn't keep a belt on .Ended up making a td 400+hp hill climb sled out of it .We even had the coolers fall out of it 1 time riding in maine.The coolers falling out was the end of its trail days .

 

[69redmach!]

What belt was that with?

Tuner skis? Put a set of single runner skis on and gain 5 mph I bet..also..these machines will mph better with miles on them...

Factory belt with easy break in

 

[69redmach!]

Not sure I understand, how do you drive a two smoke differently and eat belts? Merry Christmas!

On and off the throttle aggressively. You have to ease in and out of the throttle. I found because of the wide power band the sled was just as fast on the trail because the track would just spin more with more throttle. This is just a suggestion as it worked for me on the Cat.

 

[69redmach!]

We have a 2012 that you couldn't keep a belt on .Ended up making a td 400+hp hill climb sled out of it .We even had the coolers fall out of it 1 time riding in maine.The coolers falling out was the end of its trail days .

My 2012 was completely unreliable. I had probably $5,000 in warranty claims. I seriously considered passing on the Yamaha because of that. I did like the chassis and the turbo power is addicting. I'm hoping 5 model years helped improve the reliability.

 

[plake]

On and off the throttle aggressively. You have to ease in and out of the throttle. I found because of the wide power band the sled was just as fast on the trail because the track would just spin more with more throttle. This is just a suggestion as it worked for me on the Cat.

Ok that makes sense. I haven't had a chance to drive mine yet but from what I have read they are silky smooth and very electric like as far as the power comes on. Sadly our Christmas present here is rain, we had a good start.