new to yammi looking at 05 rage

[john 800]

A freind of mine has a very clean well maintained 05 rage with 12k miles that I was thinking about picking up. He said he replaced some bearings in the drivetrain last year, other than that I am not sure on the history of the sled but I do know he genrally has all nesessary maintence done by the dealer.
I am familar with sleds but new to Yamahas I would think it would be due for the rest of the bearings, shocks or a rebuild ect, which I am ok with. What else should i look for or plan to replace? I saw the thread on the cam tensioner, I will ask if it has been done, if not I will do it in the off season I think.
I will be coming off a polaris 600 edge with a 136 m10 with my custom shock valving that I really liked so if I like the whole 4 stroke thing I may just put a 136 m10 in the yammi, I have also owned faster modded 800 2 strokes and a couple rmks but most of the guys I ride with have either sold their sleds so most of my riding nowdays is with the wife and kids not riding real hard.

 

[4strokeluvr111]

Well I'll chime in a bit and hopefully others will as well. There's a boatload of posts here about the good and bad of the early RS model sleds. Based on what you stated I'll offer:
1. If the sled was dealer maintained, will your friend let you call the dealer for the service records?
2. IMO - coming off an Edge with M10, plan on putting in an M10 ASAP. You will be VERY disappointed in the ride quality of the stock 05 skid.
3. I think one of the best upgrades one can make to the sit down style RS models is an Apex "taller - rider forward" seat. To me the sled just feels better...hard to describe.

Bottom line is IMO the chassis will fall apart before the engine pukes. 100,000+ miles? Who knows?

 

[maim]

lol nick keller has a pic of his 2010 vector spedo on facebook. odo shows 78,000+ miles. the skid is rider prefernce but only other thing is to check the exh dounuts as it might be time for them to be done again.

 

[4strokeluvr111]

the skid is rider prefernce.

In his case I respectfully disagree (based on real world experience). He's coming from a M10....if he likes the stock Rage skid.....well...stranger things have happened but I seriously doubt it.

 

[Mcdoudlehopper]

What kinda riding do you do John?