Trail "Report" - Breakdowns

[Caveman]

The snow in the NH north country is 2-3' deep in the woods and the riding is good to great.
I'm not sure if it's the first trip - bad gas blues, but I've seen more dead sleds in 3 rides so far than I saw all of last season...although that was only 6 rides in a BS winter.

So far this year in 480 miles on 3 trips I've seen:

Trip 1 - 160 miles:
2 broken down Polaris (1 had spent the night)
3 broken down SkiDoo's (2 with a crowd, 1 on a rope)
1 crashed Artic Cat (riding beyong his capabilities and went in the woods and hit a tree)
2 Sled Dog teams going 5 mph (and staying in their lane - some of the few that day)
0 broken down Yamahas

Trip 2 - 140 miles:
2 broken down SkiDoo's (perplexed crowds with hands on hips)
1 broken down Arctic Cat (on the rope)
1 badly stuck Polaris (buried on its side in the woods - boyfriend showing off for girlfriend - idiot)
0 broken down Yamahas

Trip 3 - 180 miles:
2 broken down SkiDoos (dirty looks from both SkiDoo crowds when flying by on the sweet running Apex...,love it, sorry dudes)
1 broken down Arctic Cat (blown belt)
1 crashed Polaris (bad right side damage being one-ski dragged on a rope)
0 broken down Yamaha's
1 big #*$&@ Moose (running down the trail in front of me on 5N in Pittsburg at 8am in almost a foot of ungroomed snow ran in the woods and then stood there peaking through the trees at the new XTX..crazy...it was HUGE)

This concludes my unscientific survey that only reinforces my decision to get a new Yamaha last season rather than a smoker...and I still have a couple of those in the stable but never again!

 

[pat the rat]

Ah,ah,good report

 

[sleddog66]

Caveman, you may want to actually slow down and ask if a fellow rider needs help in the future. Just saying.....karma can be a bitch. Happy trails, and glad to hear yours is working great

 

[sgilbert]

I have a place right on back lake. heading there monday. last year saw alot of assualts on ropes or panels open. really wanted to stop and ask how they like their bad a assault. one went by me on one lung. group up on stub hill swapping plugs in a now one lung mxzero. I cant imagine buying a brand new sled just to have it blow. those guys are so thick skulled they go get another

 

[Caveman]

Yes, yes Sleddog, of course in every case where there wasn't already a crowd on scene, I offered to help, been doing this long enough to know that ditching someone on the trail comes back to haunt you. That's why it was me digging out Romeo's Polaris stuck in the woods when he says "any idea how to get this out".....meaning "can you help me". Gotcha covered!

 

[birdmayon]

I'll be up in Pittsburg the first full week of Feb. Can't wait. Hope the trails survive this warm-up this weekend, confident it shouldn't be an issue.

 

[tomanytoyz]

Abouts how old you say these broken sleds are?

 

[Murse]

Does it matter?

 

[sx7001]

Those broken down "BLOWTAX" are becoming a safety issue!!!!! Least they could do is drag it to the side of the trail so the Yamaha's can get by LOL!!!!!!

 

[MtN_Rx1er]

Those broken down "BLOWTAX" are becoming a safety issue!!!!! Least they could do is drag it to the side of the trail so the Yamaha's can get by LOL!!!!!!

Lol, too funny. i too couldnt believe the 1.3 hour trip i took to regina the fort qu'appelle way when i went to get my clutch weights. on the way there i encounterd a polaris sittin in the ditch with the hood open and someone hooking up in front of him, and on the way back there was different polaris with the lid up and a yamaha parked beside it , on the way back i stopped at the gas station and this poor guy was heading back to the city after his riding was cut short yes 2 belts later, he was out of belts,lol,must have been a polaris day or something
all these machines look nice, sleek , some definatly are tempting ,but knowing what i know about 4 strokes already.. reliability,power-torque from bottom to top ,Sound!..etc, ill never look back when i drive a brand thats got a beast for a powertrain!

 

[KevinS]

Last weekend i saw a 2 guys parked along the trail both with their hoods open. One a Rx-1 and the other a skidoo. They were both looking at the skidoo. Then on the way back there was a guy on the side of the trail with all of his panels off his Nytro and he was on the phone. I am assuming he was calling for a pickup.

Last year I had to get my attak towed once due to a dead battery. Another time I had to call the wife to come and pick me up along the side of the trail because i broke my rear skid.

 

[soldi]

this is a great thred, bring the camera next time!

 

[Hammer 1]

Went out last saturday and within a half mile the older Arctic cat with 1000mi was broken down. I was told it was running on 1 cylinder and was towed back. Luckily a friend had a spare 660 turbo cat for him to use.

The secod guy had a brand new Arctic Cat 1100 all stock turbo.So I mentioned that we can test it and he said no as he wanted to do a proper break in. He told me with 18mi on his sled that when he gave it some gas he twisted (broke) a cog and had to bring it back to dealer for repair. So while riding that day he kept hearing the track racheting and kept tightening up the track on it. Finally after the 5th time tightening it up he looked and found several drive cogs on the track broken off or warn out. I'm curious what the dealer is going to do for im. He just got done studding it to. Lets just say he wasn't happy. I hope that thing is ready for our Maine trip. I need to see what they can do.

 

[YammyRX1]

Trip 1 - 160 miles:
2 broken down Polaris (1 had spent the night)
3 broken down SkiDoo's (2 with a crowd, 1 on a rope)
1 crashed Artic Cat (riding beyong his capabilities and went in the woods and hit a tree)
2 Sled Dog teams going 5 mph (and staying in their lane - some of the few that day)
0 broken down Yamahas

I was going to tell you to add a 'knock on wood' after that report but sounds like the Artic Cat guy took care of that for you (hope he was okay).

 

[tomanytoyz]

Does it matter?

No really..but they could be 30yrs old..