venture lite vs. RS venture

[Paul_C]

... Not too bad off trail, other than a little tippy and extremely heavy (especially with the snow and ice build up in the tunnel). ...

I can now vouch for exactly how tippy and heavy they are...

I was riding alone this morning and all I can say is Thank God I had the Warn sno-winch - which did the job - but is now not working properly....

I can also share that if you dump the Venture Lite as displayed above and leave it that way while you bust a nut trying to lift it - dig it out - then get a winch setup - you'll lose a couple of quarts of oil that'll dump into your air filter and all over the sled...

Glad I was 100yds away from a shop that opened later and had some oil and could clean my filter - and supplied rags for me to try to wipe most of the remaining oil off the sled...

fun fun fun

Hmm, reminds me of the first time that I rode my RS Venture GT. My sled also rolled over and played dead. No Warn winch for me, just some very sore muscles next day.

 

[pogoyamie]

Put another 100 miles on this weekend on the vent lite...this time 2-up with the wife. I've always ridden the rockets, and we rented 2-ups...but my previous comments still hold true...excellent sled 2-up, great sled solo...no speed deamon by a long shot, but very happy with the performance. So, how fast is this thing supposed to be able to go, anyhow? I know it's not a 100+ lake laser, but what have you folks seen out of yours?

 

[karl]

Venture MP

we were out, two up in 10" of fresh on 10" of wind packed lake and hit 90 kmh with the engine turning around 10800. I am running a long track and a 17/45 gears, I think the Venture Lites sold in the States are running 19/45 gear sets so would be considerably faster. Probably in the area of 80 mph WFO on packed snow.

 

[pogoyamie]

this thing doesn't seem to get even close to that. I dont want to go WFO too long with 250 miles on it, but I cant seem to get 70mph out of her solo on a semi-packed trail...almost feels like something is dragging...track tension seems ok...not sure...maybe it needs to loosen up a bit

 

[OST]

So, how fast is this thing supposed to be able to go, anyhow? I know it's not a 100+ lake laser, but what have you folks seen out of yours?

Last year on groomed trail I hit 138kph which is 85mph on the dream meter with my v lite. That was with excellent conditions.