WHO LIVES IN THE EXTREME COLD?

Yellowknife said:
no, not a day off, well, it's a saturday, and CBC throws it for the country.
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Come on were talkin Canada & Hockey here. It should be a paid Monday off and hockey on TV all day!!!
 
Haha, I agree with Yellowknife you should head up here to Yellowknife, at the moment it is -32c here and the past couple days it was -40c
 
So how do your sleds do up there?

Like I said in the previous post...Yamaha told me today that -40 is about the limits of the sled before you start to se starting issues. How do your sleds do up there? How well do they start? I assume you store them in a garage of some kind? If it's outside overnight in that kind of temp (-40) have you ever went out to start it? Was the motor noisy at first?

I remember the coldest temperature ever recorded in Chicago and that was -27°F (-33°C) on January 20, 1985, with a wind chill of -83°F (-64°C).
My old 77 Chevy Impala started that day, but was that motor noisy for a while...not to mention the flat spots on the tires. It felt like I was driving a 4 wheeled brick. That car normally rode pretty good for an old boat...but not that day

Oils of course has come a long way, but I'm curious how the sleds do up there?
 
My sled does just fine. I leave mine outside because we moved to a house without a garage. The coldest so far that I tried to start it was high -20C - low -30C. When it starts it was really loud, but once it warms up it is just fine.
 
Tridav3 said:
My sled does just fine. I leave mine outside because we moved to a house without a garage. The coldest so far that I tried to start it was high -20C - low -30C. When it starts it was really loud, but once it warms up it is just fine.
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so it is making some racket when it's that cold. Man i would be cringing...
I'm working on a solution for you guys.....

;)!


:4STroke:
 
SIMMER said:
Get a map and check out Cochrane, Kapuskasing or Hearst, Ontario.

Thats where we ride. One day last winter we were sitting in Cochrane having lunch and met a bunch of guys from Honda testing generators. There were about 4 Japanese guys and 2 or 3 Canadian guys running generators straight for days in the cold.

It's well known that the big 3 use Kapuskasing for testing their new cars as well. If you go in late January or Febraury you're sure to get the weather you need. -30 to -40C at night is very common.


PS....All 3 of these towns are great places to stay and these towns represent the best trails in Ontario. IMO ;)!
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x2.. It's f^&*( cold up there.
 
SNOWDOG said:
So how do your sleds do up there?

Like I said in the previous post...Yamaha told me today that -40 is about the limits of the sled before you start to se starting issues. How do your sleds do up there? How well do they start? I assume you store them in a garage of some kind? If it's outside overnight in that kind of temp (-40) have you ever went out to start it? Was the motor noisy at first?

I remember the coldest temperature ever recorded in Chicago and that was -27°F (-33°C) on January 20, 1985, with a wind chill of -83°F (-64°C).
My old 77 Chevy Impala started that day, but was that motor noisy for a while...not to mention the flat spots on the tires. It felt like I was driving a 4 wheeled brick. That car normally rode pretty good for an old boat...but not that day

Oils of course has come a long way, but I'm curious how the sleds do up there?
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Yamaha is being optomistic when they say -40 is the cut off. First lets eliminate windchill's, because i'm talking air temperatures. The cut off for my Phazer is -26/-27 C or -15/-17 F. That's not acceptable. The compression in the motor is higher than average and that's the reason. There's a CDI update which as far as I can tell only causes the sled to idle higher for longer, and there's a decompression system update which my new motor will have but will need testing.

The cut off for the Nytro, if it has been running on a daily basis is -38 C or -36 F. That's more like it.

I store my sleds outside. When they won't start because of the above mentioned temps, I plug in the coolant heater and after a half hour they will fire up.

Once they fire up, they sound and run fine. They also perform well (engine wise) in -40 riding temps.

All this being said, my phazer motor just blew so i'm sure our conditions didn't help extend the life of it.
 
If you make to Kapuskasing area PM me I'd be glad to show you around. Today -24 C with windchill -30 C (-22 F). The last three or four days have been rather cool. I haven't seen the GM cars out yet. We have a cold weather testing site here as stated earlier. As for my sled starting no problem. I did have an issue once with the LCD display not showing up for approx 1 minute but after it warmed up no problem. I think it was in the -30 C area before windchill.
 
So, folks with the Gen120 carb'd engines, how are they doing in the cold? My Venture (06) started at -17 F after sitting on Moosehead lake in front of camp overnight. But it made me a bit nervous wondering if it would go.
 
Jigger said:
If you make to Kapuskasing area PM me I'd be glad to show you around. Today -24 C with windchill -30 C (-22 F). The last three or four days have been rather cool. I haven't seen the GM cars out yet. We have a cold weather testing site here as stated earlier. As for my sled starting no problem. I did have an issue once with the LCD display not showing up for approx 1 minute but after it warmed up no problem. I think it was in the -30 C area before windchill.
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I appreciate that. I did Canada back in 97 and I loved it! It's hard to get guys to go that far when the UP has good riding, but I have covered every trail in the UP a million times, so I would not mind heading up there again.

As far as my testing I found a US ARMY testing facility that has a testing room for military equipment. We talk for about 45 minutes yesterday and they may be able to help me out. They could even supply the sleds from local dealer. I like that idea so then I don't have to lug my sled anywhere and I don't need to crank it over a bunch of times in sub zero temps. These guys at the Army were pretty nice to chat with and sounded pretty interested. They do testing for all kinds of military equipment and private companys depending on what it is.
 
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