Yellowknife
TY 4 Stroke Master
Update: Phazer RACK
I've ordered a cargo rack from www.royaldistributing.com
It's a large rack and I think it will work awesome on my Mountain Lite. Its a universal rack, I've installed them on sleds before and they work awesome.
In this case I'm going to install it through the bars/tubing/tunnel at the rear of the sled. There are 4 bolts that I will drill holes for through the bars/tubing/tunnel at the rear. These bars at the rear are reinforced further down the tunnel so I am going to take the chance that they can handle the load. The bonus of the rack, if I measured right, is that it also has side bars in front of it which will allow a backpack on top of the tunnel strapped in at the rear, far enough away from the exhaust. When I get it and install it, it will make a lot more sense with pictures for you guys. I think it is the best option I've seen out there, and only $140.
Basically the rack mounts to the sides of the tunnel, but the rack itself will sit far back, behind the snowflap even, at tunnel height. That's far back from the exhaust for sure. Then the bars that lead to the mounting locations will act as 'side rails' for the rearmost portion of the tunnel, allowing a pack or something to fit snugly in the middle and have strap down points. Again the mounting to the bars should be a firm point to handle the weight that is in the rack. We'll see...but I definitely need something and don't like the DD rack's as much as this one.
I've ordered a cargo rack from www.royaldistributing.com
It's a large rack and I think it will work awesome on my Mountain Lite. Its a universal rack, I've installed them on sleds before and they work awesome.
In this case I'm going to install it through the bars/tubing/tunnel at the rear of the sled. There are 4 bolts that I will drill holes for through the bars/tubing/tunnel at the rear. These bars at the rear are reinforced further down the tunnel so I am going to take the chance that they can handle the load. The bonus of the rack, if I measured right, is that it also has side bars in front of it which will allow a backpack on top of the tunnel strapped in at the rear, far enough away from the exhaust. When I get it and install it, it will make a lot more sense with pictures for you guys. I think it is the best option I've seen out there, and only $140.
Basically the rack mounts to the sides of the tunnel, but the rack itself will sit far back, behind the snowflap even, at tunnel height. That's far back from the exhaust for sure. Then the bars that lead to the mounting locations will act as 'side rails' for the rearmost portion of the tunnel, allowing a pack or something to fit snugly in the middle and have strap down points. Again the mounting to the bars should be a firm point to handle the weight that is in the rack. We'll see...but I definitely need something and don't like the DD rack's as much as this one.
Superman
TY 4 Stroke Master
what page is it on?
Yellowknife
TY 4 Stroke Master
Go under the letter 'B', then look for 'Backrests', then there's two on there - two racks that is, with no backrests on them.
Superman
TY 4 Stroke Master
Got it, thank you.
Yellowknife
TY 4 Stroke Master
I'm going with the one meant for the 17" to 17.5" tunnel, because measuring the mounting points, the distance is 16.5", and the other rack that is designed for 16 to 17" tunnel or whatever it is, would be too tight, I have one at home I was able to measure up. So the wider (and for some unknown reason less expensive) rack is the way to go if you're mounting it on the rear tubing/tunnel like I am.
Yellowknife
TY 4 Stroke Master
OCTANE UPDATE
You all know that if you use 87 octane as opposed to 91, the timing is set back a few degrees to compensate.
Well, after several high speed full throttle runs in powder and on hard packed using 87 octane and then using 91 octane, I have absolutely NO difference in speeds, and I sure as heck can't tell of any difference in power.
I'm waiting for colder weather to test the cold starting suggestion from yamaha relating to the octane. I have a feeling that will bomb as well. If that's the case there is just no point in wasting money on 91 octane fuel. Stay tuned.
You all know that if you use 87 octane as opposed to 91, the timing is set back a few degrees to compensate.
Well, after several high speed full throttle runs in powder and on hard packed using 87 octane and then using 91 octane, I have absolutely NO difference in speeds, and I sure as heck can't tell of any difference in power.
I'm waiting for colder weather to test the cold starting suggestion from yamaha relating to the octane. I have a feeling that will bomb as well. If that's the case there is just no point in wasting money on 91 octane fuel. Stay tuned.
RX-Eskimo
Pro
- Joined
- Jul 14, 2005
- Messages
- 175
- Location
- Pond Inlet, Nunavut
- Country
- Canada
- Snowmobile
- RX-1 2003 Mountain
That would be good to hear...Hey YK, check on the gas mileage if you are going with a tankful of 91 octane compared with the 87...See if there is any difference due to timing.
RX-E
PS. I have used Octane booster for my RX-1 on and off...not sure of ours, but I think it is 87 as well in Nunavut
RX-E
PS. I have used Octane booster for my RX-1 on and off...not sure of ours, but I think it is 87 as well in Nunavut
Yellowknife
TY 4 Stroke Master
Well I guess I should give you guys some pictures eh?
I keep a thread on dootalk updated with my adventures with pics and video from every trip. Here's a sample of last weekend:
Wall Tent Weekend Number Four
Friday night myself, Mark and Greg headed out to the wall tent. When we arrived we had a wonderful surprise. A snowfall that dumped about 6 inches of snow in Yellowknife last thursday ended up dumping about 18 inches of it at our wall tent! Saturday morning, Ray came out early and Mark and myself went riding for the day. We attempted breaking trail to Gordon. We were able to find the old winter roads with the GPS, but the snow was so deep that breaking trail was turning into more work than fun!
When Ray was leading, he was getting stuck every 30 seconds...
No big deal, just a little snow build up in front of the sled right? Well, that gets old after being stuck 12 times...LOL
So the trail breaking continued but it was tough going, getting so warm from helping each other out of the deep snow, it was becoming too much like work!!
Now the Mountain Lite was breaking trail a little better than the Firecat for sure, but being so tippy and with limited space between trees, I was all over the place!! A boondocking sled, yes. A stable trail breaker like a bearcat? No. Definitely not. lol
Of coarse, Mark had it easy behind us...
Or did he?
After 3 hours of trail breaking we decided to call it quits and start getting stuck for fun...
The snow depth out there was unprecidented! I've never seen snow that deep up here, there was over four feet of bottomless powder...
Mark wiping out...
How much snow is there??
This much!!
Of coarse powder riding on lakes and spinning down to the ice can becoming pretty tiring...
At days end, I decided to get stupid...must have been all the exhaustion...
The windshield popped off, safety feature. Basically I tried to climb, spun out on rock and thought the machien was going to come back on me. Luckily it stopped short. LOL
The powder riding continued...
The mountain lite is a blast in this stuff, I had her to the bar 90% of the time and it didn't miss a beat as far as engine performance goes. When I rolled it above, I lost some oil out the breather, but nothing much...and it fired back up right away surprisingly.
On Sunday, Greg decided to join us...
Sunday afternoon, we seen some caribou but we didn't have the toboggan or the gun with us, so I hopped on Greg's sled to go get the Boggan while Mark and Greg made a fire. I made it about 5 minutes away when Greg's belt exploded on me. It was nasty, the belt cords were wrapped around the primary and I couldn't get them off the crank shaft because I didn't have any tools. I put the new belt on and got back to Mark and Greg. The caribou hunt was cancelled at this stage of the day, Greg got all the belt strands off with plyers and we were on our way. I can't believe I forgot to take pictures of the exploded belt.
What a weekend!!
Wall Tent Weekend Number Four Video!!
Okay folks, I spent a few hours on this tonight, sifting through footage from the weekend, etc. This is a powder riding dedicated video, hack & slashed together.
I'd like to thank Mark for his particularly thrilling and bashing commentary while he video taped me powder riding. I had a good laugh when I actually played back the footage for the first time tonight. Nice camera work Mark!
Anyway, it is PG-13 with no swearing! It is also 9 minutes long, so before you click, grab a drink, put the headphones on and enjoy our riding experience from the weekend!! Hope you guys like it!!!!
Cheers
YK
Duncan Lake Powder Riding
I keep a thread on dootalk updated with my adventures with pics and video from every trip. Here's a sample of last weekend:
Wall Tent Weekend Number Four
Friday night myself, Mark and Greg headed out to the wall tent. When we arrived we had a wonderful surprise. A snowfall that dumped about 6 inches of snow in Yellowknife last thursday ended up dumping about 18 inches of it at our wall tent! Saturday morning, Ray came out early and Mark and myself went riding for the day. We attempted breaking trail to Gordon. We were able to find the old winter roads with the GPS, but the snow was so deep that breaking trail was turning into more work than fun!
When Ray was leading, he was getting stuck every 30 seconds...
No big deal, just a little snow build up in front of the sled right? Well, that gets old after being stuck 12 times...LOL
So the trail breaking continued but it was tough going, getting so warm from helping each other out of the deep snow, it was becoming too much like work!!
Now the Mountain Lite was breaking trail a little better than the Firecat for sure, but being so tippy and with limited space between trees, I was all over the place!! A boondocking sled, yes. A stable trail breaker like a bearcat? No. Definitely not. lol
Of coarse, Mark had it easy behind us...
Or did he?
After 3 hours of trail breaking we decided to call it quits and start getting stuck for fun...
The snow depth out there was unprecidented! I've never seen snow that deep up here, there was over four feet of bottomless powder...
Mark wiping out...
How much snow is there??
This much!!
Of coarse powder riding on lakes and spinning down to the ice can becoming pretty tiring...
At days end, I decided to get stupid...must have been all the exhaustion...
The windshield popped off, safety feature. Basically I tried to climb, spun out on rock and thought the machien was going to come back on me. Luckily it stopped short. LOL
The powder riding continued...
The mountain lite is a blast in this stuff, I had her to the bar 90% of the time and it didn't miss a beat as far as engine performance goes. When I rolled it above, I lost some oil out the breather, but nothing much...and it fired back up right away surprisingly.
On Sunday, Greg decided to join us...
Sunday afternoon, we seen some caribou but we didn't have the toboggan or the gun with us, so I hopped on Greg's sled to go get the Boggan while Mark and Greg made a fire. I made it about 5 minutes away when Greg's belt exploded on me. It was nasty, the belt cords were wrapped around the primary and I couldn't get them off the crank shaft because I didn't have any tools. I put the new belt on and got back to Mark and Greg. The caribou hunt was cancelled at this stage of the day, Greg got all the belt strands off with plyers and we were on our way. I can't believe I forgot to take pictures of the exploded belt.
What a weekend!!
Wall Tent Weekend Number Four Video!!
Okay folks, I spent a few hours on this tonight, sifting through footage from the weekend, etc. This is a powder riding dedicated video, hack & slashed together.
I'd like to thank Mark for his particularly thrilling and bashing commentary while he video taped me powder riding. I had a good laugh when I actually played back the footage for the first time tonight. Nice camera work Mark!
Anyway, it is PG-13 with no swearing! It is also 9 minutes long, so before you click, grab a drink, put the headphones on and enjoy our riding experience from the weekend!! Hope you guys like it!!!!
Cheers
YK
Duncan Lake Powder Riding
Yellowknife
TY 4 Stroke Master
Oh, HERE'S THE VIDEO FROM THE -40 WALL TENT WEEKEND
JANUARY DUNCAN WALL TENT TRIP
On another note, with the front end design of the phazer being so flat, like a 90 degree wall hitting the snow, it does slow it down and I think they could stand to use a better front end plate of some kind to gradually arch the front end so it glides over snow as opposed to pushing it in front.
JANUARY DUNCAN WALL TENT TRIP
On another note, with the front end design of the phazer being so flat, like a 90 degree wall hitting the snow, it does slow it down and I think they could stand to use a better front end plate of some kind to gradually arch the front end so it glides over snow as opposed to pushing it in front.
Yellowknife
TY 4 Stroke Master
Yellowknife
TY 4 Stroke Master
Okay, here's ride details from another weekend.
Went out to the Wall Tent on Friday night. Brought the Renegade and the Phazer. Saturday morning began exploring for Caribou.
Breaking trail to Gordon Lake...
Sadly no fresh sign of caribou! Lots and lots of 1 or 2 week old tracks and bedding....but the adventure heated up when this happened...
Yes, the boggan hitch exploded. LOL. One of the bolts busted off the side and the rest was history. We got it back to the tent with ropes. Sunday we continued our exploring, down to a dam on the south end of Duncan Lake. Lots of abandoned stuff...
The exploring continued...
The medium windshield on the phazer...I like it better than the big one, and it's warmer than nothing at all of coarse...
Happy New Year!! Sunday night we had our own fireworks display. Unfortunately only one picture turned out...
Monday morning the riding continued...
Tuesday, we did a wood run with the busted boggan before we left back to town late afternoon...
Another fantastic weekend comes to a close with only a few casualties...the boggan, a burned scarf, and a minor antifreeze leak on the phazer.
Oh, and the fly wheel is ready to 'fly' off the primary on my Renegade. This is the third time in 3 seasons. Plus the electric start contacts the fly wheel under acceleration, hense the loosening. BRP really has a problem with this. 3rd time for me. Also kill switch doesn't work, and electric start solenoid is intermittently not working. Going in for warranty right now. When I get it back, I'll bring the phazer in for the coolant leak...it's more of a drip than a leak, but I can't find where it is coming from.
Coolant Leak Update
Still leaking. My renegade is back and fixed after 28 days waiting for parts, hence the need for two sleds. Anyway, $1200 in warranty later, and now the phazer can go in so they can try and find that coolant leak for a second time.
Went out to the Wall Tent on Friday night. Brought the Renegade and the Phazer. Saturday morning began exploring for Caribou.
Breaking trail to Gordon Lake...
Sadly no fresh sign of caribou! Lots and lots of 1 or 2 week old tracks and bedding....but the adventure heated up when this happened...
Yes, the boggan hitch exploded. LOL. One of the bolts busted off the side and the rest was history. We got it back to the tent with ropes. Sunday we continued our exploring, down to a dam on the south end of Duncan Lake. Lots of abandoned stuff...
The exploring continued...
The medium windshield on the phazer...I like it better than the big one, and it's warmer than nothing at all of coarse...
Happy New Year!! Sunday night we had our own fireworks display. Unfortunately only one picture turned out...
Monday morning the riding continued...
Tuesday, we did a wood run with the busted boggan before we left back to town late afternoon...
Another fantastic weekend comes to a close with only a few casualties...the boggan, a burned scarf, and a minor antifreeze leak on the phazer.
Oh, and the fly wheel is ready to 'fly' off the primary on my Renegade. This is the third time in 3 seasons. Plus the electric start contacts the fly wheel under acceleration, hense the loosening. BRP really has a problem with this. 3rd time for me. Also kill switch doesn't work, and electric start solenoid is intermittently not working. Going in for warranty right now. When I get it back, I'll bring the phazer in for the coolant leak...it's more of a drip than a leak, but I can't find where it is coming from.
Coolant Leak Update
Still leaking. My renegade is back and fixed after 28 days waiting for parts, hence the need for two sleds. Anyway, $1200 in warranty later, and now the phazer can go in so they can try and find that coolant leak for a second time.
Yellowknife
TY 4 Stroke Master
Here's more pics for you guys...sorry for the sudden explosion of them, I'll try and keep things up to date from this point on...hard to find the time with all the riding!!
Inside the wall tent, our loaded table! We live rich in the bush...
Beds...
Door/Wood stove...
All tarped and protected from the elements!
Wood cuttin!
CARIBOU!!!!!!!!!!!
Me getting the footage...
No problem knocking one down if I had a rifle on me...
Bring up a wood load...
Loading the wood into the tent...no better way that put the boggan right in!!!
Nearby pressure ridges...
And finally, the teepee located half way down the lake...
Inside the wall tent, our loaded table! We live rich in the bush...
Beds...
Door/Wood stove...
All tarped and protected from the elements!
Wood cuttin!
CARIBOU!!!!!!!!!!!
Me getting the footage...
No problem knocking one down if I had a rifle on me...
Bring up a wood load...
Loading the wood into the tent...no better way that put the boggan right in!!!
Nearby pressure ridges...
And finally, the teepee located half way down the lake...
cork
Newbie
And where exactly do we sign up to live the life!!!
Awesome pics, please keep them coming!
Cork
Awesome pics, please keep them coming!
Cork
Irondoghalf
Veteran
Yellowknife said:
Is there a user selectable switch on this sled that you can flip from 87 or 91 octane? If there ain't, no possible way for the engine to know on its own what you put in at the pump, therefore the timing can't vary. If there is a switch, YOU just changed the timing.
Irondoghalf
Veteran
YK, your pics and stories are awesome!!! Keep it all coming, I love it.
Where did you get those humongously wide skis? Holy Carp!
Where did you get those humongously wide skis? Holy Carp!
Similar threads
