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Not all that innovative.
My Doo Olympic had that 10 yrs prior.
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11 hours ago, Strong Farmer said:
Really sad Yamaha was leader in 80’s before Polaris took over in 90’s then skidoo in 2000’s.
phazers, exciters we’re every where. Oh those vmax’s were pretty cool too.Yamaha was only manufacturer that could make a reliable tripple cylinder two stroke too.
I'm gunna place the start to their hayday a bit further back.
Mid/late 70's with the Enticers and the Exciters were a big deal as well.
That was also the start for Yamalube at that time. (big sales point I'd say!)
I remember drooling over the SS440 when that came out! It looked sharp in silver / blue (1982 or there aboots)
Was skeptic aboot the telescopic struts up front that came out aboot then.
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45 minutes ago, RAMSOMAIR said:
And now back to the topic at hand............
You got sumpthing new to add?
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That sticker doesn't look too new from here.
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4 hours ago, stoney said:
I found this posted on 23/24 permit fees - also states TBC.
Permit Type Full By Dec 1 By Nov 1 Notes Seasonal $293.60 $243.60 $213.60 +processing fee
2000 model year and newerClassic $200.88 $170.88 N/A +processing fee 1999
model year and earlierMulti-day $48.06 – – minimum purchase of 2 consecutive days Can anyone confirm whether the multi-day is $48/day, or $48 min for the 2 day min?
(2 days = $48 or $96)
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22 hours ago, Panther340 said:
Supposedly the Farmers Almanac agrees with that train of thought too. I bet Greta, the Enviro punk, is not happy . ....less speaking tours .
Well, considering how close the Farmers Alm was last year, I think that I'll wait'n see...
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17 hours ago, zoso said:
There are some very very nice and solid all welded aluminum hulls for big water. King Fisher, Henley, and many others. In BC you see many on the big water. A .01 riveted aluminum is the most basic small lake fishing hull, they used to be even thinner. Lund a premium priced brand still uses rivets. Pass.
What exactly is a ".01" rivet or alum?
Shirley you don't mean .010" thick material?
Tha'd be a bloody Dr. Pepper can!
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I know of at least one from Ontario that owns one, but the sled prolly aint here.
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On 7/25/2023 at 5:03 PM, Canuck said:
RX-1 tonne and ' float ' in the same.e sentence. Not that beast
Innovative as heck. Exhaust out the back ( loved it on my Apex ). But she certainly didn't ' float ' by any stretch of the imagination.
Only 1 ton I ever rode with ... IDK that it floated or not, but at the speed that thing went, it didn't need to.
Yami dealer in Gunnison, Colorado had a 2 stage (?) turbo set-up on his, with a 163 track.
My 163 x 2.25 tracked Summit made it 25-30% of the way up the big hill, and I turned out.
My chum made it 1/2 way, and turned out.
(it was really rotten snow! Seriously...)
Mr. WonTon went over the top so hard that he aired the whole thing out with remarkable ease!
OH friggin WOW!
Makes a fella feel a bit ... inconsequential .....
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Those are '23's?
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130,000 Loonies sounds awfully cheap to me for such a vee-hickle.
MotorTrend had a writ this last month or so about a new Bugatti.
THAT was just as impressive'a read!
That was just short of 1600 HP, V16, 64V, and quad (purty sure) turbo's!
Test driver was trying to hit 250, but on that day it's only go 245 MPH.
Test track @ shuttle landing in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
That's also an impressive car, but at $1.4M (?) USF, it really doesn't matter much anyhow.
But this Dodge is reachable by a LOT more people!
With all that said - I don't have a need for speed or racing.
There is always someone with more time and money to devote to being first.
But I can appreciate the engineering behind the results.
I don;'t need to be first, but I sure don't want to be last!
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1 hour ago, stoney said:
Many of the performance vehicles with higher comp. ratios today that you see on the road, require premium - Costco is definitely catering to those clients too.
There is no injection of octane booster going on...
Here is a Q&A from their website:
- What products do you sell?
- Regular unleaded (87 octane), Premium unleaded (91 octane), and Diesel (at select locations only).
That new 1025hp Crashler runs on E85 preferably.
Degraded to 950hp (?) if ran on premium gas.
(alcohol is a cooling agent)
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... and if it IS a Harley?
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5 hours ago, UsedtoSkidoo said:
Polaris no longer builds motorcycles
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Track issues usually stem from overheating - as I understand.
So, if you are running fast on hard trail, you will likely reduce the life of your track.
This is one of the reasons that my Summit goes slow.
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Sure aint that green down here!
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42 minutes ago, Baylaker said:
I guess I’ll be keeping my 18’ viper…I know what I have Yamahahaha!
I don’t think the yami engine will fit in that new cat chassis, most likely just one of the reasons they threw in the towel…
Fixed it for yuh.
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55 minutes ago, crispy said:
A low buck fun ripper sled would sell a ton. Something like the old school et250, light, fast enough, and fun to zoom around for 4K. I bet that would outsell every other sled model combined. Who wouldnt buy one? Then the people who get introduced into the sled world who otherwise wouldnt bother become hooked and upgrade. Heck 3K sled or something utterly crazy cheap would really shake things up and light the sport afire again. Just my 0.02 cents
B/c they can't sell a very high % of sleds with cardboardmeters anymore.
They apparently need to have a high$ fuel infection system to pass emissions.
So, they can make a few low buck sleds, but not many.
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1 hour ago, stoney said:
The tech and money has always been in the mountain segment that trickled down to trail sleds as applicable, and with none or most of us not living in mountain regions, is it really dead or dying - who can comment on what has been seen in the mountains and if they are seeing the decline like the trail side of things?
I do not think it is dying, just becoming something a smaller demographic can afford and do for a shorter window, so manufactures will or should limit their offerings to the trail segment based on that.
Most large corporation are all about market share, even when it may not make financial sense - although I think that mentality has changed over the years, just look at Yamaha, will Cat be next....with a new chassis just finally released, I do not think so.
There wasn't even such a thing as a "Mountain" segment until the mid 90's.
Let alone it "always" being the tech leader.
Yeah, the last 10+ years it seem to have been, but not historically.
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In case you weren't there at the time:
Textron owned Polaris in the 70's.
They weren't turning out big winners at that time.
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Been a decade commin'
Boy, in 1980 you Shirley wouldn't'a guessed they'd have gone this way!
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... and government grants to finance it?
Basic case of "other people's money"?
Bristol in Wawa as an example?
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Yamaha to stop producing snowmobiles after 2025 season
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IDK how the Yammi worked, and I don't recall how the Doo worked, but I also don't recall any issues with it?
Not like a Pontiac Fiero (wedge)
Those routinely had one headlight up and one down.
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