Recent content by GeFeldz

Literally? How are you typing without arms? Are you Stephen Hawking?

So that's about 60 pounds of fuel in uncertainty :)

With or without a full tank of gas? With a full tank of gas, that's pretty good.

They never stopped producing the Viking (VK 540). It's a HUGE seller in Russia and has been for a long time. People seem to think they've been 4-stroke only and suddenly are back producing 2-s sleds, when they just haven't offered the VK540 in north america for years. I think they didn't offer...

The track speed sensor is very probably the same speed sensor that feeds your speedo, they've probably just tied it in to the ECU for some control function as well as to give data to the speedo. It even said track speed sensor (drive shaft) in the pdf about the engine package.

I'd expect they say up to $600 because you won't get any change back if you buy, say, $580 worth of stuff.

I have to say, this year's lineup from all the manufacturers is awesome! The only one i wouldn't buy is the Polaris 800, i don't think they've quite got it reliable yet. If i had the funds for a new sled it would be VERY hard to choose between a Doo 850 and the Sidewinder BTX... Does the 850...

Mcx says a tuning kit is in the works with about 250 hp using the stock turbo, they'll probably make a bigger kit with a bigger turbo as well!

This is a real contender for the truly mission critical parts of the world, the arctic tundra regions where the sled really has to get you home and if it ever DOES go wrong, it has to be simple and easy to work on.

It does have altitude compensation, I've read the pdf but I can't remember where it was, I do remember the pdf spelling out no performance drop up to 10000 feet.

That's a good point, although they'll probably make it work. I've never understood the need or want of a push button reverse on a mechanical reverse system. The mechanical lever is intrinsically less likely to go wrong than any electronic system relying on a servo to move the bits around. The...

If you look closely at the new VK540 video, it says something like russian configuration shown... Take that as a clue, i'm pretty sure they sell a #*$&@-ton of VK540s in the russian markets and in the finnish market, plus a few here in Sweden as well. They re-designed and re-engineered it for...

If that's an honest dragrace between a stock Apex and a stock 'Winder with both pilots pulling the whole trigger, the 'Winder's probably going to succeed in both the lake racer versions as well as the mountain versions. A lot of Apex owners, me included, would probably sacrifice the EPS for a...

The FZ 09 motor, which is the same motor that's in the XSR, makes 115 hp at 10000 rpm. Why would Yamaha take that motor and re-engineer it with a downgear so the clutch can spin at 8500 rpm? They already have a three cylinder motor that outputs 130+ hp at clutchable rpm, it costs a lot less to...

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