Recent content by john_the_fisherman

That's nothing new for Polaris. It seems like once every ten years they build an arson special. The old Storm 750 and 800s used to like to do the Branch Dividian thing too. That turned out to be an unshielded gas line that would rub raw and leak. Maybe we know what IQ stands for now: Incinerates...

The three bangers do it too. My Vector has about 7000 miles and it rattles like a damn tambourine. I suppose I should pull it apart. What a pain in the arse!

Dumb question with probably an obvious answer but... Why do a lot of guys who race the Iron Dog wear open face helmets? I am assuming it's for fluid intake, but I wasn't sure if there was some other strategy. Seems like a major safety issue to me. I don't I'd want to race anything that grueling...

Compare that to a Skidoo, most of them are run virtually stock. You're kidding right? That new Rev XP has as many setup and calibration issues as any sled on the market, barring maybe the Nytro. The old Rev was just as bad if not worse. The shocks on a Gen 1 600SDI were valved and setup for...

I had two 1994 750s. Hands down the coolest sled(s) I've ever owned! The 750s really weren't that fast, but if you wanted to empty out a trail side bar, just pull up and rev the motor a couple of times. You want to watch for the crank being out of phase. The 800s weren't as prone as the 750s...

Come on guys... this is marketing, what do you expect. I have yet to see an OEM video that wasn't complete one sided propaganda and BS and that includes Yamaha. Yeah, the Johnny Skeptical ones were funny, but they were total propaganda. What should disturb people more than any of these stupid...

Yeah, it is really odd that Yamaha can't source the simple stuff! The boogie wheels, bearings, tie-rod ends, and ball joints all need to be better and that goes for their four wheelers too! Polaris actually has always used great bearings. Timkens, NTNs, whatever the top of the line is. In fact...

It depends on your dealer. It is technically a wear item, but depending on miles, if your dealer goes to bat for you he should be able to get it covered. Didn't you feel the thing going? Your left foot must have been vibrating pretty bad. You can grease those bearings without a zerk. Just take...

Hope I'm wrong, but... I don't think there's going to be anything but BNG in March. Yamaha has bet the whole ranch on this Nytro platform and the development/marketing dollars are going to go that direction. They need to prove that chassis before they dump any different motors in it. At this...

Davidson has been flying in the "last speed" column too. His speed is a little down past the halfway point, but he's been well into the 80s on several of the updates. He sure likes that "go fast, turn left" track! All biases aside, isn't it bizarre that Arctic Cat has never won the SOO...

Unfortunately, they cut the course. Not excactly sure of the details, though. There were plenty of areas deep in the bush country where someone could have easily cut of some good chunks off the course. Hat's off to Byran Dyrdahl for winning, but by almost 10 minutes???

LOL He is a freak, but I like it! He is damn fast. Plus, according to a couple of guys I know that race Polaris, the open motors Tim Bender is building for them have about 10 HP on every other Polaris mill in the pits. If Yamaha could get him back tuning and get the Kid racing. Wouldn't it be...

Funny... I was condemned to the fires of hell about a week ago for trying to warn people that this kind of stuff was going to be a problem. I've counted just about a new thread every two or three days on this subject. 'Nuff said.

It's really hard to make a fair comparison b/w the '97 supercross season and the current snocross effort for a couple of big reasons. First, AMA allowed a consession in 1996 for Yamaha to run the YZ400F because they didn't really have a solid 4 stroke rule in the books because it was never...

I'll ask you the same question you asked me on a previous thread, are you having fun here or am I not allowed to ask since I'm not Mr. Moderator? Hate to break the news to you, man, but NytroSX's opinions are a lot closer to fact then yours are. You said earlier that Yamaha has a "master...