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(An article found on Off Road . COM about used sleds) If you buy a new one,
buy a good used one and make it BETTER!
We felt like we got a pretty good deal because of the mileage, warranty, and the overall condition. The engine ran like new, there were no tears in the seat, and the suspension worked freely without any broken parts. It was just what we were looking for and we already had decided what we'd modify to make it better than new. Planned Project Used Mods. 1. Camoplast Trail Performance Track Install and How
it Worked. If you would like to see your product on the our Project
Used Yamaha, email the Editor. (con'd right hand side...)
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 This beautiful sled was loaned to Crazy Al by Michael Nor, and I can still remember the smile on Al's face as he tried it out, up and down the lake. It was the very last photo I took
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Our XTC-700 was exactly what we hoped for in a project sled. First it was a bone-stock, unmolested machine, with its bulletproof, 700 cc, triple-cylinder engine, one of the best engines on the market. In addition, the after-market folks have made a ton of "Go Fast Parts" for the engine. Second this sled had a great suspension system under it; sometimes this is more important than raw horsepower. If you are bouncing all over the trail and hanging on for dear life, all the horse power in the world is not going to make that day's ride any better. The sled will spend most of its new life riding in the Adirondack Park and Tug Hill regions of upstate New York. These trails are usually in great shape. But sometimes on a Sunday afternoon, these trails become very beat up, with holes big enough to lose your tow vehicle and trailer in. For that reason, the long travel suspension was a huge plus. Okay, okay. Enough about that. Let's address the problems with the sled. On the way home from buying the sled, we stopped at the car wash. We washed off a layer or two or dirt and went to work on really cleaning it up. With about $20.00 of cleaning supplies and waxes, to our amazement it looked like a new sled, in spite of the scratches on the cowl. A good plastic scratch remover works wonders. I took a ride to the local Yamaha dealer and purchased some touch-up paint. I really took my time to fill in the scratches and build them up. Now you don't even know they were ever there. The sled looks as good as the day it came off of the dealer's showroom floor. As for the radius rods, I ordered new ones from my local Yamaha dealer. I also replaced all the bushings in the rods. The parts cost around $78.00 with tax and took about an hour to install with simple, hand tools and a floor jack to lift the front of the sled. A little word of caution if you are going to do this. It is a good idea to measure the distance from the locking nut to the heim joint, then loosen the locking nut, unscrew the rods, and replace them with the new ones. Finally bolt them into place. You just want to make sure your ski alignment is proper since you can mess your alignment up pretty bad changing the rods. Next we tackled those old, metal skis with plastic bottoms riveted to the bottom. This is how it came from the dealer. We replaced the stock skis with a set of C&A Pro Plastic Snow-Cross skis. These are very aggressive skis with a large center keel to aid in the performance and when it gets rough. They weigh about half of what the stock skis weigh, which is free horsepower when you remove weight. C&A also supplied us with a set of six-inch carbide runners, which should help us really carve up the trails. If you want a less aggressive steering response, you can cut a 45º angle to the end of the runners. It will help the skis turn easier. In the future we have great plans for the Yamaha. Our plans include putting on a more aggressive track and stud pattern to improve performance and handling. A set of pipes is most likely in the works to also help out on the performance end. Some clutch work and a set of reeds are a great possibility too. We have a few surprises up our sleeves to make this machine better than new. It might even be better than what is out there on the showroom floor! We're taking a cream puff of a sled, which
is a few years old, and we are going to turn it into a dream ride; it
will handle and run with the best of the new sleds, possibly even better.
It will end up costing less than a new sled, but will be tuned and modified
into an all-around machine great machine. We are hoping to do some comparisons
against some brand-new sleds to see how we measure up. Stay logged on
to Off-Road.com for more information and comparisons. If you have any
ideas for something you would like us to try, just drop the section
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