I've become pretty good at it, which is somewhat of a bummer, because I've gotten a lot better at not _getting_ stuck, so I have to use my un-sticking skills on other people. Now, I've got a LOT of experience getting sleds unstuck. Then, I had the opportunity to help a few guys dislodge one. 'What's 80# in the overall scheme of things?' Anyway - yeah, the Yamaha is 80# heavier (or 82, 91, whatever) - big deal, I thought. For pure access riding, I think a Yamaha would probably work VERY well, frankly (although deep snow, ehhh, who knows, lighter IS better, but I weigh a bazillion pounds, and when I get my sled stuck, it is my fault, not the sled's). That is a good note, though - a lot of Yamaha-bashers point out that they're heavy. Ĭertainly not saying a Yamahahaha is bad (although I did help dislodge one from the core of the earth this winter - holy crap, they ARE heavy.), just don't equate dirt bike maintenance/2t issues with snowmobiles snowmobiles are (IME) WAY more.uhh, easy to live with or something. I kinda hate 4 strokes out of principle (don't ask me what that principle is, I just hate them. IMHO, don't be afraid of a 2t sled - they're really very civilized compared to dirt bikes, and most of the pre/post season maintenance I do has little to do with the engine - greasing junk, cleaning things, etc.Īn 800cc sled is MORE than enough my primary tow-sled is an 03 Skidoo Summit 700, and it is really quite adequate. One of my sleds will foul plugs if it is upside down too long, one belt got destroyed by a jong who forgot about the parking brake. The key to a good season of snowmobile skiing seems to be maintenance before and after - I spend a fair bit of time at the end of each summer making sure all is well so far, it has paid off. Make them run, they idle, they don't foul plugs, they're REALLY well behaved compared to my 2t motorcycles.

The sleds, once set up correctly, run like, well, four stroke dirtbikes. About 5 miles each way ('commute') to the ski spots, so ~40 miles of actual sled-skiing. We've had a couple of big days with considerably more mileage, but on average, 50 is a good number. Plenty of people have gone WAY more, but using 1500 miles as the metric, you should get a full season (easily) out of a top end - our ski days are typically around 50 miles on the sled, at most. Yeah, they're both twostrokes, but the difference between my 2-wheeled twostrokes and snowmobiles is HUGE.Ī top end every 1500 miles seems to be the standard with 800cc sleds. What BakerBoy said, plus - and a big plus - 2 stroke moto does NOT equal 2t sleds.

2002 arctic cat 4stroke ski runners