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i like the old sleds. I don't have one anymore but used to have a old 440 chaparral (dont rememeber the year) and a guy I know swapped in a ski-doo drive train so it had decent suspension. like posted before don't expect to be able to do heavy trail riding on a sled like that but they are fun to tool around in the yard, my friend currently has 2 oldies, a 80's enticer and 80' ski-doo. onlt advice I can give about newer used sleds is if they have high mileage check for a leaking crank seal, I had to rebuild my old 01 mxz twice because of it.
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For $200 I wouldn't even fix the cylinder. Buy it, ride it til it dies, give it a good funeral. That engine wasn't the best one Yamaha ever made. As others have mentioned, if you can get into the 90's you'll have a MUCH better machine as for comfort, dependability and parts availability. The 400 indys were a bulletproof sled. Even the 340 air cooled Polaris were OK.
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They make blocks you can widen the ski stance a few inches to make it handle better, we did that with a couple older sleds. It helps some.
I would go real trail riding, you will be hurting after about an hour or so.....the new sleds have like 10-14" of suspension.
Here a shot of one of my buddy's jumping....back when we were into it.
I would go real trail riding, you will be hurting after about an hour or so.....the new sleds have like 10-14" of suspension.
Here a shot of one of my buddy's jumping....back when we were into it.
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Good going! Drive it like it's a rental!
And we wonder why my back is bad. Yup, that's me, 1990ish. It's a Yamaha SRV.
PS Before you start it always check & double check that the throttle is working properly. Especially if it was in a heated place, then taken out. The cables can get damp & freeze. If it has a tether switch, USE IT.
And we wonder why my back is bad. Yup, that's me, 1990ish. It's a Yamaha SRV.
PS Before you start it always check & double check that the throttle is working properly. Especially if it was in a heated place, then taken out. The cables can get damp & freeze. If it has a tether switch, USE IT.
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Is this from experience?Freddy wrote:PS Before you start it always check & double check that the throttle is working properly. Especially if it was in a heated place, then taken out. The cables can get damp & freeze. If it has a tether switch, USE IT.
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The older ones are more prone to it. Back in the 70's it was common to have to work them a bit to get them freed up. I personally never had a crash because of it, but, a good buddy that lived near the river, well, he was going to take his girlfriend out for a ride. She was in the house getting suited up. He went out & started the machine to let it warm up a bit. It was a brand new 1971 340 ski-doo. The throttle stuck, he fell off, the sled went up over a snowbank, out onto the ice in the river. About half way across the river it hit some bumps & turned downstream....toward the dam.... it found open water & in it went. They hired divers but never found it. To the best of my knowledge to this day it remains on the bottom . His dad, nor his girlfriend, were impressed.gambler wrote:Is this (stuck throttle) from experience?
Sometime in the 80's they figured out how to make waterproof cables & it's now a rare thing to have one stick.... but, always, always, check. Most (all?) of the new machines have some sort of safety that senses a stuck throttle & auto-shut off.
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This one was ridden HARD! Might decide to get it running for some drunken fun around the yard! :punk: