No topic thread,,, Part 2
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From: Yorkton Sk
I want to talk about my addiction......it's August and I bought another snowmobile! I guess they're cheaper than trucks but geez! Maybe I was wishing for a cooler day when the extreme heat caused my cheque book to write itself dry.
Anyway, picked up a 2005 Polaris Switchback 800. Only 650 miles too. This has the 144" X 1.5" track so it should handle the big snow better than my SRX. I guess I now own 3 sleds, which is good by me!
Anyway, picked up a 2005 Polaris Switchback 800. Only 650 miles too. This has the 144" X 1.5" track so it should handle the big snow better than my SRX. I guess I now own 3 sleds, which is good by me!
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Hahaha...anytime, only problem is that two of them will stay at the farm and one will be here, but a get together ride would be real nice. And yes, snow would be good up here, I'm so sick of the mosquitos. I hope it stays nice down south though for the upcoming harvest though.
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Sorry Sherm but I'll be holding on to the SRX, it's way too much fun for trail/lake riding and in such good condition I don't think I could replace it with another used one of the same shape.
Laredo, the 05 Switchback was still in the edge chassis.
I was looking at a brand new 2005 900 Fusion (yep new!) for $5995 at Thomas Motors in Nipawin. The only problem is some of those models had troubles keeping belts on them and vibration issues and weren't real popular for Polaris. However once you got those issues sorted out they weren't too bad. I just didn't want to risk having problems when me and my GPS were 70 miles or more from any contact. That and I was looking for a longer track, the Fusion is a short track.
Laredo, the 05 Switchback was still in the edge chassis.
I was looking at a brand new 2005 900 Fusion (yep new!) for $5995 at Thomas Motors in Nipawin. The only problem is some of those models had troubles keeping belts on them and vibration issues and weren't real popular for Polaris. However once you got those issues sorted out they weren't too bad. I just didn't want to risk having problems when me and my GPS were 70 miles or more from any contact. That and I was looking for a longer track, the Fusion is a short track.
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From: Yorkton Sk
Hey Jack, how are things?
Yeah sheldon, if anyone is looking for a new sled that was probably over 10 G new then that is a great deal. With all the updates and upgrades you can get from SLP for it, I think they would be a good unit. I would have went for it if it was a long track.
Yeah sheldon, if anyone is looking for a new sled that was probably over 10 G new then that is a great deal. With all the updates and upgrades you can get from SLP for it, I think they would be a good unit. I would have went for it if it was a long track.
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the 900 in its first year was basically a flop. there's a couple of guys in melville that always get a truckload of new 2-3 year old sleds too and sell them for 3-4g under msrp.... good deals if you know what you want.
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Thomas Motors scored some big points with Polaris by taking lots of that left over inventory and blowing them out here. The 2006 900 was better than the 2005 but with all the factory updates it actually wasnt that bad. Like mentioned, with the SLP stuff it was strong but by the time you spend all that you may as well buy a newer one that is much lighter, doesnt shake and rattle, has better resale, and isnt percieved by the public as a boat anchor!
A few guys out here (on 900 RMK's) did all the factory updates, added SLP mods, got the clutches balanced, used different motor mounts and torque stops and got them working fine.
A few guys out here (on 900 RMK's) did all the factory updates, added SLP mods, got the clutches balanced, used different motor mounts and torque stops and got them working fine.
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From: Yorkton Sk
Yeah I think Thomas Motors bought all the left overs in Canada, they actually don't have that many left.
I'm glad I got the old 800 though..at least it has lots of years of production and was pretty good otherwise. The edge chassis is solid too.
I'm glad I got the old 800 though..at least it has lots of years of production and was pretty good otherwise. The edge chassis is solid too.