I am really starting to think all the mods on my 2015 are becoming a real detriment when thinking about getting a newer sled.
If I had a stock sled, it would be a lot easier to part with than mine now with all its expensive painstakingly installed mods.
Sure, I could steal the TKI belt drive, ZBros Kiss Bracket, and the Barcode kit but that's about it.
The running boards, Boysen rage cages, Full SLP pipe system, Power Commander V, MDS weights all turn into selling points for my sled but, nothing more.
I guess I could remove some of them and sell them separately.
Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy doing the mods for the most part and they give me some great shop projects when the weather is bad. They are a form of a mental escape. Listening to tunes, having a beer or two and putting life's stressors out of my mind.
Perhaps a few mods are good (especially if you can steal them and use them on your next sled) but, going whole hog and trying to make your older sled keep up with the times is never a money making proposition.
Moving forward, the practical thing to do might be adding a lightweight exhaust canister, a set of skis or a bar riser would be the extent of my mod list, if I were smart. But, I'm not, and like many of you, I grew up modding what were essentially trail sleds trying to make them work in the mountains.
Those old traditions die hard and doing mods has become part of my life.
What's your solution for the best way forward when sleds now come from the factory better than we could ever build them 10 years ago?
If I had a stock sled, it would be a lot easier to part with than mine now with all its expensive painstakingly installed mods.
Sure, I could steal the TKI belt drive, ZBros Kiss Bracket, and the Barcode kit but that's about it.
The running boards, Boysen rage cages, Full SLP pipe system, Power Commander V, MDS weights all turn into selling points for my sled but, nothing more.
I guess I could remove some of them and sell them separately.
Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy doing the mods for the most part and they give me some great shop projects when the weather is bad. They are a form of a mental escape. Listening to tunes, having a beer or two and putting life's stressors out of my mind.
Perhaps a few mods are good (especially if you can steal them and use them on your next sled) but, going whole hog and trying to make your older sled keep up with the times is never a money making proposition.
Moving forward, the practical thing to do might be adding a lightweight exhaust canister, a set of skis or a bar riser would be the extent of my mod list, if I were smart. But, I'm not, and like many of you, I grew up modding what were essentially trail sleds trying to make them work in the mountains.
Those old traditions die hard and doing mods has become part of my life.
What's your solution for the best way forward when sleds now come from the factory better than we could ever build them 10 years ago?