05 rt 1000

Alright I just bought a used 2005 Summit 1000. I read about the negatives here and elsewhere but figured what the hell for a cheap price and only 1000 miles. Did some searching too and didn't find the answer I was looking for anyway.

After letting the motor warm up and when idling, I hit the RER button and it will usually just kill it. Every now and then it will go into reverse, but most of the time it wont. It also won't idle very high. Sounds like it is going to die a lot (also fouled a set of plugs) All I did to it so far was gut the outer airbox. I am planning on going to the dealer and making sure it has the 07 mid altitude tune on it and also installing a thermostat. Just wondering if anybody else has this problem and has some insight on it. Maybe the uprgrade will help with the idle? Can I turn it up without a computer?

I'm a newbie to sleds (rode a powder special 700 for about 3 years living in Laramie, haven't rode for the last 3) and to the SDI but not to two stroke motors with carbs.

Thanks for the replies. I was telling myself it can't be a compression problem (until this post and I found that in the manual) so I've been avoiding that. It pulls hard, but I will get my tester out today and check for sure.

As far as the batteries I am having trouble getting it to take a charge right now but I think it is my charger. It has never really worked right. I'm waiting for a friend to try a different charger first then I'll go the new battery route if I need to. I will have to look into the fuel pump too. I just want to get all my bugs worked out before I get stuck up in the mountains.

Well I got my idle turned up, running great now. I figured out the battery problem too. I didn't even notice the fuse right there at the battery and it turns out it was loose and just bouncing in there. That was why it would work one time and then quit working for a while till it bounced around and made the connection again. Thanks for the input guys.