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I mean I don't know if breaking trail for me is the right term. Technically I broke the trail all the way till that point. Then you come for the glory shot .
Blowing belts a safety concern
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I mean I don't know if breaking trail for me is the right term. Technically I broke the trail all the way till that point. Then you come for the glory shot .
dam bro, i think you mighta answered your own question.
Chaldy you know you are smaller and weaker than at least 50% of American 15 year old males. Crap probably 25% of the females. Maybe you shouldn’t be riding an 850 either.
Definitely should delete this post and ban Matte Murder. My feelings are hurt and not only am going to have to up my therapy sessions from 3 days a week to 5 to boost my self esteem, I'm going to sell both my sleds altogether because so many people on Snowest make fun of me :face-icon-small-sad
800 vs 600 for kids
It's a lot more impressive to watch a kid kicking a$$ on a 600 short track keeping up with the big boys. You can still get yourself into plenty of trouble on a 600 but you don't have near as much maintenance or blown belts. I can never thank my dad enough for keeping me on a 1999 ZX 600 136" till I was 16. you know your kid better than any1 but short tracks & 600's make better riders. I can honestly say that this 850 in this chassis would have been a death trap for me from ages 16-22. 800's or 850 with young kid on them will blow 10 times the belts if he really is an aggressive rider. My first 800 I bought was the good ol 2006 skidoo 800 summit X 151" REV. Clutching was dialed it only lost 3 belts in 2500 miles never blew a belt but they would start coming apart and original owner would change them. I bought it with rebuilt motor & clutches ready to hit the snow and in 900 miles that year I had blown 15 belts. Me and my buddy Chase would carry 3 - 4 belts per sled. If there was over 2' of snow we used them all in 1 day. My dad taught me all about letting the sled breath smelling & hearing a belt let go. And every time a had the same old story. Dad I'm not an idiot I had no time to turne out it just blew haha. We laugh about it now good times. Tell your kid to be carful and enjoy the sport. Hope you don't take this the wrong way but it only gets worse from here on out if he really is heading down that path of riding.
It's a lot more impressive to watch a kid kicking a$$ on a 600 short track keeping up with the big boys. You can still get yourself into plenty of trouble on a 600 but you don't have near as much maintenance or blown belts. I can never thank my dad enough for keeping me on a 1999 ZX 600 136" till I was 16. you know your kid better than any1 but short tracks & 600's make better riders. I can honestly say that this 850 in this chassis would have been a death trap for me from ages 16-22. 800's or 850 with young kid on them will blow 10 times the belts if he really is an aggressive rider. My first 800 I bought was the good ol 2006 skidoo 800 summit X 151" REV. Clutching was dialed it only lost 3 belts in 2500 miles never blew a belt but they would start coming apart and original owner would change them. I bought it with rebuilt motor & clutches ready to hit the snow and in 900 miles that year I had blown 15 belts. Me and my buddy Chase would carry 3 - 4 belts per sled. If there was over 2' of snow we used them all in 1 day. My dad taught me all about letting the sled breath smelling & hearing a belt let go. And every time a had the same old story. Dad I'm not an idiot I had no time to turne out it just blew haha. We laugh about it now good times. Tell your kid to be carful and enjoy the sport. Hope you don't take this the wrong way but it only gets worse from here on out if he really is heading down that path of riding.
