6th ride on 14, clutches doing well now
1st ride on '14 m-8000 162 sno-pro, clutches very hot on break-in ride, just roads, not good i was sayin' to myself, guess they didn't fix the problems....2nd ride, about the same, but not worse, belt still good....3rd ride, still hanging in there, hot, but no burned belt smell, just not feeling too good about it, but still giving it an open mind, changed broken in belt to spare, new belt now....4th ride, more break-in for new belt for 25 miles, then some good meadows, light x-country work, low snow, so careful....5th ride, more x-country stuff, few decent hills, rode 70 miles with my son riding my 09 m-1000, which goes over a 1000 miles on a belt, even though it's ridden hard, my clutches and his were about the same, and notably, not as hot....6th ride, cold day, 12-15 inches of new snow, left parking lot and gained 2500 ft over several miles, never shut it off, pushing uphill powder for over an hour, on top after continueous good riding, a last full power pull of about a minute....that ought to make them steaming, i thought....totally surprised, i could hold my bare hand on the drive clutch, even though secondary was warmer, i could hold it for about 3-4 seconds, not even that uncomfortable to hold for longer if i had wanted...repeated the uphill pulls two more times, clutches still not hot....maybe this thing is better.....keeping fingers crossed..
