Is modding worth it anymore?

[52weekbreak]

Ok I'll give you cooker mount issue...but I still call BS on the weight!! Lol

I confess. My original exhaust still there. Don't have a cooker as that is way too sophisticated for me. Energy bars and frozen sandwiches for me

 

[Summit 934]

I confess. My original exhaust still there. Don't have a cooker as that is way too sophisticated for me. Energy bars and frozen sandwiches for me

Ah ha....and the truth shall set you free!! Ok I need another drink that's way too religious for me...cheers!

 

[neilsleder]

Sleds are a lot like hardons! You want them to last don't fawk with them! But as we all know as soon as we get one we want to fawk with it!

 

[maxwell]

when yall learn to ride your stockers you could start looking at a can or maybe a lower bar riser. Other than that stop fawking with it

 

[Mike270412]

when yall learn to ride your stockers you could start looking at a can or maybe a lower bar riser. Other than that stop fawking with it

MAXWELL!!! has spoken. This thread can be closed now.

 

[niner]

when yall learn to ride your stockers you could start looking at a can or maybe a lower bar riser. Other than that stop fawking with it

Stock sleds are great to get to the cabin. But you need at least a wrap and a can to go further.

 

[Joholio]

Get a new machine with warranty, put on some extra storage and a can and ride your azz off!! Oh and anyone that says they put on a can to save a few pounds and gain a couple HP is full of crap...we all do it just cuz it makes a sled sound really freakin' sweet ...and cook hot lunch!!

Fixed er

 

[scotts]

Sleds are a lot like hardons! You want them to last don't fawk with them! But as we all know as soon as we get one we want to fawk with it!

Well that just pretty much says it all!! Lol

 

[kanedog]

Today's sleds require at least a $1,000 modding just to get them to work normally.

 

[Caper11]

Today's sleds require at least a $1,000 modding just to get them to work normally.

Agreed, Thats a very true statement.

 

[Keith Brown]

With the sleds that manufacturers are putting out these days, a guy would have had to put 40-50k out to get something even close to it 10-15 years ago. For some reason though there is still this urge to spend ridiculous amounts of money on aftermarket parts to lose a couple lbs or maybe pick up a few hp. Financially, modding is a bad decision. You dont recoup a dime on most of the stuff. If a guy can just ride a stock sled, you can buy a new one every couple years, and it really isnt that expensive. Plus then you always have warranty and the latest technology.

Having said that though, there is just something about buying aftermarket parts that is SO satisfying! Why?

I bought Ferniesnows 17 850 165x3 this summer. Have a GGB can on order. Been debating a lightweight battery and diamond S hood as well. All three would take off well over 30lbs. Then a clutch kit and few other odds and ends. How much weight does it take for a guy to really notice it? Sled all fueled up, covered in snow and ice, and me on it with gear probably weighs 850lbs. Does a guy notice if that is 820?

Your same statement can be made about pick up trucks, 400 hp is not enough? 160 km/hr not fast enough? Crap when I worked at my uncles gas station most hiway tractors had 220 cummins, then the 350 cummins came out what a beast!! So to make a long story short if BRP puts a Pratt and Whitney PT 6 turbine in a sled there will be wrench heads modifing them. I suppose it just the way some of us are wired. It's how we keep evolving, that is unless you receive a Darwin Award on the road to your quest for glory!!...........??? LMAO darwinawards.com

 

[pistoncontracting]

Spending money on highly noticeable mods is a lot easier then staying in shape. It's also far less of a time commitment.

While sitting at the cabin, everyone will notice your sweet shocks, or how you added or deleted your sweet new tmotion, depending on the sled you started with- but noone will notice the time you spent staying in shape, of the donuts you cut back on. To see stuff like that, someone would have to come with.

Sleds are like cars/trucks. The 'shiny' in your face mods aren't so interesting anymore- they are more of a distraction from the areas that are lacking.


That being said, I have a turbo. Nearly the cheapest one on the market. Runs great. Does exactly what it was supposed to- makes all the cool sounds. Does it go anywhere 'amazing'?? Maybe, but so does the clutched axis....

 

[pano-dude]

Spending money on highly noticeable mods is a lot easier then staying in shape....

This is something I have laughed at many times when I see a guy that is 50+lbs overweight and bragging about how light his sled is...

 

[canuck5]

Today's sleds are pretty awesome but we tend to ride areas that have us punching our on trail a lot so without the main mod of a turbo it would either take multiple days to get in or not at all. If you ride areas with managed terrain(grooming with piles of machines) a stock sled will be plenty.

 

[jhurkot]

Spending all day trying to punch a trail into an area is probably one of the funnest things you can do on a snowmobile.

 

[pipes]

Spending all day trying to punch a trail into an area is probably one of the funnest things you can do on a snowmobile.

also one of the most exhausting.

 

[niner]

Spending all day trying to punch a trail into an area is probably one of the funnest things you can do on a snowmobile.

We used to drag our 91 phasers from the Boulder cabin up to the alpine in 4' of fresh. Two guys walk up 50',walk back down and pin that phaser for 54'. Good thing the phaser was modded with a pipe and paddles other wise would have only made it 52'. Was fun but sure was happy to see the meadows after that!

 

[deaner]

Spending all day trying to punch a trail into an area is probably one of the funnest things you can do on a snowmobile.

Couldnt agree more.

 

[oler1234]

We used to drag our 91 phasers from the Boulder cabin up to the alpine in 4' of fresh. Two guys walk up 50',walk back down and pin that phaser for 54'. Good thing the phaser was modded with a pipe and paddles other wise would have only made it 52'. Was fun but sure was happy to see the meadows after that!

ohh I could remember those days. Parking on hwy 1. Most of the time locals would spend all week breaking the trail to grab the goods on the weekend.

 

[cattechsummitrider]

oh ya!
Dating myself but in 97 spending 3 days just to get to bolder cabin!!!!