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guy says warranty only up to 4000km and sled already has 5000, so no warranty left. Disappointing a bit, but price is so good. No spare belt as well.
I could be mistaken but don't all those sleds come with the flywheel already bolted to the back of the primary clutch so puttin ES on it shouldn't be that big a deal really and then your wife won't have to pull the rope. Easy solution if you don't mind spending the cash.I didn't check compression. Had no gauges, started sled it sounds good and runs well. Stock can is very big&quiet, guy said replacing can on aftermarket will dis-balance the sled. Can was made purposely heavy to counter-balance clutch from left side.
I have no idea, but seems as he is right.
Also sled has no electrical start. Too bad for my wife. She can't pull that rope.
Thanks DDrake, in addition to ES i need battery, wiring and harness.
Whole starter kit about 580CAN on skidoo webpage.
Yesterday, I look both sleds Summit and RMK on Ghost lake, just for a test ride.
Surprisingly for me, skidoo doesn't have power comparing to RMK.
Both sleds have approx the same mileage 4000km and both 800cc.
RMK pulls much harder, Skidoo accelerates smoothly and finally gets RMK. Skidoo has less vibration very quite and doesn't get overheated unlike RMK does.
Next week-end I will take both sleds to Golden, though don't know which route to chose. My wife is a beginner not sure how well she drives.
WOW. That surprises me also as the XM hp rating is around 20 higher than the RMK. I run a 2010 M8 and I have ridden an XM once for a short while in a field and it seemed to have good power. Can't offer an opinion on the RMK as I have never rode one. Enjoy your trip, Ride safe and have fun.
We were in Valemount the first weekend in December and on Saturday morning it was -35 on the gauge on the truck. We had to pull some plugs on the sleds and pull them over to loosen em up . Only way we could get em started. This was after we put them in a heated shop of course. Still had a good ride. Just a late start.After jumping to XM from PRO, first thoughts were something wrong with an engine (running on one cylinder, luck of fuel, etc). No vibration, engine did run very quiet. Then did the throttle and realized its accelerates, but way differently from PRO. PRO has more muscles and all power withing very narrow RPM band. Unlike PRO, XM has its power linearly distributed over relatively wide RPM band.
XM also lucks throttle response, more exactly there is delay between pushing the throttle and engine reaction.
Hope everything is ok with my XM.
Another observation: I keep my XM in enclosed trailer outside. Today was -25, and I want to start it. Dummit it was hard to pull that rope