Jorg Jorgenson
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After owning the 2011 800S for 1 year now (also my first SXS) I've made a few observations and thought I'd share to see if anyone has comments if this are "in the norm" or not. The unit has higher mileage (47xxkms) but the guy I bought it off of seemed very decent and kept up-to-date on servicing and maintenance. As usual I want to have 100% faith in my equipment when I use it to venture into secluded areas since it's my ride back home!
- idle: The idle seems very low to what I'm used to on my 2-stroke sled. The SXS will kinda bumble along at 1200-1250rpm, which from doing some research seems like that's right on the money, but it still sounds like the quad almost wants to die idling that low, but never has. Normal?
Shifting: when coming to somewhat of an abrupt stop (either spinning the tires from being stuck or else a quick deceleration) and I go to switch from a Hi to Lo or R, it's like the clutch or something is still spinning even though I'm mashing on the breaks. You can hear it still spinning behind the plastic shroud. So when I go to switch gears, it'll grind because everything hasn't come to a compete stop yet internally (even though the SXS is sitting still). I had put a brand new belt on last fall before putting it away for the winter and the old belt I took off was definitely in need of replacing as it was quite thin and worn, I took the clutches off and cleaned them and put back together with the new belt which seemed to improve the throttle response. I don't think this is normal, any ideas why it would be doing this and what I could adjust? Could brakes need replacing?
Overall power: Again, I'm used to a snappy, high-reving sled with quick accel and decel. I get that this is a 1100lb piece of machinery excluding people and cargo, but when trying to climb hills it almosts like the SXS loses power before the wheels start spinning out from underneath. I've tried climbing in both Lo and Hi, same kinda experience. On flat ground it can pick up some good speed and coasts a long ways due to the weight and momentum. Is this feeling like a loss in top end performance normal when laying into the pedal under load?
I also have tires on that are starting to get pretty warn, but mainly do trail riding so don't need big aggressive knobs, so have just been burning them off for as long as i can. But I do have a new set to put on. would this help that feeling of power loss at all or make for an even quicker accel?
I hate sounding like a newbie with all this but any feedback is appreciated. Cheers guys.
Jorg
- idle: The idle seems very low to what I'm used to on my 2-stroke sled. The SXS will kinda bumble along at 1200-1250rpm, which from doing some research seems like that's right on the money, but it still sounds like the quad almost wants to die idling that low, but never has. Normal?
Shifting: when coming to somewhat of an abrupt stop (either spinning the tires from being stuck or else a quick deceleration) and I go to switch from a Hi to Lo or R, it's like the clutch or something is still spinning even though I'm mashing on the breaks. You can hear it still spinning behind the plastic shroud. So when I go to switch gears, it'll grind because everything hasn't come to a compete stop yet internally (even though the SXS is sitting still). I had put a brand new belt on last fall before putting it away for the winter and the old belt I took off was definitely in need of replacing as it was quite thin and worn, I took the clutches off and cleaned them and put back together with the new belt which seemed to improve the throttle response. I don't think this is normal, any ideas why it would be doing this and what I could adjust? Could brakes need replacing?
Overall power: Again, I'm used to a snappy, high-reving sled with quick accel and decel. I get that this is a 1100lb piece of machinery excluding people and cargo, but when trying to climb hills it almosts like the SXS loses power before the wheels start spinning out from underneath. I've tried climbing in both Lo and Hi, same kinda experience. On flat ground it can pick up some good speed and coasts a long ways due to the weight and momentum. Is this feeling like a loss in top end performance normal when laying into the pedal under load?
I also have tires on that are starting to get pretty warn, but mainly do trail riding so don't need big aggressive knobs, so have just been burning them off for as long as i can. But I do have a new set to put on. would this help that feeling of power loss at all or make for an even quicker accel?
I hate sounding like a newbie with all this but any feedback is appreciated. Cheers guys.
Jorg