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    850 Turbo Q&A

    I was fortunate enough, thanks to the wonderful folks at Gateway SS, to spend a few days on the new 850 turbo. I know a lot of people have questions and if your like me, you don't always take what the reps and salesmen say as gospel and real world opinions from an average joe mean more. So...
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    2021 Expert vs X

    So after going through the build process sever times I am seeing that apples to apples, 165 3", both with shot, the expert is $800 more than an X. Now for that extra $800 all I'm seeing is the extra low riser for all you under 6' fellas, fancy kashima coated shocks, adjustable limiter strap and...
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    850 175 coolant temps

    First ride on my '18 175 the other day and I found the coolant temps 5-10 deg hotter than my '18 165 on the trail in, the 175 seems to run around 55deg and will jump up to 62deg if you wail on it for a while, was decent snow on the way in, scratchers down and flap is trimmed but still lots...
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    Seat Re-covering

    Looking for suggestions on decent upholstery place in central AB, Red Deer or west, to redo some sled seats. TIA
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    C&T Clutch Tools

    Anybody know if there's any dealers or local performance shops that carry the C&T tools for the G4? Central Alberta preferably.
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    175 on a 165

    Anybody try and put a 175 track on a 165 yet? I love me freeride but I sure miss the 170series length. I'm thinking of just bolting my 165 skid up to a set of 175 rails, gear it down a bit and voila, 175 expert. Am I missing something or should it really be that easy? I know a proper 175 skid...
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    Boondocker Dealers in AB

    Anybody know of any Ski-doo dealers that are installing the sidekicks on the 850 G4? Or any non affiliated performance shops that deal boondocker? All I can seem to find on the interwebs is cat and Polaris dealers in AB.
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    BD Sidekick

    Anybody have any feedback on the sidekick for the 850 yet? They work so good on any PooPoos I’ve ridden.
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    2019 850 clutching

    I’m sure this has been touched on somewhere but I’m asking again. Other than more fins on the secondary, what changes if any were made to the clutching on the 2019 summit from the 2018. I keep hearing how well the 19’s work out of the box and that they’re “dialed in” but all my dealer knows is...
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    SLP kit for G4

    Just wondering if anyone has tried the SLP stage 2 kit, comes with y-pipe, pipe, can, powder valve and clutching. The new primary weights look interesting, solid weight that you add pins (cap screws) as needed with no more “clicker” type adjustment. Talking with their reps it sure sounds like a...
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    850 died on trail in WTF?

    So my ‘17 g4 wasn’t idling the best when I loaded to head out to Golden but I just figured it’s been sitting in my shop for a month, no big deal, it’ll clean up. Get to silent pass parking lot on Friday, sun was shining, gonna be a great day I figure. Sled fires up first pull, idles for a minute...
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    DET Sensor Bolt

    Here’s a weird one, was out in Renshaw Wednesday and sled was runnin like crap, finally went into limp mode and died, figured I blew it up, just my luck lol. Turns out I lost the bolt that holds the detonation, or knock sensor whatever you prefer, to the head. Could not find this bolt anywhere...
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    Menz toys gauge bracket

    Anybody install one of these yet? I'm in the process but it seems like I have to hack the factory gauge mount apart with a saw in order for this to work, not exactly something I want to do but I can't stand the ****ty stock location always covered with snow. Any feedback would be great
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    '17 to '18 sidewinder

    Hey yammie fellas, just wondering if anybody can tell me if there's any difference between the '17 and '18 salamanders, lol. Local dealer has a really good deal on a '17 demo, if there are no major differences in the model years it might be worth snagging it up. Any info would be much appreciated
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    Suggestions for shop in red deer to swap gears in dmax?

    I'm sure there's a driveline shop in the phone book but looking for feedback on whether there's any that stand out as the best. Running 37's, feels a little sluggish at times and wanting to go to 4:10's. Thanks
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    Budget power up

    Looking into a single pipe and can set up, I see SLP has one available, wondering if anyone else has ran their setup or has any other budget power up suggestions? Just looking for that little bit more and don't want to blow the bank on boost or a big bore, plus mixing fuel sucks. Any info would...
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    G4 Tunnel Bracing????

    Anybody know of any bracing for the 850 that would run the length of the tunnel on the outside and in or either or?? Anything really, the chinesium they used for the fkn tunnel is similar to tinfoil in tensil strength Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Busted Tunnel

    Anybody else have tunnel issues? Broke on both sides just ahead of the drop brackets. Not sure how or when it happened, stopped to dump the Jerry in and buddy pointed it out. I'm not a big jump or cliff drop kinda guy either. Limped it back to Grizzly lodge but still have to get to the truck in...
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    G4 Vent Kits

    I've just got some old **** jimmy rigged on there for now, to try and keep the belt temp down a bit, What's everybody else runnin? they've been out long enough now, was thinking we'd see more options available for venting. Tried several different dealers and no luck, on the old World Wide Web i...
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    850 coupled Skid, Baker, K-Mod, others?? What's workin what's not?

    After a few hundred miles and several attempts to tune the rear skid in my 850 to at least control the wheelie action and keep the skies down a little bit when climbing, I have given up, stock t-motion is junk. No matter how far forward you get or how far you lean over the hood, the second you...
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