Build number 2 this year

Jkinzer · Oct 3, 2009

Picked up an 09 Dragon 800 163" track today, the girl friends new sled... will be stripping it down tomarrow for some powdercoating and goodies.. heres a couple pics, will post some more when i'm done
as of now the sled has
Fastrax drop and roll kit, wild child gas rack w/ led tail light, modified snow eliminators (which will definately have to get swapped out with some BETTER BOARDS!) slp vents all the way around, w/e shock guards. will be powdercoating the rails, front and rear bumpers, bar mounts, and spindles. adding a skinz super Q can, possible seat cover, full hood/tunnel wrap from ArcticFX, and whatever else i can think of a long the way.

DragonFreak · Oct 3, 2009

Dang that thing is going to be sweet. you should help me get my sled looking and running like a top. we need to ride this year

Jkinzer · Oct 6, 2009

SOME PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE ALOUD TO WORK ON SNOWMOBILES!!!

i thought it was kind of odd that it looked like this when we got it

little did i know that the dumb chit welded the snow eliminators directly to the tunnel and bulk head, as show'n in the following picture. WTF is the point of this? besides ruining a good tunnel! i have never been so angry while wrenching on sleds before! my rant is now over enjoy the pics

hey rob, would you like another project? i think you'd have 50+ hours into fixing this garbage

MORSNO · Oct 6, 2009

I'll bet you are going through everything after finding that mess. I wonder if they messed up on the installation and had to booger in a weld?

DragonFreak · Oct 6, 2009

dang that is stupid but i bet that thing will look sexy when she is done

POLZIN · Oct 6, 2009

Holy CHIT! Where all those rivets missing when you got it? . I bet you where pizzed that is some shadetree BS for sure.

Jkinzer · Oct 6, 2009

no the rivets were all there.. i was pulling them off and goin to put some coated better boards on... but now i've ran into a little speedbump and dont know if i want to risk fracturing the bulkhead or the tunnel body by busting out the grinder to seperate all that crap... i'm sleeping on it tonight and will figure it out tomarrow...

Spaarky · Oct 6, 2009

Rant = new VE tunnel sides... that is the way I would look at it...

WHEREDAFUGAWEE · Oct 6, 2009

If you purchased this sled from a hack, what other shortcuts did the seller make on the sled? i hope you looked it over really good before you plopped down those greenbacks.

CATKILLER · Oct 6, 2009

nice! you picked up a back up seld for you just incase, not that your bd turbo sled would ever give you problems but you never know
i wish i bought a 163 every time i see one

IQ? · Oct 7, 2009

My god wat have they done to the chassis????
That welder must have been o crack...
if you want to destroy the tunnel just smash it with a hammer..
Yikes

IDAHO HOT SHOT · Oct 7, 2009

That is a nice sled, I wish I was your girlfriend

Supplicate · Oct 7, 2009

IDAHO HOT SHOT said:
That is a nice sled, I wish I was your girlfriend

For that sled I'll even be your girlfriend. I make a good cuddle buddy....

Jkinzer · Oct 7, 2009

well ive decided to leave it the way it is for now with the ugly weld job, but at the end of this season it will be getting swapped out with a VE tunnel. and just to clarify because she gets on here from time to time, my girl friend bought the sled i didnt, i'm just her free mechanic and belive in lots of early christmas presents to get her sled ready for the snow

:beer;

whittaker727 · Oct 7, 2009

Damn. And here I was going to try and buy the snow eliminators from you.

F-Bomb · Oct 7, 2009

Holy crap Jeremy!

Worse...Whittaker why would you even want them! (that ain't a question that is a statement) I think there is a bit of a lesson in this situation...you don't see it?

RMK935VA · Oct 7, 2009

Jeremy, while you're at it, you should try the Red Better Boards from Rob. I put a set on my 09 Turbo. Whew, they look good with the white hood and red SLP Powder Pros! Thanks Rob! It has been in the shop at Carl's and I know that they have showed it off to a lot of people. Much cooler looking than the black ones that I had on my 08 with the same functionality!

F-Bomb · Oct 7, 2009

Bob get some photos up if you can! I've heard there are raves about the red Better Boards. I did some blue and red's to take and show everyone at the Denver Snow show this weekend. I'm doing some deep blue on our 660 when we get done with the snow show circuit and I think they will look sweet too. I'm partial to that red though! My favorite all time look is still Juli Marquart from Thunderstruck Films' sweet red turbo apex.

Also there is a guy in town here that is painting and then overcoating Better Boards with a clear coat. He did a set for his buddy that are carbon fiber look. Supposed to be very cool...I have to test durability and then we might offer some really wicked custom painted models for the very discerning.

Nelson · Oct 7, 2009

Did you even get a chance to look it over before she bought it?

I'd be pist.........Definetly something I'm gonna have to tell my buddies to look out for if they ever purchase sleds with snow eliminators.

Jkinzer · Oct 7, 2009

yeah we took the sled in on trade last year so i knew the sled inside and out, except for the welds he had them covered up very well. the sled came to us last year because of electrical issues... ended up replacing the stator, ecu and voltage regulator and i guarantee you it is all because he didnt unplug the ecu while it was welded on. will be installing the new update on it this sunday so i will get to see how the motor looks on the inside, but the sled only has 1000 miles and the rear skid/track hasnt been on the snow... everything else so far looks good except for the weld job on the snow eliminators.

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