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@@11x it is! I remember seeing the magazine photos of it slung under the helicopter for Haydays.

@@dwartfarquart9590 Bradley has install videos. I watched some of them while installing their kit. What question do you have? I have no affiliation with Bradley Performance but since I installed the kit myself I may be of some help.

@@VinceLefort Thanks! They are just generic plastic fenders commonly found on fat tire e-bikes. These came from Rad Cycles but they won’t ship to Alaska. A local business was bringing up a bunch of bikes so I was able to ad my fenders to their order. I’ve seen similar fenders available on AliExpress. I ordered two pairs, very similar to these for 20” tire fat bikes a few years ago.

@@thatalaskaguy thanks alot im in canada so i was able to order them !

@VinceLefort What? No fair! 😆 They are really nice, mine came with all the mounting hardware and I’ve been using them for 5 years now, no cracks or problems.

Oh, you’ve got it backwards and I’d leave it alone. The air is less dense as you go up in altitude so the lean, emissions regulated jetting will be a benefit to you as it’d run better. The higher altitude will have the carb running richer (less air for the fixed amount of fuel) and won’t be running as lean. Plus a 4-stroke is much less finicky about altitude changes compared to a carb’d 2-stroke. It’ll probably start and warm up faster at altitude unless where you’re going is colder than where you live.

@@sebastianlundahl1282 it’s super nice! We are starting to get snow now. We are way behind on what we normally get so I don’t know how our winter will turn out?

@@tomkarau Thanks for watching and the kind words, cheers!

Only briefly for one day in the spring riding on top of snow. I then installed the front triple clamps and tire and rode on the snow the very next day. The full kit was superior in every way. But… if you ride a lot of pavement, gravel roads and occasionally go off-road, just the rear might be all you want/need? The ATV tire handles differently on pavement and gravel. The stock front tire handles night and day better in those circumstances. I have no regrets about running the full kit, but a guy just needs to decide what aspect he prioritizes… off-road or on road and gravel roads?

@@stevereason6931 I’m at sea level. I’d guess this bike would be like all the other modern carb’d 4-stroke bikes and be jetted lean. The bike should run better and better the higher up in altitude you go. In the video the highest elevation I hit was only 600’-700’.

I was wanting a 1332 for two winters but with the supply chain crap I couldn’t get one in town. I got fed up with that last winter, bought one in Palmer where they had 4 on the floor and more in the back. So frustrating that they didn’t try harder to bring them into town while the lower 48 had no snow last winter. I’m still irritated about that. 😆 I’ve tried and used everything over the years. Silicon, WD-40, liquid wrench, PAM, car wax, ski wax and none has worked as well as canola oil. I like that the canola oil is the cheapest and biodegradable.

@@spudnikkx1112 Thanks for the additional info! I remember looking at the trailing arm Phazer at a show back in late 90’s. I just looked up the old Yamaha line ups and they show a TSS Phazer for ‘99. I didn’t realize they were offering it along side the trailing arm Phazer. I’m going to correct my thumbnail. I remember all the hype about the ‘97 700 RMK. I had a ‘96 Summit 670 which was a better sled, but back then Polaris was the #1 seller and Ski-doo might still have been #4 in sales. People didn’t give a shit about Ski-doo back then. Funny how times have changed.

@@thatalaskaguy Yes, Yamaha had a couple of overlap years between pogo and trailing arm machines. Also, dont be fooled the the trailing arm Phazer 500.....its motor is somewhat similar, but not the same as the 485 pogo era engine.....its less reliable. The early non powervalve 700 RMK was easily made into a beast in its day. Tons of aftermarket came on line quickly when it hit western slopes. Dig up old sno west articles. I saw bunches of mod 700's all the time.......then came the edge chassis 800 RMK and that changed everything again ! The mid 90's Phazer Mountain lite with its 136 track and light weight was a great sled in its day. Some modded em with paddle tracks, pipes, powder ski's, clutching and flatslides. You could get another 15 HP with just simple bolt on's and more if you knew how to do porting right. Yamaha had mountain performance advice right in the factory service manuals even. Yes, the ski's on Phazer II's and mountain lites are bigger than original 1st gen Phazer ski's I still have a '96 Venture 485 with the western 136 track. Its basically a Mountain lite with a different hood , E-start and reverse. Kinda a touring deluxe version of the mountain lite.

@@GeorgeBracht Right on! It’s good to hear from others that have and appreciate older sleds. 😄

@ Mine is a 121” with electric start. I’ve owned for the better part of 20 years. It has saved the weekend several times when newer wonder sleds have crapped out. In central Wisconsin there is no snow but we are talking more & more of dumping the late model sleds & going back to Ditch Bangers to ride on any snow that comes along

@@stevepeterson9759 It’s in such great condition! We don’t have the snow we typically do. It’s warm and rainy right now, the creeks are all thawed out, the river beds are really thin for snow cover so lots of rocks. Higher elevation has more snow but not as much as normal.

@@jrhaines30 It definitely is! I’m amazed at how great of shape it is in.

@@rageridersrx The TSS style Phazers were excellent sleds. Very capable in deep snow with great power.

I don’t know? I was very grateful it didn’t come towards me. All the bears I’ve run across for the past 39 years have all run away in the other direction.

This blower is already a 2 stage model. For upgrades, if you are referring to adding rubber pieces to the impeller I have not. I believe if that mod was a good idea they’d come that way from the factory. It’s way too simple of a feature not to be included. I suspect there are downsides to that mod that are not shown in the videos promoting it. I like the canola oil because it is very inexpensive. Ceramic coating car wax is pretty spendy and I’m doubtful that it works any better than regular car wax.

No, 100% stock.

@@chuckkelley5894 Twisties through the woods off-road, especially with tree roots and rocks are really fun. The ATV tires have you riding through terrain that isn’t very enjoyable on a dirt bike. Twisties on a paved road? Not as fun as with regular motorcycle tires (or stock TW tires) since the ATV tires feel vague. You quickly get used to them and I saw Bradley has a different front tire that hopefully improves steering feel. I really, really like the ATV tires on my TW but paved highway riding are not their strong suit. I’m planning to eventually try a different front tire of some type to improve the highway steering feel of the bike. I don’t see a different front tire making and significant difference for off-road.

@ Thank you very much! I’m closing in on a few of these to select from.

I believe that kph limit is around 55 mph? The XR150 feels far more comfortable both physically and engine wise at 55 mph than either my Yamaha TW200 or my wife’s Suzuki DR200S. The XR could probably be geared down a bit and pull more revs at 55 mph.

@@thatalaskaguy55mph is around 90kmh and I'm not gonna bother messing with the gearing because like I said it's just gonna be a little trail bike something for me to learn off-road riding

@ I think you’ll be really pleased with it. 😀👍 It’s a great bike for the price.

Thanks for the suggestion. 👍

Kenda K284? Or I wonder how a Pathfinder would perform?

@ the pathfinder is geared towards being a rear tire for forward traction you want the front max because it’s designed to be a steering tire

@@HPM503 It doesn’t look like that tire comes in a 12” rim size. I saw Bradley Performance now offers a different style front tire. It looks like it’d steer better.

@@BillBuck1972 We got almost 3” of very wet snow that turned to slush with the heavy rain. I’ve had a number of guys writing in about trying to blow slush with their snow blower. It’s better to use something with a push blade to clear slush but the canola oil works well for sticky snow.

@@danielheggli6990 That sounds like a really neat version. How long is the track on those models?

@@Chris-ut6eq The stock tires, particularly the rear are wider than the typical motorcycle tire. But, due to their dual sport tread pattern, they easily clog with mud and lack traction in mud/silt and soft terrain. They are terrible in snow as well. The stock tires are better for pavement and gravel roads. The ATV tires do better at everything else.

@@thatalaskaguy good to know. I like the wide tires of the TW but am more interesting in the DR650, so was looking to put wide mud/sand/trail tires on it once i find a good used bike. Can't fit tires as wide, but looking to get close.

@ I’ve got a DR650 as well. The stock tires are garbage for off-road but I’ve not yet replaced them. I agree it’d benefit from wider tires. 👍

@@stevewojnicki7006 Hardly. Polaris had been dominating since 1980 with the Indy. Cat finally caught up with handling & front suspension technology with the ZR 440 in the 90’s. The 580 was known to be peaky and down on power compared to the 580 then 600 triple in the XLT and later XCR.

@@chuckkelley5894 Is BVC off-road offering a conversion for the WR250R? My Bradley ATV tire kit for the TW uses 25x8x12 tires. I like that it uses the stock chain and sprockets and doesn’t have two chains and a jackshaft like the BVC swingarm kit.

@@thatalaskaguy I don’t know if anyone is offering a conversion kit for the WR. I really like how your TW 200 turned out. I have feelers out for a used one and if one shows, I’ll grab it and toss on a kit. Appreciate your response

@@chuckkelley5894 Ahhh… I misunderstood your question. As far as I know you have to add the kit to a TW200. Yamaha doesn’t sell the bike this way. I really like the ATV tires but they aren’t for everyone. I only used the paved roads to get to the trails. But just keep your WR for highway use and enjoy the TW for off-road as it’s super capable and fun with ATV tires.

@ Thx!

@@nevadafitch5647 I ordered a Honda 200X front fender from Dennis Kirk. The Bradley kit comes with a universal type fender mount. I had to drill my front fender to mount it on the lower triple clamp.

@@derektomlinson2521 No. As I’ve written in both the description and in many, many replies, this took place around 100 yds from my house located in a normal neighborhood within city limits. I wasn’t in the wilderness. I wasn’t in the middle of a national park. These are nuisance, garbage can raiding, dumpster diving bears.

@@xd-oy5pr It’s a copy of the Maxxis Bighorn.

@@jmakc3541 Ha ha! It definitely rips the pull cord right out of your hand if you didn’t use the decompression first. I rode it again this past spring with my brother on his 3-wheeler. We had so much fun riding those machines around!

@@glenmallory9982 Thanks for checking it out. 😀👍 My brother still has it and rides it around every spring when it gets warmer out and we have lots of sunny days.

Thanks hope he keeps it. Good used Panthers are harder to come by each year. Cat offered a Tach and a head temp gauge as options to fill the stickered spots in the dash. Memory says they were about 50 bucks each. The little black tool box under the hood was stock. Cheap trick to help them last was lining it with thin foam to keep the tools from knocking a hole in it, or using a tool baggy. I used to wipe mine lightly with Armor All to fight dry rot. The Panther was the two up sled that year and the Pantera came with the cushy single seat and seven more hp from the 500cc FC single carb single tuner pipe it had. (48hp). It appears someone has updated this Panther with the Comet clutch from aftermarket. That was a common upgrade. The stock Cat clutch was the hex drive that a lot of people grew tired of fixing every season. A 102 C will last for years with less than 50 hp going through it. This is my era of snowmobiling. I’m currently parts hunting to restore a 1972 Cheetah that was sold out of my Dads dealership. Stay safe….

@@glenmallory9982 Thanks for providing more info about the sled and their history. Great idea about putting armor all on the plastic box. I’m seeing more and more issues with plastic on older machines. I’m still have trouble wrapping my head around that 1985 was 40 years ago. 😆 It’s really cool to read about your appreciation for these older machines. I’m now to the point I hate seeing guys go and destroy old sleds from the 90’s just to get views. I’m really partial to 80’s and 90’s Polaris Indy’s. I’d like to get a springer TX or TX-C but those aren’t very common up here. My brother likes collecting older sleds like this and enjoy them for what they are. They are really enjoyable to go putt around on.

@@chrisdumais4385 😂🤣 I won’t buy anything but Honda blowers. Yamaha was popular here around 20-30 years ago but they didn’t seem to keep up with Honda and didn’t increase the size of their blowers.

Thanks! I’ve been wanting a BW200 for decades. Now I’ve got a modern, street legal version. 😀

It works really well! What I’m confused by is a number of recent comments about guys blowing slush. I never said it was slushy. I said it was sticky. Blowers don’t do well blowing slush. A guy should have a second piece of equipment with a blade or bucket to move and clear slush.

@@TheGoodmans-bi8pm that sounds like a terribly sad life for any dog.

@@jiml5274 that only works if you have clear area on both sides to blow the snow onto. I don’t.

@@thatalaskaguy Agreed, it is a method to save time and effort only if you have the freedom to send the snow to both sides. Have a safe winter.

That’s the way I do it!