Category: Service & Tuning Notes

Our friends at Black Magic Racing reminded us to remind you to go out and start up your sled, like right now. Seriously. Where is

What is considered “normal” oil consumption for a 1000cc Yamaha RX 4-stroke engine? Anything up to one quart per 1,000 miles, according to Yamaha. With

All 2005 Ski-Doo Summit Highmark 1000 SDIs should have the pulse fitting on the crankcase replaced (by your Ski-Doo dealer) to eliminate fuel starvation and

The fuel injectors used on the 2005 Polaris Liberty twin 900s are color coded, much like Arctic Cat’s injectors were coded with a symbol (diamond,

Quick answer this; do you know right off hand what the torque spec is for your handlebars? Normally it’s going to be quite low, something

When plastic has been asked to stretch or bend in a direction it doesn’t want to there will often remain white “stress” marks. For example,

Owners of Polaris models fitted with plastic airbox fittings (that the carb vent lines are attached to) want to verify these fittings are not broken.

A good number of Summit 1000 (and some Mach Z 1000s) that we spotted in the field last season had removed the plastic deflector that

If you own or ride a 2004 Firecat (or Sabercat) you might want to pay close attention. There is an oil line under the engine

When detailing a sled for show or simply to clean it, many times it is handy to have a non-metal item for scraping purposes. This