I don't like the big hole between the seat and tunnel either, and I've heard it does cover your legs with snow. Another thing I found disturbing is the heavy feel of the sled. It looks light, but looks can be deceiving, I guess. The thing DOES look like something that was salvaged from a front end collision!
Sat on a phazer fx
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The seating position is nice, the seat looks and feels a lot like a dirt bike. It dosen't feel noticeably heavier then my 136" 550F with 10 gallons of gas in it at the front or back either. The front body work is still a face only a mother could love IMO but less so in person then in pictures, it needs more beak. The one thing that concerns me is that big gaping hole in the tunnel just below the muffler, what's to stop snow or even worse ice chunks from shooting out from each side of the seat and fill up the running boards etc? It looks to me like it will be a dirty ride in the pow pow, maybe I'm way off tho, it happened once before
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Too bad reverse comes with a weight penalty.
I would love to try this thing out, it looks like fun and should be cheap to run... I'd say that yamaha will sell a bunch of these on this virtue alone, it's got more cred then I thought.
P.S. Don't let this one end up like the last phazer 'armchair review'.
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Too bad reverse comes with a weight penalty.
I would love to try this thing out, it looks like fun and should be cheap to run... I'd say that yamaha will sell a bunch of these on this virtue alone, it's got more cred then I thought.
P.S. Don't let this one end up like the last phazer 'armchair review'.
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Funny you say that.. I lifted both ends and it didn't seem too bad weight wise, maybe I got stronger over the summer.
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That`s from jigging all those cod this summerFunny you say that.. I lifted both ends and it didn't seem too bad weight wise, maybe I got stronger over the summer.![]()
That`s from jigging all those cod this summerFunny you say that.. I lifted both ends and it didn't seem too bad weight wise, maybe I got stronger over the summer.![]()
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Lol, all 13 of them....
Sorry Mr. Mach..... it's ok for the blind tho.
Go check out the Freestyle Back country. My 100 pound son can't pickup the front of a 550fan summit, but can lift the Freestyle 2 feet off the floor like nothing. The Phaser will get it azz handed to it by the more powerfull and much lighter Ski-doo. Not to mention the Back Country can handle 4 feet of powder where the phaser can't even think about going into. And the phaser is $7200 where the freestyle is $5850. In my mind there is no choice or anything to think about.The seating position is nice, the seat looks and feels a lot like a dirt bike. It dosen't feel noticeably heavier then my 136" 550F with 10 gallons of gas in it at the front or back either. The front body work is still a face only a mother could love IMO but less so in person then in pictures, it needs more beak. The one thing that concerns me is that big gaping hole in the tunnel just below the muffler, what's to stop snow or even worse ice chunks from shooting out from each side of the seat and fill up the running boards etc? It looks to me like it will be a dirty ride in the pow pow, maybe I'm way off tho, it happened once before![]()
Too bad reverse comes with a weight penalty.
I would love to try this thing out, it looks like fun and should be cheap to run... I'd say that yamaha will sell a bunch of these on this virtue alone, it's got more cred then I thought.
P.S. Don't let this one end up like the last phazer 'armchair review'.
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Go check out the Freestyle Back country. My 100 pound son can't pickup the front of a 550fan summit, but can lift the Freestyle 2 feet off the floor like nothing. The Phaser will get it azz handed to it by the more powerfull and much lighter Ski-doo. Not to mention the Back Country can handle 4 feet of powder where the phaser can't even think about going into. And the phaser is $7200 where the freestyle is $5850. In my mind there is no choice or anything to think about.The seating position is nice, the seat looks and feels a lot like a dirt bike. It dosen't feel noticeably heavier then my 136" 550F with 10 gallons of gas in it at the front or back either. The front body work is still a face only a mother could love IMO but less so in person then in pictures, it needs more beak. The one thing that concerns me is that big gaping hole in the tunnel just below the muffler, what's to stop snow or even worse ice chunks from shooting out from each side of the seat and fill up the running boards etc? It looks to me like it will be a dirty ride in the pow pow, maybe I'm way off tho, it happened once before![]()
Too bad reverse comes with a weight penalty.
I would love to try this thing out, it looks like fun and should be cheap to run... I'd say that yamaha will sell a bunch of these on this virtue alone, it's got more cred then I thought.
P.S. Don't let this one end up like the last phazer 'armchair review'.
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If it had 4 a arms.
Me too MX-Z Man. That Phazer IS a joke!! And I hope ANYBODY that buys one has very good snow pants as your "edit for bad language" will be getting so called from the snow spraying on it all day!! We will sure know who is riding a Phazer as they will all be huddled over the fire at the bar, LOL... And that sled is FAR heavier than ANY stock 600 REV I don't care what Yamanator says. 80HP sure will be a real fast sled and I can't wait to see the 14 yr. old kids on Freestyle smoking past it...
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I love the guys that have never rode one in real conditions, but can already tell why they suck. lol
Me too MX-Z Man. That Phazer IS a joke!! And I hope ANYBODY that buys one has very good snow pants as your "edit for bad language" will be getting so called from the snow spraying on it all day!! We will sure know who is riding a Phazer as they will all be huddled over the fire at the bar, LOL... And that sled is FAR heavier than ANY stock 600 REV I don't care what Yamanator says. 80HP sure will be a real fast sled and I can't wait to see the 14 yr. old kids on Freestyle smoking past it...
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I love the guys that have never rode one in real conditions, but can already tell why they suck. lol
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Let's see:
1) Its heavy
2) Its not comfortable for me
3) The area under the seat is wide open. Snow WILL spray there, something to do with physics
4) 80HP on a 500 lbs + sled is not a good power to weight ratio for making speed
Those are all indisputable facts. You don't need to ride it to get that information and yes, based on those FACTS I wasn't impressed. I did say I would still like to try one, but my first impression was worse than I was expecting. Now tell me, where exactly did Revgod or I say it sucked.
Me too MX-Z Man. That Phazer IS a joke!! And I hope ANYBODY that buys one has very good snow pants as your "edit for bad language" will be getting so called from the snow spraying on it all day!! We will sure know who is riding a Phazer as they will all be huddled over the fire at the bar, LOL... And that sled is FAR heavier than ANY stock 600 REV I don't care what Yamanator says. 80HP sure will be a real fast sled and I can't wait to see the 14 yr. old kids on Freestyle smoking past it...
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I love the guys that have never rode one in real conditions, but can already tell why they suck. lol
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Let's see:
1) Its heavy
2) Its not comfortable for me
3) The area under the seat is wide open. Snow WILL spray there, something to do with physics
4) 80HP on a 500 lbs + sled is not a good power to weight ratio for making speed
Those are all indisputable facts. You don't need to ride it to get that information and yes, based on those FACTS I wasn't impressed. I did say I would still like to try one, but my first impression was worse than I was expecting. Now tell me, where exactly did Revgod or I say it sucked.
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I guess its a "joke" and it doesnt "suck". Sorry I misread.
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Why does every Yamaha guy get their panties in a bunch any time somebody says something bad about Yamaha? This is DOO TALK..............
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Fat Sled Syndrome?Why does every Yamaha guy get their panties in a bunch any time somebody says something bad about Yamaha? This is DOO TALK..............![]()
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