It's not so much trust of the belt, if I blow a belt in my sled I can change it in 5 minutes trailside, if I blow it in an atv it's almost just as well to tow it home, you have to strip the thing down in every case I've seen to change the belt.

 

The Kodiak is a good machine, I thought they started offering the IRS on those around the 2003 model year?

Yamaha does have an extremely well designed and durable belt system.

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: UGLY88

The Kodiak is a good machine, I thought they started offering the IRS on those around the 2003 model year?



Yamaha does have an extremely well designed and durable belt system.</end quote></div>

Out of all the Quads,

Yamaha, AC, Popo and now CAn-Am lead the way in CVT transmissions.. for the obvious reason that they all make Snowmobiles... and CVT transmissions have been around a long long time.....

I love my Yamaha CVT... great control, great engine braking and power transfer [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: EastCoastWest

It's not so much trust of the belt, if I blow a belt in my sled I can change it in 5 minutes trailside, if I blow it in an atv it's almost just as well to tow it home, you have to strip the thing down in every case I've seen to change the belt.</end quote></div>


I have 2000 miles on my Sportsman belt and I finally looked at it and it was a wast of time I just covered the thing back up,it was in that good of shape (20min) job requires two different size sockets and a Philip's screw driver for the entire job .

The SP 500 has more power than any 5 speed Utility thats still on the market,just to give you a idea of how much fooling around with a belt drive ATV requires.

The belts on the ATV are as strong as the belts found on sleds,but since they do not have as much power,RPM and have a low range they last so much longer that most people do not even carry a spare belt with them,a unheard of thing to do with a sled.

 

I've gotten 11,000+ km out of OEM Ski-Doo belts.

 

I've been riding Sportmans with IRS for over a decade and loving it.

In thousands and thousands of miles, the only time I've ever broken a Polaris belt was about 100 miles after smoking it REALLY bad. I'm talking about wedged in between trees and not moving - smoking. I carried a new belt and the minimum of tools I needed with me, and when it broke I pulled over, replaced it, and was riding again in 1/2 hour flat. It's not a major problem. It just takes awhile to take all the screws out of the cover and put them back in.