snowmobile locks

The only guy we used to know who owned a Yamaha had his sled moved 3 times so they could steal an arctic cat or something else he was blocking. We always just remove our keys. THere are two common locks. Throttle locks and track locks. Track locks are big and doubtful you want to carry on the trail. No idea how well they work. THrottle lock would prolly be the way. SHould fit in your rear hatch and work good. THis won't prevent someone from coming up and loadin gyou sled on a truck just not driving it on the truck. Unless they break the lock. THere are also locks that go for the two skis to lock them together only problem is you have to mess with the skis each time unbolting steering and all(I believe) cause they have to toe in to lock together. I like the idea of removing the key and if you really want there is the old trick of installing a second kill swith down inside the sled so no one knows about it. That is a good one but 1 more kill switch is 1 more place for your wiring system to go wrong. By the way I am not knocking Yamahas and I bet the Viper will become one of the most attempted to be stolen sleds well at least will put Yamaha higher on the list of attempted thefts. I mean my dad owns a Viper and i love that thing! You can also change your avatar image to the viper from that SRX it should be in the profile options. Can thank me for sending the picture to use to Erick

Edited by - Sled_Dog on January 02 2002 8:03:24 PM

It's too bad that sleds don't have a stearing lock like motorcycles have. Personaly I don't like the idea of track locks, because if you forget to take it off or some one does try to take it, the track could get torn and they would give up and move to the next sled. I like the idea of locking two sleds skis together, but I wouldn't buy one of those contraptions that they sell for that. I would buy a Heavy Duty long shackle Master Pro Series Padlock for the job. It would take someone a long time to try and cut one of those off, a hack saw don't even scratch it. (I know, I'm a Locksmith )

Ok guys, i have told this little theft deterrant once before, but i feel its worth saying again. On many sleds there is a fuel cutoff valve. Just turn it off and you shouldnt have anything to worry about. We had an attempted theft, but when the float bowls ran dry the sled quit, granted it was about 100 yards away, but it was still there. A theif isnt going to want to mess with a sled that doesnt run...they will move onto one that does. Besides all this, once the float bowls do run dry it takes quite a few pulls to get gas back into the float bowls....(i know, i've forgotten to turn the valve back on a few times ) and that takes time, something wich theifs have very little of. Hey it works for us and its only a small inconvienence to have to raise the hood and flip the switch.

Polaris is my way out - Other people just use a door.

I also use a secondary hidden kill switch. Even the polaris dealer couldnt' figure out why it wouldn't start until i told them about it.
I like the idea of the fuel shut off.

My sled takes so dang long to warm up, it won't even move until it has been running at least a few minutes. I know, i've tried. It won't budge. But i would still have to hear it in order to stop the thief. I also used to have a spare hood that was solid Black and said 340 on it. On our big trip last year i put this hood on to deter theives in MI. I ride a 98' XCR 440 SP, so it worked great! Of course it looked pretty ugly, but it was a very fast 340........lol.

Just buy a pit bull and teach it to sit on your sled when you are gone!

Dan Wesson 44 Mag with
240 Grain Hollow Points in my shoulder holster.
I had a Cobra link chain for my HOG, it weighed about 30 lbs though. I suppose I would go with the cable and lock the sleds together or to some other object, at least it would slow them down.

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2001 ZL800
Delta IIs
Power Breather

Creek beds don't make good brakes!


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<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>Originally posted by TriumphoverU:

Ok guys, i have told this little theft deterrant once before, but i feel its worth saying again. On many sleds there is a fuel cutoff valve. Just turn it off and you shouldnt have anything to worry about. We had an attempted theft, but when the float bowls ran dry the sled quit, granted it was about 100 yards away, but it was still there. A theif isnt going to want to mess with a sled that doesnt run...they will move onto one that does. Besides all this, once the float bowls do run dry it takes quite a few pulls to get gas back into the float bowls....(i know, i've forgotten to turn the valve back on a few times ) and that takes time, something wich theifs have very little of. Hey it works for us and its only a small inconvienence to have to raise the hood and flip the switch.

Polaris is my way out - Other people just use a door.[/quote]
just one problem there. My sled has that but it is big plain as day and right under the hood. ALl you would have to do on at least a sled like mine is pop the hood and flip it really quick and off.