I am looking at a 1996 Thundercat that has ceramic coated pipes, stingers, k&n carb filters, 1 1/4 track, and jetted carbs for the stingers and a low windsheild. It has stock gearing and I am wondering what the top speed would be with, say 96-144 studs. What gains would I make if i shaved the track? thanx.

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You go from a zr 440 to a thundercat?
I wouldn't think a 14 year old should be driving a Thunderkitty.

whats wrong with being 14 and going fast? you own a srx 600 and i bet that it makes some serious steam, and ur 16. Or is it that you guys dont wanna take the embarrisment of a 14 year old dude on a thundercat while u all sti there on ur piss pot middleweight twins? hmm?

true.....he's probably to young to know what you mean by that anyways

ur just jelous, grow some balls and buy a real sled

Go get them tiger...you tell them mid twin bitches where to get off.

my piped 800 with nitrous aint enough for you or what?

id have to ride it and see, prob not, nitrous only works when u are goin all out and u hit the button, if it was a turbo'd 800 that was piped, then i think it wud be ok. How long is the track? whats the top speed?

hmmmm.....a twin piped 800, so twin turbos, very logical!! its a 162" track just like it says in my signature and its a mountain sled so i dont give a shit about top speed.

how come young people only care about top speed??? It could probably go 200mph with the right set-up and enough road....who cares

and it would probably take 1996 thundercat that your looking at to school without the nitrous

hmmmm.....a twin piped 800, so twin turbos, very logical!! its a 162" track just like it says in my signature and its a mountain sled so i dont give a shit about top speed.

how come young people only care about top speed??? It could probably go 200mph with the right set-up and enough road....who cares

and it would probably take 1996 thundercat that your looking at to school without the nitrous

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I might be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure they quit making triple 2-strokes. Do you think there might be a reason for that? Who really cares about top speed now days though, if you did care about it you would buy a four stroke. I would rather be in the powder then on a lake racer or a trail ragger.
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i would auctually like to try deep powder riding some day, only where i live theres a lake anyware you look, and there arent ay huge hills or mountians to go riding on, plus i dont have the money for a 4 stroke sled. And, they quit making triple sleds because all of a suden a shit load of gay men wanted to buy sleds, and they wanted to ride their faggot twin machines. So that is why they stoped making triples . faggs like that started buying faggy twins. and riding them in at faggy speeds. If your not goin fast, your not havin fun

Wow Hagar!!! For a 14 year old you sure know alot about triples vs. twins...... The reason they stopped making triples couldn't possibly have anything to do with the wider power band and more torque the twins produce could it?? Nope that can't be it.... must be because there were (and I qoute) " a lot of gay men" Yeah you definately know your stuff.... good work.

Wow Hagar!!! For a 14 year old you sure know alot about triples vs. twins...... The reason they stopped making triples couldn't possibly have anything to do with the wider power band and more torque the twins produce could it?? Nope that can't be it.... must be because there were (and I qoute) " a lot of gay men" Yeah you definately know your stuff.... good work.

Stick with the tcat man - they are wicked fun, especially on lakes. mines an 02 with a 136 track, these heavy sleds actually do handle just as well a a twin ( if not better cause they have more weight over the skis) I have no prob out running my buddies with twins in the twisties, just takes more muscle to get em to do what you want. the 136 track does great off trail (not talking mtns here) with a wider ski up front. Once you start modding a tcat, its tough to find anything outta the box that will satisfy the hp addiction.

Ill race u with my ZRT and well see who wins.

Ill race u with my ZRT and well see who wins.

i would auctually like to try deep powder riding some day, only where i live theres a lake anyware you look, and there arent ay huge hills or mountians to go riding on, plus i dont have the money for a 4 stroke sled. And, they quit making triple sleds because all of a suden a shit load of gay men wanted to buy sleds, and they wanted to ride their faggot twin machines. So that is why they stoped making triples . faggs like that started buying faggy twins. and riding them in at faggy speeds. If your not goin fast, your not havin fun

Ya i figured that out with my ZRT. Its really fast and it handles great. Only sience its a 96 the suspension aint too good. But on the top end it will scream to about 110 mph. Thats all it has even on the ice. But ya thats wy i want something with more spunk because the power is what im after. I dont do much trail riding very often so any older huge triple will get the job done. The only hard part is startin the freekin things when there cold, u really gottta pull hard. hahaha

Please go to school and stop mutilating the english language.I make some spelling and grammar errors but please
your killing me

soon to be another statistic

do the letters F O mean anything to you?

Ya i figured that out with my ZRT. Its really fast and it handles great. Only sience its a 96 the suspension aint too good. But on the top end it will scream to about 110 mph. Thats all it has even on the ice. But ya thats wy i want something with more spunk because the power is what im after. I dont do much trail riding very often so any older huge triple will get the job done. The only hard part is startin the freekin things when there cold, u really gottta pull hard. hahaha

Remember ,,The T-Cat owns you at that age,,you don't own it,, watch out on a cold morning, you'll need a tow truck to pull it over,, F5 would be a better choice....R2R

Dude don't listen to these old geezers. They thibk that because there parents fucked 20 years before yours that you must respect them. I was looking into old thundercats and actually would've bought one if I didn't get such a good deal on this ZR700. I know what you mean about open lakes and pinning it. Here in Minnesota we never get enough snow anymore to do any serious deep powder riding. Get the thundercat but make sure to follow the manual when syncronizing the carbs and tuning everything. My 1994 ZR700 is bone stock (except for DG stinger) and I adjusted everything according to the manual and was precise in my measurements. I got 93.23 mph in 1000 feet and I am 6'2" and weigh 235lbs! Me and my sled put together weigh 850lbs! thats a lot of weight going really fast!

1994ZR700

So r2r?,, we're old geezers? Hey 94ZR700, if we were old geezers, would I have sent the pm the other day ??,,, I don't think us "old geezers" have time for that huh?
You are the one on here asking ,, not us old geezers

Don't feel that old,,,Humm...have to remember that next one of them wants help... R2R

Now all of you "older" guys are saying that young people are obsessed with speed,and that its not all about speed, But I bet that everyone of you wanted to go fast when you were younger. So dont gimmie that bullshitt. Your all just jelous that a buncha teenagers have faster sleds than you do, or you guys just cant handle the speed and we can. aha

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LMFAO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am not that old, but I do have respect for my elders who have "been there and done that"
Tired of seeing little twerps like hagar and so on talkin smack..... Something tells me he wouldn't be near as cocky if he was standing in front of one of these "old guys".... especially if there weren't any witnes's and the "old guys" had an alibie.... by the way I will volunteer for that roll if you "old guys" wanna give him a what for!