Building The Ultimate Lightweight Ski-Doo 

@MuskokaFreerider 7 minute mark when you pushed the sled out with the tunnel strapped to your waste was absolutely priceless and genius all at the same time. Can't wait to watch this build all summer and keep my sledding itch under control.

Carbon skid where you at! Muskoka is gettin Kuster-ee :)

Love it! Can’t wait to see the finished version! 💪

Wow I wasn’t expecting this be as in depth as it’s turning out to be. Nice job man looking forward to this

Love it! Snowmobile season is all seasons even if you’re not riding 🤘🏼

175” YES!! Can’t wait for people to see what a 175 can doo compared to a 165. Love this build!

I knew you’d come to the dark side of the moon with a can!!! Nice work Matt!

Ti arms and Carbon Skid are killer! no sway is awesome, i've always deleted mine on every sled.

Renton coil spring for front titanium shock springs, clutch springs, titanium bolts, A arms, chrome moly steering post... My 2022 165 N/A big bore weights 338lbs dry and 395wet.... Good luck on your build 😊

Dave at Redline Performance in Sylvan Lake makes a water to air intercooler for the factory turbos as well as a stage 4 high boost tune that uses race fuel. You need that in your life 😊

We need an update 🤘👏

175... gonna be taking the limo up the hill :P Cant wait to see this build!

So awesome you are finally going light weight is what you need in the mountains makes a big difference way to go Muskoka Freerider keep it up cant wait for the next video.

5 & a half minutes in, so I'm not sure if you bring it up later in the video but eliminating the oil injection & running mixed fuel, will eliminate a lot of weight.

Awesome summer content

update!!

This is going to be sick!!! I have thought about purchasing Titanium fasteners off of the internet. I don't know if you would save money doing that, opposed to purchasing from Alt Impact, or X supplier, but theoretically, if you have the proper bolt length, proper thread pitch, everything could be replaced and ordered from X supplier. You can also switch out certain fasteners. There's probably steel in places (plastics, switches, brake reservoir) where you could get away with aluminum bolts, or even plastic darts or zip ties. I wonder if you could get away with Carbon fiber handle bars (mountain bikes). You could also get a hot knife and might be able to trim plastics, gussets, or vents down, but not completely away. As Louis from PowerModz said, "Ounces count!!!"

Excited to see you on a 175, I think you're gonna love it on the deep days! But, you're modding the wrong sled! The ZX 700 is what we want to see!

Thank you for sharing 😊

Can’t wait to see you make noise with that can. Haha gunna be a sick ride man!

I cut 50lbs off my Skidoo Summit X last year by getting my fat a$$ back into shape...went from 240 down to 190...I"m back to 202 at the end of the summer, but should be under 190 by Christmas. I don't think you have 50 lbs to lose.

Awesome, can't wait!!

Niceeeeee!!!! Titanium can here we come!!!

Love your videos, and good luck with your build!

You finally got your F250 Lariat you ordered like 2 years ago? I see a 8ft box!

Cant wait to see it when it's all.dpne!

This will be a interesting one to follow!

An easy but costly weight saving mod is to go full on titanium pipes and can. Consider air shocks all around. If you talk with some of the guys that run this years air shocks you can get a feel of how well others like em. I know some say those are now possible to use even for heavy usage, due to weight benefits are more important then shock performance. I you don't plan to do big drops it might work well for you. Carbon fiber fuel tank as well as carbon hood and side panels will also save you a lot of weight. To be brutal, I don't think the lightweight game is possible without sinking in hard cash into custom lightweight parts. Sure it costs a few bucks, but this lightweight sled is not a sled you will sell by the end of season to build a new next year. This will be you secret weapon sled. That come out to play when conditions calls for it. And you can easily get 3-4 seasons of riding or even more out of it as secondary sled or even your third choice sled. Just bite the bullet and man up for the cost, I know you will enjoy it every time you use it. Maybe a little tune up for the motor as well while you're at it? And I guess as a youtuber you get to to put the expenses of the build as a tax write off? Maybe you can get a sponsor or two to help fund the custom lightweight parts?

Your going to want to do some sort of heat management to combat the removed heat shielding I’d suggest doing a lot of exhaust heat tape and some gold adhesive heat barrier on the back of the hood and side panels and stuff like that

Isn't there some fancy light weight Ti clutch also Matt? Unsprung mass gains to counter the longer track?

Do you have a part number for the gas tank

In the late 1990s an Arctic Cat engineer took a ZR sled,cut it down the middle narrowing it quite a bit and made the first Firecat prototype.😬

This is awesome! Can’t wait keep the vids going!

I took my 9R 155 at 508lbs to a 165 at 451lbs. A lot of custom work as well as alll the TI/Alum bolts. Ti bolts require some FU money. 7-800$/lb...

Awesome!!! But you could have just bought an alpha one, put turbo on would be same weight with way less work…

How’s it going on the sledd bro. Give us an update!

Chasing the one percent ... good luck 👍

Can't go wrong with stripping weight out of spinny stuff. Titanium clutch hardware goes a long way. Also getting the stator and brake rotor shaved down at ZRP will help. Belt drive? I do love seeing lightweight builds. Makes me jealous being a trail rider. Mountain sleds get all the cool parts.

Whole tunnel out of cf..alu backplates for the track mounting point's (adhesive+rivet's).

I think I’d rather have hot clutches vs primary clutches that fall off on a regular basis!😂

Yessssss about time you got a can 😂😂

This is awesome.

This is awesome. Love to see a good Frankensled. May sound like a stupid suggestion but ... how much does a seat weigh? Would you consider just not using one? For mountain and tree riding, you rarely ever sit down anyway. Maybe some sort of lightweight 'cushion' (for lack of a better word)? Anywho, this is awesome and I cant wait to see the end product.

2:48 you say “dethawed” in 🇨🇦. We say “unthawed” in Minnesota 🇺🇸 hahahhaha

Updates buddy

Mountain fit makes a headlight delete panel

Good thing your in tight with Harper!

Lighten the flywheel, lighten the brake rotor, titanium clutch bolts, Specialty Motorsports belt drive, carbon sled rear skid, fox float shocks, good old boondocker turbo snorkel straight up out of the hood, port the track, remove the track clips, no scratchers on rails, Can Skidoo do oil injection delete?

The science experiments woulda been neat to see more of 👌😂🤣. What a tease showing us that lil bit 🤦‍♂️😝. Should be quite the ripper when you’re done 🤙

Can't wait to see er done

If you can't remove panels use a hole saw to reduce weight.

Question, dont you need some lights? Seen quite a few returns on the dark 😊

Can't wait to see it at Hay-days

Watch out on the clutch cover. I forgot mine, a piece of belt came out, felt like my leg was broken. I loved my 175, with your abilities trees would be no problem. Bow ties are hard tho. My 175 was in a 165 chassis.

I hear the number 8 pounds thrown around alot for a fresh wrap. surprised you only had about 2.

Chute slayer coming soon! Go big or go home, right? A summer diet is the cheapest weight you’ll ever shed, but you’re a skinny dude already 😆 it’ll be fun to watch the progress, then send it up a chute like that crazy mofo on the blue 2018 summit x. Damn I had to watch one that a few times!

CHUTE SLED!!!! Yesss

Hey I have a question I've been trying to edit my videos but none of them work so I'm wondering what you use?

Can’t wait for hay days

Stoked !

Looks like xero is working on a hood for gen 5s think youll pick one up once they are available?

Mod sleds! 👏💯

make your own molds, and do some carbon fibre layups of all the body pieces (a friend and I use to do with our polaris pro and dragons) . Titanium A-arms, and steering post?

Think you’ll still get ice buildup unless you do a thermal break between the tunnel and cooler

Im wondering if you are selling any parts that you are not using ?

Aren't you worried about durability issues with the carbon fiber stuff? It doesn't take shock forces very well. And you're always at 100 when you're riding.

I have some new lightweight fox qs3 coilovers available in Ontario good price

I was honestly a little surprised with the 175” chute route… I figured a nice light flickable sled for the trees and freeriding.

This is gonna be a gooder.

the magneto is lighter from a non shot sled

you could go with fox float shoks

You coming out to the Edmonton sled show again, missed you last time hoping to catch you there?

That's interesting that you like the ski-doo with the swaybar, I can't stand riding them with the swaybar connected.

I should copy this with the ol lynx shredder! The lynx should just put a yamaha sticker on it for how heavy it is

Very cool

Nifty !

Dimond S Ti can is basically stock decibels but sounds better. Plus saves alot of weight. Nothing wrong with that! Atleast its not a GGB😂

Ok, I want to know about the science experiment lol. what was that boiling green stuff. LOL

Ruh roh....Matt got bitten by the chute bug!

Hey Matt, what are you doing with those hand guards?

Do clutches and bolts

Finally running an aftermarket can!😂

First comment maskoka love your videos I ride a 2023 lynx shredder at the moment thing rips.

I’d trade gauges off my 23’ Summit for some merch 👀

I lost 22lbs in my rmk. Took out everything but the flywheel

The back woods rear bumper weights 7 lbs. Maybe they can build you a lighter one

How much those Backwood bumpers weigh? Stock ones must be lighter.

Check out the fox light weight shocks

Fuxkin ay Matt! Lookin good buddy. What cha mean spent too much?! 🤷‍♂️ 😆 🤣 catch me out here central oregon s0me time!

What are you doing with your screen? I have a small one on my 24 Xpert… you want to trade?

If you’re looking for carbon fiber made parts. Let me know

Muskoka going to have a can 😅😅😅

Updates plz (Sweden)

Muskoka got a sled with a brap can now 👀 that’s awesome, hopefully it carries over to the rest of his sleds now

Hey Mat I need a 165 track for my gen 4 Expert are you selling that track by chance ?

Why are you not posting eny more vidoes😢

does this void warranty??:)

Lol, a can after your comment rant. Classic move. If you can't beat em. Join em

I figured they would be heavier then 527 wow

no snow no problem just make a video where you modify your Ski-doo