hahaa,, I was just thinking about that last night.. I think i have the road gaps somewhat figured out!
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i just worked on my sled for about 2 hours, I WANT SNOW NOW!!!!!!
cant wait for the snow... my friend is picking up his new dragon 700! cant wait to try out the new polairs chassis. Ive never rode a iq chassis befor!
and im adding some more sh!t to my rev to make sure i will smoke him!
just dropped some more cash tonight on my sled... pics shud be up next week...
more dinosaur lookin sleds? ill take my grasshopper... imo the sleds are getting fuglier and fuglier, thay all look like garbage. polaris dragon well looks like a dragon, skidoos look like the design artist won on a etch a sketch. artic cats look like a squeezed polaris/skidoo togeather. and yamaha nytro looks like a fugging eagle head with a jetski tail. BLAH..
waiting until 2010 is a good idea, but you shouldn;t be waiting for a polaris, LOL!! if you want 2010 technology from polaris, start saving up for a 2014. polaris is dead.
I'm excited to see what polaris has coming out for 2010. It's supposed to be completly different and totally wild, but we'll see when it comes out
hmmm, your right, what do i know ??? I mean Once Polaris came out with the IQ chassis Ski doo Had to scramble to make somethign Lighter then polaris, and in turn they couldnt hold the bulk head togeather on the XP :durr Then Yamaha Decided to build most of their sleds out of Lead and on their lightweight sleds they put the most underpowered motors in them that were avaiable And then in turn would get owned on the trail by mid 90's polaris technology ( Sorry chris :rolf) And then Arctic Cat, well the only thing that ever came out of them that was decent was the A-arm suspension...
it took polaris 4 years to come out with the dragon, there only decent machine in years. the fushion is/was a dud, they are still trying to figure out fuel injection, and even their jackets and helmets suck. :rolleyes: ski doo is at the top of the game with their motors and aggressive chassis. cat has without a doubt the best ride and handling since coming out with the twin spar (one could argue that cat has alway had the best ride handling sled with the zr being probably the most recognized chassis EVER from any manufacturer, even more so than the IQ), and yamaha has the 4 stroke market pretty much wrapped up right now.
and..................polaris will have a hell of a sled in 2010 :loser i have driven them all, the new xp, the twin spar, the apex, the phazer/nitro, the switchback, the IQ, and a polaris is the only brand that i would never buy. they may come out and surprise the sledding world with something, but I doubt it.
we should start throwing out some some dates and locations for a BCM ride.
(based on racing experience)
xp= lightwieght fail. friend broke his 2 in half last year, literally, oh and bent the rails and bent the running boards straight down, oh and also forgot when ordering a mod, they sent the WRONG pistons and blew up with in minutes.
polaris= iqr chassis still rocks all race sleds except for the chain cases exploding
yamaha= heavy but nothing can keep up in open class, just need a good rider to ride one. <-- they dont even allow them in amature racing due to an unfair advantage.
artic cat=just plain fugly and handle like junk, push very bad
were they early build xps??? again, i logged some of the hardest miles ever with an xp in the group and that thing never missed a beat. the owner was worried after hearing all the horror stories.
the IQ belongs on the race track, not the trail, i agree with you that right now it is the best race chassis. the new cat does show a lot of promise though.
yamahas are four stroke, nuff said, again i agree. with a good rider it doesn;t matter that they are heavy, they are decent sleds.
the cats are the ugliest sled out there for sure, but not sure about the push. aftermarket skis, and updating the sway bar on the 07 models eliminates any push. cat has always had shitty skis on their sleds, first thing to come off when picking up any new cat.
/\/\/\ One early build one late built.... XPs are weak sauce. Great if Grandma needs to get across the field to milk the cows in the morning, but if you have any sack at all and ride it, then you will have issues down the road.... Fusion is a fail???? Pretty sure that the Fusion name is a fail but the Fusion is a IQ chaissis... the IQR is owning ALL other rides on the track... In fact, if it wasnt for the *reinforced* XPs, Polaris would have NO Competition on the track, On that note, You havent herd much about artic cat in the race world since the 02/03 sno pro :durr
i couldn't care less how many podiums a factory race team wins :chair:
i worry how the sleds perform in the real world, and the fact is polaris is at the bottom of the bunch right now. they tried to bridge the gap between race sled and trail sled and they failed. the fushion/IQ is a fail on the TRAIL, where it matters most. and again, i can't swallow the "xp is weak" argument. i literally logged over 1000 miles of some of the hardest riding i have ever done in my life and i was impressed. never even blew a belt :wow another member on here was along for all of them, i will see if he chimes in.
do you actually race or watch them on tv? not trying to be a smartass, just wondering.
and the new sno-pro will hold its own this year. :thumbsup polaris spent big money getting the big names in the sport to drive for them, i was not surprised how many races they won last year. cat has some up and coming guys with an all new chassis.
/\/\ I havent raced anything in two years (crashed and chiped 3 vertebre) The XP was having issues up front in the bulkhead area, and thoes rails that were all swiss cheesed to save weight, well thoes were bending like speghetti. I workd at a dealership that sold Polaris as well as ski doo, and have rode both. Im not bashing Skidoo by any means, but here is the fact of the matter, You take to much weight out and you will loose the structual integrity and that is what happened here. racers/ riders that had issues with the rails were adding steel to keep that damn thing togeather. On that note, this winter we had more Ski doos come back that burnt a cyl then any other machine. EFI and Carbed, SOO to say Polaris doesnt have their EFI dialed may be true, but id much rather get a MPG or two less then be walking back to the rod to flag down a ride!!!
what dealership you work for? sales or service?
the first time i sat on the xp i thought that i was going to break it :rolf i can just talk about my experiences, and i saw that xp stand up to riding that most guys only dream of being able to do. wether it was ditch banging to groomed trail, to rough trail, to powder, it held up great. even took a couple good hits and a rollover very well, LOL! and the fuel ecomony was unbelievable compared especially to my sled. nice to be talking sleds again, it was a long summer :headbang
hes a semi pro factory skidoo rider. he broke a total of 3 bulkheads 2 in the same weekend. blew the factory mod up in 5 laps, others blew up in 5 min lol had to have custom crazy running board braces made so they wouldnt flex, along with 99% of the other racers. the rails bent and the fix was a huge chunk of aluminum that bolt to each side of the rails. the beating i put on sleds, i look at what the racers do/break. i am VERY hard on equipment that wasnt built for the track. my phazer takes a beating, maybe slow but the worst thing that broke was the "link" (3times) in the rear skid, which is now billet that yamaha updated in 08. they updated my sled free of charge out of warranty. they replaced the ENTIRE skid exc the rails. that sled has been over2lane highways and been on a mx track a few times and cant complain about what yamaha has given me in return if i have troubles.
I was at Avenue motorsports (avenue lawn and leisure) in Men Falls, I was Parts but sold almost as much as the sales guy, And really only did setups, but i also ordered all the parts and did some warratny claims..... Very agil sleds, but i can say they are ahead of their time and and should have spent more time on the track before production....
anyone work at a ski-doo dealer here? looking to pick up a 2009 bv2s helmet is matte black.
i gota go there tonight to pick up a box o goodies that came from parts unlimited. :D soo ill check into it. depending on mark up (the big 4 are normally around 40% on parts) thats what ill get off. the mark up may not be that much on a helmet so ill look into it.
this the one?
http://cdn-9.psndealer.com/e2/dealer...5837-93-FT.jpg
/\/\ markups are at least $100, i think i was pricing them at $429 for the 09s. 355 is a good price..
well. johndee released his outlook for the year. doesn't look too good for us around here, but looks better for up north! not too far off now.
49 days until trails open!!
haha, the forcast is looking good for me, anybody going to the snow show? I'm heading back to waukesha thursday night and probably headin out to the show on friday
We were gonna go Saturday but I'm not sure now...
ill be goine sat 3pm, my buddy is working the polaris stand
im goin friday night, holloween havoc on saturday!
WHOOOO HOOOOO
just checked the 10 day for tomahawk! first time i have seen the "s" word in the weather forecast!!! would load a pic, but computer at work don't allow such activity!
http://www.weather.com/weather/tenda...nav_undeclared