IMO Poo tends to be an easy target for issues. As soon as one thing goes wrong all the other brand loyalists attack polaris. "See they haven't fixed ****!" Wrong. The new polaris 800 HO seems to be much more reliable than that of the past. As far as a-arms, our group of roughly a dozen riders on the axys, we did not bend or break a single arm. And we ride very aggressive. Having said that, wouldn't you rather break an arm than have that percussion travel thru the arm and into the bulkhead? 2.6 track is honestly kind of garbage. I would say that's the one downfall with the axys. And the Walker Evans shocks. Garbage.
Outside of that, out of the box I would say hands down the axys is a better option. Lighter, narrower, taller. I know there were a lot of sleds with TPS's not to spec but that's an easy quick fix.
Either way I don't think you can go wrong with either the axys or the mountain cat. Just depends what type of rider you are and what's comfortable to you.
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