2018 it's coming!

SnoPro1000 · Jan 4, 2017

I wonder what's coming down the pipes!
I remember everyone being mad that the old M-series was riding on 7 years and here we are going on our 7th year for the proclimb? Given cats reputation of how they do things I doubt we will see a chassis change along with a motor change. Yamaha is buying the new chassis and the new thundercat just came out I see this chassis sticking around for a an other little while. Maybe huge chassis upgrades it's already one of the lightest the strongest but the body work needs to be lighten up. If bomb can do it with the xp and make an xm and keep the same chassis for years and eventually end up with an grand sled. I think cat will head down that road spice it up with body work and motor a proclimb 2.0
It will be the sled to have!

03Firecatguy · Jan 4, 2017

Oh here comes 100 people saying the same exact thing as they have said in every other post about how they are hoping for a lighter mountain specific chassis and narrower body work, a lighter new 800 engine and blah blah blah. Same old crap, different post. Its all a guessing game until its released. :face-icon-small-coo

DDECKER · Jan 4, 2017

hover sled! so light it just hovers over the snow

03Firecatguy · Jan 4, 2017

Especially since 90% of us can't even ride the current sled to its full potential....

Radar78 · Jan 4, 2017

When's the new release date?

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Scott · Jan 4, 2017

What was the first model year for the mountain version of the Pro Climb? 2012? or 13?

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d1100t · Jan 4, 2017

New chassis 2019

I don't think we'll see a new chassis till 2019 or 2020.
I think they'll release a new motor in 2018. 800 c-tec2 is my guess along with narrowed and lighter body work. It could look like the king cat or sidewinder.

boondocker97 · Jan 4, 2017

I bet you'll know in two months.

Bacon · Jan 4, 2017

Little different bulkhead, new motor, new plastic and a bit lighter. In my opinion the mountain cat is the best sled on the snow this year already. A little tweaking and Cat will be fine. If only we had someone like Burant (sp) telling everyone how great it is they would sell the crap out of them. Cat marketing just sucks.

89sandman · Jan 4, 2017

New motor would be sweet, direct injection is the cat's meow! I think in 16 they should have changed the plastic a little and gave the sled a new name, like Doo did with the Xm. The 16 was definitely improved enough to warrant the change. People just don't get excited unless it's something "new" and this would have got them to that point. Maybe with them running the same thing for a longer time their profit is greater then if they retool every 5 years. I do know that running a chassis 7-8 years does cost you some customers. That's why I bought a Pro in 11, was tired of my 07 M8 and you pretty much had a 10 or 11 M by updating the boards, seat and a pipe. Wasn't going to wait another season to see if they would come out with something new.

Would hope their next NEW chassis is two stroke specific. They have had to have seen by now that the fourstroke market is a waste of time and should leave that to Yami. Yami could run the Proclimb chassis for the next 10 years and it would fit perfectly into their business plan of build one thing and run it forever...

Thunder101 · Jan 4, 2017

Well it sounds like the 17 MC works so hopefully they leave things the hell alone. Nothing like selling a very expensive motor vehicle that's not ready to hit the market.
I would vote for new hood and side panels.

nosajlleb · Jan 4, 2017

They are releasing a new WildCat this Spring so doubtful Cat will do anything other than one new platform per year. At least that's there M.O. as of late.

Duzzi · Jan 4, 2017

I'm noticing that the 2017 Cat m8000 seems to have the same bogging issue as the M series did.

Frostbite · Jan 4, 2017

How about a Yamaha Direction Injection 865 twin in new lightened up chassis with tight fitting easily removable panels.

turboless terry · Jan 4, 2017

Why would you want anything Yamaha? They are like a bunch of liberals. Completely out of touch with the real world.

M8onEdge · Jan 4, 2017

Duzzi said:
I'm noticing that the 2017 Cat m8000 seems to have the same bogging issue as the M series did.

I've never had bogging on a cat? 09 M8, '10 M8, '14 PC, '15 PC?

'18 will be new motor. They could do so much more with the chassis so easily...lose 10 lbs on hood and panels alone (to equal my Axys), lose 8 with a belt drive and lose 10 more with a new track...all things they should do just to keep pace with the competition and aftermarket and keep close to competetive in the weight department. Hopefully at minimum the entire lineup will match the mountain cat specs. That seems like a no brainer.

CO 2.0 · Jan 4, 2017

M intakes and exhaust bog 95% more than any proclimb. There is some other issue causing it. Look into TPS, TSS, PV sticking or cable length specs.

RACINSTATION · Jan 4, 2017

turboless terry said:
Why would you want anything Yamaha? They are like a bunch of liberals. Completely out of touch with the real world.

Be careful, it was talk like this that got your turbo removed in the first place.......

SnoPro1000 · Jan 5, 2017

I know everyone is feeling a little stale from the lack
Of tooling from cat but all I
Keep reading is how good the MC is and how many ppl are wanting to switch if this is true. Get someone that knows how to market burandt could sell ice to an Inuit! Sell a sea doo to the desert!
Be nice to get his honest 100% opinion on a sled to get the real numbers on how many pros he put down due to blown motors.
I challenge Chris burandt to swing a leg over on a mountain cat and take it for a spin!

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