I asked the head engineer about that at the reveal today. He said there has been a lot of internal discussion on it. Polaris thinks the product liability (covering a failure of a tether to work properly) is to great to add it from the factory.
2016 axys RMK... beginning to see some details.
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I asked the head engineer about that at the reveal today. He said there has been a lot of internal discussion on it. Polaris thinks the product liability (covering a failure of a tether to work properly) is to great to add it from the factory.
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Really. Doo has had them from factory for forever.
If they can make a kill switch work, they can make a tether work.
What a load of BS.
edit: ^yeah plus because skidoo and stuff. Gimme a break. They even made it a coded key.......but polaris can't make another binary switch. Right.
I'm not about to read all 11 pages so I don't know if this was covered but when the pc came out everyone ranted and moaned about the taller a arms. Now poo does it and suddenly its genius. :face-icon-small-dis
Q & A for the engineers tonight
Q-The spindles look taller. Cats newer spindles drag in the snow more when on edge due to the height. If the stance is still 39-40-41 depending on the ski setting, is there any negative effects to the spindles in the snow if they are in fact taller?
A-the spindles are longer below the lower ball joint which unlike the Arctic Cat lifts the chassis without causing any drag in the snow because the longer spindle is behind the ski.
Per Poo FB Q&A:
Danny Clarke: The spindles look taller. Cats newer spindles drag in the snow more when on edge due to the height. If the stance is still 39-40-41 depending on the ski setting, is there any negative effects to the spindles in the snow if they are in fact taller?
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Polaris Snowmobiles: Hi Danny, the spindles are longer below the lower ball joint which unlike the Arctic Cat lifts the chassis without causing any drag in the snow because the longer spindle is behind the ski.
That doesn't even make sense. The spindle is in the snow regardless of where the ball joint is at. When the sled is on its side what does the chassis height have to do with anything.
Good point. Just passing on what was posted by Polaris. I'm curious about the "because the longer spindle is behind the ski" part of the answer.
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Make-a no sense-a.
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I guess you can't please everyone........who says the 36" stance is better? I haven't met anyone?
What manufacturer has a better stock bumper setup? Haven't seen one?
Is the 3" the be all end all? I see the XM's chewing pretty good, but only straight uphill.
Powder coating should be standard, but I guess there will be a price difference between a standard pro-something or other.
I haven't seen this sled in the flesh but do we know that the footwell area is still weak? Yes there should be more reinforcement above the rear skid mounts, though it looks like some work has been done there.
Yawn???? This sled has addressed everything we have asked for....ok minus the belt drive....
If anyone is looking for me on days off, I will be selling my body cheap on the streets of revy
holding a sign that reads.....need snowcheck dollas
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I see a million ways to fix that issue. Why not have the same bog as with the reverse when it's unplugged? You can get home but not more than that. And if you push down the reverse button at the same time you override that bog.
I give that idea for free to the Polaris engineers. If you want 999,999 different versions of it, just ask. :face-icon-small-hap
Have skid marks on my jacket and bibs from two different rides. So personally it's a must have for me. And I see no reason not to have it.
Everyone who's ever ridden one on a pro, XM or M-series.
Arctic Cat, Skidoo, Yamaha. Just a few.
The bumper thing is probably the stupidest discussion on this board. If it came with a big burly bumper stock....some jackass would be making something that looked just like the current stock bumper, selling as a "lightweight mod" and guys would be buying it like crazy. Don't hit 6" diameter+++ trees and the stock bumpers are fine. Nailing trees with any of the current bumper offerings probably won't go well.
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Ridden one on a pro, xp and xm can't say I enjoyed it on the pro or xp, seems ok on the xm. the pro is nice with the 39".
Uhhh ski doo? just watched a minor tree bump push in a bumper, break the nose plastic and dent the pipe to the point where it had to be cut open banged out an re-welded..plus the pipe has to be removed to put the 4 dinky rivets that 'hold' it on back in. I didn't know anyone still rode cats or yammys?
You must be a trail rider, they do suck on the trail. That's old news. What u rode, I guarantee it had a sway bar hooked up, right! Try one without. I have both setups, let me tell yah, the sway bar sucks. The combo with taller bars and no SB, is effortless.
I'm not going to defend anything skidoo, trust me
I'm just saying when they went with a narrower stance it was "better". Still not "good"
I was thinking about the rear bumpers.....my bad if you weren't. And I'm pretty sure you could figure out a way to pull on the rear bumper of an xm/xp and still bend the nun/module.
But for rear bumpers.......EVERY other sled has a better one.
Trust me... you wont need 36" arms on this sled...it's higher stance makes this a completely different sled... completely different character.
Saying that you need a given suspension setup because you liked it on your PRO RMK has nothing to do with the new sled.
Am I saying that a 36" wide front will be a bad idea... I don't know... nor does anyone else at this point... when some owners can put a set on the new AXYS PRO RMK sled... THEN we'll know... not before.
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Saying that you need a given suspension setup because you liked it on your PRO RMK has nothing to do with the new sled.
Am I saying that a 36" wide front will be a bad idea... I don't know... nor does anyone else at this point... when some owners can put a set on the new AXYS PRO RMK sled... THEN we'll know... not before.
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Speaking of bumpers lol. We still haven't seen the sled with the "bumper" pictured at the beginning of the vid.
If you can't picture the difference in drag between a spindle lengthened below the lower a-arm instead of between the a-arms, I guess you'll have to just keep scratching your head.
Good to see all the comments and fear from every corner. As MH has continually said and many chose to ignore, there's more cooomiiing lol.
If you can't picture the difference in drag between a spindle lengthened below the lower a-arm instead of between the a-arms, I guess you'll have to just keep scratching your head.
Good to see all the comments and fear from every corner. As MH has continually said and many chose to ignore, there's more cooomiiing lol.
