Added some things (wink)
I'd like to see some refinements in the sled...But not throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
To the Roseau engineers and admin in Medina that might read this... I think you have a great sled here... and you HAVE been listening to our input and suggestions and have given us an amazing package in a sled..
Keep working guys, your almost there!!
DRIVETRAIN:
The QD will of course get this through necessity.
1) I'd really like to see a tensioner on the QD and gear ratio options
2) Change out that Hokey 11mm pitch "Proprietary" belt... Sheesh... run the proven 8mm Gates Polychain GT Carbon on there and give up on "one source, "Polaris only" replacement parts mentality for this part.
3) The QD really needs a MUCH more formidable bash-plate or integrated "shoe" under the lower pulley to protect against belt drive hits from those NORMAL things that real world RMK owners encounter in the day-2-day.
4) Ditch the center track driver... it really is just added weight with marginal benefit at best, especially at the track tension that is already required/specified by P.I.
Take the lead from one of your premiere dealers, Struthers... who is running 250+ HP boosted sleds WITHOUT the use of the center driver or other Combo/extro drivers. Time for the engineer that is pushing that feature to re-consider.
5) Put lube ports BACK onto the Jack and Drive shafts... allow us to do PREVENTIVE maintenance on our sleds!!
SUSPENSION:
1) Add bushings to the rear suspension...IMO "Stone-Age" mentality to run aluminum in bare steel tubes with only grease.
2) Make the limiter strap adjustable.
3) Continue to work with Randy at W.E. on refining the shocks... see if you can come up with a better ice-scraper for the shafts that will hold up longer...Talk to any of your premiere dealer/field-R&D inputs that service the shocks... they'll help out!!
4) Rubber stops in the skis:... make them out of a high quality urethane material so they don't eject you in crusty snow when you are turning back uphill.... or make them wider to distibute the load over the entire width of the spindle rather than just half of it.
CHASSIS:
1) Provide just a hair more lug tip clearance to the tunnel for the
2) E-coat the engtire chassis on the LE models to shed snow.
3) Run a 1.5mm UHMW tunnel liner at the front of the tunnel where the 6 lb chunk of ice forms and creates resistance on the PRO RMK's.... Stop focusing on purely dry weight... the riding weight if it holds a 20 lb chunk of ice that decreases driveline efficiency is certainly an in-use serious consideration!
4) Take the stock Running boards to the next level and coat them from the factory like you do the BB's.
5) Make a bumper from PG&A that is actually worth a darn!
ELECTRICAL:
1) Put positive locking connectors on the hi/lo-set/mode-warmer switch connections on the back of the console switches... same with the hand warmer element wires.
2) Move the bundle of ground connections to a place that cannot be broken off when you take a bumper hit and the tab comes loose.
3) Separate the lighting and ECU VR's again... no need to have them in the same unit where if one side fails... it has a strong likelyhood of taking out the other.
4) In this day and age of accessories run a bit better MOSFET VR like the Shindengen regulator on the charging side to provide a reliable DC power source rather than jeopardizing the ECU power supply.
Give consumers a better DC power take off point!!
5) The starter on the ES.... Make the drive more robust and use a starter motor that takes advantage of today's compact/light motor technology.
6) Mount the PERC switch into the clamp for the brake lever like Ride Engineering does on their aftermarket kill switches.
FUEL SYSTEM / OIL:
1) Get rid of that hokey oil tank... take a clue from the RUSH fuel tank and add it as a "Wing" like the rush has to the exhaust side of the sled... More access and get rid of the oil on the clutch side!
2) Make the fuel filter with quick disconnects on BOTH sides of the filter housing itself... For a service item, it is ridiculous that the owner of a snowmobile should pay over $100 for a filter that should cost no more than $25 from the OEM/dealer network.... A QD on either side of the filter canister built into the lines makes the filter A) Easier to change a filter B) Better for the consumer. ... I'm sure that Synerject can pull this off easily.
MFD (Gauge):
1) Run a factory Gauge lifter on the sled with a "chimney" for heat exit on ALL RMK's ... Heck, I know you designed the Instrument to be viewed from a seated position on the 2010 RUSH... but this is the RMK... the hood vents are loaded with snow often... we could use a better view of the gauge and more heat exit... I'm sure you could still work this into the EPA noise/drive-thru test.
2) Is the Kelch gas-cap/gauge REALLY lighter than the sender in the tank??? Put the gauge sender back into the tank... the wiring and PFA are already setup for that... just activate the MFD to take the signal on the RMK's.
ENGINE:
1) KEEP WORKING ON THE ENGINE RELIABILITY in the 2-stroke Cfi
Do another Andes mtns trip this summer and REFINE REFINE REFINE the mapping!
2) Lets see something in a 2 cyl, 4-stroke, NA and Turbo in the RMK... taking advantage of the purchase of tech from acquisition of SwissAuto... 4 stroke, 170 turbo hp, at 480 lbs dry.
Snowcheck options
1) Handlebars
2) Colors
3) Shock choice
4) Track (offer a good aftermarket track as an option)
Snowcheck MUST offer bar height choices... heck... your top riders, Adams and Burandt, both run lower aftermarket bars... and are selling butt-loads of them to others... make this a Snowcheck choice!!
Probably more to come.
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