What I don't get about the XRS is that I HAD to get e-start with my 600, there was no pull option. Now there is no pull option for the 800 also. Why would they NOT sell the hottest trail ripper they make without e-start?
I can guess:
It is cheaper for them to make them all with a more expensive e-start than tool up for both options.
They are eliminating their recoil which was a warranty cost issue.
They are forcing guys to pay for estart, thus making more money.
The T3 can thing is a bit mind boggling to me. The can was in the works way before it was put out there to the public, many of us knew or guessed at it months ahead of time. It was ridden on demos for 3-4 months, after it was a publicly ridden sled. And as was posted above, it really isn't much (if any) louder than the 14 can, which is ridiculously quiet compared to other brands. So suddenly there is a noise issue? Then BRP claims that even though they added weight, they still came up with the same advertised weight? I call BS on all of it, there is a lot of double talk in those letters.
174 T3 advertised same weight as 2014 163. Add 6 pounds (guessing) in muffler, still equals 2014 163 weight? I am pretty sure my 2014 Summit didn't fluctuate it's weight based on how much water she was retaining.
Doesn't make sense.
Problems with supplier, too many 2014 mufflers on the shelf, too expensive to make the new cans, or they found an issue with the cans on the demos after all the miles, I would bet good money that it had nothing to do with noise, they are just trying to save face by blaming it on something out of their control.