Arctic Cat M1100 Turbo

hurricane2 · Mar 9, 2011

Got a good laugh out of the 2012 Cat 4-stroke and the die hard Cat guys. News flash for Arcitc Cat guys: Yamaha wasen't just adding 100lbs to their sleds just for the hell of it! I have been spending a fair amount of time over there leading up to the 2012 release and was just shaking my head at all these guys thinking this thing was going to weigh the same as a M1000. Cudos for them for jumping in to the 4 Stroke mountain biz and with factory boost to boot, but it weighs 565 dry, and now all the 2-stroke Cat guys are saying things like, "well with aftermarket parts it should be easy to take off alot of weight". For the last 5 years they have been saying things like "The Nytro sucks without spending a fortue on lightweight parts." LOL. There is no magic to building a light 4-stroke, it takes $$$ that the factories so far are not willing to try to get people to pay for.

Kibbels · Mar 9, 2011

Yes this is so true - However I'm very impressed with what AC has brought to the table...

adrenaline junkey · Mar 9, 2011

Kibbels said:
Yes this is so true - However I'm very impressed with what AC has brought to the table...

Agreed, but what does the nytro weigh ? the cat turbo looks interesting to say the least :face-icon-small-coo

justinkredible56 · Mar 9, 2011

The title of my 09' lists a crate weight of 552 I beleive. I don't know how accurate that is but the wet weight of a 2011 153" is 601.

adrenaline junkey · Mar 9, 2011

justinkredible56 said:
The title of my 09' lists a crate weight of 552 I beleive. I don't know how accurate that is but the wet weight of a 2011 153" is 601.

That being said the cat will be real close to 180hp nytro then ?

←snow∞motion→ · Mar 9, 2011

adrenaline junkey said:
That being said the cat will be real close to 180hp nytro then ?

Yeah, but the AC comes stock. :face-icon-small-fro

Wonder how Yamaha will come back.

adrenaline junkey · Mar 9, 2011

←snow∞motion→;2670279 said:
Yeah, but the AC comes stock. :face-icon-small-fro

Wonder how Yamaha will come back.

True but if you snow check your sled ya can get boost for 2 grand probably going to be the same price or a little cheaper than the cat. I read that cat will come with a 2 year warranty where Yamaha will be only one year. i think you will see Yamaha step up there game a little who knows how they will accomplish it tho

SUMMITREV · Mar 9, 2011

Last night on cats site said 13700 for msrp for snopro 1100 turbo. That would put it around a grand less than 2012 boosted nytro unless yamaha changes that

Mountaintech · Mar 10, 2011

hurricane2 said:
Got a good laugh out of the 2012 Cat 4-stroke and the die hard Cat guys. News flash for Arcitc Cat guys: Yamaha wasen't just adding 100lbs to their sleds just for the hell of it! I have been spending a fair amount of time over there leading up to the 2012 release and was just shaking my head at all these guys thinking this thing was going to weigh the same as a M1000. Cudos for them for jumping in to the 4 Stroke mountain biz and with factory boost to boot, but it weighs 565 dry, and now all the 2-stroke Cat guys are saying things like, "well with aftermarket parts it should be easy to take off alot of weight". For the last 5 years they have been saying things like "The Nytro sucks without spending a fortue on lightweight parts." LOL. There is no magic to building a light 4-stroke, it takes $$$ that the factories so far are not willing to try to get people to pay for.

My thoughts exactly. Hats off to them. This release is good for the sport.

doober · Mar 10, 2011

But the Cat turbo is available in Canada according to their site, the Nytro isnt available here. Personally I like the looks. Possibly a new sled in my future? We will see.

macsummit · Mar 10, 2011

doober said:
But the Cat turbo is available in Canada according to their site, the Nytro isnt available here. Personally I like the looks. Possibly a new sled in my future? We will see.

yes no turbo for us Canadians from Yamaha. i can feel my blood starting to turn green at least arctic cat is supporting Canada they offer a turbo

ripper1000 · Mar 10, 2011

Doober, they do look cool. once you bleed green its hard to leave. One will be in my near future, Need to see more about them

doober · Mar 10, 2011

ripper1000 said:
Doober, they do look cool. once you bleed green its hard to leave. One will be in my near future, Need to see more about them

I was green before, had a bad experience with waranty department with a quad, went blue and love it (actually 40th red and white), but these look good. and I want a turbo!!

ripper1000 · Mar 10, 2011

You dont have to deal locally, I wont again. Thats one thing about a 4 stroke u need a turbo to get them goin. The prices & weights are respectable. I want to see a season on the snow to work out the bugs before I buy a new one

Swelly · Mar 10, 2011

I say hats off to Team Green. Coming to the table with what looks to be a well thought out play into the 4 stroke market. I was gung ho to jump ship, but am probably going to stay blue for me for now. My son is ready for a new sled, and I am considering a M1100 for him. Non Turbo of course.

Turblue · Mar 11, 2011

Pretty hard to beat a deal like that....add the d&D programmer 280 hp 565lbs(dry from what im reading) and ride.....dont have to spend thousands getting the chassis to where it needs to be....dont get me wrong I love yamaha, but you do have to spend a few bucks..... cat has a good chassis, suspension works very well.....what would you really need to change...maybe Mountain Mod Seat.....powder coat and graphix to make it your own and ride.......They just upped the bar by quite a bit with this new sled imo... might have to go green next year....im not a band wagon jumper.....but would be alot less cash forsure....

EZmoney · Mar 11, 2011

I like it and would buy one if i didnt have my apex. Stock turbo with warranty and a few upgrades and your pushing some good power. Great looking sled and i think its going to handle awesome. IMO cat did a great job with this one.

justinkredible56 · Mar 11, 2011

Turblue said:
Pretty hard to beat a deal like that....add the d&D programmer 280 hp 565lbs(dry from what im reading) and ride.....dont have to spend thousands getting the chassis to where it needs to be....dont get me wrong I love yamaha, but you do have to spend a few bucks..... cat has a good chassis, suspension works very well.....what would you really need to change...maybe Mountain Mod Seat.....powder coat and graphix to make it your own and ride.......They just upped the bar by quite a bit with this new sled imo... might have to go green next year....im not a band wagon jumper.....but would be alot less cash forsure....

I completely agree...this is the only sled that would get me off my nytro. I want to see how long the motor holds together with the abuse mountain style riding gives it.

WFO or go home · Mar 11, 2011

I would like to ride one to see how the handling compares to the Nytro.

Hopefully the center of gravity feels a lot lower.

roughrider99 · Mar 11, 2011

the m1100T deffinatly go my attention, its time for a new sled and this is alot cheaper than the ground up build i had in mind.

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