My 13 146 took a rock to the front cooler & I took a hit to the front end at the same time. Easy fix, but having good insurance I decided to make what I thought was going to be a simple claim.
Ended up being a 9k claim, as there was very minor damage to some rather pricey parts... in our world, it's called wear & tear, in insurance land, it's called EVERYTHING MUST GO!!!
They ended up totaling my 13... not real happy about it. Since I can't re-insure it without wasting tons of $$ fixing it to 100% first, I was in the market for another sled.
Went out on sat & had a killer day on a 14 cat. My local dealer is awesome & Power World gave me a demo (0 mile sled) that I could ride all day to get comfy with it 100%
Fit & finish on the 14... HUGE step up from the 12, I also got the non snopro, as it fixes what IMO is hugely lacking on that sled... post position. it's way too far back for me, the laydown, even set inline with post is further forward.
I took it to a few hits to get a feel for it, took a bit, but it actually jumps better than my doo imo, and DEFINITELY lands better, even with minimal suspension setup.
Straight hits, it flies level, feels like a darn JART... just goes where you point it. This drop went down hill a ways to a crappy landing, and on my doo I think I would have quit about 5 landings earlier. Even the bombhole hits felt better.
Whip/ hip type hits, it was similar to the doo, not as easy to bring back, but easier to land poorly (yeah... I do that a lot, it's good to have something you're good at
)
(family photo, apparently I ride too slow as Abby had already landed)
At that point I was feeling VERY in tune with that sled, REALLY liked it. I was really thinking about switching back to it.
Then we spent some time in the trees.
(yeah... this is how I usually ride...) Btw, I'm standing up in this shot, to give an idea how much snow there was.
You'll notice it's nothing too steep or technical... I tried easing my way up in my lines, but despite riding it all morning & feeling AWESOME on the sled... as soon as I was going across the hill or down the hill, it just didn't feel good. The XM has a very "round bottom" kind of feel that makes it feel smooth a a number of different angles... it slips a bit at steep sidehills compared to the M, but I've learned to under sidehill it a tad in those situations (leaning the opposite of normal, to back off sled angle to the hill a bit)
Sled would dive, and fight me in downhill turns... I just couldn't get it to feel good unless I was going uphill. (feels awesome uphill btw, very controllable side to side with foot pressure, fore & aft movement very predictable on uphill biased sidehills)
At the end of the day, my back hurts, my elbows are PISSSSSSED at me, my neck is sore as SH**, the bars on the sled are bent, and I walked into Power World... and walked out with another 146 XM. Had you asked me at noon, you would have got a totally different answer compared to the end of the day.
Ended up being a 9k claim, as there was very minor damage to some rather pricey parts... in our world, it's called wear & tear, in insurance land, it's called EVERYTHING MUST GO!!!
They ended up totaling my 13... not real happy about it. Since I can't re-insure it without wasting tons of $$ fixing it to 100% first, I was in the market for another sled.
Went out on sat & had a killer day on a 14 cat. My local dealer is awesome & Power World gave me a demo (0 mile sled) that I could ride all day to get comfy with it 100%
Fit & finish on the 14... HUGE step up from the 12, I also got the non snopro, as it fixes what IMO is hugely lacking on that sled... post position. it's way too far back for me, the laydown, even set inline with post is further forward.
I took it to a few hits to get a feel for it, took a bit, but it actually jumps better than my doo imo, and DEFINITELY lands better, even with minimal suspension setup.
Straight hits, it flies level, feels like a darn JART... just goes where you point it. This drop went down hill a ways to a crappy landing, and on my doo I think I would have quit about 5 landings earlier. Even the bombhole hits felt better.
Whip/ hip type hits, it was similar to the doo, not as easy to bring back, but easier to land poorly (yeah... I do that a lot, it's good to have something you're good at
)
(family photo, apparently I ride too slow as Abby had already landed)
At that point I was feeling VERY in tune with that sled, REALLY liked it. I was really thinking about switching back to it.
Then we spent some time in the trees.
(yeah... this is how I usually ride...) Btw, I'm standing up in this shot, to give an idea how much snow there was.
You'll notice it's nothing too steep or technical... I tried easing my way up in my lines, but despite riding it all morning & feeling AWESOME on the sled... as soon as I was going across the hill or down the hill, it just didn't feel good. The XM has a very "round bottom" kind of feel that makes it feel smooth a a number of different angles... it slips a bit at steep sidehills compared to the M, but I've learned to under sidehill it a tad in those situations (leaning the opposite of normal, to back off sled angle to the hill a bit)
Sled would dive, and fight me in downhill turns... I just couldn't get it to feel good unless I was going uphill. (feels awesome uphill btw, very controllable side to side with foot pressure, fore & aft movement very predictable on uphill biased sidehills)
At the end of the day, my back hurts, my elbows are PISSSSSSED at me, my neck is sore as SH**, the bars on the sled are bent, and I walked into Power World... and walked out with another 146 XM. Had you asked me at noon, you would have got a totally different answer compared to the end of the day.
