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First ride on my k mod skid with the k motion yesterday. Wasn't blower powder but found some great untouched in tress. Bout 2 foot on top of a base. Soft enough to jump off everything I could find.
Let me start out by saying working with Kevin is a good experience in itself. He knows everything about his products and backs them. He will tell you why and "no don't do that" or "yes that works we tested it last week" my skid came 3-4 days after order and he didn't have a few parts in which they where 2nd day from manufacturer.
Riding the stock G4 850 is a blast. Great bottom end. We call it the mini big bore. How ever the t motion slop and constant beating you take is not fun. The steeper the terrain you get in the worse the t motion performs and almost sets you up for failure. I didn't want to lock the skid and leave it rigid like a cat or Polaris. Skidoo is designed around a pivot skid, thier tracks geometry etc. after talking w Kevin the k motion is 4 degrees side to side. A big difference over the 12 plus that can be found on t motion. You get ice age rails, and all the other components to assemble and instal the skid, you provide the tools. Every thing was spot on labeled and clear directions.
Now to the riding. First let me say I wish the ride in handnt been groomed lol. The skid just eats everything. In normal situations where you would time your throttle to match w the bumps on trail now you can just plow through them. Doesn't make a difference. I ran wide open through most stuff you need to pick your way through once we got in the beat up non groomed. After getting off trail I noticed that normal hill sides that I would normally be on one side of the sled I could easily lean and just ride straddling the seat. The flick ability became magnified. (Understand I ride a axys most all the time w full shock set up) I got into the trees and found every log, bank rock and cliff to pop off of. Cutting side hills the sled was so predictable, and any time I chose to turn down and head up again or zero turn I could do it while on the seat. One of the biggest things we all noticed is the places I could go w the stock sled vs before. Time and time again I kept hearing from the guys " wow that thing just pops up on the snow !" It really did. I ran the coupler at stage 1 which is 20% and it's still play full. But when you think your about to be stuck that throttle pop puts you right back on top of the snow. Don't think I'll run another sled with out a full k mod skid. What a game changer!
Let me start out by saying working with Kevin is a good experience in itself. He knows everything about his products and backs them. He will tell you why and "no don't do that" or "yes that works we tested it last week" my skid came 3-4 days after order and he didn't have a few parts in which they where 2nd day from manufacturer.
Riding the stock G4 850 is a blast. Great bottom end. We call it the mini big bore. How ever the t motion slop and constant beating you take is not fun. The steeper the terrain you get in the worse the t motion performs and almost sets you up for failure. I didn't want to lock the skid and leave it rigid like a cat or Polaris. Skidoo is designed around a pivot skid, thier tracks geometry etc. after talking w Kevin the k motion is 4 degrees side to side. A big difference over the 12 plus that can be found on t motion. You get ice age rails, and all the other components to assemble and instal the skid, you provide the tools. Every thing was spot on labeled and clear directions.
Now to the riding. First let me say I wish the ride in handnt been groomed lol. The skid just eats everything. In normal situations where you would time your throttle to match w the bumps on trail now you can just plow through them. Doesn't make a difference. I ran wide open through most stuff you need to pick your way through once we got in the beat up non groomed. After getting off trail I noticed that normal hill sides that I would normally be on one side of the sled I could easily lean and just ride straddling the seat. The flick ability became magnified. (Understand I ride a axys most all the time w full shock set up) I got into the trees and found every log, bank rock and cliff to pop off of. Cutting side hills the sled was so predictable, and any time I chose to turn down and head up again or zero turn I could do it while on the seat. One of the biggest things we all noticed is the places I could go w the stock sled vs before. Time and time again I kept hearing from the guys " wow that thing just pops up on the snow !" It really did. I ran the coupler at stage 1 which is 20% and it's still play full. But when you think your about to be stuck that throttle pop puts you right back on top of the snow. Don't think I'll run another sled with out a full k mod skid. What a game changer!
