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You would be surprised how much of an upgrade it is to gear down a Quickdrive Polaris with a TKi belt drive kit. Smoother and way less drag, not to mention the gear down doubles clutch belt life.
I may do one on my Cat, I loved it on the Pro and Axys. I am not even considering Polaris. That is a one season throw away sled. I can't play at that level comfortably, much less throw money at mods for it.
With the Cat I can comfortably improve it and ride it 3-4 years before it needs replacing. Since I hardly rode it this year I will try for two more seasons. I would never try that on a Polaris, not as they are today. I think buying an 850 is a monumental risk given Polaris' history. Good Luck with it.
I would have said the new Polaris engines, as of 2016 in the Axys really did away with your complaint but my brothers just lost the top end at 700 miles. Not sure how common that is because I see a lot of posts with high mileage Axys engines but I'm also seeing some "rebuilt engine" comments in the used ads. The new 850 talk from Poo is "durability", "durability", "durability". I hope they are because a skinny Axys is an amazing sled. A skinny Axys with close to 170 hp that would run 4000 miles might even be worth 13 grand.
Seems every motor they have built since 2000 was supposed to be "better" but none have been. I gave up on Poo because at 800 miles you're thinking "should I rebuild the thing or sell it and buy new." Where on Cat at the same miles you're thinking "thing is good and broke in now!" Loved the chassis but had 0 faith in the engine. I wouldn't touch a first year Poo engine, no matter how many glossy cut away pics mountainhorse posts
Do all sleds break? Yes. I've towed or had towed all 4 brands, I only count Yami up to the release of their last 2 stroke I'm talking confidence in the longevity of the chassis and/or motor, for which I have little for Poo. Loved my 11 and 15 Pro's but had zero confidence in either before they even hit the 1000 mile mark. Every time we'd hit the trees I'd wonder if this is the time it goes boom and were gonna have to break it down and bring it out in pieces. My 16 Cat has 853 miles on it and would not hesitate to take it miles off trail. Never had to tow either of my Pro's, but due to lack of confidence sold both at 1000 miles.
Sounds like a personal issue that resulted in you losing out on some good riding.
Wonder what the actual ratio of PRO RMK to 2011 + cats is?? Around here, conservatively.... 3 to 1. That’s not counting ski doo. Just Polaris to cat. And to date.... I’ve still only pulled cats out, Never for a motor, just chain case issues. But have never seen a Pro RMK with a tow rope attached unless it was unridable from tree/rock damage.
Funny though... it all depends. I have over 5,000 miles on Polaris’ since 2012 and the group I ride with consists of almost all Poo, I don’t ever remember towing one out. Had one (2011) with low compression that ended up needing a top end... I bet my riding group has owned around 50 of them since the Pro came out.The axys 800 is more reliable than past poos. My 09 D8 blew 3 times in 1500 mi. My 12 Pro blew 2 times in 1100 mi. My axys 1 time in 1500 mi.
Since cat changed clutching in 16 I only had 1 primary roller freeze at 1100mi. 12, 14, 15, 16, 18 cat 800 motors 4700 combined mi, no motor failures. 10 m8 2 engines blow in 2800 mi. All ridden hard. Clutching was cats downfall before they put Team in.
So from personal experience Ive had a lot better track record on Cat motors.
Funny though... it all depends. I have over 5,000 miles on Polaris’ since 2012 and the group I ride with consists of almost all Poo, I don’t ever remember towing one out. Had one (2011) with low compression that ended up needing a top end... I bet my riding group has owned around 50 of them since the Pro came out.
I can attest to this. Ive always wanted to hate them, but in all reality we tow out cats all of the time and its usually a polaris doing the pulling.