The thing with sledding is...there is a fairly large group of riders who are really worried about slight improvements or advantages to sled A or sled B....but not worried at all about how their skill/experience level/conditioning affect their riding. It's weird, and a very prominent "thing" in sledding. More people overestimate their skills than any other sport/activity I've been involved in. These are usually the people most worried when the manufacturers don't come out with an extra 5hp and a new widget every year. Whereas the actually decent riders accept that they're not wringing every last drop out of a modern sled....because those limits are quite high. And as you say...none of these guys want to go back to an old triple, and there is 0 chance that's what Polaris will do.
This!!!! Burandt and his ilk r about the only ones riding stockers to the limit! Anyone else should just clamp it and start practicing.
Funny story... several years ago riding the UP.... friend was complaining about his short track MXZ cause he'd been stuck in a ravine for hours and it was getting dark. Us longtrackers had been whipping circles around him for hours while digging him out periodically....
Well my other buddy (best rider I know personally) kinda wasn't looking for excuses. He jumped on that shorty and BRAAP BRAAAAP held it WFO going up and down the drainage like 5 times! We were impressed to say the least. Finally he pulls up an hops off, says, "Sled runs fine to me."
Kinda like all the golfers like to blame it on their clubs. Meanwhile I maintain a scratch handicap with 1987 Hogan Medallions that are so worn out you can't even see grooves in the face.
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