2018 Wet weight

FLY_HIGH · Feb 2, 2017

Country Cat just posted a video of their new 2018 weighing in at 484 lbs with all fluids and one gallon of fuel.

https://www.facebook.com/countrycat28/videos/10154096587106262/

Bacon · Feb 2, 2017

Should have just filled it with gas. Looks to not be that much lighter.

JWx2 · Feb 2, 2017

"Wet weight" who rides with only one gallon of gas besides me??? Lol

M8onEdge · Feb 2, 2017

It looks like about 15 lbs. lighter to me. Reference the 2017 weights posted on snowmobile.com. A 162 mountain cat was 565 lbs completely fueled ready to ride. So, if we add 10.7 gallons of fuel to this '18 Cat at 6.1lbs/gallon we end up right at 550 lbs. The G4 was 552 but only holds 9.5 gallons of fuel so we have to add 6 pounds to its weight which puts it heavier than the new cat wet...all things equal. At least that's what I come up with. A nice improvement.

NoSoup4U · Feb 2, 2017

The one Country Cat weighed was a 153. Not sure how much less they weigh than a 162.

Chewy22 · Feb 2, 2017

NoSoup4U said:
The one Country Cat weighed was a 153. Not sure how much less they weigh than a 162.

I think it's around 5lbs.

Hewhospends · Feb 2, 2017

M8onEdge said:
It looks like about 15 lbs. lighter to me. Reference the 2017 weights posted on snowmobile.com. A 162 mountain cat was 565 lbs completely fueled ready to ride. So, if we add 10.7 gallons of fuel to this '18 Cat at 6.1lbs/gallon we end up right at 550 lbs. The G4 was 552 but only holds 9.5 gallons of fuel so we have to add 6 pounds to its weight which puts it heavier than the new cat wet...all things equal. At least that's what I come up with. A nice improvement.

Actually a G4 165x3 full of all fluids including fuel is 536lbs. Cat still has a ways to go!

RACINSTATION · Feb 2, 2017

I'll take the 15 pounds and get the extra days riding rather than swapping out an s module. A lightweight muffler will get it there anyway.

Suzzy-Q · Feb 2, 2017

If cat would just get on the belt drive the -15 lbs would be -25, ya it's not the lightest yet or again but as stated above I'll take it, its a step

WyoBoy1000 · Feb 3, 2017

I think the belt droves only actually drop a few pounds of you don't uncles oil weight. So there really isn't much gain.

They need to loose it in the exhaust and hood

Iceman56 · Feb 3, 2017

WyoBoy1000 said:
I think the belt droves only actually drop a few pounds of you don't uncles oil weight. So there really isn't much gain.

They need to loose it in the exhaust and hood

You been drinking?

M8onEdge · Feb 3, 2017

Hewhospends said:
Actually a G4 165x3 full of all fluids including fuel is 536lbs. Cat still has a ways to go!

The numbers I mentioned were from the snowmobile.com article. I actually observed the weighing of these sleds for the article. The author mentions snow but you can see from the pics it was trace at best. The G4 weighed that day was 552. 536 is almost down to the belt drive Axys? Regardless, there won't be much weight separating the '18 model sleds unless DOO and POO release some more loss in a couple weeks. 20 pounds isn't worth talking about imo.

CO 2.0 · Feb 3, 2017

Iceman56 said:
You been drinking?

Mountain dew maybe. Never seen the guy ever have a beer. Prob going without sleep for 48hrs straight like always lol.

But they do need to drop more hood weight. Intake and headlights would have been an easy fix. Cans are always heavy from manufactures. I dont ever see them going ti. The 18s will still be sweet though. Just hope the lw shafts hold up.

Hewhospends · Feb 3, 2017

M8onEdge, I own a 16 M8000 Ltd 162, a 17 MC 162, and just yesterday sold my 17 G4 165 which full of fuel, ready to ride weighed on my local butchers scale came in at 536.4... the same results snowest came up with. That being said I hated the way it handled, and love the new MC. I will be adding a 18 cat to my fleet as well. Glad I was able to sell my G4 before having to do a bunch of repairs after running over a rose pedal.

kidwoo · Feb 3, 2017

CO 2.0 said:
Mountain dew maybe. Never seen the guy ever have a beer.

Now it all makes sense.

rkm · Feb 3, 2017

The early releases do not have all the lightweight goodies that the 18s will have.

89sandman · Feb 3, 2017

Lets not forget to add 12.2 pounds to the weight of the G4 to make up for the 2 gallons of gas they don't hold that the Cat does, that makes it 548.6. Then how much oil does the res in the doo hold, is it as much as the cat? So there is probably another 3-4 pounds difference there. This is why sleds should be weighed dry, smaller gas tanks and oil res. don't help anyone but manufacturers trying to make their sleds look lighter than they are. So looks like Cat isn't the fat lady at the dance anymore

CO 2.0 · Feb 3, 2017

So Country Cat weight the 17 and 18 both full of fluids. 545lbs on 18. 556lbs on 17. Difference of 11lbs.

rkm what do you mean the early releases don't have all the lw goodies? what did they leave off?

Bacon · Feb 3, 2017

CO 2.0 said:
So Country Cat weight the 17 and 18 both full of fluids. 545lbs on 18. 556lbs on 17. Difference of 11lbs.

rkm what do you mean the early releases don't have all the lw goodies? what did they leave off?

If that's the case I'd be real tempted to just get a holdover MC. Let them work out the bugs if any with the new motor.

bcsnowdog · Feb 3, 2017

my dealer says production models will be 15 lbs lighter

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