Snow Check Bars Clarification

AndrettiDog · Mar 9, 2015

I know some others have asked the same question, and I haven't seen it answered yet. There are three options on bars. Which is the '15 Pro Taper bar and which is the lower version Pro Taper that comes on the Terrain Dominator in 2015?

I noticed that the middle bars in the current snow check configurator look like they are black in color just like the lower 2015 Pro Taper TD model. If this is the case, then this years tall bars are even taller than the regular Pro Taper bars from 2011-2015.

Anybody know yet? This is hold up a few of us from snow checking right now.

richracer1 · Mar 9, 2015

For 2016: Low is a 5" rise, Med is 6" rise, Tall is 7" rise. All three of these are an inch narrower than last year.

I believe the 2015 std Pro taper is a 6" rise and the then new for '15 low is the 5" rise. I could be wrong though.

yooper 8 · Mar 9, 2015

My dealer just came from the Florida dealer show, and said the medium is the same as the 15 Pro bars. Short will be 1" shorter, and tall are 1 " taller than the 15

AndrettiDog · Mar 9, 2015

yooper 8 said:
My dealer just came from the Florida dealer show, and said the medium is the same as the 15 Pro bars. Short will be 1" shorter, and tall are 1 " taller than the 15

BINGO! This is what I thought, I hope that is right. Thanks

Stroker Customs · Mar 9, 2015

I cant get a straight answer on this. Pod cast says the med rise is the same as the standard pro bars. My dealer said he called Polaris and he says they are telling him the high rise is the standard pro bar

SRXSRULE · Mar 9, 2015

BUT.......Dont forget the running boards have been moved UP over an inch! I think they should of been much more clear about this. I hope to find out for sure this weekend at the expo before I finalize my order. Eric

AndrettiDog · Mar 9, 2015

SRXSRULE said:
BUT.......Dont forget the running boards have been moved UP over an inch! I think they should of been much more clear about this. I hope to find out for sure this weekend at the expo before I finalize my order. Eric

Really? Where did this info come from? I missed it.

I cant get a straight answer on this. Pod cast says the med rise is the same as the standard pro bars. My dealer said he called Polaris and he says they are telling him the high rise is the standard pro bar

Yep, that was my reason for starting the thread. I wish we could get clarification on this.

SRXSRULE · Mar 9, 2015

Scroll through this thread.

http://www.snowest.com/forum/showthread.php?t=393863

Look at the pictures, its pretty clear the boards have been moved up. The rear skid drop brackets are much longer now, the tunnel is not as tall and the seat and tank appear to be close to the same.

This was all part of raising the COG of the sled. Eric

Stroker Customs · Mar 10, 2015

If it helps I did go out and measure my 13 bars and they are 6" rise bars so I am going with the med is the standard pro bars. I don't know about the higher running boards. Did they raise the steering post as well?

sno*jet · Mar 10, 2015

SRXSRULE said:
Scroll through this thread.

http://www.snowest.com/forum/showthread.php?t=393863

Look at the pictures, its pretty clear the boards have been moved up. The rear skid drop brackets are much longer now, the tunnel is not as tall and the seat and tank appear to be close to the same.

This was all part of raising the COG of the sled. Eric

they raised the front off the snow more so had to raise the back to match, or it would sit funny. you think a higher c.o.g. was intentional, or just the nature of things? i thought they did things to try and combat a higher c.o.g.

sno*jet · Mar 10, 2015

oh and on the bars, i would be stuck between mid and high rise, so i would go mid as it would be easier to add a spacer later than change out the bars if its not perfect..

SRXSRULE · Mar 10, 2015

sno*jet said:
they raised the front off the snow more so had to raise the back to match, or it would sit funny. you think a higher c.o.g. was intentional, or just the nature of things? i thought they did things to try and combat a higher c.o.g.

I think it was a combination of things, they wanted to raise the body and tunnel out of the snow for better performance... less drag in deep snow, hold a side hill better, get on edge easier. But they also lowered the engine and drive shaft to offset some of the weight. The rider position got raised up at the same time which gives the sled an even lighter feel to it and makes it respond more to rider input. Just my .02 on it. Eric

Carls Cycle · Mar 10, 2015

Center of Gravity has not changed

The center of gravity of these sleds is not any higher than the previous Pros. The motor is located in the same height from ground level due to the built in motor mounts that allow it to sit lower in the chassis. COG is determined by where the mass of a sled sits, and not the overall height of an object of irregular shape. They raised the chassis, but kept the center of gravity low like the Pro's.

LPIdaho · Mar 12, 2015

Light Grey bars(tall) are the same height from 15 vs 16

mountainhorse · Mar 12, 2015

PDP Racing said:
I cant get a straight answer on this. Pod cast says the med rise is the same as the standard pro bars. My dealer said he called Polaris and he says they are telling him the high rise is the standard pro bar

They are the "Same" height... but they are 1" narrower overall.

SRXSRULE said:
BUT.......Dont forget the running boards have been moved UP over an inch! I think they should of been much more clear about this. I hope to find out for sure this weekend at the expo before I finalize my order. Eric

I dont think the running boards have been raised so much as the suspension point has been lowered.... The boards seem about 1/2 higher...with the same clearance to the footwell loop as PRO-Ride Chassis.

SRXSRULE said:
Scroll through this thread.

http://www.snowest.com/forum/showthread.php?t=393863

Look at the pictures, its pretty clear the boards have been moved up. The rear skid drop brackets are much longer now, the tunnel is not as tall and the seat and tank appear to be close to the same.

This was all part of raising the COG of the sled. Eric

The seat is mounted higher on a taller tank... the seat is further away from the top of the tunnel. Look at the seat support... it's taller.

Carls Cycle said:
The center of gravity of these sleds is not any higher than the previous Pros. The motor is located in the same height from ground level due to the built in motor mounts that allow it to sit lower in the chassis. COG is determined by where the mass of a sled sits, and not the overall height of an object of irregular shape. They raised the chassis, but kept the center of gravity low like the Pro's.

The engine has been lowered... but the CG has been changed to a higher position.... both from the riding experience and from asking Marty directly that day.

.

JUDGED · Mar 12, 2015

I stood on the SKS with mid and the Pro with low and went home and got on my Pro with stock and felt the low was most like my 13 pro. No facts. Just what I "felt".

milehighassassin · Mar 13, 2015

Somewhere I read (FB maybe, or podcast?) that you can actually move your throttle block in more and trim off the edge of the bars to go even narrower.

sledheader · Mar 13, 2015

milehighassassin said:
Somewhere I read (FB maybe, or podcast?) that you can actually move your throttle block in more and trim off the edge of the bars to go even narrower.

They say that in the podcast, yes

SRXSRULE · Mar 13, 2015

milehighassassin said:
Somewhere I read (FB maybe, or podcast?) that you can actually move your throttle block in more and trim off the edge of the bars to go even narrower.

Thats a good thing! From the pod cast they also said the new bars are 1/2 narrower on each side. I took an inch off each side on my 14 bars and thats the MAX you could remove and still get the controls mounted firmly. I really like this set-up and will likely narrow up the 16 bars another 1/2" on each side. Eric

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