2017 Ski-Doo : The New Summit 850 E-TEC

[christopher]

2017 Ski-Doo : The New Summit 850 E-TEC

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[rulonjj]

Getting a bit excited are we?

 

[christopher]

Getting a bit excited are we?

Can't see any good reason not to.

 

[mountainhorse]

I'm excited to throw a leg over one of these this season...I'll have one for a week end of Jan.

Looks like a great sled to me.


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[Bocephus]

i rode the hell out of one on in the showroom at my dealer last night. and i can confirm that doo DID put a set of idler wheels behind the front skid shock. this sled definitely had a pair.

 

[PaulAnd]

I saw an sp last night at the Milwaukee show..
Have to say.. A bit disapointed..
It did say prototype and was probably riden hard.
1. steering column play! Rediculous!

2. Foot area has no support,
If you lift your toe it goes into plastic, almost like they forgot to finish designing footwell?

3. The front bumper has no support? is it bolted to plastic? The whole front end moves when you push on it, I aslo saw an slp bumper on an mxz there,
Same thing push on it and the whole plastic front end moves..

4. The grip heater and highbeam switches, not sure what they were thinking? The toggle is 1" tall?

5. The intake screen's? Really? Hope they are easier to change than the xm!

6. SkiDoo HD bumpers are cast aluminum?

Sorry for rant!
On a plus + it looks alot better in person!

Oh.. And the chaincase and caliper are a non issue! You will never know they are there.

 

[Bocephus]

The steering column was sloppy as hell on this SP that I seen as well. The bars and riser also look very thin and chintzy. I hope they are stronger than they look!

 

[Trailsweeper]

The steering column was sloppy as hell on this SP that I seen as well. The bars and riser also look very thin and chintzy. I hope they are stronger than they look!

So a brand new production sled has a sloppy steering post from the get go?

That was one of the first things I noticed when sitting on a prototype in the spring, it was bad.

Did you notice if they did anything different with the dash switches, or are they the same as what was on the prototypes?

 

[mountainhorse]

I'll reserve opinions until the consumers actually get their sleds.... should be any time now!!


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[christopher]

Might have one Thursday Night.
We will see..

 

[Illinoispowder]

So a brand new production sled has a sloppy steering post from the get go?

That was one of the first things I noticed when sitting on a prototype in the spring, it was bad.

Did you notice if they did anything different with the dash switches, or are they the same as what was on the prototypes?

The prototype summit at Milwaukee show definitely had sloppy steering. Would think powers at be would of done something about it before displaying it to thousands of people!

 

[Bocephus]

So a brand new production sled has a sloppy steering post from the get go?

That was one of the first things I noticed when sitting on a prototype in the spring, it was bad.

Did you notice if they did anything different with the dash switches, or are they the same as what was on the prototypes?

the switches are the same big, ugly things they had on the proto's. i saw a proto in west yellowstone at their dealer before the expo this last winter, but they had the secret service eye balling it. i couldnt even touch it. so i cannot comment on the steering of that sled.............but the new one i saw at my dealer last night had more slop than either XM that i owned.


this is the proto i saw in west last spring

 

[summ8rmk]

Played on a new sled today.
Had prototype stickers on it but did not look ridden.
Steering post was tight, i like how narrow the whole sled is (except the stupid wide boards).
I love the technology that is in this 850! I need to ride one of these this season.

GS6

 

[christopher]

Played on a new sled today.
Had prototype stickers on it but did not look ridden.
Steering post was tight, i like how narrow the whole sled is (except the stupid wide boards).
I love the technology that is in this 850! I need to ride one of these this season.

GS6

First hand reports should be coming in MIGHTY SOON now