so the engine might be junk?
Why... on gods green earth... would you say that...
Nothing about this motor says "junk".
Pot stirrer.

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so the engine might be junk?
Why... on gods green earth... would you say that...
Nothing about this motor says "junk".
Pot stirrer.![]()
Seriously, that is rather HUGE news!Seeing twice the life of a 800 etec in dyno fatigue testing.
I like almost everything but haven't we all been down the 4 injector road before?
Thank God the TRA was thrown in the trash...
I hope Ski-doo did a better job in the crankshaft dept than Polaris did, the new 850 is a 82mm bore, 80mm stroke... 900 Polaris anyone?
Ugliest sled I have seen in a very long time. Kind of like picking up an ugly fat girl at the bar. Not someone you want your friends or family to meet. Did I say fat? At nearly 450 lbs., the thing is fat. The Axys beats it in a pounds per horsepower comparison. This sled is not a paradigm shift like the Axys was. It is still a band aid approach. I like the T3 but I really expected more from Ski Doo in response to the Axys. Why can't they get a sled down in the low 400 lb. range I'd Polaris can do it. My 163 Axys has a dry weight under 400 lbs. with a Diamond S Titanium muffler on it. It is not impossible or cost prohibitive to get the weight in the low 400s.
....well remembered,LOL........wouldn't expect anything less from someone with RMK right there in their screen name. Poo has been in the toilet for over a decade, let's not rest the future of the company on the axys just yet.
I like how Skidoo hypes how well the new primary clutch holds RPM .... Hmmmm the XM mountain sled still has clickers while the MXZ line up does not .....
LOL skidoo does the the new primary hold rpm or not ?![]()
Ya, don't be too sure on that bet yet.Everybody knows who will win the Snowest 800 mountain sled of the year and it doesn't start with an S. I will be glad to wager anyone on that. I also don't see the new 850 winning it next year..
While its POSSIBLE SW won't allow an 850 to compete, I am pretty much betting it will be in the competition.Perhaps but then again it isn't an 800 anymore either. A new class perhaps but I remember the Ski Doo 1000, the Cat 1000 and the Polaris 900. Not exactly very good memories either. All overweight sleds fraught with problems. Maybe that is history nor worth repeating.
Well boys, if you would have bought stock in Polaris 10 years ago, you would have made a huge amount of money per share. Not exactly what happens with a company that is in the toilet. As I said above, I like the T3 but making a lighter sled is obviously not impossible. I could live with it being ugly if it wasn't also fat. Ugly is only skin deep. Fat goes all the way through. They could have done better. I appreciate their engineering prowess which is why I don't understand the weight. Everybody knows who will win the Snowest 800 mountain sled of the year and it doesn't start with an S. I will be glad to wager anyone on that. I also don't see the new 850 winning it next year. It just isn't a game changer. And it is as homely as it can be. Ugly is as ugly does.