Expert 34" Front end - Who's ridden one?

[High Voltage]

My last sled was also a 2020 expert, and I don’t notice a big difference myself. Maybe if you had them both on the hill, and jumped from one to the other you may have a better idea of a difference.

 

[NHRoadking]

Have 80 miles on my 2022 Expert 165 Turbo and the 34 inch stance isn't as big of a difference as I expected compared to my 2020 Expert 165 N/A running the 35.7" stance.

Really a great sled with good power delivery and easy to ride. The area Ski Doo would benefit the most from is weight reduction, however that would likely drive the price up so much that the sled would have an even more limited market. Greater than $20,000 for a sled is a lot money for a toy.

Doo needs to narrow the sled to match the narrower ski stance. An inch on each side panel and a half inch or inch on the running boards would doo it.

 

[christopher]

I certainly found the narrower stance on my expert to be to my LIKING!

 

[NHRoadking]

I certainly found the narrower stance on my expert to be to my LIKING!

Are you running it centered or full narrow?

 

[Jimlad]

I’m running it full narrow. I like it.

Coming from a non turbo to this I might have to play with my suspension setup a little, sled is money in the soft but feels a little heavy in the front when it’s firmer. Kinda threw me off line a number of times yesterday. Might crank the preload on my Center shock a bit , and soften front shocks ?

 

[Jimlad]

Word of warning, might be worth removing the adjustment knob from the rear shock. Mine appears to have snapped off after 200km of riding …!

 

[Blk88GT]

For what it's worth, I hated the 34" setup the first day out when trying to follow some goat paths in. It could also have been the cobwebs on my riding skill... but cranking the front springs up to 2 and then 3 greatly changed how the sled behaves. Going for 4 the next time out and will post up my thoughts afterwards. I find the front end pretty soft the way it came configured from the dealer.

 

[Jimlad]

hmm interesting. I wonder if cranking the preload on the Center shock would help too , lighten the front end without softening the fronts

 

[christopher]

Are you running it centered or full narrow?

Full Narrow

 

[High Voltage]

For what it's worth, I hated the 34" setup the first day out when trying to follow some goat paths in. It could also have been the cobwebs on my riding skill... but cranking the front springs up to 2 and then 3 greatly changed how the sled behaves. Going for 4 the next time out and will post up my thoughts afterwards. I find the front end pretty soft the way it came configured from the dealer.

My last expert and now my turbo expert I have cranked up to 4 on the front shocks. I have left the suspension preload alone, but have adjusted the dampened to 2/3 tightened.

 

[christopher]

My last expert and now my turbo expert I have cranked up to 4 on the front shocks. I have left the suspension preload alone, but have adjusted the dampened to 2/3 tightened.

haven't touched mine yet.
Still going through the RElearning process of riding the Expert vs. the Summit.