Widescape - First ever stand-up snowmobile - Widescape
Step onto the first-ever stand-up snowmobile and awaken your inner explorer. Pre-order today for delivery starting fall 2022.
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Gen 6! Haha
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Probably comes with man bun friendly open face helmet that you can wear your COVID mask and skinny tobe onesie ??
One will just never know where this might lead.......will remain open minded about this concept.
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its built in Saguenay ,, built for deep snow apparently..i have yet to see an amateur vid..... 250cc snowblower engine like my zr200.....no thx....8000$ can...
Looks like a stand up scooter concept. Neat idea but I wonder how long you could ride comfortably and how easy it would be to get thrown off?
could be fun with enough power kinda like a stand up jetski but 250cc 4 stroke and 8k price tag no thanks.
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Couldnt figure out how to modify my message....they were DESIGNED in saguenay but built in CHINA or somewhere in asia...
I've wondered myself about the idea of standing over the track rather than straddling it. I'm not sure the stand-up only thing is a bad idea, but it does put the weight of the rider much higher than the rest of the sled/bike (slike?), and necessarily limits the rear suspension. It only advertises 4" of rear travel, so your knees are most of the suspension. The powertrain may be adequate, but it implies more light off-trail use than anything else. The highest HP, outside of exotic engines, that I can find a 250cc 4T engine making is some dirt-bikes at 40 HP. Even assuming 200lb RTR (it's probably a dry weight), by the time you add in a rider, you're around 350lb. Even if it's close to 40HP, it's still at or below Cat's Blast in power-to-weight.
It does show some promise. I think they need to switch to a bigger 2-stroke and get to 60 HP, then put more track under it before it'll be in any conversation involving deep snow. Right now, it looks more like something a mountain rider would buy for an occasional alternative, or maybe a good option for a snowbiker. It's the kind of thing I'd buy to play around with, see if it sticks kind of thing, if I had money to burn. With this particular company, if they're just designing it and having it cobbled together in a sweat shop in China, then I'd pass regardless. So I don't see ever owning one in its current form, but the concept might go somewhere.
It does show some promise. I think they need to switch to a bigger 2-stroke and get to 60 HP, then put more track under it before it'll be in any conversation involving deep snow. Right now, it looks more like something a mountain rider would buy for an occasional alternative, or maybe a good option for a snowbiker. It's the kind of thing I'd buy to play around with, see if it sticks kind of thing, if I had money to burn. With this particular company, if they're just designing it and having it cobbled together in a sweat shop in China, then I'd pass regardless. So I don't see ever owning one in its current form, but the concept might go somewhere.
