I hate to be captain obvious but this was a wish list. You obviously drive out here from nd and go to cooke where you can go off trail right from the get go. We go all over and you don't have off trail, for a ways, in some places. I usually don't have a problem with the cooling but once in a while I have to work at it. My wife struggle once in a while and I will swap her. we just got back from wyoming and it was wet snow where scratchers don't do much good. If you couldn't get off and spin stuff up there, and there were spots you couldn't, you were heating up. Guys on the new cats were shutting them off. As for the shock who wouldn't want better shocks from the factory or an option?
I guess my other gripe with your captain obvious comment is I don't need you telling me what the difference is and what to buy or what they are for. I am not some kid who bought a burandt video and thinks they know everything. I learned most of this stuff on my own through trial and error and riding with some of the best riders around. Wouldn't even cared if it wasn't for the way you phrased it.
Same as Island Park or West Yellowstone area. Long trails just to get to where you wanna start heading in. I guess I don't hear much about anyone running too hot or overheating. If the trails are complete garbage, what sled is going to run cool? Why do you think a bigger cooler (more weight) is a good idea for the PRO version of the RMK? Thaaaaat is thee COMPLETE opposite direction I believe. Once again, Buy the standard, buy some shocks. The cost of the standard should be plenty to offset the cost of buying aftermarket shocks.
Nothing wrong with
wishlists. I wish someone built a sled factory direct exactly the way I want it right out of the crate, too. Nothing wrong with being
realistic either, I think at least.
People complain about the parts built too light and then expect every model year to lose weight, or the shocks that are set for an industry standardized rider size aren't perfect for them, or the bars are too high or too low.
I agree, they should put better shocks on all of the models to begin with, though. Although, you do have a lot of guys that DON'T like floats, and would rather have an shock & external spring setup. How are they gonna please everybody? The amount of factory options demanded on here would absolutely never work for polaris at their factory.
There are things that they should do that just shouldn't be an "option"
They should powdercoat the majority of the aluminum parts, maybe only have 3 choices, black, red, or gray -- maybe different year to year.
Again, stick better suspensions under them right away.
........you know what, I don't want anything else on it. I want a PRO RMK that's stripped down and bare bones so that if there's something I wanna change I can just do it the way I want. I'll send my shocks off, or replace them, or wrap my tunnel, or change my bars, or my panels, or cut vents in wherever I might think it needs it, or adjust my own clutching.
There's just so much entitlement with society these days. People want it all and all new and latest and greatest but don't wanna have to pay for it. I don't get it, I guess. I still appreciate the aftermarket, and my options there. I like to change crap on my sled just as much as the next guy, I guess I'm just not too important that I can't possibly waste a day figuring out how I want my own sled set up.
I wish the new polaris sleds were all four strokes, just to egg everybody on. I don't care I guess, I enjoy my 2013. whatever. have at it with the comments. screw this place
