Snowmobiles

TheBlizzard · 12-29-2010

Looks awesome guys, makes me really want another sled bad, but the wife is done getting her RN degree in a few months so I can wait until next near.

I will be buying one of the new Ski-Doo E-Tech sleds no doubt, 1400 miles on a gallon of oil, 20mph+, no smoke, plus the aformentioned superior ride of the REV chassis.

I went riding with a guy from work and we were with a variaty of sleds from Polaris Rush's, F7's, Apex's, Nytro's, new Phazer's, old Polaris XC's, old MXZ's, basically a mix of everything. We drove around 220 miles round trip the first day. By the second day most people were beat to shit, and nobody wanted to drive very far as the first day. I was driving a 2010 MXZ 800R, and my buddy was on his 2010 MXZ 800 E-Tec and we were just fine

I am not brand bias by any means but the Ski-Doo REV chassis are far superior to anything out there as far as banging bumbs and rider position. They put you right in the pivot point where you dont' get creamed on every bump. I rode a lot of other sleds that day and nothing even compared to the Ski-Doo in any shape or form.

TalonFiero · 12-29-2010

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Originally Posted by TheBlizzard

Looks awesome guys, makes me really want another sled bad, but the wife is done getting her RN degree in a few months so I can wait until next near.

I will be buying one of the new Ski-Doo E-Tech sleds no doubt, 1400 miles on a gallon of oil, 20mph+, no smoke, plus the aformentioned superior ride of the REV chassis.

I went riding with a guy from work and we were with a variaty of sleds from Polaris Rush's, F7's, Apex's, Nytro's, new Phazer's, old Polaris XC's, old MXZ's, basically a mix of everything. We drove around 220 miles round trip the first day. By the second day most people were beat to shit, and nobody wanted to drive very far as the first day. I was driving a 2010 MXZ 800R, and my buddy was on his 2010 MXZ 800 E-Tec and we were just fine

I am not brand bias by any means but the Ski-Doo REV chassis are far superior to anything out there as far as banging bumbs and rider position. They put you right in the pivot point where you dont' get creamed on every bump. I rode a lot of other sleds that day and nothing even compared to the Ski-Doo in any shape or form.

I still think the new Polaris rush front end handles better over the skidoo (IQ and Rush) but I'll give the pro ride rear skid some time to develop before I think about owning one. Plus I like 800's and Polaris hasn't done well the last few years with that.

The renegade REV-XP I bought has me worried about the reliability of the 800's. Lots of crank recalls, and folks burning down a cylinder on unmodded 800s has me a little worried. I hope it's reliable because I really like the way the sled doesn't beat the piss out of me over those bumps. I wasn't even sore the next day after my ride on Sunday.

TheBlizzard · 12-31-2010

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Originally Posted by TalonFiero

I still think the new Polaris rush front end handles better over the skidoo (IQ and Rush) but I'll give the pro ride rear skid some time to develop before I think about owning one. Plus I like 800's and Polaris hasn't done well the last few years with that.

The renegade REV-XP I bought has me worried about the reliability of the 800's. Lots of crank recalls, and folks burning down a cylinder on unmodded 800s has me a little worried. I hope it's reliable because I really like the way the sled doesn't beat the piss out of me over those bumps. I wasn't even sore the next day after my ride on Sunday.

Yeah the 800 Power Tek's have had some major burn down troubles I agree, those things are run on the ragged edge so they do not have much room for bad gas ect.

The newer 800's have been knock control and are not as prone to cylinder failure to the Power Tek models.

I rode a Rush and did not like it at all, but again that is totally my opinion, others have liked them. To me it felt like you were sitting up a bit too high and it wanted to tip over easier in the corners. Plus the guys who owned the Rush's that rode the 2010 800r I was on laughed when they got off and said man that Ski-Doo stays planted on the trail and doesn't beat you up nearly as much.

But they were both Polaris fan boys that stick with their brand even through hard times. I am still baffled as to how Polaris still sells an 800cc sled anymore, considering they are 30-40hp down compared to Ski-Doo and Arctic Cat.