Cats new snowbike

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Interesting, we have original snowbike in the showroom.
 

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Interesting design ideas. The CVT might make it a winner if it materializes. I'm surprised to see dual rail though.
 

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Used to own a Snow Hawk back when I joined Snow and Mud in 2008...hence the name FernieHawk.

I would buy a new Alpha Hawk in a second if it had 700-800 cc 2 stroke and a CVT...sign me up.
 

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Not a chance! Pull it out of the trailer once by myself, I’d sell it and quit!
Had to do that last year when reverse wasn't working on the old m8. Never again. I'll hook a truck up to it before i do that again.
 

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Interesting design ideas. The CVT might make it a winner if it materializes. I'm surprised to see dual rail though.
Don't get hung up on the fual rail - patents can be written around details like that fairly easily. Could be a illustration only.
 

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The 2nd generation snowbike (if it becomes reality) will not replace a sled, but it should prove to be another choice that may be more cost effective then building one. I’d be a 1st year buyer, frankly the OEM’s do a great job providing excellent equipment for the backcountry. I’ve seen increasing comments over the years that “If I cannot test ride, I won’t buy”. Wasn’t long ago that you couldn’t demo any toy (street bike, dirt bike, sled, quad, etc), and the manufacturers still managed to sell equipment, so not sure where we as a group decided the manufacturers were incompetent. Most any new platform has a LOT of engineering, R&D, and resting long before it sees a sales brochure. And for the naysayers I ask this: when’s the last time Yeti, CMX, Timbersled, etc offered demo days? Never happened, and after building a snowbike myself I can say you can build one that works well, but it’ll cost you big $$$. Sure, you can just bolt on a track kit, but it is a compromise - it simply won’t work as well as a properly set up machine. Kudos to Cat for investing the time & $$$ to push the envelope in a niche market, haven’t seen anything from the other manufacturers...
 

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Argyll has done a lot of yeti demo days and had timbers to compare to on different bikes, been there... got the t shirt

I agree though, this might be a great option, the bike I wanted was 30k when I was done dream building it...
 
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