canuck5
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I am not brand loyal at all anymore and have now owned them all over the years. Curious what genuine reviews are for brands you have spent at least a full day on. I’ve spent full days on 850 doo, C tech (current sled),and sidewinder, only been on Polaris for minutes so can’t say. 850 is easily the friendliest sled to jump on and ride I still believe this. Cons belt blowing was legit problem and the machines seem to use a lot more oil than other sleds no matter how many I see the torsion spring design on rear skid gets sacked out quickly. I put 2700km on a 2017 sidewinder sled was incredibly fun to ride for a 4 stroke insta boost throttle response as good as exists on any turbo. Yammie motors might literally last forever. Cons the really deep days the big machine didn’t float that great later years these sleds got a lockout shock to get up on plane and it helped but even with 200hp I felt it was necessary to go to 250 with tunes to make it float and climb. The big machines also needed a time out more than others on deep days I found clutching was hotter and I did everything from adjusting centres to spec, adjusting angle of wrap on secondary played with springs ect. Onto the 2018 Ctec Cat so far the pros adjustable shocks all around(I use them way more than I thought for bumpy trail and also deep alpine). From what I’ve seen putting 500km on it last spring I could not make that thing blow a belt hold it to the bar on warm heavy spring days do dognuts on lake and go climb heavy wet snow and clutching was warm not hot. Cons the running boards are designed for a child’s foot and the intake had to be sealed because of large gaps.