maxwell
Active VIP Member
First of all brakes on the driveshaft have been around on doo and cat for 5-8 years now. (Get with the times poo). If they just came out with this setup last year and we were beaking the pro for not having it one year later then yes your argument would be valid. But 8 years? Comon. So 8 years ago yes we thought that was ok but guess what? Chains rarely or never broke if left in stock form. Of course people messing with gearing combos and bigger tracks would break them but never in stock form when properly maintained. The fact that you have a weak link in your drive system that could fail at any second which also controls your braking ability is just insane. The fact that even 2-3 of these belts have failed is cause for concern. Will you be saying its cool if it lets go on you coming down the trail at the end of that day? Don't think so. 8 years ago I can see these sort of safety items being overlooked but with the controls in place now I'm amazed Polaris is even aloud to mass produce something with a safety issue like this. I hope for 14 that the one modification Polaris does is move that brake down to the driveshaft. I give props to Polaris for bringing this to the mountain segment I think other manufacturers will follow suit. But more testing and research was in order. It is not bulletproof like it should be. If it was we wouldn't be hearing about it on the Internet everyday. Maybe it's as simple as a new belt who knows.
