AXYS RMK pictures from the West Yellowstone and Sneak Peek

Scott · Jan 30, 2015

No, I'm not there. I didn't take these.

I wanted a couple pics of the front A-arms and the rear ends of the rails ends, plus a couple others.

Obviously the spindle height is very subtle and hard to notice unless you put the two side by side.

The cut-out at the rear of the rail us much easier to see here. I'm very intrigued by this and I didn't get an explanation about it.

And I see Keith, Chris, Megan and I think Andy and Marty. Who else is in the pic? LOL

Scott · Jan 30, 2015

If you want to add pics to this thread, go for it.

Please describe pic, share your observations and commentary about that part of the sled, etc.

montanagrizzly · Jan 30, 2015

The shocks are the same length from the 15 to the 16.

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milehighassassin · Jan 30, 2015

Burandt is in the green hoodie

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kidwoo · Jan 30, 2015

Scott said:
The cut-out at the rear of the rail us much easier to see here. I'm very intrigued by this and I didn't get an explanation about it.

It's pretty easy once you see it.......I just had a "duh why didn't anyone else think of this" moment. With the wheels, there was some rail/hyfax that's essentially redundant. Big wheel kits are all over the place without the bottom of the wheel being used as a rolling surface because longer rails kept the track on the hyfax....... Might as well use the rest of the wheel radius on the bottom instead.

They're just using the wheel instead of the extra 2 inches of rail. Just another spot to remove some material.

I have to say though, all that cutout material looks pretty pinner. It seems like some cracking is in for the future.

Sheetmetalfab · Jan 30, 2015

kidwoo said:
It's pretty easy once you see it.......I just had a "duh why didn't anyone else think of this" moment. With the wheels, there was some rail/hyfax that's essentially redundant. Big wheel kits are all over the place without the bottom of the wheel being used as a rolling surface because longer rails kept the track on the hyfax....... Might as well use the rest of the wheel radius on the bottom instead.

They're just using the wheel instead of the extra 2 inches of rail. Just another spot to remove some material.

I have to say though, all that cutout material looks pretty pinner. It seems like some cracking is in for the future.

Snow evacuation from the skid also.

revrider07 · Jan 30, 2015

Good old idea looks like when we do a track extension on rails.

Scott · Jan 31, 2015

revrider07 said:
Good old idea looks like when we do a track extension on rails.

that was my first thought too. Exactly

summ8rmk · Jan 31, 2015

Ice age is double dipping this year.
First charge Polaris then charge customer to replace.

geo · Jan 31, 2015

Looks stronger where it needs to be to me. We'll see.

Is that a better clamping axle?? Nice improvement.

I cut my sliders back in that spot just to make it yank of the truck easier. Nice improvement.

wellfed777 · Jan 31, 2015

''The shocks are the same length from the 15 to the 16.''

is that a statement of fact ? a guess ? or a question ?
thanks

summ8rmk · Jan 31, 2015

Polaris said on facebook that the rear shocks will not interchange.
The front IFS shocks are the same length.

montanagrizzly · Jan 31, 2015

wellfed777 said:
''The shocks are the same length from the 15 to the 16.''

is that a statement of fact ? a guess ? or a question ?
thanks

I heard that come out of the engineers mouth.

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m8vohkman · Jan 31, 2015

Will new a arms fit older sleds?

Scott · Jan 31, 2015

I have heard that the geometry is different so they do not transfer directly from a 15 to a 16 chassis.

Can anyone confirm?

Scott · Jan 31, 2015

More pictures. Thanks Shawn.

chriswelters · Jan 31, 2015

is that a drive shaft clamp?

Scott · Jan 31, 2015

Couple things to point out...
The black plastic box you see above the oil jug. It's NOT plastic. It looks like the entire cold air intake is this newly used material that feels more like a cloth fabric than hard plastic. It feels very light weight and fairly rigid (not that plastic was very heavy to begin with). Very interesting.

I REALLY like that the air intake on the dash cowling faces downward instead of up toward the rider. FAR less snow build-up on there, IMO. I know on my 2013, I'm always wiping them off on the deep powder days. I like this change.

AND the tool for opening the secondary clutch sheaves....look where it's mounted as opposed to the Pros where it's buried away in the little black bag on the belt cover.

Scott · Jan 31, 2015

This is a great front view that will help people to visualize the reduced drag on the nose-cone plastic in deep powder.

Look at that ground clearance!!!

snowmobiler · Jan 31, 2015

that front pic does look good.

AXYS RMK pictures from the West Yellowstone and Sneak Peek

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