redlines hit dealerships

 
The first three Redline sleds have arrived at dealerships. Micro Belmont (616/534-9681) in Grand Rapids Michigan, Cofiell's Sport and Power Equipment (800/574-7669) in Glastonbury, Connecticut and D&D Powersports (315/376-8013) in Lowville, New York have all taken delivery of their first show floor unit.

The first three Redline sleds have arrived at dealerships. Micro Belmont (616/534-9681) in Grand Rapids Michigan, Cofiell's Sport and Power Equipment (800/574-7669) in Glastonbury, Connecticut and D&D Powersports (315/376-8013) in Lowville, New York have all taken delivery of their first showfloor unit.
 
"We received our sled at 10:45 in the morning," said Micro Belmont's Gary Golden. "It was prepped and on the show room at 11:30. I haven't been able to keep the eyeprints off the thing since we put it out."

Jay Cofeill at Cofeill's Sport commented, "The fit and finish on what may still be considered a pre-production sled is exceptional. The workmanship and styling are out of this world. We sell both Polaris and Arctic Cat sleds and the small things on our Redline like the switches and the handlebar layout are much better than the rest. Really the only place I think there is something better available that Redline didn't use would be the gauges, but that's it."

Cofeill said the sled came with Walker Evans shocks, instead of the Bilsteins, as Redline had listed previously. "We're a Polaris dealership, so we're familiar with how Walker Evans shocks work. These are the top shelf lightweight units. I don't think we'll see any problems with their performance." He also noted that the sled came without an ignition box. "I can't wait for the CD to come in so we can fire up the sled and run it a little."

Redline representatives are not able to comment at this time, due to a gag order surrounding their pending IPO. However, previously released information has indicated that the full production run of machines may be outsourced to an existing assembly facility. The timeline is not certain, but officials had hoped late last winter that there would be units rolling off an assembly line in the late summer to early fall.