SHOT Engine Starting Technology
Still the sweetest bit of technology to emerge from the 2018 mountain sled season—maybe even still the sweetest for 2019. It’s tough to beat push-button starting with barely a weight penalty. After an initial pull-start for the first ride of the day, the engines charges an ultracapacitor. Once that is charged, all you have to do is push the SHOT button on the handlebars and the sled fires up. The stored energy in the ultracapacitor turns the magneto into an electric motor that turns the crank.