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It is a versatile do-it-all-terrain vehicle, and it’s fun.
The new “extreme crossover” market has been around for a few years and the first real venture into this market space is the Titan XC. Ski-Doo has had the Expedition Extreme for a few years and Cat now has the Norseman X, but Polaris arguably has the best handle on this customer with what it has provided in the Titan. Why do I say that? Well, actually it is the test riders who have all unanimously liked the ride, feel and capability of this sled.
¦ 20 inches of long-track never handled so well!
This track has a bigger footprint and more lug height than any sled in this category. The 20x155x1.8-inch Cobra is a utility user’s dream and the Alpha transmission gives you the option of H-L-N-R. Honestly, at times we forgot that we needed to use the lever to switch into gear. We suggest making doubly sure you are in the gear you think you are in before hitting the gas. It may sound strange, but for many non-utility riders who switch to utility sleds, this can be a serious thing.
With the 155.7hp (DynoTech dyno tested for AmSnow) this Polaris Liberty H.O. Cleanfire is rated to pull 1,200 pounds, but we think it will do more! We pulled hundreds of pounds of gear through several feet of fresh snow at our Real World Shootout with this sled, and pulled numerous ice-fishing shanties across slush-filled lakes with wet heavy snow too. The articulating rear suspension was on display, backing up several times through tight trees, cutting a new path back to secluded lakes. These make-or-break scenarios are when all the little things become much more important. Our Titan even helped pull out one of our test rider’s Chevy 2500 pickup truck and trailer from a trailhead after a huge snowstorm. We can’t make this stuff up!
Almost more impressive is the Axys front suspension with Fox QS3 adjustable piggyback shocks, which handle the trail like a performance trail sled. There is no getting over the fact that this sled weighed 728 pounds fully wet, which was not surprisingly our heaviest demo sled in the fleet this year. It was almost 100 pounds more than even our 4-stroke Yamaha XTX 141, but it can hold a predictable line on a tight trail corner right alongside most standard crossover trail sleds.