The fit and finish looks great on my 16 AXYS 163 with the 2.6 track other than the cheap paint wearing off the running boards and spindles already. I have 3 rides on this machine in deep Revy snow and here is my results.
The engine feels really good, the throttle is light and after final break in this sled should be pretty fast. The steering was light, and the sled was easy to turn sharp donuts.
Stock gearing and clutch seemed pretty good but I will gear down to gain more control of the spinning track.
Buddy already wrecked 2 A-Arms and exploded a spindle so I believe these sleds are much more fragile too. He never wrecks anything on his other sled.
The track is far too stiff still and combined with the new "high transfer" suspension this thing trenches something terribly. My 2015 Pro was far out doing the 16 in this department. Every time I went into a sidehill the AXYS wanted to slip the rear down and go up the hill. I felt I was on a XM. When climbing the sled was out of control with skis in the air. It was much harder to sidehill slowly compared to my 15.
I had to loosen the front skid shock almost all the way, tighten the rear and ski shocks to improve this situation. This combined with rolling the bars forward a bit did help to get my weight over the motor.
With the suspension adjustments, the trail down was brutal.
I still think there is much improvement to be had but the way they are shipping these things will hurt their reputation as most guys don't play with suspension adjustments near enough.
Next I will try a shorter limiter strap and running the ski's in the middle position.
I talked to Chris Burandt and he said his suspension package fixes these things up a lot but I want to see how good we can get them using stock parts.
Chris also said that the track improve a lot when they soften up after some use.
Hope this helps and doesn't give guys a sour taste in their mouths.
We must remember that this is the first year on these new mountain sleds and let us remember how the 2008 XP was or how terrible the 2012 Cat was.
FYI one buddy has 155 x 2.6 and the other has 163 x 3.
The 3" and 2.6" are similar but the 3" is probably a bit more forgiving when it comes to getting stuck. None seemed to push like you might expect with the big tracks.
Chris
The engine feels really good, the throttle is light and after final break in this sled should be pretty fast. The steering was light, and the sled was easy to turn sharp donuts.
Stock gearing and clutch seemed pretty good but I will gear down to gain more control of the spinning track.
Buddy already wrecked 2 A-Arms and exploded a spindle so I believe these sleds are much more fragile too. He never wrecks anything on his other sled.
The track is far too stiff still and combined with the new "high transfer" suspension this thing trenches something terribly. My 2015 Pro was far out doing the 16 in this department. Every time I went into a sidehill the AXYS wanted to slip the rear down and go up the hill. I felt I was on a XM. When climbing the sled was out of control with skis in the air. It was much harder to sidehill slowly compared to my 15.
I had to loosen the front skid shock almost all the way, tighten the rear and ski shocks to improve this situation. This combined with rolling the bars forward a bit did help to get my weight over the motor.
With the suspension adjustments, the trail down was brutal.
I still think there is much improvement to be had but the way they are shipping these things will hurt their reputation as most guys don't play with suspension adjustments near enough.
Next I will try a shorter limiter strap and running the ski's in the middle position.
I talked to Chris Burandt and he said his suspension package fixes these things up a lot but I want to see how good we can get them using stock parts.
Chris also said that the track improve a lot when they soften up after some use.
Hope this helps and doesn't give guys a sour taste in their mouths.
We must remember that this is the first year on these new mountain sleds and let us remember how the 2008 XP was or how terrible the 2012 Cat was.
FYI one buddy has 155 x 2.6 and the other has 163 x 3.
The 3" and 2.6" are similar but the 3" is probably a bit more forgiving when it comes to getting stuck. None seemed to push like you might expect with the big tracks.
Chris
