Any word on building (BOOST) sleds?…

[turbolover]

They can look it up in their dealer network program.
Polaris will invoice them when it is ready and should show a "being planned" "built" or ship date

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[doudea]

Just spoke with my dealer. Sounds like they are lumping em into categories.

1st category shipping Dec. 15- Dec. 31

2nd grouping is listed for shipping Jan. 1 - Jan. 31.

My 165 Boost is listed in the Dec. date range. The dealer has 6 boosters coming with 4 listed for the Dec. range and the last two for the January dates......... Hopefully mine will show sooner than later! Finally got some snow.

 

[billdelong6384]

That’s what I’m hearing also. Mine is in the 12/16 to 12/31 batch. Not holding my breath…

Some pics of what the dealers are able to bring up. The date range in the upper right is apparently the expected to ship timeframe.

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[turbolover]

Just talked to Action. Mine is scheduled for 12/16-12/31.

Not going to hold my breath of having it by Christmas but at least it isn't one of the handful scheduled in January

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[mt.sledder]

My opinion is that the boost production issues are 100% Polaris's fault. Here is my reasoning:

1. The boost sleds were sold out by the second day of the snocheck program
2. Polaris knew there were supplier issues all last season and those issues likely were not going away.
3. They built axys body sleds before matryx boost
4. They built trail sleds before mountain sleds, you would think they would know by now that snow hits the mountains first, Revelstoke has gotten 182 inches, that's 15 feet of snow already this year.
5. They're the most expensive sled they build and most of the customers are the most dedicated customer's they have, treat them like it. Don't use up the egt sensors, spindles and S7 gauges on the other models and make us wait. That's bullshit.

Let me know what part of this you don't agree with

 

[cortez]

My opinion is that the boost production issues are 100% Polaris's fault. Here is my reasoning:

1. The boost sleds were sold out by the second day of the snocheck program
2. Polaris knew there were supplier issues all last season and those issues likely were not going away.
3. They built axys body sleds before matryx boost
4. They built trail sleds before mountain sleds, you would think they would know by now that snow hits the mountains first, Revelstoke has gotten 182 inches, that's 15 feet of snow already this year.
5. They're the most expensive sled they build and most of the customers are the most dedicated customer's they have, treat them like it. Don't use up the egt sensors, spindles and S7 gauges on the other models and make us wait. That's bullshit.

Let me know what part of this you don't agree with

I have to say, I agree on all points.

Yes, supply chain issues exist.. but why in the world they were building trail sleds and the axys chassis before snowchecked sleds is beyond comprehension. That’s just horrible planning & execution.

My guess is that they were rushing to get the new chassis and turbo out this year because of the pressure from doo turbo sales, and now we (the consumer) are paying for that rush. I personally don’t think they were scaled up to build the matryx RMK when they started taking orders, they just knew they needed to release it.

Burandt “testing” a boost in November is further proof that they didn’t have these things as proven as they claimed.

I knew this was likely to happen when I ordered it, but this is also the second year in a row I won’t see a snow checked sled before January. Last year it was Jan 17th when it finally showed up and that was the axys chassis that had already been in production for 5 years without all the new parts and tech.


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[DUDEE]

My opinion is that the boost production issues are 100% Polaris's fault. Here is my reasoning:

1. The boost sleds were sold out by the second day of the snocheck program
2. Polaris knew there were supplier issues all last season and those issues likely were not going away.
3. They built axys body sleds before matryx boost
4. They built trail sleds before mountain sleds, you would think they would know by now that snow hits the mountains first, Revelstoke has gotten 182 inches, that's 15 feet of snow already this year.
5. They're the most expensive sled they build and most of the customers are the most dedicated customer's they have, treat them like it. Don't use up the egt sensors, spindles and S7 gauges on the other models and make us wait. That's bullshit.

Let me know what part of this you don't agree with

On your 3rd point you have to understand the plant is probably all tooled for the Axys chassis so they wanted to finish all Axys builds so they could re-tool to Matryx only. Now TOTALLY agree on the rest of your points.

 

[cortez]

On your 3rd point you have to understand the plant is probably all tooled for the Axys chassis so they wanted to finish all Axys builds so they could re-tool to Matryx only. Now TOTALLY agree on the rest of your points.

Valid from a manufacturing standpoint. But these were sleds for dealer inventory with no changes to configuration over ‘21 (aside from drivers for 2.75” track) that could have been built through last winter and this spring.

Talked to my dealer and he said they were forced to take axys sleds in order to get snowcheck allocation even though they didn’t want them… maybe they should have just dropped the axys chassis and focused on the matryx and the production of mountain sleds would have been vastly streamlined.. [emoji41]


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[Jaynelson]

My opinion is that the boost production issues are 100% Polaris's fault. Here is my reasoning:

1. The boost sleds were sold out by the second day of the snocheck program
2. Polaris knew there were supplier issues all last season and those issues likely were not going away.
3. They built axys body sleds before matryx boost
4. They built trail sleds before mountain sleds, you would think they would know by now that snow hits the mountains first, Revelstoke has gotten 182 inches, that's 15 feet of snow already this year.
5. They're the most expensive sled they build and most of the customers are the most dedicated customer's they have, treat them like it. Don't use up the egt sensors, spindles and S7 gauges on the other models and make us wait. That's bullshit.

Let me know what part of this you don't agree with

Not to disagree necessarily, but just to offer some perspective;

a) Best guess there were hold-ups in parts specific to the turbo, where logic dictated they build other sleds (NA models) in the meantime while waiting for said parts. They only have X so much production capacity at any given time, so not-building stuff in the meantime just isn't an option. They HAVE to build whatever is ready to build.
b) Any attempt to stockpile or catch up with (basically anything) in the covid-era powersports industry world has been completely futile. Parts for these likely same story.
c) Building out the remainder of Axys models makes total sense from a re-tooling POV.
d) It's very hard to assign a greater value to one customer group over another at the best of times....and honestly this year I *highly* doubt it as simply as assigning priority. Was there potential to do it differently? Maybe....don't know, likely not many people know that answer.
e) You think it's the most important, but people who ordered the other stuff won't agree with you. The way it played out they built models like the 550 Voyageur early on....well those orders were HEAVILY short changed, sold out very early as well. Most of those machines go to logging contractors, ski operations, farms, and northerners for their main winter transportation. Can't say if that weighs in to production decisions....but point is there IS large value in other models as well

 

[DUDEE]

I reached out to my dealer on my Boost delivery time and it's now 12/16-12/31. Dang this is getting old!

 

[shelbwyo]

I'm sure it all comes down to the $$$.

In other news, break in hp numbers from bikeman.

 

[Reg2view]

Regarding build schedule - new models get their calibration done last and late, which often pushes them close to the end of build schedules. This would affect the Boost models the most with the new motor and electronics, not so much for the NAs. Then you have dithering on decisions like extros, and a boatload of new production tooling (not prototype tooling). Yeah, parts put on Axys models that are short now is a self inflicted gunshot - they peed on their fingers.

This is what Poo gets paid to do, and no one is happy with it - remains to be seen, and said this before - Poo needs to step up and provide some meaningful offers to the 2022 RMK snowcheck crowd. When we bump into Poo customer service, engineers, and dealers, we should all be pushing on this - show me the $$$ (PG&A, golden ticket for two years, etc.) They need to deliver the 7S warmers as a service bulletin, as marketed.

 

[seanc]

My 155 Maytrx Khaos Slash all black is now Dec 16-31.

My 155 Maytrx Khaos Slash Boost all black is now Jan.

Sucks because I'm going riding with Burandt Jan 3-7.

Luckily snagged a 16 Axys Sidekick for $8k last week.

 

[mizakmx95]

Just talked to my dealer... Reno Cycles & Gear. My Khaos Boost says 01/01/22 - 01/31/2022.

 

[RMK-King]

Mine was just pushed back to Dec 16-31 as well. The 23s are going to be out before some guys receive their 22 snowchecks! I have seen some out east that have Feb/march dates.

 

[ColoradoOutdoors]

The ship date for my Khaos Boost was by 12/15. I just spoke with Polaris customer service and they communicated a new 1/1-1/31 ship window. A bummer of course but it is all good as it means I get to spend early season time on my ‘21 Khaos and practice log hopping. [emoji23]. If there is any year for a new sled to be late, this is it! Conditions are still sketch and it is probably better that I am not bashing up the very expensive Boost.


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[Backcountry proclimb]

It’s looking like 165s have the December delivery dates and the 155s have the January delivery dates

 

[Sheetmetalfab]

Not me but……

 

[coopec2]

Next year will be worse for sled deliveries

 

[Wheel House Motorsports]

Got the call today that my 155 Boost is pushed back to January.

Not too upset, we have maybe 30" of pretty junk snow at best in the mtns. I'll Keep playing in the dirt until it shows! lol.