There are a few points that should make it light. First most obvious is the single beam rear suspension. Next the direct steering without the extra linkage like Polaris has. I expect the plastic running boards are light. Also the belt drive will lose weight. The motor looks like it shold be light too as it has the motor mounts built in and ribbed castings. I do know Cat does not make light tracks so that one goes against them.
Yep, Cat missed the massive 850 doo belt blowing issues, Polaris stop ride notices etc. Meanwhile, Cat is humbly producing the Alpha and walking on the competition with a reliable sled. Haha
Not on the snow yet, slow down ?
Horrible powder bogs (unridable on deep days), intakes not sealed leading to water ingestion and blown motors, primary clutches blowing apart, steering posts that snap on command, many rail failures. Cats far from reliable. Hopefully the catalyst addresses all these issues.
I wasn't referring to the engine primarily, I was referring to the chassi. The 800 engine was more or less the only thing I liked on the old sled, the rest of it felt like something a bunch of guys cobbled together from scrap bin parts over a weekend. And I wouldn't call the Alpha skid "reliable", the mono rail is fragile as leaf thin glass and is connected to the rest of the skid with M6 bolts... That mono skid is falling to pieces regularly for guys not even riding hard.... And don't even get me starting on belts. Early years the "current" AC chsssi sleds blew belts like no Doo has before or after so...
I am wrong and you are 100% correct. I forgot about that stuff. Then parts were back ordered forever.
You are confusing Solid and Ibexx. Ibexx was on the SW podcast. However, you are correct in that Solid has a turbo for the Catalyst and will have a turbo for the 858. The kit that Solid has is soooooo clean. Check out pics of Maverick Walker's Catalyst that was at Haydays.
6 months to get a new engine from cat when my 2019 alpha went down. That was in 2019 prior to any supply chain problems.
Guessing it won't be available until snowcheck time, like the 600 last year. It would be cool to see some early releases though like they did with the 2018s.
