Wow....you went from praising the XP to hating the sled and the Co that made it because of a $19 gear that was YOUR choice to change?
I'm not sticking up for BRP's gearing choice, it was not the best choice IMO but perhaps they are working on a approach to the belt issue that we don't know about? Something besides lower gearing.....perhaps a different calibration or a different belt??
This is nothing new, almost every time that ANY mfr comes out with an entirely new chassis there are bugs to be found by the buyer. This is the price WE pay for wanting the latest/greatest/lightest/trickest stocker on the hill.
Is this right??? NO! But the consumer demanding more power, less weight, better ergo's, better quality, blablabla....and wanting it NOW has IMHO driven the mfr's to rush things to market that shouldn't be sold without more proof testing. They do it to try to capture their bulk of the market, and without a sled that is competitive they will lose share and go out of business. I think at least 3 of the mfr's walk a fine line between being in biz and just closing the doors to building sleds.
Do you know what sled I think would be the kick-*** sled if BRP had chosen to make it?? A '08 Rev in the '07 chassis but with the clutch fix, the better track, maybe drop a little weight from both front and rear susp and this sled would be a good, proven, relaible and MORE than competitive sled that would have the BRP customers smiling instead of changing belts with cold hands.
I hope they get the XP figured out, but I like the "if it isn't broke don't fix it" approach to sled design. Refine refine refine and while refining the old chassis you PROVE a new chassis before selling it to the public. JMO-
