Doo to Axys

[RevXRider]

Long time Doo/Cat rider. The Axys has been on my radar since last year. Have a chance to buy one (sno-check back out) at top dollar of course. Never works out for me, but Im always last minute. Anyway, I have heard that guys that come from Doo have a hard time adjusting to the Pro???? I have never owned a Polaris anything, but everyone that rides one cant say enough good about them.


Is there a big learning curve to figure them out? Or is it not a big deal?

 

[Proride_58640]

I've always rode Polaris and last season I hopped on a 2015 summit T3, loved the sled. Needless to say I'm back to an axys now! Can't get away from Polaris. They area little more rigid, and aggressive type of sled compared to the summits. Almost as if driving a Cadillac to a corvette. Both get you A to B just fine. All depends on how you want to get there. It will take a few days to learn the axys if you never rode one but after that it will be a blast!! Also I added a Silber turbo on mine for some more big pow day grins!


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[AndrettiDog]

There's certainly a difference between the chassis'. When I go from my Axys to a XM, I feel like I'm on top of the steering. I feel like I'm going to fall over forward! But you will get used to any of them with a good day of riding. The bars and even the boards feel different. The good thing about the Axys is that it is very easy to put on it's side, so just get some seat time in and you will be fine.

 

[RMK935VA]

I have an Axys which I love. However, it does require you to be more involved in the ride. If you ride it aggressively, it rewards you. Lazy stance, bad foot position, etc. will not be optimum. I have spent time on the XM 154 and a T3 174. The comparison above is pretty accurate. The Ski Doo is easier to ride in a lot of ways. it just isn't as fun or responsive when pushed. I am 64 and I still ended up getting an Axys. No regrets. In an ideal world, I would have my Axys and a new Ski Doo 850. However, I don't ride enough to justify that given my financial situation. If I had to choose between one or the other, I would still choose the Axys.

 

[rulonjj]

I've only had doo's until last year. I bought a turboed pro. It took some getting used to for sure. On the pro I felt like I was about to fall forward over the bars because I couldn't get my feet up under the bars to stabilize myself. It's a much more aggressive stance. The doo stands you more straight up, a lot more relaxed stance. The poo holds a sidehill that the doo only dreams of. So predictable and rigid. It is good enough to make me buy an axys for this year. Every one says the axys is a good bit better than the pro and if that's the case I will have a hard time going back to doo.

My opinion is, poo may not be the best sled for beginners but a decent and aggressive rider will become a lot better on one. They are a lot faster reacting and get on top of the snow so good.

Doo is good for beginners and intermediate riders but as you get better you find it hanging up and dragging in the snow a lot. And on a sidehill it can be extremely unpredictable at times.

I have a G4 snowchecked but if it don't make me happy it will be sold pretty quick.

 

[RevXRider]

I have a 165 850 checked, but thinking of walking away from it and paying top dollar for an axys. Thanks for the reply's guys, im going to loose some money but axys is sounding better and better. Certainly no Rasmussen or burandt here, but I am intermediate..sounds like I should be in Axys

 

[AndrettiDog]

Somebody mentioned something key with the Axys. If you are not aggressive and can be a little lazy on the boards (and sit a lot), the Axys will throw you left and right as it wants to turn quickly. Guys who ride the trail a lot, have bad knees or just sit alot, will not like the Axys.

 

[m7extreme]

I rode a 163 t3 two years ago. I agree once you got the hang of it, it was an easier sled to ride. It would go anywhere you wanted straight, but I had a hard time sidehiling. If the axys wouldn't have came out in 16 I would have been snochecking a 16 t3. I Liked the doo but not near as much as I like my Axys. With a couple days of seat time on an axys you'll be good to go.

 

[MountainJunkie]

The 850 does sidehill much better than the previous generation if that was a major concern.

My major beef with Polaris is that once I start to really rat-bag the thing... every single god damn thing needs to be beefed up/replaced.

At the end of the season I finally got to try an 850 g4 and a t3 XM vs an axys (didn't bother on the cat since our local dealer sucks the big banana.) I'd have considered an Axys over an XM but not an Axys over a G4.

Edit: Spelling mistakes

 

[AndrettiDog]

The 850 does sidehill much better than the previous generation if that was a major concern.

Agreed, but still not like the Axys. The Axys is still more narrow than the Doo. The 850 is strong. I got a full day on the 850 on some powder and some hard pack. I felt it didn't do so well on the hard pack. Much harder to carve than the Axys IMHO.

 

[damx]

I have two bad knees and owned cat then doo and I stopped sledding for a couple years because the sleds were to wide. Then in 13 I took the polaris deals demo for a weekend. I bought a 14 pro now a 16 axys. Being the most narrow between the legs I can ride. I do sit down alot when bondocking in open areas. I can even sit down and side hill very good. My friends try it and get floppy, I'm just use to it. But if you're tired and try and be lazy on the axys it's harder to ride then the cat or doo.

 

[keithw]

RevX - I went from a pro to 15 T3 163 and that to an Axys 163. I still have the doo and the Axys and ride them both. I don't know, I might just be a piss poor rider, but to me I haven't done anything on my Axys I couldn't have done on the T3. The biggest difference was the Axys feels so much lighter and easier to ride aggressive lines. Only time I sit down is to eat or rest so makes sense what people are saying. I honestly think I ride them similar as in wrong foot forward up in the foot well, a bit of counter steer, and give it hell. No clear winner here in my book as both sleds do more than I am capable of doing and it comes down to what gives you the most confidence on the snow. The Axys is just less fatiguing for the riding I do.

*Edits for trying to type with thumbs

 

[2014xm]

I had an axys last year and sold it to get the G4 ski doo. I've always ridin a ski doo so they have always seemed more natural to ride then the Polaris did. I rode one for a day in some powder and some hard packed snow before I snowchecked one. I really liked the ski doo how easy it was to ride through hard packed even doing a side hill. The G4 can hold a better line than the xm it was a little icy in some spots and didn't wash out at all held its edge great. I don't think either would be disappointing but I personally think from riding the axys all year to the ski doo it was more playful and easier to ride on tracked up days that Cooke city gets. I've talked to people that bought the axys coming from a t3 ski doo and said the axys wasn't all that it was expected to be.