Hate my polaris.... (sad, I know)
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I disagree in this sport. First, Polaris would have to fall off in terms of sales. then others would have to be gobbling up the market share. Guess what? It's not happening at the time. Next year not much changes for everyone. But we know the following year the Axys comes to the RMK. They have clearly addressed (not necessarily fixed) some known issues. New race abused crank, cold start remedies, electric valves and oil pump, thermostat changes to warm quick (Poo's don't run good cold). In this sport we take chances with everything we purchase.
I gave up on polaris years ago, bunch of use bought 09 iqrs and assaults, 600s with CFI tops, we couldn't keep any of them together, up date up date up date found the fix, oh wait up date up date.
Ive built Doo 860s RKT they last, I'm not a Doo guy at all either. I have cats and I have had little to no issues with them, hell my 03 F7 has over 20,000miles on just the bottomend and it use to be my drag sled.
My next sled will be the VIPER or ZR7000 with the nytro motor, Ive had a nytro bloody boat anchor but it always got the job done and added much needed muscle mass with the work out it gives you.
Also for the $3500 fix? really its sad that indy speciality has to build a long rod motor to combat the problems, single ring duel ring cat pistons with spacers I've seen it all.
Makes you wonder why there motors would run forever with the old Ves 800.
Sorry I don't get it.
I have a built up 2010 SP 600, I have 2k into the 800 along with the long track, ive got 8k into the sled and has never let me down ever besides usual wear parts. This is me, my brothers 13 800rr is proving to be junk and that set him back 20k CND last year. Step brother has a 2010 SP also that won't quit.
All a gamble? Haha love it.
Ive built Doo 860s RKT they last, I'm not a Doo guy at all either. I have cats and I have had little to no issues with them, hell my 03 F7 has over 20,000miles on just the bottomend and it use to be my drag sled.
My next sled will be the VIPER or ZR7000 with the nytro motor, Ive had a nytro bloody boat anchor but it always got the job done and added much needed muscle mass with the work out it gives you.
Also for the $3500 fix? really its sad that indy speciality has to build a long rod motor to combat the problems, single ring duel ring cat pistons with spacers I've seen it all.
Makes you wonder why there motors would run forever with the old Ves 800.
Sorry I don't get it.
I have a built up 2010 SP 600, I have 2k into the 800 along with the long track, ive got 8k into the sled and has never let me down ever besides usual wear parts. This is me, my brothers 13 800rr is proving to be junk and that set him back 20k CND last year. Step brother has a 2010 SP also that won't quit.
All a gamble? Haha love it.
And yet here you are...
Their motors did not run forever. The 800 VES ate crank bearings like candy, virtually none of them ever make 3000 miles.
Point being??
Hmmm, I have a bunch of buddys with them and they seem to all last. Never owned one personally, use to race them for buddys tho in 50mile XC and Ice race a couple, wasn't the fastest but they stayed together.
Just do a search in the Edge section for "PTO big bearing" and you should find the evidence quite easily.
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snowmobiler
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i have 3 blown poo's in the backyard.the grey squirrels like to play on them.
Point being, if you gave up on Polaris, what are you doing in the Polaris section?
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snopromod
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Funny how these threads always get off track with arguing ! My point is no matter where I go whether it be Togwotee, cooke city, rabbit ears pass, big horns all I see are Pro Rmk's and wonder how I can change mine to make it look different then the other 100 sleds that look just like it : )
People who ride Poo have nothing but great things to say about it, people who don't are just trying to justify why their hunk of junk is as good as the Pro and people have switched from Polaris to another brand only switched because they couldn't ride the Pro to its capability any way so they probably need a crutch like the t motion or a trail sled like the pro climb cat
People who ride Poo have nothing but great things to say about it, people who don't are just trying to justify why their hunk of junk is as good as the Pro and people have switched from Polaris to another brand only switched because they couldn't ride the Pro to its capability any way so they probably need a crutch like the t motion or a trail sled like the pro climb cat
This would be very frustrating. We previously had Arctic Cat and that didn't work out so well. Then looked at Poo and Doo. Ended up with Doo secondary to the dealer and haven't looked back. The Poo dealer didn't want to work with us. At that point coming off the 2012 season Poo was definitely on top of the mountain segment and they likely felt they had plenty of demand for their product, etc., so they that may have been part of the reason they were tough to work with. Not really brand partial, just have a performance and reliability bias. Doo has been great without issues for two years. Haven't had to use our 3 year factory warranties. No matter what brand you get there are risks of malfunction, etc., however it would be nice if the dealer/Poo would help you out a bit in this kind of situation. Good luck!
hell my 03 F7 has over 20,000miles
Things have changed since then I believe. My 1999 XC700 had 17,000 miles on it when I sold it. Did nothing to the engine. Nothing.
We had one small issue with one of our two 2011 Pro RMK's. And now zero problems with our 2013 and our 2014. We are very happy with our Pro's.
And yes, snowmobiling (financially) is stupid!. But hey, have fun while you can. And there is us who save all year long, and drive 1200 miles one way to what we consider the best riding experience we have ever had.
...rant over
Wish I had 0 issues with my 14 But unfortunately it has issues. At about 150 miles it shredded the stock 115 belt,a wire from the brake switch rubbed through causing the guage lights to go out.@360 miles it had a bad bog didn't want to run,finally cleared it dealer could not find anything. Today with about 480 miles 3 bad bogs check engine light on its back at dealer. My 12 pro never missed a beat.the 14's are far from perfect.
Were all you guys with the never ending bad luck born with a black cloud hanging over your head? I've gone on 150 rides in the last 3.5 seasons averaging 40 miles per ride with a group of guys running 2011 to 2014 Pros. The only issue we have had has been a few pipe temp sensors going bad and a few throttle cables we've had to adjust the free-play out of. We've never had to tow a pro to the truck and have never had any motor related issues on the mountain. I feel that sled has been a grand slam as far as reliability goes and would purchase another in a heartbeat (just did). I've had more fun riding my Pro than any other sled I've ever owned.
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snopromod
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Agreed buddy, I am in same boat. Many hard driven backcountry miles on our pros with only issue being a torn track which the guy side hilled a rock pretty hard his own fault!
Three of the guys in our group where die hard eat, breath, sleep ski - doo till they got sick of getting their tails spanked by the under powered Pro's now all 3 own a 800 Pro and have never been happier on a sled!
Yes I swear some guys just can't get out of their own way of bad luck.
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BC_mtn_rider
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Murph, you are bang on...I couldn't have said it better myself!
Also...I ride with DOO & CAT guys all season and they have the exact same breakdowns...only it cost them more for parts!!! Keep ur chin up...your bluebird powder day will come! It happens to all of us...RIP 10 Dragon & 03 escape!
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