Not sure if I should post it here or in the skidoo section?
I had a brief ride, just a couple minutes on a brand new skidoo 154, a little steep traverse and a couple tree turns. The snow conditions were less than ideal, a little pow over a hardpack but to my surprise I quite liked the sled, immediately I felt confident enough to go on a steep traverse. The power delivery was immediate, I would say more direct than my axys (I felt it is picking up earlier, owner mentioned something about a new clutch in that sled - I don't know anything about that), it also felt more powerful from the bottom of the rev range than my 155 axys with full slp exhaust and clutching. The sled was bone stock and it felt very flickable, probably as flickable as my axys with 36 inch arms, fox shocks and no swaybar. What I didn't like was the seat, I actually hated it, it was so high that I had hard time moving from one side of the sled to the other, now I have burandt frameless seat on my axys which is pretty low but I was not expecting the seat to be that high on the skidoo. Also controls felt quite weird, I did not like standing over the bars but maybe the owner had it set up that way by mistake - I didn't ask.
No, I am not planning the purchase, I like my axys and I like riding it, I also perfectly know this sled capabilities and I am not going to switch over anytime soon
I had a brief ride, just a couple minutes on a brand new skidoo 154, a little steep traverse and a couple tree turns. The snow conditions were less than ideal, a little pow over a hardpack but to my surprise I quite liked the sled, immediately I felt confident enough to go on a steep traverse. The power delivery was immediate, I would say more direct than my axys (I felt it is picking up earlier, owner mentioned something about a new clutch in that sled - I don't know anything about that), it also felt more powerful from the bottom of the rev range than my 155 axys with full slp exhaust and clutching. The sled was bone stock and it felt very flickable, probably as flickable as my axys with 36 inch arms, fox shocks and no swaybar. What I didn't like was the seat, I actually hated it, it was so high that I had hard time moving from one side of the sled to the other, now I have burandt frameless seat on my axys which is pretty low but I was not expecting the seat to be that high on the skidoo. Also controls felt quite weird, I did not like standing over the bars but maybe the owner had it set up that way by mistake - I didn't ask.
No, I am not planning the purchase, I like my axys and I like riding it, I also perfectly know this sled capabilities and I am not going to switch over anytime soon
