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Sako7STW
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Well a few weeks back I pulled the trigger on a new 09 XP Everest 163" 800. The other sled in my garage is a old school modded 925 Triple Poo-Doo as I call it. Very fast sled when it is having a good day. I just decided it was time to give new technology a try and with the buys out there right now, I just could not resist anymore. Plus I was tired of getting left out of trips with my friends because I was not up to their riding standard's with the OL' Poo-Doo.....JK but you do know who you are 
I looked at all the makes out there. I was pretty convinced I wanted a Yammy and their MONSTER HP when boosted but decided I wanted try the lightweight route like I did on quads and haven't regretted since. I just could not get comfortable on the Cats. LOVE the looks of them but it just didnt feel right for me. The Polaris was my next choice and I still feel the D8 is an excellent sled and it was right down to the hour when i finally decided to save the $800 and get the XP. I was very nervous about the XP thanks to all the horror stories I have read on here about the 08's. Then the deal was out there I just could not turn down, and am still in shock I got, so I pulled trigger. I wont say so don't ask. All I can say is Clair Martin and Mitch from the local dealer here in Evanston DEMOLISHED any deal I seen elsewhere.
On my first trip out with the bad boy being 100% stock I was in 2-3.5' of fresh fluffy powpow. It was the riding dreams are made of and the XP made it that much better. I have never laid a sled on it's side with the ski in the air and just carve like a hot knife in butter, but I did that day. I was side hilling, carving a deep trench on a steep hill and thought I would really see what i could do with it. I leaned harder into the hill and pulled up and back hard and the sled turned 90 deg. and headed straight up faster than I thought possible. My buddy that I was riding with was on a 600 XP 146"? and is one incredible rider, said it was fookin bad ace how well I did that. I was already gleaming from the fact I was busting trail for him on the hills but that was enough to get me almost as excited as my FIRST time....yes...I mean THAT first time
. This day was the hardest I have ever rode and i expected to feel like I was going to need an emergency room the day as I was going to be sore, really sore. NOPE, barely even tired, I am still amazed by the difference.
Over this past weekend my family, my bro and his wife, and my inlaws all went riding for 2 days (Yes Jed that's why i didn't make fairview). We again had some good 1.5-2' of fresh although it was a heavier, wetter snow that was still amazing. We did allot of digging my bro and his wife out on their XP 600 146" rental sleds as they haven't rode much. Riding for me was much like the first trip out. I tried pushing myself to try harder and harder maneuvers I wouldn't have thought about before and yep I ate my share of snow that day but I wasnt holding back accept on the big hills as avy danger was very high. The coolest part of the trip was when my bro decided to give mine a try. He went through a small dip and when he came out of it he hit the gas and the front end came right up (as it does for me easily) and he whellied it on out. He rode over to me and i havent seen him that excited over anything in YEARS! His exact words were " Holy Sheit that was f'n amazing, I have got to get me one of these!" 
To think, I have $2100 in goodies waiting for the sled in Clair's shop going on next week. Man I cant wait! As for the whole the sled cant make the rider better BS.....WRONG! I may have had the ability all along but without this sled i wasn't able to do a third of what I already can on my XP!
My only complaints with the sled are I am not super impressed with the ski's and the hard steering from the ski pressure on the hard trails. I know I can make it better with some adjustments but I didnt have a spanner wrench to turn the adjusters on the shocks and stuff. After having my F.A.S.T. M10 on my other sled, the rear suspension is definitely lacking in comfort department on the trails. Hopefully with some adjustments, it will get better.
Sorry this is so long but I am really excited about this sled and I just had to share that excitement.
I looked at all the makes out there. I was pretty convinced I wanted a Yammy and their MONSTER HP when boosted but decided I wanted try the lightweight route like I did on quads and haven't regretted since. I just could not get comfortable on the Cats. LOVE the looks of them but it just didnt feel right for me. The Polaris was my next choice and I still feel the D8 is an excellent sled and it was right down to the hour when i finally decided to save the $800 and get the XP. I was very nervous about the XP thanks to all the horror stories I have read on here about the 08's. Then the deal was out there I just could not turn down, and am still in shock I got, so I pulled trigger. I wont say so don't ask. All I can say is Clair Martin and Mitch from the local dealer here in Evanston DEMOLISHED any deal I seen elsewhere.
On my first trip out with the bad boy being 100% stock I was in 2-3.5' of fresh fluffy powpow. It was the riding dreams are made of and the XP made it that much better. I have never laid a sled on it's side with the ski in the air and just carve like a hot knife in butter, but I did that day. I was side hilling, carving a deep trench on a steep hill and thought I would really see what i could do with it. I leaned harder into the hill and pulled up and back hard and the sled turned 90 deg. and headed straight up faster than I thought possible. My buddy that I was riding with was on a 600 XP 146"? and is one incredible rider, said it was fookin bad ace how well I did that. I was already gleaming from the fact I was busting trail for him on the hills but that was enough to get me almost as excited as my FIRST time....yes...I mean THAT first time
. This day was the hardest I have ever rode and i expected to feel like I was going to need an emergency room the day as I was going to be sore, really sore. NOPE, barely even tired, I am still amazed by the difference.Over this past weekend my family, my bro and his wife, and my inlaws all went riding for 2 days (Yes Jed that's why i didn't make fairview). We again had some good 1.5-2' of fresh although it was a heavier, wetter snow that was still amazing. We did allot of digging my bro and his wife out on their XP 600 146" rental sleds as they haven't rode much. Riding for me was much like the first trip out. I tried pushing myself to try harder and harder maneuvers I wouldn't have thought about before and yep I ate my share of snow that day but I wasnt holding back accept on the big hills as avy danger was very high. The coolest part of the trip was when my bro decided to give mine a try. He went through a small dip and when he came out of it he hit the gas and the front end came right up (as it does for me easily) and he whellied it on out. He rode over to me and i havent seen him that excited over anything in YEARS! His exact words were " Holy Sheit that was f'n amazing, I have got to get me one of these!"
To think, I have $2100 in goodies waiting for the sled in Clair's shop going on next week. Man I cant wait! As for the whole the sled cant make the rider better BS.....WRONG! I may have had the ability all along but without this sled i wasn't able to do a third of what I already can on my XP!
My only complaints with the sled are I am not super impressed with the ski's and the hard steering from the ski pressure on the hard trails. I know I can make it better with some adjustments but I didnt have a spanner wrench to turn the adjusters on the shocks and stuff. After having my F.A.S.T. M10 on my other sled, the rear suspension is definitely lacking in comfort department on the trails. Hopefully with some adjustments, it will get better.
Sorry this is so long but I am really excited about this sled and I just had to share that excitement.
