Just got the sept 2021 snowest. Always excited to get the new mags and skim the pages to see what’s out there while waiting for the season to start. Came across the article on page 30 written by steve janes comparing the riot x and hardcore 146 M8000. Pretty disappointed in the poor and wrong information presented. First thing that jumped out at me was when comparing tracks he says the hardcore comes with a 3” lug 3.5” pitch track. Obviously from the pics posted of the tracks they are both 2.6” lug 2.86 pitch tracks on both sleds. Cat doesn’t even offer the 146” in 3” lug version. The next thing is he doesn’t even mention the biggest thing that sets these two sleds apart, the narrow 36” front end on the hardcore and wide front on the riot x. If you’ve ever riden both these sleds (I have), you’ll know that the wide front on the riot really makes for a difficult boondocking mountain sled. Both are very fun sleds, the 146 track is amazing in more set up snow. Too bad this article grossly misrepresented these two great machines. I’ll assume he never really rode them, someone threw some pics on his desk and told him to write something and he threw an article together in 5 minutes. Snowest, you can do better.
