Quick question on 600's...

[UMGlasgow]

I am shopping around for a new sled and have a pretty tight budget. I have been riding for 4-5 years. The last sled I had was a 2001 Yami MM700 151 with pipes and few things done to it. My question is if a newer chassis 600 is going to have enough power to keep up... I can find a lot of newer chassis 600's with the track lengths that I want for pretty good prices and am thinking about picking one up. I consider myself a good rider and most of the guys I will ride with are on 700 & 800 sleds. What are the opinions on being able to keep up with them in the fun stuff(We mostly boondock in the trees and do a bit of climbing)? Should I go for it, or get a 700-900 that is a few years older that might not be in quite as nice of shape? Thanks for any advice!

 

[F-Bomb]

For a 600 cc sled in equal setup to a bigger cc sled it totally depends on the net weight of rider/vehicle and significantly helped with rider skill. A good lightweight rider say 160lbs can easily go and do anything a 200lbs rider on a sled with 20 more HP can do. For that matter if we peeled the stickers off of a 600 RMK and an 800 RMK put a good riding 160 lb rider on that one and a good 200 lbs rider on the 800 and you should not be able to tell which sled is which other than the monkey "honking" the football aspect of the bigger dude.

I don't know much about the other 600 offerings but concerning a polaris IQ RAW chassis you can go anywhere and do anything that you ever did on that MM 700 151 with a bone stock 600 155 IQ RAW in any decent state of tune. You'll find yourself getting through techical climbs and steep tree rides way way easier. The end of a long hard day riding are much nicer on the new chassis. Easier to load up and go again the next day!

 

[knee deep in it]

I have an 07 rev 800 and an 06 600 rmk. I never ride the Rev anymore. The 600 is so much more fun. I never feel wore out after a ride.

Put a SLP pipe on it and I go anywhere I need to.

If all you do is climb, then you better stick to an 800. If you play in the trees and do the odd climb, a 600 can be a great choice.

 

[UMGlasgow]

I guess the only problem is that I'm not 150 pounds then... I'm 6' 195 lbs without gear. I guess I'll keep looking for a good deal on an early rev or an 04-05 RMK. Thanks guys and any more advice helps!

 

[Tuesday]

Another question typically overlooked is......who do you ride with and what do they ride. If most of the group is riding similar sleds then yes it will keep up, if your group has alot of turbo guys then no. Riding location-altitude, snow conditions, type of riding make a difference as well.

Nothing wrong with a good running 600 esp at lower elevations and semi set up snow.

 

[PooSlinger]

I vote RMK 600 also in the IQ chassis if you can afford it. This means '06 or newer. Preferably '07 or newer as it lost a bunch of weight and got some mountain-specific treatment for that season.

 

[springer]

At 6' 195lbs.go with a 700.Not saying the 600 won't work, you will be happier with a newer 700 in the iq chassis with a 155".

 

[SNOBI-WAN-KENOBI]

an '07 600 rmk with slp pipe and V-force reeds you will be able to do what an 800 can do for the most part

 

[knee deep in it]

I guess the only problem is that I'm not 150 pounds then... I'm 6' 195 lbs without gear. I guess I'll keep looking for a good deal on an early rev or an 04-05 RMK. Thanks guys and any more advice helps!

watch out for the early revs. A lot of guys who were 6' plus had problems hitting their knees on the console. I had a 04 rev for a brief period before it was stolen and I did not like it anywhere near as much as my 07 rev.

It was a lot less power than the new 800's as well. I think it was in 06 when they added some serious hp. My 06 600 RMK with slp would easily climb with my 04 800 rev.

 

[Rprecision]

For cost, you could easily get into a good m7 maybe m8. But I am partial.

I rode with a guy all day that had a blacked out m6, I didnt realize it was a 6 till the end of the day, I figured it was a 8?

 

[UMGlasgow]

Another question typically overlooked is......who do you ride with and what do they ride. If most of the group is riding similar sleds then yes it will keep up, if your group has alot of turbo guys then no. Riding location-altitude, snow conditions, type of riding make a difference as well.

Nothing wrong with a good running 600 esp at lower elevations and semi set up snow.

I addressed this a bit, but I will go into more detail. Most of the guys I ride with have 06-09 M7's and M8's with one guy riding an 09 M1. Ride 70% of the time around the Lolo area at 5500-8000 feet or so and usually a trip to Cooke and West each winter.