What would this look like if one transposed ski- doo and poo poo with my wife, your wife? If one is curious, one has to ride both to truly know the difference 
Ski-Doo vs Polaris: Handling differences?
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our group of 8 all thought the gen 5 skidoo was the hardest to ride in mediocre snow. it felt like the bars fought you the whole time. the matryx was much easier to ride but everyone whose ridden my catalyst thought it was easy to ride. I absolutely love my catalyst its easy to overide but you get used to it and its so easy to ride i'm not tired at the end of the day.
That's the skis and their spindle
I feel the Gen5 is just overly weight forward and still quirky. I have a friend who purchased one two seasons ago and cussed out the quirkiness for an entire season and he is the best technical rider I know. I think he put it best when he said it’s still doing that stupid Ski-Doo sh:t to me every now and then.
I have a 2019 skidoo 850 sp 175", have had arctic cat 800 alpha and polaris axis in the past. Went to the skidoo for reliability issues and length as my group loves the deep stuff. Also had problems with overheating in setup snow picking my way thru the trees going slow on both the Polaris and Arctic Cat. Had a hard time adapting to the difficulty getting it on edge with skidoo. I struggled with that in my first year (2023) and then decided for my second year (2024) I would attempt some changes. I added the Rasmussen post forward kit, deleted the T-motion, installed Fox QS3 air shocks and deleted the sway bar. Those mods did the trick, can't say which was most effective as I did them at the same time, probability the shocks. The QS3 has two air cambers with compression and rebound adjustability. The front suspension on the Alpha is similar without a sway bar so i figured I would try that on the Skidoo. Worked good.
Cinno
A modern twin-rail setup is easy to get on edge. T-motion and the single rail Alpha are solutions without problems.
I disagree. The problem the single rail and the T-motion addresses is too much track for the conditions. When the snow is soft and you have lots of power on tap, the twin rails are great. It is when a sled is tipped downhill and the snow is rock hard and you have no room in front of your sled to grab a handful of throttle and roll the sled uphill. This is when the rolly-polly suspensions can work in your favour to get some pulling up momentum. Smaller people or less experienced may benefit more as good riders likely will not get in such a situation. Aslo open bowl riders and meadow munchers are less likely to to get into that kind of situation. I have a P-motion on one of my sleds and not on the other and see the gains and the losses.
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Yes but it all about going too far, without sway-bar but with T-motion, the sled was out of control for me. I really want a sway-bar but needed an adjustable one where I could control how much sway I need to get on edge but maintain stability in most of all the other conditions. Really looked into making my own sway bar but decided on the fox QRS shocks instead. I made my decision after reading that "Tom Shocks" has custom valving for them for use without a sway-bar. The two chambers on that shock behave like a sway-bar when adjusted properly. That was "the ticket" for me so to speak. I got an early season discount and a money back performance guaranty from Tom. No reason to return as I'm happy with them.
Cinno
There is another option for anyone riding a Gen 5.
Sway Bar Disconnect, for ONLY those times when you want NO sway bar.
T-Motion Lock-Out, for ONLY those times when you want NO T-Motion.
There is just no good reason to be constrained to ALL or NOTHING any more.
Dial in the sled to do what you want it to do WHEN you need it to do it.
Sway Bar Disconnect, for ONLY those times when you want NO sway bar.
T-Motion Lock-Out, for ONLY those times when you want NO T-Motion.
There is just no good reason to be constrained to ALL or NOTHING any more.
Dial in the sled to do what you want it to do WHEN you need it to do it.
Glad these a have a solutiion, what is the option for the twitchy throttle?
Honestly not something I have seen?
What has always impressed me is just how SMOOTH it is on my Turbo?
I too jump on my buddies turbo Doo and the it seems really jumpy, might be more of a clutching thing?? As I rev it up, doesn't go, doesn't go then harsh jump forward and slow speed control seems difficult. Maybe just something a guy gets used too? This is stock clutching. I tried 2 of them and both the same. Maybe my Polaris is so soft on the bottom due to less torque? I think the Doo's might crush the rear shock more when the weigh transfers and that could be part of it?
Hmmm
Thats really quite interesting.
One of my primary reasons for looking to change out the clutching this season is to get a CRISPER more precise engagement.
If anything I have always thought it was too soft rolling into.
Joey can get you sorted out.
Www.ibackshift.com
He’s the skidoo clutching version of TRS.
Fyi the link above is still nearly invisible in dark mode on my phone.
Thats the route I am going.
YUP
I just saw that as well.
Sent a screen shot over to our programer.
I swear last night it looked FINE.
I just saw that as well.
Sent a screen shot over to our programer.
I swear last night it looked FINE.
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