Snowcheck 21 / thoughts and who's doing what?????????
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You sure he didn't tell you to get the 3.5 pitch skidoo track
Would putting a 163/165 track on a SKS 155 with its front track cooler be the best option for a long track and short tunnel?
Yes, then figure out how to bypass the tunnel coolers all together. Use just bulkhead cooler. Cold tunnel is the way to go.
Exactly ?
Its the same as the 2015 release. Tweaks to the mountain sleds and a new chassis and gauge for the trail sleds.
Yup, and we now we pretty much now what is coming next year!! LOL
The 3” track is still a 3” pitch... the new 2.75” track is the 3.5” pitch...
New display looks sweet. Love the "find a friend" feature. That was the only thing missing from my PIDD. Being able to see where you "misplaced" your buddy would be an awesome feature to have. Wonder if it still would show on the screen if the sled is turned off though?
Anyone know what the power rating is for the 650?
Supposedly 10% up from the 6, putting it at what?? 137-138?
isnt the series 7 tracks both 2.6 and 3" still a 2.86 pitch or are they 3" pitch now? either way, the series 8 3.5 pitch should be the best deep snow option, not the 3" like their video says, seems to me. they must need to clear out some series 7 3" sitting on shelves.
nice sleds, they've adressed everything that turned me to cat now, i would check one of these if i were buying a new one.
nice sleds, they've adressed everything that turned me to cat now, i would check one of these if i were buying a new one.
Pretty sure all the series 8 tracks are 3.5" pitch. To make things really confusing, you can apparently still buy a 163 3" (series 7) with a chaincase. Could just be errors on their website; the spec sheet on one of the 174 sleds shows a 163 track... I think they'll keep the old QD on the series 6 sleds for a while, but they really should just go to QD2 across the line for everything else. If they are still selling RMKs with a chaincase, somebody is going to showcheck one thinking they're getting QD2.
Polaris has never put out any official numbers for the 600, at least that I know of, but 115-120 are the rumors I hear. So probably 130 HP, 135 would be my maximum guesstimate for the 650. My reaction to everything I've heard about the 650 is "oh... ok." Nice to have the 850's refinements, but it seems they've gone the minimum effort route. Same stroke as the 850, looks like they just dropped a smaller cylinder and piston on the 850 block and called it a day. They could make an 850 with a selectable reduced power setting and there'd be no reason to buy the 650 other than cost. Only other possible factor is durability; the 650 could be worth something if it lasts like an old Fuji 488, but nobody is going to buy a first-year Polaris motor counting on that.
Polaris has never put out any official numbers for the 600, at least that I know of, but 115-120 are the rumors I hear. So probably 130 HP, 135 would be my maximum guesstimate for the 650. My reaction to everything I've heard about the 650 is "oh... ok." Nice to have the 850's refinements, but it seems they've gone the minimum effort route. Same stroke as the 850, looks like they just dropped a smaller cylinder and piston on the 850 block and called it a day. They could make an 850 with a selectable reduced power setting and there'd be no reason to buy the 650 other than cost. Only other possible factor is durability; the 650 could be worth something if it lasts like an old Fuji 488, but nobody is going to buy a first-year Polaris motor counting on that.
Would love to see a retrofit to the mtn lineup...know it's not going to happen though
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