That's odd! Hearing Skidoo is not good in technical terrain? I just watched a video of Rasmussen riding one and getting around pretty friggen good. Im guessing most of us on the forum aint keeping up with him! Put a good rider on any sled and they will get around. Im no Rasmussen by any means and id rate my technical riding mediocre at best. I have owned a new skidoo every year from 1996 to 2017. I purchased a 2018 RMK and after I got used to it, liked it so much I kept it another year. Now Im riding a Khaos and LOVE the sled. I can ride the Poo much better than I could ever ride the Doo. Guess my point is, if you take the bias out of the equation and if you take the same exact rider, and let them try each sled for the day, I think more people are going to agree that the Poo works much better "all around" in the backcountry, than the Doo. This is coming from a person that rode a Doo for approx 21 yrs, last Doo was a 2017 165" Summit and said screw it, Im going to try something new. As long as im riding the hills and woods, Ill be riding a Poo. I want to thank Doo very much, because if my 17 Summit wasnt such a belt eater, I would still be riding a Doo and would of never got to experience the Axys chasis. Got friends of mine that I ride with that would say the same thing I just said above, but reverse the sleds! Working on the sled in the field, I think you would be hard pressed to find anyone on here that would say the Doo is easier to work on. The Axys you can have the side panels and hood off in 15 seconds with no tools! Ride what you want, run what ya brung and who really gives a **** if its a Doo, Poo or Cat. Everyone is different, everyone likes what they like.
What Id really like to see is if you take money out of the equation for all these sponsored riders, and they had to pay for their own sled and gear, what would they actually ride??????
Not just Rasmussen, someone should tell jay mantaberry he’s on the wrong sled too. Endless sidehilling, hopovers, all that stuff. He could probably stop the corona virus if he rode a polaris in technical terrain from what you read around here and other internet resources.
Just funnin around, I don’t get into the brand battles, to each their own. I would sure like to ride the main 3 back to back to back in the same couple days, on the same snow when I’m in good riding shape. But then there are aftermarket mods that make them all better, so hard to know the best choice without a huge outlay of dollars.
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