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jasonsamko
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me and my 2 best friends that ride together all the time ended up with a unique set up this year (all 3 of us have been on skidoo xps for last few years) i bought a new 2011 m8 standard 153 a few weeks ago, one buddy bought a 2011 pro rmk 163 a couple weeks ago and the other buddy is still on a 2010 summit 146 800.
we just spent 3 days of hard riding in the up of michigan carving meadows and sidehilling everything we can find. i agree that the pro is a wicked sled. I love my m8 and have wanted one for the last few years and finally bought one knowing it was my last chance before the new model. but the pro handles very similar to the m8 and we ran some super technical sidehills (lowsnow and steep) and i could run a great cut with both the m and the pro where as the summit bucked me off halfway across and i was sloppy the whole time (and i have 3 seasons on a xp summit...lol).
We did some races on trail and in deep powder (no mnts to climb here). the pro smoked the xp everytime every where (have video showing the pro eat the xp on a lake with about 3 feet of snow on it by 5 sled lenghts). the m8 got the jump on the pro on the trail by about a sled lenght but at about 50 the pro would catch and pass the m8. we let off and quit at 80mph.
in the deep snow on the lake the m8 got the jump on the pro and stayed in the lead the whole time.
we had a ball playing with these 3 sleds side by side. now that im used to my m its very easy to switch to the pro and not skip a beat, but it is now harder to ride the xp even after having 3 years of riding experience on it.
it seems like there are enough guys out there with alot of miles on the polaris 800 in the pro and the rush that the motor seems to be holding together really well. i think polaris hit a home run with the pro. i bought my m8 becasue i always wanted to own one since its the iconic mtn sled, but the main reasons was durability and reliability. cat has the current m sleds tweaked to perfection and i love the sled. i think the pro is on the same level as the m. it is gonna be a game changer and the little tweaks it gest along the way will only make it better. polaris did a great job on this sled especially for a first year.
we just spent 3 days of hard riding in the up of michigan carving meadows and sidehilling everything we can find. i agree that the pro is a wicked sled. I love my m8 and have wanted one for the last few years and finally bought one knowing it was my last chance before the new model. but the pro handles very similar to the m8 and we ran some super technical sidehills (lowsnow and steep) and i could run a great cut with both the m and the pro where as the summit bucked me off halfway across and i was sloppy the whole time (and i have 3 seasons on a xp summit...lol).
We did some races on trail and in deep powder (no mnts to climb here). the pro smoked the xp everytime every where (have video showing the pro eat the xp on a lake with about 3 feet of snow on it by 5 sled lenghts). the m8 got the jump on the pro on the trail by about a sled lenght but at about 50 the pro would catch and pass the m8. we let off and quit at 80mph.
in the deep snow on the lake the m8 got the jump on the pro and stayed in the lead the whole time.
we had a ball playing with these 3 sleds side by side. now that im used to my m its very easy to switch to the pro and not skip a beat, but it is now harder to ride the xp even after having 3 years of riding experience on it.
it seems like there are enough guys out there with alot of miles on the polaris 800 in the pro and the rush that the motor seems to be holding together really well. i think polaris hit a home run with the pro. i bought my m8 becasue i always wanted to own one since its the iconic mtn sled, but the main reasons was durability and reliability. cat has the current m sleds tweaked to perfection and i love the sled. i think the pro is on the same level as the m. it is gonna be a game changer and the little tweaks it gest along the way will only make it better. polaris did a great job on this sled especially for a first year.