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CoyoteGirl
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With the recent purchase of a Dragon I'm getting lots of feedback (which I enjoy, thank you) about what to do to it next. It's all positive stuff about how this rocks or that rocks. In the back of my head though, I'm wanting them to tell me all the bad parts about it. IE on the turbos, honestly how many hours did you spend to get it tuned for example. We all know they rip, once tuned.......
So, this got me to thinking.......All you hear when trying to make a purchase is the good about a sled, right? Well, I'm more concerned about the bad. What if the manufacturers started giving you the specs like they do now, but said
"our clutches will only last 500 miles"
"crank is gonna go at some point"
"we might have an electrical problem to work out"
"she might have a mid range bog"
"the track might trench a bit"
"she'll need more air"
etc etc.
And let you choose the lessor of the evils that you want to deal with. Rather than telling us they are building the biggest, baddest, best and letting us flounder when we find out we bought a ticking time bomb.
And for those that are mechanically inclined, could maybe just fix some of their issues on their own.... had they known about them.
This might not work with stock sleds. Maybe with mods/ performance enhancing? I'm to a point where on modding a sled, I'd rather you tell me the downside/ bad parts of doing this. Obviously the good is more hp and I'm already interested in your product because of that.
If they did it this way, maybe it would make them put out a better product. It would become a battle of who's got the shortest "bad" list.
And you know who I think would come out on top at this battle (in manufacturers)? Yami. What would they say "well, we are kind of heavy... but you won't have to see your dealer for the rest of the year". Hmmmmmmmmmmmm
Anyhow, was just sitting here pondering............ after reading all the threads about all the unhappy NEW sled owners.
So, this got me to thinking.......All you hear when trying to make a purchase is the good about a sled, right? Well, I'm more concerned about the bad. What if the manufacturers started giving you the specs like they do now, but said
"our clutches will only last 500 miles"
"crank is gonna go at some point"
"we might have an electrical problem to work out"
"she might have a mid range bog"
"the track might trench a bit"
"she'll need more air"
etc etc.
And let you choose the lessor of the evils that you want to deal with. Rather than telling us they are building the biggest, baddest, best and letting us flounder when we find out we bought a ticking time bomb.
And for those that are mechanically inclined, could maybe just fix some of their issues on their own.... had they known about them.This might not work with stock sleds. Maybe with mods/ performance enhancing? I'm to a point where on modding a sled, I'd rather you tell me the downside/ bad parts of doing this. Obviously the good is more hp and I'm already interested in your product because of that.
If they did it this way, maybe it would make them put out a better product. It would become a battle of who's got the shortest "bad" list.
And you know who I think would come out on top at this battle (in manufacturers)? Yami. What would they say "well, we are kind of heavy... but you won't have to see your dealer for the rest of the year". Hmmmmmmmmmmmm
Anyhow, was just sitting here pondering............ after reading all the threads about all the unhappy NEW sled owners.
