What can handle abuse!!!
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theultrarider
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Depends on how you define abuse, how much preventive maintainance you do and what your budget is? What are you really wanting the sled to do for you. The edge chassis rmks are pretty tough and can take alot of pounding/jumping. Alot of guys are going to say that they are old school, yes they are, but they are tough and keep going. It all depends on your style of riding and what you want out of it.
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My mostly stock IQ-RAW took one hell of a pounding last season and just needed cosmetic repairs.
Just ask Mule, Ollie, or any of the other Snowies riders that saw my sled and all the duct tape towards the end of the season last year.
Just ask Mule, Ollie, or any of the other Snowies riders that saw my sled and all the duct tape towards the end of the season last year.
I will second that Im 250lbs and my sled took a good beating and kept coming back for more I had fox floats holz a arms and hd rear springs/ shocks on it and it did very well
The plastics on the other hand well..... stuff happens repair when needed
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yep, plastic welder (or old soldering iron) comes in real handy. A dremel will put a nice finish on it.
In a pinch zip ties are a mans best friend like stiches for your sled
get a race chassis and long track it. I have a 440/800 rev that takes a beating every time out and when I get on a consumer sled I feel like I am going to break it just pulling it on the trailer.
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arctic matt
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I've been a Polaris guy, but last year I got an 06 M7 LE, with EFI. I can't begin to tell you how impressed I have been with that thing. I've been a horrible owner to the M7, I've ridden it like I stole it, but now I actually think that it likes it
I think all of the manufactures have solid sleds, just keep up on regular maintenance, and you should be fine.
I think all of the manufactures have solid sleds, just keep up on regular maintenance, and you should be fine.
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High Velocity
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Ya, but you ride DOO, don't ya ?? Of course it doesn't hold up !!! Just kidding. Couldn't resist.
as far as capable iron that can hit chit and keep goin, the edge rmk or a king kat, not light but can get there with the right set up
3 weeks ago I hit a rock head on as hard as I've hit anything before on my Dragon 700. It was burried in the snow and I was sidehilling wide open throttle. I hit so hard that my chest bent the bars. I completely tore off my lower a-arm and bent the Walker Evan shock in half. There was no damage at all to the bulk head or nun (whatever Polaris calls that). The a-arms broke the way they should.
I have Ski-Doo friends that told me that their sled would have been totalled on the same hit. I guess there is a price for light weight. The XP is a great sled and it's super light. But I don't think it would hold up near as well as my sled.
Expensive sport no matter what.
I have Ski-Doo friends that told me that their sled would have been totalled on the same hit. I guess there is a price for light weight. The XP is a great sled and it's super light. But I don't think it would hold up near as well as my sled.
Expensive sport no matter what.
Find a REV race chassis
I've seen better beads laid down in high school shop class jeez.
Polaris... for farmers, by farmers
I've seen better beads laid down in high school shop class jeez.
Polaris... for farmers, by farmers
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Clarke673
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Those 2 bars in the center were added by a professional welder. Obviously we grinded it down and it came out great. As far as Polaris being built by farmers… Better than Canadians Ehhh?
Had a friend tell me that he dropped his ski in a man hole cover riding through a unfinished housing section on his IQR doing about 20 and all it did was fold up his a-arms and whip out is right fender.
His buddy on a rev race chassis hit a rock a few weeks later and totaled the chassis out. Take it for what it is.
Polaris designs a-arms on sleds to break when they are supposed to for a reason. The 05-08 IQ/Raw chassis is bad for people who are hard on sleds. The rear of the tunnel is week, rails bend easy, front bumper and plastic is garbage. I cracked a new fender on a 06 700 just form beating it down a trail when my buddy thought he had a broken arm.
A standard rev is better than a standard IQ chassis as far as strength goes and this is coming form some one who has only owned poo for the last 10 years.
Pro-X is also a good chassis as well.
Had a friend tell me that he dropped his ski in a man hole cover riding through a unfinished housing section on his IQR doing about 20 and all it did was fold up his a-arms and whip out is right fender.
His buddy on a rev race chassis hit a rock a few weeks later and totaled the chassis out. Take it for what it is.
Polaris designs a-arms on sleds to break when they are supposed to for a reason. The 05-08 IQ/Raw chassis is bad for people who are hard on sleds. The rear of the tunnel is week, rails bend easy, front bumper and plastic is garbage. I cracked a new fender on a 06 700 just form beating it down a trail when my buddy thought he had a broken arm.
A standard rev is better than a standard IQ chassis as far as strength goes and this is coming form some one who has only owned poo for the last 10 years.
Pro-X is also a good chassis as well.
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