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Here's a story that we can laugh about now, but when it happened things weren't so pretty.

In January 2002 me, my dad, and our friends went ou to their camp for a weekend of snowmobiling. I rode a Bravo then, and my dad had a ZR 600. Anyway, for the first day we rode out on the ice for a while, and took a short ride down the trail nearby. On the second night, me and my friend were riding out on the lake at 2:00 A.M. He was riding his dad's Polaris XCSP 600, and I was on my Bravo. We rode to the end of the lake, turned around, and came back. As we were driving back to the camp, we happened to head towards each other. As you might figure, we collided with each other. We both fell off of our sleds, and got heck from our dads. The whole right front suspension on his got wrecked, and the left ski on mine got bent to a 90 degree angle (and my shock got ruined). Neither of us got hurt, but the poor sleds sure did (I don't feel so sorry for the Polaris). Yes, me and my family are Arctic Cat fans, and our friends are Polaris riders. It's funny, though, because my dad's friend has a Cheetah, and my mom rides a 2000 Indy 500. Anyway, It's funny to talk about now. Now my Bravo has been retired to the garage, and my dad sold his ZR on eBay. Also I can finally show my Cat pride because I ride a 1999 Z440, and the Bravo doesn't fit me anymore. We have other memorable stories besides snowmobiling, but that one is one of my favorites.
-Steve H.

Me and my brother always count how many sleds of each brand that we see in the trails that are broke down. We see that the majority are Cats. Not sure if it is there are more Cats in the woods or if they are not as reliable. Probably not as reliable because they are all tweaked beyond reliability. Cat fans always mess with the motors. Anyway, wish I had a camera, but we passed a Cat out in the woods with the back end up in the year. We both stopped and just started laugh'n. It reminded us of deer camp with the a$$ end up in the air like a deer hang'n in the tree. :banana:
By the way, I have 2 doos, 1 polaris and a 340 Enticer. No more Arctic Cats for me. I don't like to wrench in the cold!