Edited 3/3/2022
I had my Ambassador call this past Tuesday night. One of the Polaris engineers hosted the call. We had a good Q&A session. They learned a lot over the last year.
The Covid related shortages were a bigger challenge than anticipated. They are making changes so this will never happen again. This is why you are seeing limited numbers of models available. Here's the info from my call.
1. Polaris manufacturers both off road, snow, and military vehicles @ the Roseau manufacturing plant. Because they are now producing more snow vehicles than in years past, they are moving off-road manufacturing to another plant. This is to make more assembly lines available for sled production. In the past, sled production began after SnowCheck orders were in. Snowmobile production will now be year round. 2 shifts per production day. They are already starting production of 2023's. Dealer stocking units will be produced before SnowChecked sleds. This way dealers will have inventory coming in during the summer for fall sales. This is a big change from the past. Dealer allocation is also changing.
Polaris is determined to have ALL Snow Checks delivered by Dec 31st 2022.
2. Because there is still a microchip shortage, because of this, next season's 7S Display will not be Wi-Fi enabled. Updates can still be done via USB sticks.
3. Patriot Boost 850 Trail Turbo's: The ECU does not speed limit the sled. Go as fast as you dare!
These sleds will also have the same clutching as the Boosted Mountain sleds. No more belt deflection adjustments needs. There will be different springs and weights.
All the tracks for both Assault and VR1, are speed rated (R) from Camso. This is why the Assault only has 2 track choices.
Engine internals for both the Patriot Boost 850 and the NA 850/900 are the same except for the pistons. Boost uses a different piston as well as the 900 being larger. Same cranks, connecting rods, etc.. The Patriot engine was designed from day one to be boosted as well as accept larger bore cylinders, pistons, etc... This gives Polaris the flexibility with an engine design they didn't have in the past.
The VR1 Patriot Boost will be sharing the same coupling block design improvements as the XCR. They are updating the transfer blocks on both XCR and VR1 Boost to have a rubber block instead of all aluminum. This was done for durability and more adjustability. This will help dial in weight transfer do to the increased HP to the track/rear skid.
4. Jackshaft bearings. They are aware of the failures and are working on a solution which should make it to production models for 2023. No more info available on this.
5. Polaris is working on getting demo units out to dealers for late March/early April. There's not going to be many due to limited parts availability to manufacture these units. I'll let you know when I know.
That's about it. I might have missed a few things so feel free to ask questions. Hopefully you will find this information useful. Please be respectful when making comments. Thanks!
Lenn Johnson
I had my Ambassador call this past Tuesday night. One of the Polaris engineers hosted the call. We had a good Q&A session. They learned a lot over the last year.
The Covid related shortages were a bigger challenge than anticipated. They are making changes so this will never happen again. This is why you are seeing limited numbers of models available. Here's the info from my call.
1. Polaris manufacturers both off road, snow, and military vehicles @ the Roseau manufacturing plant. Because they are now producing more snow vehicles than in years past, they are moving off-road manufacturing to another plant. This is to make more assembly lines available for sled production. In the past, sled production began after SnowCheck orders were in. Snowmobile production will now be year round. 2 shifts per production day. They are already starting production of 2023's. Dealer stocking units will be produced before SnowChecked sleds. This way dealers will have inventory coming in during the summer for fall sales. This is a big change from the past. Dealer allocation is also changing.
Polaris is determined to have ALL Snow Checks delivered by Dec 31st 2022.
2. Because there is still a microchip shortage, because of this, next season's 7S Display will not be Wi-Fi enabled. Updates can still be done via USB sticks.
3. Patriot Boost 850 Trail Turbo's: The ECU does not speed limit the sled. Go as fast as you dare!
These sleds will also have the same clutching as the Boosted Mountain sleds. No more belt deflection adjustments needs. There will be different springs and weights.
All the tracks for both Assault and VR1, are speed rated (R) from Camso. This is why the Assault only has 2 track choices.
Engine internals for both the Patriot Boost 850 and the NA 850/900 are the same except for the pistons. Boost uses a different piston as well as the 900 being larger. Same cranks, connecting rods, etc.. The Patriot engine was designed from day one to be boosted as well as accept larger bore cylinders, pistons, etc... This gives Polaris the flexibility with an engine design they didn't have in the past.
The VR1 Patriot Boost will be sharing the same coupling block design improvements as the XCR. They are updating the transfer blocks on both XCR and VR1 Boost to have a rubber block instead of all aluminum. This was done for durability and more adjustability. This will help dial in weight transfer do to the increased HP to the track/rear skid.
4. Jackshaft bearings. They are aware of the failures and are working on a solution which should make it to production models for 2023. No more info available on this.
5. Polaris is working on getting demo units out to dealers for late March/early April. There's not going to be many due to limited parts availability to manufacture these units. I'll let you know when I know.
That's about it. I might have missed a few things so feel free to ask questions. Hopefully you will find this information useful. Please be respectful when making comments. Thanks!
Lenn Johnson
