[stronger800]

(How many big red heavy cats?) buddy was in speculator today, said it was great riding still

 

[letsirkdor]

I'll be on the sacandaga tomorrow, favorite time to ride the lake! 60 degrees, hoody and sneakers👍

 

[sleepybrew]

(How many big red heavy cats?) buddy was in speculator today, said it was great riding still

the big red cats are out there. as you remember i have a hard time spotting those...

 

[Wantry]

It was great riding on the hill today too. There’s more left (maybe).

One of the most spectacular days my son and I have had this season today.

Little warm tho

Just watch out cause tis the season when a lot of the animals are out on the trails after the snowpack is down some. We saw a bobcat on the trail today and I almost had to pick a grouse out of my goggles.

 

[Wantry]

i'll tie a ribbon the front bumper . the amount of dark colored matrix coming at me all day is amazing. and then the black ski doos are probably 8 out of 10

You are gonna love the performance envelope on that, once it’s broke in. Today at 58° ambient temp i saw it sliding up and down from 97-120° with the scratchers up most of the day. 100 - 200 RPM off from cold weather, but still seeing C note + and carrying the skis at will, never a burp or fart, I do NOT miss carbureted sleds…

Or the Polaris Liberty 800s I put so many miles on, come to think of it.

 

[sleepybrew]

You are gonna love the performance envelope on that, once it’s broke in. Today at 58° ambient temp i saw it sliding up and down from 97-120° with the scratchers up most of the day. 100 - 200 RPM off from cold weather, but still seeing C note + and carrying the skis at will, never a burp or fart, I do NOT miss carbureted sleds…

Or the Polaris Liberty 800s I put so many miles on, come to think of it.

my 21 was pretty fast, i hear they get faster as the years progress. my 18 xcr 800 was fast too . i had thoughts of coming to the hill for a spring shakedown ride but things didn't line up. i'm gonna work on studs and suspension work

 

[letsirkdor]

Great day on the sacandaga today!

 

[sleepybrew]

You are gonna love the performance envelope on that, once it’s broke in. Today at 58° ambient temp i saw it sliding up and down from 97-120° with the scratchers up most of the day. 100 - 200 RPM off from cold weather, but still seeing C note + and carrying the skis at will, never a burp or fart, I do NOT miss carbureted sleds…

Or the Polaris Liberty 800s I put so many miles on, come to think of it.

how about corners? no issues with pushing on the 136 ?

 

[rynex]

Rode the Hill Friday night and Saturday. Some areas are near shot while others are still in very good condition although it was raining pretty hard when we were leaving this morning I’ll take the 200 miles we put on this weekend as our last for the season.

It was also my wife‘s last ride on her 23 XCR that is either going towards her new one or may become our backup. We had a very good season with a lot of good rides, all of our miles were put on in NY while we usually do the majority of our riding in Quebec, NY didn’t give us a reason to travel elsewhere.

 

[rynex]

how about corners? no issues with pushing on the 136 ?

The 136 with the tipped up rails turns nearly as good as the 128. I’ll give the 128 the advantage in initial turn in on tight single track trails but again it’s slight. I haven’t experienced any handling deficiencies with the 136 on trails that are greater than single tracks trails.

 

[Trail Ryder]

.... all of our miles were put on in NY while we usually do the majority of our riding in Quebec, NY didn’t give us a reason to travel elsewhere

I too ride Quebec and Maine, and did 1,500 miles this season all in NY. Several of those were lower mileage rides with my elderly father, wife, and daughter.

Regardless, nearly everything I rode this season was on par with Maine and Quebec. Nearly ALL of the NY Clubs (that I experienced in at least a dozen counties) did an amazing job. Hats off to the dwindling volunteers.

 

[gottaway]

Thursday 3/13. took a trip up the tracks to Norridgewock and inner trails in old forge. Passed 5 sleds all day, trails were perfect, event he tracks were good (thanks Trackside).
Friday had a little club ride to North lake and a picnic at the flow. Local trails were perfect. Weather was warm and sunny, a great end to the season.

 

[Wantry]

Hey @sleepybrew no, no issues pushing in corners with the 136. Initial turn in is sharp, not 1997 Yamaha pivoting like a diamond wheel on a glass table sharp, but sharp. Then it holds the line accelerating thru the corner as long as I’m judicious with the throttle. Then it hucks it to the next corner 😎

Im sprung and shocked stiffer than factory, and as a result I’m running the front track shock sagged in more than I could as it was delivered, but I’m not running long tails or CC spindles or linkages. and I love it as is. Corners as I want, doesn’t ever pound me, doesn’t get bounced off line, reacts well to powering on through the rough. It’s a versatile setup including in deep or no snow.

Make sure though, since you got a leftover 850, that if you got the 1.6 track with the 22:42 gears like I got, that the peckerheads who put it together remembered to put the goddamn bolt in that fixes the bottom gear to the driveshaft.

Nothing broke but it seems like that bolt was kinda an important one to leave out.

In my company we call those “resume generating events”

The chaincase was the only part of the sled I didn’t open up when I got the sled delivered, because we had limited time to set up and wanted to go ride, and Christmas, etc. I noticed some driveline drag as the season went on, and yeah it’s ugly when I took it apart, but it didn’t cost me any riding time - did cost some performance but not much, and will be addressed under warranty shortly.

 

[stronger800]

Specialty black racing oil? I know it’s got aluminum or whatever cover material ground into it, but still. Eeek.
i know two guys that had that plastic chain tensioner puck/block piece fail. That wrecks your day. They replaced it with the (aftermarket?) aluminum block and roller

 

[sleepybrew]

Hey @sleepybrew no, no issues pushing in corners with the 136. Initial turn in is sharp, not 1997 Yamaha pivoting like a diamond wheel on a glass table sharp, but sharp. Then it holds the line accelerating thru the corner as long as I’m judicious with the throttle. Then it hucks it to the next corner 😎

Im sprung and shocked stiffer than factory, and as a result I’m running the front track shock sagged in more than I could as it was delivered, but I’m not running long tails or CC spindles or linkages. and I love it as is. Corners as I want, doesn’t ever pound me, doesn’t get bounced off line, reacts well to powering on through the rough. It’s a versatile setup including in deep or no snow.

Make sure though, since you got a leftover 850, that if you got the 1.6 track with the 22:42 gears like I got, that the peckerheads who put it together remembered to put the goddamn bolt in that fixes the bottom gear to the driveshaft.

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Nothing broke but it seems like that bolt was kinda an important one to leave out.

In my company we call those “resume generating events”

The chaincase was the only part of the sled I didn’t open up when I got the sled delivered, because we had limited time to set up and wanted to go ride, and Christmas, etc. I noticed some driveline drag as the season went on, and yeah it’s ugly when I took it apart, but it didn’t cost me any riding time - did cost some performance but not much, and will be addressed under warranty shortly.

i got 1.35 track. how about that 2025 tune they are talking about?

 

[letsirkdor]

Specialty black racing oil? I know it’s got aluminum or whatever cover material ground into it, but still. Eeek.
i know two guys that had that plastic chain tensioner puck/block piece fail. That wrecks your day. They replaced it with the (aftermarket?) aluminum block and roller

It's a Polaris part, direct replacement. Been swapping them for years. Haven't personally seen a failure, I just feel better with the roller in there, it is substantially louder which doesn't bother me a bit, but it does bother many.

 

[stronger800]

I’ve only seen two, the aluminum block part, they were aftermarket the ones I’ve seen

 

[Wantry]

Thoughts:

1. the oil is black b/c it’s full of powdered magnesium from the inside of the cover; chain and gears look fine; bearings all feel fine; I’m gonna trust my tech to go through it and find whatever else needs found and replaced, if anything. Warranty + trusted dealer relationship = success.

2. The plastic chain tensioner didn’t wear all that much compared to some I’ve seen. I am probably going to swap it for the roller anyway. I thought this sled had a mf’er of a track howl but now I see it was the chain ringing off the cover. I woulda addressed it during the season but we had good snow so every spare minute i was riding not wrenching. I’ve run rollers before in the IQ and pro ride days and they’re not as loud as this sled was.

3. the ‘25 is the nicest running sled motor I’ve ever had. I don’t know if it’s the tune or what. I have some seat time on 21 and 23 850s for comparison. Smoother, quieter, sounds slower but goes faster if that makes sense? And never a burp or fart or stumble, even with the extra drag in the driveline, still has the same
plugs in it that came in it. I almost went Lynx this sled for Rotax power delivery, but in the end I figured I’d give Polaris another shot. this motor validated my decision to stick with Polaris, IMO it’s the perfect trail power for how i like to ride. Now if they could only remember to bolt the gears on.