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How on earth do these guys feel good at night about putting names on these Arctic Cat sleds that come from work done by Yamaha engineers in the 90s? Where is the innovation here? There’s 79 different trail Sidewinders and badge engineering. Icky!

There is a lot of badge engineering in this lineup. Yikes.

i was just having a facepalm moment wondering the same.

Well, if Rotax just demoed a hydrogen fuel cell powered sled, it stands to reason that Yamaha has made some type of evaluation of alternative power sources. My money is still on the big change for 21 being a Blast with tuning fork logos, Yamaha clutches, maybe a Yamaha ECU, and 20% higher...

$13,000 Blasts is my guess what it will be. 15 if it has a 4s motor.

It won't just be a rebadged Blast. It will be a Blast that costs $3,000 more than a Blast, with a Yamaha clutch and a different ECU tune. It will "blast" a hole in your wallet. It will "blast" a hole in your finances for the next 79 years. I shouldn't be so cynical.

The Ovation is way less gross than the Inviter. Like, orders of magnitude. They're actually solid sleds, it's just that carb that is annoying. And the irreplaceable track.

Wow, nice Ovations man. And a Saskie too eh? Right on.

I've spent a fair bit of time in recent years rehabbing old ETs and Bravos and bringing them back into circulation. Why? Well, first, they're awesome, and second, they are still relevant. The market doesn't have an inexpensive mid-sized sled right now. And it won't any time soon. I can rehab...

I want to believe that it's not going to be a badge engineered Blast for 20% more $. I hope it's not going to be a badge engineered Cat product for 20% more $.

Yamaha might not have a leg up on the competition on 4-stroke forever.

He has a point. The Yamaha employees that I've talked to usually basically chant the 4 stroke mantra and drank the kool aid. Honestly I wonder if Yamaha lost its way a little by the all 4-stroke shift in the products and dropping out mid sized stuff. A lot of buyers seem to have become alienated...

I would expect that Yamaha will tip their current hand in MY 2021 or 2022.

Oh yeah definitely give them a shot. They're like 20 bucks each. Came out in November 2019. I think there is a new ECU flash available as well that you might not have.

Have you installed the updated 8MS relays?

I see you're in Sask too. Thanks for the tip!!

I don't know why I care so little about this innovation. Besides the sled costing about 80 grand, we've seen nothing on its reliability or performance. Will it be a rebuild queen that needs a top end every 10 minutes? Time will tell.

BTX 153s. I have been looking at these recently. Not a whole lot of info on them, they don't seem very common. Does anyone have any insight to share? My riding is mostly in what would be considered off trail. Lake, meadow, short bush trails. The stance and length are appealing, and I imagine I...

Doo is great at the hype. Polaris isn't far behind. Their marketing game is phenomenal. It somehow doesn't matter that they need rebuilds every 10 minutes and things fail outside of warranty. They've got the big dick machine fantasy perfected .

Same with the Bravo. They are still everywhere out in the bush. Just my 2 cents, there is so much focus on mountain and off trail/crossover riding that there is almost a bit of tunnel vision on those segments. A light, reliable machine is highly desirable around where I'm from. Bravos still...