KnappAttack
24X ISR World Drag Racing Champion
- Joined
- Feb 19, 2004
- Messages
- 4,302
- Location
- Welch MN
- Country
- USA
- Snowmobile
- 2023 Sidewinder LTX-LE
2017 Sidewinder LTX-LE
The New Doos are heavier as they have added reinforcements in the tunnel, bulkheads, heavy electric shock package, big dashes and associated electronic gauge switchgear and all the crap. It all adds up till it's a bit porky and ends up overweight. The base mode Doos are much lighter than the loaded up machines.
It doesn't take much of adding items over the years. Was happy to see ST put them on the scales! Start adding the aftermarket bags, gizmos and farckles and they get right up there....
It doesn't take much of adding items over the years. Was happy to see ST put them on the scales! Start adding the aftermarket bags, gizmos and farckles and they get right up there....
Upstater57
Expert
- Joined
- Apr 25, 2021
- Messages
- 439
- Age
- 65
- Location
- New York
- Country
- USA
- Snowmobile
- 2022 Tcat EPS, 2014 ZR9000 1978,1979,1980 SRX
Yup, in addition to the accessories, when the young guys start beating up the sleds on rough trails, the can bend and break them. Durability is always an issue when lightweight and horsepower get put together. The old Acat Firecats had this problem. They were fast but guys would bring them to the dealer on Monday in a bushel basket. LOL
Cat responded by building a tank chassis. It will be interesting to see how light the Catalyst chassis really is and how it handles beatings once they put a bigger motor in it. For all the complaints we have with the old cat chassis, Winders and Tcats don't end up in a bushel basket on Monday mornings.
