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Conditions are shaping up around Pemberton BC. First ride on an 850 for me today 165" X 3" track, what a work horse! Waist to chest deep bottomless / potentially dangerous underneath (rocks stumps etc) unconsolidated snow. Early season conditions with lots of ditches and some water to deal with, tricky slippery powder snow. Also early season reflexes shaking off hibernation leading to lots of stucks for thew crew! Sled is amazing. Significant power boost compared to the 800 14 I'm coming from. It launches but a very smooth throttle to work with too. Also goes like 0-95kms an hour in a blink of an eye but you don't even notice how fast you are going, sled feels stable and just cruises. Hit 116kms/h and it probably could have gone a bit more. 34km each way on the road and then a technical trail ride through the trees. Handling is nimble to say the least, 'tippy' was a word used quite a bit during the ride, 4 first time 850 riders. Just have to learn it because it is a very agile sled. We had 2 850 154's and 2 850 165's. One rider on a 165 had ordered a 154 and was somehow shipped a 165 is very happy on the 165. I need to figure out my riser / handle bart position. Seat is short! Sat down once and it wasn't there lol. Sound is pretty badass. Sounded like a supercar downshifting into a corner. A couple times I found the running board slippery right up by the brake and chain case, not a huge issue yet. Suspension for impacts and traction launches felt good, like its working well but maybe a little soft on compressions. One guy in our crew was on a polaris, great rider and he was charging...All the top sleds seem to me to perform well. I am very happy with the 850 165 though. Awesome power and traction. I'm a big guy 6'3" (250lb) and it carried me and a heavy pack (i'm a filmmaker) very very well. Looking forward to getting in sync with this machine, it's going to be a lot of fun. Oh didn't have the wide ski tips on and am curious to try them out. Stoked to check out some powder today and game on riding conditions. But ride with caution, no need to rebuild a new sled because of early season conditions. We have been getting a lot of rain for weeks and its great get up high and see the snow in the trees! 850 is going to make a lot of riders happy. Hope everyone gets snow!
Conditions are shaping up around Pemberton BC. First ride on an 850 for me today 165" X 3" track, what a work horse! Waist to chest deep bottomless / potentially dangerous underneath (rocks stumps etc) unconsolidated snow. Early season conditions with lots of ditches and some water to deal with, tricky slippery powder snow. Also early season reflexes shaking off hibernation leading to lots of stucks for thew crew! Sled is amazing. Significant power boost compared to the 800 14 I'm coming from. It launches but a very smooth throttle to work with too. Also goes like 0-95kms an hour in a blink of an eye but you don't even notice how fast you are going, sled feels stable and just cruises. Hit 116kms/h and it probably could have gone a bit more. 34km each way on the road and then a technical trail ride through the trees. Handling is nimble to say the least, 'tippy' was a word used quite a bit during the ride, 4 first time 850 riders. Just have to learn it because it is a very agile sled. We had 2 850 154's and 2 850 165's. One rider on a 165 had ordered a 154 and was somehow shipped a 165 is very happy on the 165. I need to figure out my riser / handle bart position. Seat is short! Sat down once and it wasn't there lol. Sound is pretty badass. Sounded like a supercar downshifting into a corner. A couple times I found the running board slippery right up by the brake and chain case, not a huge issue yet. Suspension for impacts and traction launches felt good, like its working well but maybe a little soft on compressions. One guy in our crew was on a polaris, great rider and he was charging...All the top sleds seem to me to perform well. I am very happy with the 850 165 though. Awesome power and traction. I'm a big guy 6'3" (250lb) and it carried me and a heavy pack (i'm a filmmaker) very very well. Looking forward to getting in sync with this machine, it's going to be a lot of fun. Oh didn't have the wide ski tips on and am curious to try them out. Stoked to check out some powder today and game on riding conditions. But ride with caution, no need to rebuild a new sled because of early season conditions. We have been getting a lot of rain for weeks and its great get up high and see the snow in the trees! 850 is going to make a lot of riders happy. Hope everyone gets snow!