Flera first ride reports:
"I watched my buddy who came off a 13 xm 154 take his first ride on the g4165.... Lol. Over rode it all day, till the end when he started getting it. Over compensating all day. Like Rasmussen said. Someone that comes from riding a xm will over ride this sled. It's that much easier to control.... Think I'll be trowing a leg over it on Tuesday when we have better visibility for our ride."
"Was out in a good 3 feet of fresh heavy coastal stuff today Vis was terrible so nasty tree an willow shoots was the order of the day. Also had my 2015 along , it is clutched and dialled about as good as an XM gets same track length and paddle 154 by 2.6 The XM has skid relocation and Powder wedges as well
The G4 straight as it comes from the Dealer nothing done to it and 87% brake in mode so lots to go.
It has a slight edge in all out deep snow performance over the XM -- it gets up on the snow slightly better. Slow speed crawling around is much more different The G4 crawls around in this deep stuff with much less effort. Where the XM needs to be wound out to keep the frond end floating the G4 does the same with much more control at partial throttle.
You definitely have to have a easy touch with the G4 Takes a bit to dial down Rider Inputs .
I have seen to many new sleds that could not keep up with a dialled 2 year old sled unless you do some mods. This one delivers the goods. I don't Know what RPM it pulls the Dash is constantly covered in snow in this deep stuff , may need a mid size windshield just to deflect some of that. But with windshields you usually end up with pow in your face all day in this stuff anyway so not sure about that one for now.
All in all super happy with it."
"Finally got to log some miles, about 40. Mostly roads and trails with up to a foot of fresh on top. Not much for hills yet as the snows not ready. This mofo comes out of the hole like a raped ape. So easy to ride and manage. So far it does everything very well. My only complaint is the snow flap. It's too long. Gets sucked up all the time. Don't want to cut it and sacrifice cooling. Going to rig up something to latch it to the bumper. I know you are supposed to bend it in half and fold it under the bumper to hold it, that method does not work well and a pain. I have another complaint, would like to have separate controls for thumb and hand warmers. Aside from those actually unimportant items, SkiDoo knocked it out of the park on this one."
"I have 80 miles on mine now and I agree it's a big improvement over my xm. I cut my snow flap before I even rode the sled and haven't had heat issues yet. One ride with an ice trail with ice scratches down never got over 120. I'm one with recoil problems, but if that's my biggest issue all winter I'll take it. "
"I just rode my 154 around my shop, holy crap. The demo I rode last year makes these look horrible. I cannot wait for tomorrow. It feels ight, powerful, and what the XM lacked: PREDICTABLE."
"got mine out for first ride today.
easy to ride, gotta back off on rider input tho.
was careful breaking in belt, it stretched a
bit @ first then was fine the rest of the day.
think ill be fine without the toe holds, but
feels a bit odd as I ride way forward.
speaking of, my only dislikes are the front of the
boards. too f-ing slick up there. I have a box of
traction screws, but hoping someone comes up with
a better fix. and my re coil acted up(first pull only) a
couple of times. I insulated it, so guessing the grease
theory is probably right. think this sled will be a good
one"
" Cannot believe the throttle response. I rode my G4 154 around my shop, on hardpack snow, then rode all of my 3 2016 Summits/Freeride, the 2017 made the 16 sleds look (feel) bad. Like hopping of an Axys and riding an older Pro. (And my 16 Doos are dialed, with clutch kits and setup.) I wasn't real excited about this season, thought I was buying a couple of Doos, but I am back to looking forward to riding again."