Im a Polaris guy, and I am thoroughly impressed! Wow! Also helps when you have one of the best in the biz sitting behind the handlebars. Hahaha Best line at 3:56 haha
Ive ridden our 2013 and 2015 summit 154's for a bunch of years now.. currently riding our 2015 154 2.25 as my primary sled (as my dad got a 2016 146... not for sure why..), and I saw this video awhile ago and couldn't understand how the ridders could get the sled to do some of that stuff (I love side hilling and playing in the trees, but couldn't dream about like side hilling up the side of a steep hill with both skis in the air... but we just got a 2017 850 154 2.5, and I got to unload it and take it for its first spin (used with like 600 miles.... so out of break in, with an after market can...) and holy (f word) these things are insain.... we live in wisconsin... so we have to travel to get out of the flat land... but I'm so hyped for our next trip... like our "old" (just two years old...) 800's don't even come close to comparing with the new 850's (I hope the 850's last... I haven't seen any reports of high mile ones yet... idk...) and this knew chassis (although I agree it looks like a frog lol... ours is mostly black and some bright yellow... which I think is better then the white and orange... idk maybe it will grow on me) is so easy to control in a wheelie... some how they must of redone the t motion completely, it feels like a completely differen't sled, our old 2015 was really planted in wheelie and didn't roll alot, and I've ridden a couple rmk's and they are much tippier, but felt uncontrollable... but this 850 just rides, I guess like a dirt bike almost, I can just lean it around with my weight (and I'm 160lbs soaking wet in all my gear lol) these sleds are incredible
these new 850s definitely show up all the new sleds from the last year saying they can get you places you shouldn't be. the 850 puts hole new name to that. they just flat out go
+Mike Suter Hey, thanks for the quick reply. Compact and easy to carry is the way to go for sure. I shoot with a Canon SLR (photos and video) plus a couple of GoPro's. I have to carry extra lenses for the SLR, batteries (SLR and GoPro's), a bunch of mounts and a tripod. For years I carried all this on my back but finally got smart and dumped the weight on the sled tunnel with a Pelican case. My neck and shoulders are thanking me. I also used to carry an older Canon ZR65-MC camcorder but it's outdated and doesn't shoot with same aspect ratios or resolution as my current cameras. Anyway, the reason I asked you for your camera was for the zoom function. Your camera work is clean and the zoom is crisp. This is what I want. I can only manually turn the lens on my SLR for zoom which equates to a lot of camera shake and blurry shooting (auto focus isn't great for video) at best. Really drives me crazy when I get to the editing. So, after all that talking.....thanks again for your reply. I checked out the camera and for sure I'll have to get something similar.
Hey Mike, did this machine have a shorter handlebar riser? Looks shorter than the prototype I rode. Curious if I should look into getting a shorter stem...
Ya for sure we had a shorter riser, It made all the difference, If your knuckles drag on the ground the OEM will be perfect,,,, I'm hoping the production model will have shorter risers on it
165'' was pretty sweet, but if this thing rips like any of the 154'' in the past decade it will be the sickest sled in combo with the 54'' and new chassis this will be a game changer
+Mike Suter sweet! Thanks for the info!Just wondering because I got a 165" and my brother and dad got the 154" either way it's a huge change from the 2001 summit 600 137. Should have an awesome winter!
What are your power gains for 50cc? If a 600 makes 130 and an 800 makes 155-160 thats about 10hp per 100cc. So it should have at least 5hp more than the 800etec? Call it 165hp?
sounds good on paper... all depends on stroke, timing and a advanced technology in computers they can create power from porting compression ratio the pipe and many other variables.. cc. is only the start,,, this engine is a torque monster and that's what carries the momentum that makes this sled fun
I hear ya. Is it just a stroked 800? Or it the bore larger too? Thinking of going big bore on my pro, but a turbo is only a couple grand more for a 120hp gain. Still a toss up.
Brian,,, we were some of the lucky few that got to ride it last spring, April brings out the hero and the big balls, but all of the competition had met there life span on there motors and weren't able to come and compare,,,,, but this season there will be some pow footage
we didn't do a lot of comparison, but it looks, rides, handles, and feels like a whole new critter, there is no doubts it is going to out perform the xm,
there both great sleds, side hilling and deep pow the 65 is tough to beat, but deep pow don't come and stay very long, the 54 hands down is so much faster and nibble
+Franklin Natomagan The 872 has been a favorite for sure, Trygstad is in the development stage, early next winter we hope to have it so we can do some testing and comparisons.
he owns a sled but its a 600 hahahahaahah his gay ass brother drew croft followed me on Instagram when I posted some sled pics and i seen the name , looked thru his profile and yup sure enough seen megs shitty 600 lol still too much power for meg!
would love to see the same rider(s) on a 3-4 year old sled in the same area as a comparison - this video doesn't really show or prove anything, other than April riding is fun to go anywhere you want.
+Dwayne Schnell spring riding is fun and can be done on anything, the point to this sled is how effortless it is to ride and to be able to do it all day long and not be wore out I have a 1998 670 I used to wait till spring just to ride this area and I could climb this same hill but only once because I had to work my butt off to keep it stuck to the hillside, with the G4 you can dangle any direction all day long,, So why not step up from a xm and ride the G4 with less effort and better technology ??
Heli pro 22 that's the dumbest shit I ever heard......a yamahahaha? Yamaha sells speakers and keyboards to keep their very small snowmobile market segment even feasible
