Cat45

That's what I wish they would do, Build ultra performance sleds and charge accordingly.

So you're all talk i guess

Anytime you wanna ride let me know. Tried to get you on a ride last year but you had excuses

Slow down to Jim's speed and you won't have to worry about brake dust

I ride with a guy on a 17 assault and that thing absolutely murdered my zr8000 on top end and mpg, and he rarely gets stuck off trail. The assault has a much shallower attack angle than the cat, and I'm sure the tipped rails make it more efficient too. You can push the sled with your foot and it just rolls. I'm curious to see what the catalyst rails look like.

I wonder if it's more of a white meat compared to our black bears??

That would be a fun ride!

Slammed to the ice they were wicked fast

Apv 600 was fast but the f6 with a race shop xc tune and 10t drivers on ice was faster than any of the new stuff. It's been awhile but i think back then we could run 1in tracks that helped alot. The 1.25 really kill top end as intended. Sleds were getting too fast so pat found a way to slow them down so nobody died

Speaking from experience are ya??

That's 1 nice thing about xc racing, you don't necessarily need the newest sled to be competitive. I bet a well setup firecat 600 would still be a threat on a ice race

Yeah in hindsight that's what i should've done too. Raced a few in 08 on it but it wasn't even in the same league as the snopro sleds. Sold it to start a business intending to get back into it but never did.

I agree on the fit and finish, just make it perform as it's supposed to and I'm happy.

Those little jag z',s were cool sleds. I've been trying to find a nice 94 for awhile. 1 of my favorite sleds when i was a kid

You could get a 93 zr right from the dealer. Sure it was a limited build but anyone could get 1. I bought mine right off the floor at tousley sports. Zrt was another 1 1st year that they were out, motor mounts broke almost every weekend on my 95. I'm a loyal cat guy but I'm not blind to the issues they have had. Our family has run nothing but cat since the early 70s.

My 19 800rr was the best performing 600 i ever owned. Took $$ to make it run like it should've from the factory

Yeah the prowler had the front end issues. I don't remember many finishing the I500 those years. Heard stories that hibbert pushed the zr development up after a poor finish in the I500. I trail rode and xc raced a 07 f6 for 2 years and the only issue i had was a ccu. when i sold it it was still a solid sled. They were heavy pigs but tough as hell. My firecats chassis were looser than a $2 whore after 1 season. Rivets loose, cracked bulkheads and tunnels.

The prowler was such an epic failure it brought the zr chassis a year sooner than planned. Have you seen a 93 zr in person that was actually ridden, badass sled for sure, but the fit and finish that everyone talks about was the worst I've ever seen. Most of the 1st year fails evolved into good machines though. Imo the only sled they built lately without major 1st.year issues and stayed rock solid was the twinspar. I have friends that sold late model procross sleds to go back to an 11 twinspar.

1st year prowler was a fail, 1st year zr was great but had lots of issues, broken bulkheads, hoods that cracked like glass, a few other things I'm forgetting. 1st year firecat had chassis cracking issues(all years actually did), cooling issues, mapping issues, procross was an abortion. I'm a 40yr cat rider too but they sure haven't been perfect

I offered to arm they/them with a scary black weapon of war and pay for it's plane ticket but they/them didn't seem interested

This post was moving along fine untill you showed up and fucked it up by being a miserable cunt.

I hate the fmcsa with a passion, they all neec to rot in hell but the drug testing is the only worthwhile thing they do.