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lot of Cat guys were swapping to the triple rate Raptor fts springs and seemed to like them. https://www.raptorshocks.com/product-category/triple-rate-springs/ pretty sure I'm ordering a dual rate setup from Hygear for the 500 when I put the Zero X's on after Carver revalves them.

careful with those flip phone comments Doug... unless you don't mind being tracked and monitored 24/7 now let's have some green jello...

Kool Aid comes in green, stop adding Bacardi to yours.

welcome to the shitshow man! if not for some other family obligations I would have jumped all over the RS you were selling or sold. get ProCross225 and some of the other boys over here too and start contributing in a Ramstad-Free-Koolaid zone. the Procross forum over there should just be re-named 'The Ramstad Zone'.

tell us more about your clutch kits, and your vow of silence. awkward, but what's the paypal address? in other news, got a new phone, updated contact list and you are currently #1. need to meet some new friends whose names start with something before A-L-E .......... thinking about farmers only. yup, it also gets you one entire share for when @ckf sells this bitch to Vertical Scope. I plan to reinvest my proceeds in Textron stock. just sitting here patiently waiting for the bell to ring.

willing to sell @fortune46x's cell # for $8 per site donation 1st person that can't take off a Procross hood is immediately banned though... right? that performance parts shilling turbo-whore @Tommcat should be all over this

agree 100% with Doug - also, is yours a single ply Cobra or two ply Cobra? this might also help... and they have good products for reasonable prices https://fasttractraction.com/pages/cobra-track-stud-sizing https://fasttractraction.com/pages/how-to-tell-the-difference-between-a-2-ply-and-a-1-ply-track

Ice Storm right? 1.5 ctr of belt and 1.25 on outer lugs. 39lbs w/144 pins Ice Cobra is a piece of shit on ice (according to most) and has far less pins. 43/45lbs w/104 pins Ice Attak XT is 42lbs w/256pins interesting that they list the Ice Storm being that much lighter but less pins and an entirely different lug layout (my 128" Ice Attak XT in 2.52P is 42lbs and has 272 pins)

I hear you, but added scratchers to the 720 after burning it down for when it's necessary, also added panel venting and a temp gauge (rather than a 'you overcooked it' light) to avoid it happening again. I don't know that you'd have to re-gear it but recalled seeing different gearing for the Indy's based on track lug height in the parts fiche for different models. The main reason I would go for the 1.5" is that I know you like to ride the Yoop and the Storm seems to be a favorite for guys that trail ride up there in good snow conditions. Heck, there's several Cat guys with 137's that switched out their Rip2's for Storms and gave rave reviews. It's just those low snow, rock hard riding conditions you really need to watch out for and make sure anyone who's riding takes a look at the temp on occasion. Lot of guys using the latest BRP tunnel mounted scratchers which you can reverse. If it was me in your shoes I wouldn't think twice about doing to panel vent mod and adding scratchers. https://shop.ski-doo.com/us/en/snowmobile-accessories/snowflaps-ice-scratchers-air-radiator-kits/ice-scratchers.html I used Cat scratchers, to help continue supporting Textron Will also add a set to the 500 next year. which imo and if I were buying a 'new' sled would be my first choice for trail riding - Cobra is a great track. I just wanted to try an ice track, get rid of the 14"W 1" lug speed track and since Camso made the 128 Cobra 'a Polaris exclusive' track, the price went up significantly, I re-geared, went 1.22" and want to see how well I can get this one to top-end. jury is still out with me on the Ice Attak as I only got one ride on it in loose fresh snow which with a Cobra is fantastic. most of our trails are groomed and smooth and it's going to be a limited use sled.

129 or 137? If the Ice Storm was an option for mine I probably would have bought one and left the SX gearing in it. Spend the extra $ on DuPont Vespel slides. Gearing is interesting. They list the 600 SP 137 with 22/41 (1.25) but the 600 XC 137 (1.5) with 20/39 - same as all the sleds with 1.5/1.6/1.75 My friends 600 Assault 1.25 pulled well with 22/41 fwiw. CB for my 128 IA XT was $60-100 less when I bought it for some reason? maybe Covid edit: also, for you or anyone else with an Indy 600/800/850 that runs warm or if you want to drop underhood temps - read this. cheap and easy mod. https://cdn1.polaris.com/globalassets/snow/root/team-polaris/racer-resources/cross-contry/setup-information/2021-permitted-additional-factory-600-cross-country-2021-venting-w-templates.pdf?v=89142f36

zip ties and a cordless drill let me guess, that was a rental sled. fwiw, I put the Ice Attak XT on the 720 this winter but only got one ride on it. So far so good, but for loose snow the Cobra is far better. if that one is a 137" you have a shitload of choices, and might also consider the Ice Storm 150. (same price) CB Performance had (by far!) the best price on the Ice Attak and Camso tracks fwiw... https://www.cbperformanceparts.com/categories/camso-tracks.html

this comment by cats19 from that other site made me lmfao... I've pretty much concluded that Cat could say that they are going to go back to steel skis, put a roll cage on their sleds and make their seats out of straw - and Jim would say it's a brilliant idea. https://www.hardcoresledder.com/threads/2022-release-date.1877809/post-20571813

how on earth is it that the 'issues' he cites in the 2012 MY video, are still being complained about today... an entire decade later? they don't need to reinvent the wheel - just fix the shit people want to see improved on the PC, redress it so the lemmings think it's something all new, offer it in colors the loyalists will buy and send it. how challenging is it to make a better seat for a company that builds war planes and helicopters? same skid since the 1990's, but they figured out a brand new front end when no one was complaining about the old one? since 2012 they've changed the plastics/h-lamp (big f'ng deal) and are using a new engine (which they had no longer had choice in) that has questionable durability and is one step behind the competition? our brand is in trouble bro...

just weighing choices when Cat inevitably only offers Blast models or Textron shutters the sled division at least Taiga gives people another option besides Doo & Poo

here's your new sled homo

no 400cc single slug 2S struggling to meet emission standards here... odd? welcome to the future

and... not complete rubbish? maybe it's a good thing they haven't been building sleds since the 1960's

ISOC and the venues where races happened to their credit went to extraordinary lengths to make SX events possible this winter. Can't imagine what monumental efforts it would take to fill the ditches with snow to run the I500 or even an I50 this past winter. That said kudos to COR/USXC for making lake events a reality in these times, and hat's off to all the folks that make watching racing these days even possible... except those whiners hiding in 'tech'.

maybe you can sneak across the border next winter and join us bring syrup bring moose jerky bring poutine and probably... bring your sister

very exciting!!! Happy Jim Ramstad Day to all my friends!!!

dude... seriously, wtf??? F7

no, AC stopped making sleds in 2017 but I can't imagine the horror of being beaten on any level by a TextronCat

is that a 1970's Polaris toy, or a 2022 Taiga? brilliant marketing either way

which was a big part of the reason they went 129" and the old spindles with the RXC's did Polaris really even run a full factory effort in XC racing this year? I know the Bunke's ran but can't recall hearing much about AC10, or the kid who got busted clipping corners and riding outside the markers and was acting like a bitch last year. https://corpowersports.com/assets/pdf_files/2021.0 Points.pdf

1,446 posts, 409 of them are positive, 324 of those are Ramstads https://www.hardcoresledder.com/threads/2022-release-date.1877809/ 247 comments, 31 of them are positive, 28 of those are Ramstads http://www.arcticinsider.com/Article/2022-Arctic-Cats-Launched---A-High-Level-Overview jus sayin...