No CAT 858. some bitchin' about stiff suspension and now Lynx has the wrong ski's like Yamaha used to...

Edited February 9Feb 9 by Crnr2Crnr

People still buy brp products lol wtf why?

10 hours ago, Crnr2Crnr said:

No CAT 858. some bitchin' about stiff suspension and now Lynx has the wrong ski's like Yamaha used to...

Sounds like they don’t adjust the suspension at all out of the crate. I will end up re springing my xcr next season if I keep it as it will need shocks rebuilt, springs, clutch rebuilt. I will have close to 3k on it this week

1 hour ago, Not greg b said:

Sounds like they don’t adjust the suspension at all out of the crate. I will end up re springing my xcr next season if I keep it as it will need shocks rebuilt, springs, clutch rebuilt. I will have close to 3k on it this week

idk who sets up or adjusts their sleds, but one would hope they're capable of fine tuning them on their own after all these years?

4 minutes ago, Crnr2Crnr said:

idk who sets up or adjusts their sleds, but one would hope they're capable of fine tuning them on their own after all these years?

I am guessing they are lazy and ride them out of the box and call it day. Everything they say to do to make a 2025 xcr “stiffer” which actually won’t, they won’t do to make a 2026 “softer”. The ride height thing, get a tape measure out and set it where it needs to be. The ski thing on the lynx put the skidoo skis on it and see if that helps. Takes 5 minutes. Cat obviously told them to pound sand as a 858 of any variation has been in stock at a dealer since before it started snowing.

1 hour ago, Not greg b said:

I am guessing they are lazy and ride them out of the box and call it day. Everything they say to do to make a 2025 xcr “stiffer” which actually won’t, they won’t do to make a 2026 “softer”. The ride height thing, get a tape measure out and set it where it needs to be. The ski thing on the lynx put the skidoo skis on it and see if that helps. Takes 5 minutes. Cat obviously told them to pound sand as a 858 of any variation has been in stock at a dealer since before it started snowing.

Cat didn’t want to get exposed for how shitty their sled compares to the competition. When you’re bottom of the barrel you try and hide that from future buyers.

On 2/10/2026 at 12:07 AM, AK440 said:

Cat didn’t want to get exposed for how shitty their sled compares to the competition. When you’re bottom of the barrel you try and hide that from future buyers.

I will agree with you on this. I road 800 miles last week and saw 3 catalyst. The weekend before that was super busy too and we saw maybe 6 catalyst. People aren’t buying them. Saw tons of new thunder cats and old procross sleds and everything else the other brands sell.

13 hours ago, Not greg b said:

I will agree with you on this. I road 800 miles last week and saw 3 catalyst. The weekend before that was super busy too and we saw maybe 6 catalyst. People aren’t buying them. Saw tons of new thunder cats and old procross sleds and everything else the other brands sell.

I think that for Cat it’s going to take several seasons to build back the brand and try and win back customers. Unfortunately, I don’t know if they have the time? Looks like both Doo and Polaris are coming out with something new. Both brands are behind pasts schedules on releasing a new chassis so it’s time. If that happens this year the Catalyst will already be dated. Pretty hard to build excitement and new sales with a dated sled, piss poor financing rates, an unbalanced line up and tiny dealer network.

They are even doing poorly in racing with the new sled. Not that anyone cares anymore about racing but it’s something Cat cares about and that outdated focus will not help their sales and marketing. They need to forget about racing and focus on getting big name ambassadors and influencers riding their sleds and promoting them on social media. That’s a much more effective means of advertising from both a financial and exposure point of view. While I’m not a fan of it, that’s the world we live in today. The ‘26 Polaris sleds were presented by their two main influencers last spring, not racers.

You already bet they would be out of business once, lost and welched. Sounds like once you pay you are setting yourself up to lose the bet again.

23 minutes ago, Deephaven said:

You already bet they would be out of business once, lost and welched. Sounds like once you pay you are setting yourself up to lose the bet again.

I never lost anything. Prove I did retard.

Well before Christmas the local cat dealer sold through their entire order of 26s, and the 2 truck loads of leftovers they bought from textrons getting out of the sled business sale.

Factory only had M sleds left

9 hours ago, krom said:

Well before Christmas the local cat dealer sold through their entire order of 26s, and the 2 truck loads of leftovers they bought from textrons getting out of the sled business sale.

Factory only had M sleds left

Been seeing a lot of newer procross, thunder cats and srx. The catalyst has been non existent around here. I did see 3 catalyst today and that was more than most of this season.

10 minutes ago, Not greg b said:

Been seeing a lot of newer procross, thunder cats and srx. The catalyst has been non existent around here. I did see 3 catalyst today and that was more than most of this season.

And you are the word? You wrecked your sled. Blamed Cat for it. Did not use the insurance your dad paid for. You are more stupid than kROMMER AND CR-way too many letters too care.

15 minutes ago, ZR6000RR said:

And you are the word? You wrecked your sled. Blamed Cat for it. Did not use the insurance your dad paid for. You are more stupid than kROMMER AND CR-way too many letters too care.

When you live in a busy snowmobile area and see a lot of snowmobiles and catalyst are non existent makes you wonder. Btw my pos Polaris is still running and hasn’t broke 5200 dollars worth of parts yet. It has gone more miles than the superior catalyst I have. The catalyst is also so great the Lester’s didn’t bother to review it. They did last season

Edited February 13Feb 13 by Not greg b

7 hours ago, ZR6000RR said:

And you are the word? You wrecked your sled. Blamed Cat for it. Did not use the insurance your dad paid for. You are more stupid than kROMMER AND CR-way too many letters too care.

Read this bullshit you imbecile Textron defender....

https://www.freedomsledder.com/index.php?/topic/78695-axys-indy-vs-matryx-indy/page/2/#comment-1925642

maybe Greg's not seeing them and Snow Trax didn't include one because they're throwing codes and in limp mode at a dealership trying to get fixed?

Arctic Cat didn't give snow Trax a snowmobile to test. Who are you guys trying to kid? Like there would be any other reason for them to not have one. Some people will look for any reason I swear SMH.

Snow Trax is now above AC so much that they won't include them on their paid reviews yeah ok guys.

Lol, ok green Kool aid. They don't have a sled in the class which is why it wasn't included.

seem to recall the ST boys saying they were getting test sleds this winter... though I've yet to see one on their channel

22 hours ago, Not greg b said:

When you live in a busy snowmobile area and see a lot of snowmobiles and catalyst are non existent makes you wonder. Btw my pos Polaris is still running and hasn’t broke 5200 dollars worth of parts yet. It has gone more miles than the superior catalyst I have. The catalyst is also so great the Lester’s didn’t bother to review it. They did last season

I see a lot for sale. Not that I have traveled much to ride the last few years, but I haven't met one on the trail yet either.

9 hours ago, Deephaven said:

Lol, ok green Kool aid. They don't have a sled in the class which is why it wasn't included.

No it's because it's broken down or they fear it will break down.

Tress passing is fun

idk why this wasn't in the shootout?

p/v and clutch issues fixed by the dealer...

Way to review a 2026 when the 27's are already out

9 hours ago, mnstang said:

Way to review a 2026 when the 27's are already out

did you watch it?

sounds like there were some issues

Yes. First people I've heard to not like the EPS. I've ride one and didn't notice the returning to center thing. They're just being bitches. They were the last people to get a 26 test sled so are probably not happy with AC. Classic snow Trax stuff.

2 hours ago, mnstang said:

Yes. First people I've heard to not like the EPS. I've ride one and didn't notice the returning to center thing. They're just being bitches. They were the last people to get a 26 test sled so are probably not happy with AC. Classic snow Trax stuff.

Especially since the eps has been on the snow for over a decade between the Yamahas and thunder cat.