i dont know for sure put i have seen a picture of a 800 dragon short track so they have made them. i guess we'll see here in a few weeks. i wish i could get my hands on that engine in a dragon switchback though
if you read the snowcheck restrictions it will tell you a few sleds are excluded from the program and one is a 800iq wich tells me it will be available from your dealers stock orderI keep hearing different things from different people. Some people say there dealer is telling them polaris is offering the 800 dragon in a trail sled only during sno-check, some are saying that select dealers will get them, others are saying that they are not in production at all for the 08 season in the shorter track.
Anyone hear anything?? Whats the story??[/b]
here is the thing to go with thatif you read the snowcheck restrictions it will tell you a few sleds are excluded from the program and one is a 800iq wich tells me it will be available from your dealers stock order[/b]
That's like, paying cash for a new car, and not getting it until next year. I think I'd wait... when one month after you actually get it, anyone can get one.there are guys on HCS that aready went to their dealer and put 500 down on a 800 dragon 121. they said that tthe dealers are only getting one or two and that you have to pay cash for them. they are a promo for next year. they are getting them in dec.[/b]
Yep.I call BS
Like I said it might be in Jan 08
and it would be like a kick in the teeth to the ones buying a Dragon 700 this year[/b]
Why do you say that? You can't buy a sled and expect nothing better or bigger to come out ever again.I call BS
Like I said it might be in Jan 08
and it would be like a kick in the teeth to the ones buying a Dragon 700 this year[/b]
Perhaps I've misinterpreted what was said... I took it as "why pay for a sled that you'll get in December, when it's readily available in January". I might have missed something though.Why do you say that? You can't buy a sled and expect nothing better or bigger to come out ever again.
The kick in the teeth to me was the Dragon Switchback, as that's the sled I would've really wanted. But even there, it's not that big a deal. I was already toying with the idea of long-tracking it for next year anyway.
No matter what they could've came out with for 08, I've had a wonderful winter aboard the 700.[/b]
I wonder what kinda vibrations will/will not be present???I certainly hope they do produce the 800 in either the 121 or switcher. I may have to decide on monday if I'm going to order one for next season. That 136 coupled switch sounds like the perfect choice for me. The new 8 may not have the grunt of the 9 but it sure sounds like a sweet engine.[/b]
No more vibes than any "regular" engine as the 8 will be an "upright" engine with piston travel closer to perpendicular to belt pull than the 900. Certainly a much better balanced rotating assembly as well. The motor mounting will be a conventional under-the-engine strap with rubber mounts unlike the what-the-hell-is-this mount of the 900.I wonder what kinda vibrations will/will not be present???[/b]
LoL. I can't wait to size them up myself, thenNo more vibes than any "regular" engine as the 8 will be an "upright" engine with piston travel closer to perpendicular to belt pull than the 900. Certainly a much better balanced rotating assembly as well. The motor mounting will be a conventional under-the-engine strap with rubber mounts unlike the what-the-hell-is-this mount of the 900.[/b]