horkn
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Roost'er, I ride with these guys, or used to at least. I was also the first to help them fix their sleds as well. The only sled in our group that was more prone to breakage than the cats was my skidoo plus/ mach 1. It was stupid little things on the cats too, besides skid bearings that don't last like they should, like a motor mount on a brand new maybe 500 mile stock 96 ZRT600. When that went, it killed the belt. And it busted another belt because we didn't see the sheared bolt/ mount that led to the belt shreddage. While something like that may seem minor, it has been the repeated stuff like that that that irks me. Granted all big twins are tough on primary clutches, my friends zr800 went through 1 a year.
Say what you want about me not owning these, but I am not making this up. I would be even more pissed if it was my sled that had these things go wrong. I also would not endure this lack of product quality, so I ended my cat ownership with our 431cc panther, and never looked back. That sled went though 2 stators, and even with only 1 carb, it liked to foul one plug all the time. The primary clutch on that sled needed to be rebuilt every 1500-2000 miles. For a 30 or so hp machine, it went through primary clutches regularly. Yes, that was a hex clutch, known to be junk, but still.
So, while you may have had good luck with cats, I have not, nor have my friends.
Say what you want about me not owning these, but I am not making this up. I would be even more pissed if it was my sled that had these things go wrong. I also would not endure this lack of product quality, so I ended my cat ownership with our 431cc panther, and never looked back. That sled went though 2 stators, and even with only 1 carb, it liked to foul one plug all the time. The primary clutch on that sled needed to be rebuilt every 1500-2000 miles. For a 30 or so hp machine, it went through primary clutches regularly. Yes, that was a hex clutch, known to be junk, but still.
So, while you may have had good luck with cats, I have not, nor have my friends.