Polaris introduces the 2015 IQ Race Sled
Polaris joined Ski-Doo and Arctic Cat in revealing a race snowmobile at Haydays this past weekend. Again, Snow Goer editor John Prusak was on-hand to see the new sled. Snow Goer is a sister consumer magazine to Powersports Business.
Prusak shared what he learned about the sled:
A new Walker Evans shock package that some of the top Pro teams have been testing for the past couple of seasons will now be stock equipment on all 2015 Polaris IQ Race Sleds for the coming winter, Polaris announced recently.
The IQ Race Sled is back in the same IQ chassis that Polaris has used for more than a decade on the race track, and it features the same carbureted 599cc engine that was updated last year and 15-by-128-by-1.75-inch Sno-XT track. That combination has made the Polaris race machine rather omnipresent on the race track, as the brand has been the dominant color on the podium in most national snocross races, though admittedly the top spot on the box is generally ruled by a Monster Energy-drinking/Arctic Cat driving Tucker Hibbert.
For 2015, the machine will feature new, highly adjustable Walker Evans Aluminum IFP 16 Position Compression Adjustable Remote Reservoir Shocks above both skis and on the skid’s rear arm, each with 22 clicker positions for high-speed compression adjustment, 28 clicks for low speed compression and 16 for rebound. The front shock in the skid is another Walker Evans Piggyback, with the same high and low speed compression adjustment options but no external rebound control.
To read more about the snowmobile from Snow Goer, click here.
