900 ACE Turbo

[Rob Rodriguez]

My guess is we will see this motor in the Ryker in the next couple of model years. How sweet will that be!!

Read about it in the snowmobile here
http://amsnow.com/reviews/how-to-tec...-up-turbo-wars

[Bob Denman]

Let's let them get the bike out, and into the hands of the public...
It's too early for the "Silly Season" to start.

[Rob Rodriguez]

Let's let them get the bike out, and into the hands of the public...
It's too early for the "Silly Season" to start.

It's not silly It's the next logical step and I believe there is a fairly large group of riders (potential riders) that have been waiting a very looooooooong time for it. Build it and they will come.

[Sarge707]

It's not silly It's the next logical step and I believe there is a fairly large group of riders (potential riders) that have been waiting a very looooooooong time for it. Build it and they will come.

With a 1.24 P/W Ratio the Ryker doesn't need turbo. I think liability will keep it out of road vehicles for at least 3 years!

[Rob Rodriguez]

With a 1.24 P/W Ratio the Ryker doesn't need turbo. I think liability will keep it out of road vehicles for at least 3 years!

I don't understand the comments here about liability. They come up from time to time as an excuse as to why BRP doesn't build a higher performance bike. Is there really any more liability to the consumer in a 900 vs a 900 turbo bike? I would say no. One may be able to go "faster" or "quicker" than the other but that's at the discretion of the rider. Has nothing to do with BRP. BRP provides all the same "safeguards" for both vehicles. It's up to the rider to decide how to ride the bike. You can have an accident on a 600 just as easily as you can on a 900, just as easily as you can on a 900 turbo just as easily as you can in a car, just as easily as you can on a pedal bike, just as easily as you can on a 50cc scooter.

A Ford focus and a Ford Mustang has the same liability. They are both cars and they can both be involved in accidents for various reasons. One's just a hell of a lot more fun to drive than the other.

People buy "a hell of a lot more fun".

[Bob Denman]

BRP won't put the money into stuffing that mill into the Ryker... not yet!
They've got upgrades to the rest of their line-up to implement first.

It's a brand-new platform: give it some time to age, and see what it REALLY needs...