Dear Yamaha/Arctic Cat............

[Stack]

A GPS would be nice in some situations, but what I would really like to see is just a digital compass (like in cars) and an outside temperature gauge. Neither ojne of these would be too expensive to add in.

Yes, just keep it simple!

-Stack

 

[Hoosier]

I'd prefer they all concentrate on keeping them running for 10K+ miles. A RAM mount is about $30.

 

[snobuilder]

Sitting at an intersection, a kid pulls up from an opposite direction and gets out his gps map loaded phone almost before his sled shut off. So he's standing there looking at his phone and after a minute finally lifts his head and says hello.
So we strike up a conversation and he shows me his trail gps that says we are right here. I said wow, that's nice.
He finally leaves and me and ma take our pee break.........8 miles down the trail we pass him as he is studying his gps again.....LOL.....GPS...replacing the cigarette stop???? whoo knows.

 

[DamageInc]

Of course our phones are advanced. That is the point. If they can cram all that stuff on a cheap phone they could surely slap together a dash with a state of the art GPS. For cheap.

For cheap? Look up "economies of scale" and get back to us. The number of snowmobile clusters is tiny compared to any common phone.

 

[dmsrx]

I have this thing in my handlebar bag. Its made of paper and folded funny. I think its called a map. Yep that's it. Costs me a couple dollars a year. Usually updated too. Bad thing is I have to stop to read it. Tried to read it once while riding and it blew back and covered my face
shield. Won't do that again!

 

[snowlover]

I want a simple gauge pod, gas, mph, trip and temp. Less is more and less chance of malfunction. I have never used gps, just a map I studied prior to riding and I bring a compass just in case. I would never use a fancy pod like Polaris. I think it's a waste of money.

 

[Banjo Man]

GPS would be nice on the dash. What I really like on my Vector is a clock above the odometer. Can't believe how often I look at it and when with newbies, you can tell them in time instead of miles how far from next stop. Way easier for them to understand.

 

[Clintondf]

I run a Garmin zumo gps with maps pre-loaded. Always used to study the map and carry one with me. Gps with vv mapping so much nicer. Use the garmin for clock and speedo as well. Run my poo dash gauge on rpm and coolant temp. Digital gas gauge is junk, so I go by miles on the trip as my fuel gauge.

 

[G]

Thanks guys for the responses. Just fishing a little. It seems a fancy GPS / guage cluster does not rate high on everybody's list of important stuff. Therefore it should be an option rather than standard equipment. I would buy it. I have had factory GPS in my last two Ford pickups. Never thought I would use it but it has come in handy quite a few times. In dash is quite a bit handier than Garmin or phone. In theory and by some laws Garmin and or phone is distracted driving. But I can understand why some don't want or need such stuff. To each his own.

 

[dfattack]

When is the last time you took your phone out and hooked it to your sleds handlebar at -20 and the phone worked????

You cant compare phone tech to sled gauge tech because your sleds gauges are subjected to so many more factors.

Very true. The beating the dash gauges take is waay more than our phones could handle. I have to keep my phone in my pants pocket so it stays warm enough to work. My son keeps his in his inside jacket pocket since he hooks his headphones to it and most of the time it gets too cold to work.

The Yamaha/Cat dashes look ancient. My son has a viper so I know first hand. My 2011 Apex XTX looks more modern than his 2015 Viper.

 

[dfattack]

I could never understand how women (Ma in this case) take pee breaks on the trail. Can't be easy with all the gear...

 

[jebjk1]

I could never understand how women (Ma in this case) take pee breaks on the trail. Can't be easy with all the gear...

Maybe she has a GoGirl? Then it would be just as easy for her.