Tbones Wildcat Trail Review

First off I would like to thank Arctic Cat for letting me come out and ride their machine. They were really nice gusy and I appreciate it.

Boy this thing sure was a surprise for sure. It does not need any more power. It was fast as heck. Very responsive. Turned GREAT. I was also shocked on how well the motor ran. I will take back everything I have said about the Kymco motors. The motor sounded good and had alot of power across the power band. I really liked that motor a lot.
Inside the cabin it was a nice fit. A little smaller than my maverick but it was nice. The seats were nice and the aesthetics were pleasing. Steering wheel was comfortable as well. I really liked the doors over the regular wildcat. They were impressive. Plenty of cargo space as well.

Ok heres the bad part...
I was shocked to find the ECU is mounted under the drivers seat. I did not like that. Also I am still very picky about that airbox being in the back. There is a big heat shield blocking heat from the plastic air box so I hope that hangs in there. The ride was a little rough in heavy ruts. Almost as rough as the regular wildcat but it never did bottom out. The shocks do need tuning but I feel it will be ok and can be adjusted when you get it home. I also feel the machine will need some type of shrouds for the radiator. They look like they will get mud in them easily. Also this machine will need some of Andys fender flares but it didnt get me really dirty at all.

All in all.....

This machine is way better than the the 50 inch rzr. There is more there for your money. It rides way better than a rzr 50 inch. It offers more and you can tell AC is serious about this market. They took the rzr and made it better. Whoever buy this machine will love it. All in all I am very impressed with it and it will make the customer a really nice machine. The cons hopefully above are not a big issue. I feel this machine is built better than the other bigger wildcats. It seems more though and attention to detail went into this machine. If you have this machine on order or plan to get it you will be very impressed with how it performs and will be very happy with your purchase. I sure was impressed with it. It isnt a big maverick but its by far the best in the 50 inch class. The competition has alot of catching up to do to catch this machine.
Arctic Cat, this is a great machine and Good Luck with the Sales. I have a feeling you are going to sell alot of these.   
I give it 8 out of 10 Tbone Stars  

Thanks for the feed back

8 out of 10 Tbone stars!    

I am pretty sure that is the grading scale that WVSXS had previously adopted!

 

I can't believe you said something good about arctic cat thanks for sharing tbone   

Good review, TBone. Thanks for sharing.  

Reference to your analysis to Regular Wildcat riding rough-REALLY
t=bone you make me laugh with this qoute...Almost as rough as the regular wildcat
t-bone tell me whose wild cat that you rode in rough ruts? stop making me laugh or i will make you follow me up the stair steps where there is some of those ruts you ride.  

Rode one out at Busco. Travis's at performance east. It wouldn't turn and ride rough.
I had a write up on them. We had a rzr 1000, my maverick and a cat x. We put the cat x back on the trailer. I thought it rode rough and wouldn't turn. The maverick and rzr 1000 rode a lot better.
Sorry.....that was just the results. Maybe the wildcat x needed its shocks adjusted.

when i first got my x it did ride a little stiff I found that the stock settings were almost full stiff. I turned them way down. rides like a cloud now. thanks for the review.

That is the scale I gave it when Rick/Tena and Myself were at ashland,I hammered on it and was impressive but it still got  an 8 rating from me! As for my 12 WC it has the walker evans shocks and has always had an awesome ride and still does at 4500 miles with original ball joints!!!!!!

I kinda figured that was the case Sandbuggy. Some manufactures sell these machines really stiff. I'm not going to go to adjusting someone else's machine on a demo ride. I just ran them stock.

Either way the negatives I had were concerns only as a customer. 

I was thinking as I was riding it that if they make one of these like a rzr s then that would be an awesome machine

Sounds like AC hit a home run. Thanks for the review!  

DLB wrote:

Sounds like AC hit a home run. Thanks for the review!  

Yea they sure did. People who want a good valued 50 inch machine will come to find this one is at the top.

All in all guys we can sit here and trade paint on brands all day but we all have to admit they have come a long ways and they are all equally good. They are all different as well which makes it great for us. We get a choice.

There all pretty durn fun too!    

I was told that the X shocks come from factory tuned stiffest flex, and mine did come that way, but even with that max setting is is still hands down the best ride yet which includes my previous rides.....1st RZR  800, XP900, Rhino 700 Camo, Commander 1000
Just Saying
I hope my engine and/or other doesn't crap out on me because the most comfortable ride doesn' t mean jack straw if you are walking out of the woods or in my case limping out or who knows where.
T-Bone your write up and opinions are always appreciated, thank you billy  

Billy wrote:

I was told that the X shocks come from factory tuned stiffest flex, and mine did come that way, but even with that max setting is is still hands down the best ride yet which includes my previous rides.....1st RZR  800, XP900, Rhino 700 Camo, Commander 1000
Just Saying
I hope my engine and/or other doesn't crap out on me because the most comfortable ride doesn' t mean jack straw if you are walking out of the woods or in my case limping out or who knows where.
T-Bone your write up and opinions are always appreciated, thank you billy  

Ill agree with you Billy on all of the above except my commander. I had her dialed in pretty good but my commander was an X model with the fox shocks. I had a lot of things to adjust on them and had her riding like a cadillac.

Thanks for the thoughts Billy.  

Good information guys

T-bone I had the Limited Addition with the All Air Suspension and I thought it was pretty bad azz on the power side but it bucked up on the rear side and I dislocated my already messed up shoulder. I havn't riden the Mavrick so I cannot give a riders perspective but when you are talking these 1000s whether it is Can-Am, Polaris, AC you know you can really get it on and have a freakin blast and that what its all about. Dang it I am ready to ride and ride soon

  

JimBob wrote:

LOCAL DEALER TOLD ME THEY ARE TRYING SOME CHANGES WITH THAT AIR BOX SET UP. I'M THINKING ABOUT TRYING ONE OF THOSE WHEN HE GETS HIS SHIPMENT IN. BUT THAT X WITH THE BLUE VIPER PAINT JOB LOOKS GREAT TO ME. NEVER HAD ANY BLUE WILD PUSSY COULD BE THE WAY TO GO FOR THIS OLD FOOL.

   

prtymrcr wrote:

JimBob wrote:

LOCAL DEALER TOLD ME THEY ARE TRYING SOME CHANGES WITH THAT AIR BOX SET UP. I'M THINKING ABOUT TRYING ONE OF THOSE WHEN HE GETS HIS SHIPMENT IN. BUT THAT X WITH THE BLUE VIPER PAINT JOB LOOKS GREAT TO ME. NEVER HAD ANY BLUE WILD PUSSY COULD BE THE WAY TO GO FOR THIS OLD FOOL.

   

I totally agree with that, I love that blue!

Billy wrote:

Reference to your analysis to Regular Wildcat riding rough-REALLY
t=bone you make me laugh with this qoute...Almost as rough as the regular wildcat
t-bone tell me whose wild cat that you rode in rough ruts? stop making me laugh or i will make you follow me up the stair steps where there is some of those ruts you ride.  

         COMPARING A 50" MACHINE TO 64" MACHINE.... AND SAYING THAT THE WC1000 RIDES ROUGH......

      

They do.   The regular wildcat is one rough riding machine.  Hey I drove them all

When I drive a wildcat I feel like I am sitting and driving from the front bumper of a truck.

It isn't the roughest though. It rides better than a rzr and rhino

TBONE STARS WILL NO LONGER BE HONORED ON THIS SITE!!! 

amiller wrote:

TBONE STARS WILL NO LONGER BE HONORED ON THIS SITE!!! 

 

Tbone is in his own little world        

      It's ok. Denial is common.

TBONE21 wrote:

They do.   The regular wildcat is one rough riding machine.  Hey I drove them all

When I drive a wildcat I feel like I am sitting and driving from the front bumper of a truck.

It isn't the roughest though. It rides better than a rzr and rhino