2021 Arctic Cat RIOT X 8000 Full Snowmobile Review

Luke's in the backcountry evaluating Arctic Cat's 146-inch 2021 RIOT X 8000 featuring the ALPHA ONE single-beam rear suspension.

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[camarogreen]

Great review on this Riot. It is created in the "New Direction of Playful Mountain Riding" in my opinion. .... long track sleds are less fun and not so "Cool" to have the longest track like it used to be.

[MrJeffyb]

This sled was designed for the backwoods of UP Michigan :-) If I lived there I would buy this over the ridiculous "Mountain" sleds people think they need up there!

[dthotmix]

Just bought one of these after lukes review I live in Maine back country in Maine and typically an average day of trail riding is 30-60 miles with my son on his evo and some family. But when I ride for me it’s in the hills when/if we get enough snow

[flatlander]

Agree and disagree with a lot. I 100% believe this is a crossover sled, more off trail biased yes but still a crossover. Ive got almost 400 all trail miles on mine and almost 200 all mountain miles on it. Now sadly i dont have an amazing job like this where i can test and compare all kinds of sleds in all kinds of conditions, but when compared to my 13 high country yes old chassis old type of crossover its the 141 with 2.25. 42 inch front end, this 21 x seems to handle jist as well if not better. In my honest opinion it depends on what kind of "crossover" rider you are and this is why i think people get confused and either like or dislike a sled. If you want trial and some off trail riding then yes the reg riot, sba etc is the sled to go to. If you want trail and to be able to go out west then the riotx or sks freeride etc is what you'd want. I do think there are sub categories inside a "crossover" thats why they have the reg riot and riotx. I dont believe this is a short mountain sled. This does both ok it does mountain a lot better then trail but trails a lot better then a full out mountain sled. Everything is subjective and sadly you need to be true to what you want. I know a lot of people extremely disappointed with the 20 riotx but would absolutely love this playful 21 riotx. I have a lot more feelings and views on this sled but dont want to have a full length story on here haha. Like the reviews but personally i disagree with a fair amount on this one but again its very subjective.

[davidbruesehoff]

My biggest question is, if the Riot X was geared differently with a 2" alpha track, would the trailability be better. I'm thinking no question. From what I have heard from actual users this sled is not much different from a high country in terms of trailability. I have had 3 of those and they trail very well as long as you know you are on a high country and not a ZR. I bought a 2021 Riot X and plan to drop to a 2" track with 21/49 gears. Worst comes to worst, swap in a twin rail rear skid and track. The Riot X just has more features that are catered to the way I ride (vertical post, shorter tunnel, hood top intake, narrower front end, not to mention the color!!) and think it will do similar on trail as compared to the high country based on real world feedback. We'll see how it goes!

[jeffbrown]

Flatlander, ,YouTuber has a way better grasp on that sled than you do you're way off on its trail capabilities, , loved watching Flatlanders review of your review, ,