What a wonderful weather to ride some kind of a snowmobile isn’t it?
Let’s go!
Hi guys as usually its me just a voice over and you are watching review machines.
Today we have for a review the newest models of motordogs which are called Sharmax.
We almost haven’t had any snow this season, but this model became quite poplar and there
were many discussions about it in the Inet.
It was interesting for us to make a review such popular machines and here they are – three
models of the newest motordogs Sharmax.
There are several reviews on youtube, but I still haven’t seen any real tests.
But I think the most interesting to make practical tests in tough conditions.
In fact it is very harmful for the machines to ride them without snow, that is why there
are no any tests.
But we decided to sacrifice these three models and we’ll do the toughest tests today on
a dry ground.
But first of all lets look closer at the construction of these vehicles.
And we begin with a cold start.
This model with a track 500 mm width and 1450 mm length.
This one 380 mm width and 1250 mm length.
The next one is the biggest 650 mm width and 1450 mm length.
Well, now lets move to the open space to look at them closer.
Ok, we have here motordogs Sharmax, they are produced in Russia, and firstly few words
about the design.
The whole look, the paint, the built quality – everything seems to be all right, I like
it.
There are three colors – black white and blue.
The engine cover is metal unlike plastic on many other motordogs.
The frame is made of a solid metal plates 5 mm width.
It is better than a welded frame.
The tracks are standard like on many other similar vehicles.
Two smaller models have a solid track and the biggest has a double track.
Lets dismantle the covers to look what we have inside.
All the models are equipped with Sharmax engines, that are made in China.
As the manufacturer says it is analog of Honda GX.
The smallest model is equipped with 6,5 hp engine and there is a reducer as the transmission
here.
500 model has 15 hp engine and cvt transmission.
The biggest one has 18 hp engine and cvt transmission also.
The variator is mounted on a single bracket so it is easy to change a belt.
Lets get it started to see how the variator works.
Now some more details of the construction.
The tension of the chain on a smallest model is adjusted by moving the engine.
On other models its adjusted by moving a variator.
Also there is a front power bumper and a big handle.
There are rubber spacers between the engine and the frame to reduce vibrations.
The platform is covered by pleasant for touch material.
And all the models have a reliable hitch.
As to the handle bar its simple and standard – there is a throttle, some light buttons
and USB and 12 volts socket.
And now I think its high time to move to the practice.
Frankly speaking we wanted to make this video in winter on snow, but we haven’t had any
snow this winter, so we decided to make it right on a ground.
Of course it is better to ride any motordog on snow, but in fact it is all season transport
and we will try to make the best of them in such conditions.
There are even special sleds with wheels for summer use, but we don’t have them and we
will ride on winter sleds.
First impressions are quite good – motordogs can work quite well even without snow and
without wheeled sleds.
The engines are quite powerful and have a good torque.
Both versions with a reducer and variator show us a decent performance, but to my mind
a motodog with a reducer is not so fast.
On a flat ground it is very easy to handle the machine.
But if there some hummocks you should be more careful not to fall from the sled.
But if you want to make a turn – It is quite tough to do on a ground without snow, you
know, so the turning radius is quite large.
In this way it is much easier and faster to turn it manually and then proceed your moving.
Either you may try to make some kind of drifting – it is not so easy but there is a lot of
fun in it.
Actually even without snow we enjoyed this riding.
But lets move to the practical tests.
Firstly it is interesting to know what maximum speed we can reach.
We’ll try it on 500 model.
In this way we could reach 35 kmh but in fact maximum speed on snow would be much faster!
Now lets see how powerful our motordog is and we try to tow a truck.
It is slightly lacking traction, but if load the machine with additional weight, it copes
with it!
Guys if you saw some other our videos you may guess that it wouldn’t be enough for
us to ride just on a flat ground.
Of course we can’t do without some offroading.
Lets move to the nearest forest in search of new adventures!
And we were greatly surprised to find some snow in the forest!
Well it is good, but on the other hand the road here is quite rough, and it is hard task
for inexperienced rider to move here on a motordog.
That is why we let our most experienced rider to show us the performance of the motordog
in such conditions.
Here he is – meet Genrich!
How do I look?
Lets go!
And as a matter of fact the motordog is significantly faster on snow and besides it consumes less
fuel.
Speaking about the fuel consumption.
The smallest model takes about 1,5 liter of gas per hour.
And the largest model with 18 hp engine takes 2.4 liters per hour.
Meantime riding on such a rough terrain it is getting clear for us – it is necessary
to move slow and carefully here, cause sometimes its very tough to handle the machine.
It still works!
Fortunately both the rider and the machine didn’t have any damages and it is hight
time to speak about the prices.
The smallest model Sharmax 380 with 6.5 hp engine costs about 800 dollars.
Sharmax 500 costs 1200 dollars, and the biggest model with 18 hp engine costs 1400 dollars.
Well guys lets call it a day!
Stay healthy and take better care of yourself.
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