When did Ski Doo stop making snowmobiles?
Before there was a REV chassis, and even before the ZX platform, Ski-Doo renewed itself in the mid 1990s with the S-2000 platform.
What was the snowmobile of the year in 1996?
Yet few machines have raised as much immediate consumer interest as the MX Z 583. People were immediately drawn to the bright yellow rocket that promised to be a trail taming dream ride. The expectations were really quite high. We were in the fortunate position of being able to ride one of the prototype machines.
Why is anti freeze used on snowmobiles?
The big reason they developed a suitable anti freeze for bikes and sleds is to rid the foam which can create hot spots, just imagine a super hot frying pan and run water across it, it just dances on the surface with no cooling qualities and creates steam which in turn is your rad boiling over.
When to change coolant in a snowmobile?
We run highly modded sleds for grass drags that do not even fire up on pump gas. Regular coolant is absolutely fine period. Your coolant should be serviced evey season in a small engine any how. In you car as often. Neglect takes out pump seals not the coolant.
What was the year of the Yamaha snowmobile?
Coverage of 1997 Yamaha snowmobiles in the August 1996 issue of Snow Goer magazine. Float Like A Butterfty, Sting Like A Bee – Although all of the OEMs are attempting to do the lighten up, Yamaha is certainly leading the pack. They even claim their 700 SX is lighter than one of the 440s on the market – and it’s a triple, mind you.
What kind of snowmobile did Ski Doo make in 1997?
Ski-Doo used 1997 to expand features it had previously introduced in models like the 1996 MX Z 583 deeper into its lineup – including moving all trail twins to the S-2000 chassis and dumping the heavy C-7 rear suspension in favor of the SC-10 in the Mach Z, Mach 1, Formula III and other machines.
Where did Polaris make their snowmobiles in 1997?
Made In The U.S.A. – Polaris swung for the fences with their new 700cc twin and hit a grand slam. Manufactured in Osceola, Wisconsin, the extraordinarily torquey powerplant got dropped into the Indy 700 RMK and SKS for ’97. These two sweet sleds are the closest things to home grown we’ve seen since the Harley-Davidson and Evinrude days.
What kind of suspension did snowmobiles have in 1997?
This is when Yamaha jumped into the “modern era” by dumping the pogo-stick TSS front suspension and launched the ProAction chassis with a trailing arm front end and a long travel rear, plus new 600- and 700-class triples in the sexy SX models.