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Arctic Cat is an American brand of snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles manufactured in Thief River Falls, Minnesota.The company was formed in 1960 and is now part of Textron Inc. Arctic Cat designs, engineers, manufactures, and markets all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles and related parts, garments (such as snowmobile suits), and accessories.
The Thundercat series was introduced in 1993, as Arctic Cats entry into the Musclesled category. [1] These sleds feature extremely powerful engines placed in chassis derived from racing models. The first-gen featured a Suzuki-produced, counterbalanced case-reed triple cylinder 2-stoke 900cc engine, which produced 161.5 horsepower .
Both bikes used 2-cycle Fuji engines, in 80 and 100cc sizes. They were equipped with four- and five-speed manual transmissions, respectively. SS – The SS-5 was Rupp's only dirt bike that used a Tecumseh engine and automatic transmission. The engine was a Tecumseh HS50 and the transmission was a Rupp TC-1 torque converter unit.
A PistenBully 600 working in 2006. A snowcat dedicated to snow maintenance rather than transport is known as a snow groomer. Other terms are "piste machines", "trail groomers" (in North American English) or "piste bashers" (in British English) because of their use in preparing ski trails ("pistes") or snowmobile trails.
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The Arctic Cat M8000 is the new name for the Arctic Cat M8 snowmobile. It is powered by a 794 cc liquid-cooled two-stroke engine. This engine turns a continuous track, the biggest of which measures 162 inches long x 15 inches wide x 2.6 inch lug. This model is known as a Sno-Pro. The cost for a Sno-Pro 162-inch track M800 is just under US$13,000.
The original Wetbike was designed by Nelson Tyler, [2] who became well known for his film industry camera mounts known as the "Tyler Mount". It was based on a motorcycle, replacing the wheels with skis and using a pump-jet for propulsion.
In 1973 Moto-ski brought to the market their first models with the engines mounted low in the bellypan for a lower centre of gravity. These new models were the F (family) and S (sport) powered by BSE (Bouchard Snowmobile Engine) motors. The new models came with 3 engine size options, the 295, 340 and 440 cc (18.0, 20.7 and 26.9 cu in).