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Old Jul 19, 2002 | 11:01 AM
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When I said "sharing" injection technology...I should have said Polaris "R&D" ( Rip-Off & Duplicate ) the technology from Rotax. The rivalary between Polaris and Bombardier is Very Intense. I was having a hard time with Polaris/Rotax.
 
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Old Jul 19, 2002 | 11:40 AM
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I haven't seen this myself, but A guy I work with here says his 400 Scrambler has the word Rotax on the side of the motor. Anybody out there with a 400 scrmabler that can confirm this?
 
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Old Jul 19, 2002 | 11:50 AM
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Knowing how cheap Polaris is there's no way they would put a rotax engine in there wheelers.

But then again they do seem to like to copy every thing that bomb does, but dont worry they always seem to screw it up.
 
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Old Jul 20, 2002 | 02:41 PM
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I was at the Speedway races last night displaying product when the Polaris Dealer came over to look at the Baja I had on display. His comment was "How do you think "our" new Predator will compete against the Baja"??? The dealers have known for a while...[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]
 
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Old Jul 20, 2002 | 02:51 PM
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From the pics of the Predator it looks like a KTM motor.
That's just my opinion. Later
 
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Old Jul 20, 2002 | 03:14 PM
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I agree with "DS650Builder" it looks like a the KTM520 with atouch of ROTAX 650
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Old Jul 20, 2002 | 07:05 PM
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It will be interesting to see if polaris will have a competitive quad that will actually be durable.

Hey jeff... check your email.
 
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Old Jul 20, 2002 | 07:25 PM
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Nope hightower my scrambler dose not say rotax anywhere. As a matter of fact with all the controversy right now. I can't even park them side by side without my ds kicking my poor little scramblers butt!!! i do plan on buying a predator my girl friend say's the scrambler is too fast!!![img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]
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No i will never buy a first season bike from some one who has not been in the true sport quad market before.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]
 
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Old Jul 20, 2002 | 08:32 PM
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After my 2001 Raptor I would never buy a first season anything.
I figured with a big company like Yamaha they would back it.
Boy was I wrong. Later
 
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Old Jul 21, 2002 | 02:46 PM
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GUYS GUYS!! I have the total scoop on this thing.

The builder decided on a new name it won't be a predator any more. Since it looks -and the original name- was similar to the raptor and it uses a Rotax engine and is built be Polaris it will now be called (drum roll please) The POLYAMIBOM ...Look for it at a dealer near you lol [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img]
 
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