can am vs Polaris , 850 Polaris vs 800r can am

gpsmooth · Fox Joined: Oct 29, 2008 Posts: 4

what do you think>> Popcornsmiley

DustinMinnesota

Well considering the new Polaris Engine is completely new I would have to reserve judgment to see about things such as durability and other items associated with it to give a fair judgment. I f your wanting to know in a race I would take the 800r as it is a V twin as the 850 is an opposing twin which by design does not make the low end torque a V Twin makes.

Bigdog800EFI · Coyote Joined: Jul 05, 2006 Posts: 84

The 850 is not an opposing twin. They are still side by side. Mated cylinders. It actually fires at 270 degrees.

Anyway. I think this is the shoot out eveyone is waiting on. I cancelled my 850 and picked up an 09 800R Renegade. I am a bit concerned about the airbox - EFI setup on the 850. Any water at all goes straight down to the throttle body.

DustinMinnesota

ooops my mistake that is what I mean side by side - opposing hmmm maybe BMW is making them an engine now hehe.

brpbear · Wolverine Joined: Jul 12, 2006 Posts: 313

DustinMinnesota wrote:

ooops my mistake that is what I mean side by side - opposing hmmm maybe BMW is making them an engine now hehe.

Some one had to make it for them they couldn't build it themselves

DustinMinnesota

is Fuji still building their engines - I know the liberty engine was supposed to be an inhouse design but who is actually manufacturing for them now. I do not know since we do not sell them anymore.

brpbear · Wolverine Joined: Jul 12, 2006 Posts: 313

DustinMinnesota wrote:

is Fuji still building their engines - I know the liberty engine was supposed to be an inhouse design but who is actually manufacturing for them now. I do not know since we do not sell them anymore.

They built the liberty I think in the same place they make the 700&800 snow machine engine.If you look at the new popo engine it's way to advanced to be built by popo.

Ostacruiser · Fox Joined: May 09, 2008 Posts: 38

brpbear wrote:

DustinMinnesota wrote:

ooops my mistake that is what I mean side by side - opposing hmmm maybe BMW is making them an engine now hehe.

Some one had to make it for them they couldn't build it themselves

Umm, Can-Am doesn't make their own engines either Yellow-redface

....... Rotax is in Austria.... a long way from Quebec Yellow-confused

brpbear · Wolverine Joined: Jul 12, 2006 Posts: 313

Ostacruiser wrote:

brpbear wrote:

DustinMinnesota wrote:

ooops my mistake that is what I mean side by side - opposing hmmm maybe BMW is making them an engine now hehe.

Some one had to make it for them they couldn't build it themselves

Umm, Can-Am doesn't make their own engines either Yellow-redface

....... Rotax is in Austria.... a long way from Quebec Yellow-confused

Who do you think owens Rotax.What part of BMW is popo .

rob500xt

I thought that ROTAX was owened by BRP is some way. It would be intresting to see if BMW/ROTAX/BRP had something in common.

Bombee

FYI,
The company was founded in 1920 in Dresden, Germany as ROTAX-WERK AG. In 1930 it was taken over by Fichtel & Sachs AG and transferred its operations to Schweinfurt/Germany.

Operations were moved to Wels, Austria in 1943 and finally to Gunskirchen in 1947. In 1959, Rotax merged with the Vienna-based Lohner-Werke, a manufacturer of car and railway wagon bodies. In 1970 Lohner-Rotax was bought by Bombardier, who uses Rotax engines in their motorcycles, personal water craft, and snowmobiles[1].

The company constructed only two-stroke engines until 1982, when it started building four-stroke engines and aircraft engines. Other important dates include 1962, when a Rotax engine was first installed in a snowmobile and 1989, when Rotax received Type Certification for its 912 A aircraft engine.

In 2008 Rotax start manufacturing the 1125cc Helicon liquid-cooled, four-stroke, fuel-injected 72˚ V-Twin for the Buell Motorcycle Company.

Wikipedia