I keep hearing rumors that Cat will be adding yamaha engines to their line-up, and dropping suzuki in the near future..true or not I find it very interesting.
Will cat build their own snowmobile engines??? I think they would do better getting somebody like yamaha to supply their engines.
Know this...cat and yamaha have both tested new models side by side each spring in Thompsen Manitoba...for many years. And many of you know both cat and yamaha also test new models in the keweenaw all winter long.
The thing to think about is....maybe yamaha is getting out the sled business, and will just supply engines to arctic cat...don't know but it makes sense.
Cat makes very good riding and handling sleds...yamaha's biggest fault is their ride and handling (really shock/spring calibration..the guy who handles that should have been fired 10 years ago). Put a yamaha 4 stroke or a HPDI two stroke (yamaha outboards have HPDI two stroke motors), in a cat, and I'd order one tomorrow!!!!
Will cat build their own snowmobile engines??? I think they would do better getting somebody like yamaha to supply their engines.
Know this...cat and yamaha have both tested new models side by side each spring in Thompsen Manitoba...for many years. And many of you know both cat and yamaha also test new models in the keweenaw all winter long.
The thing to think about is....maybe yamaha is getting out the sled business, and will just supply engines to arctic cat...don't know but it makes sense.
Cat makes very good riding and handling sleds...yamaha's biggest fault is their ride and handling (really shock/spring calibration..the guy who handles that should have been fired 10 years ago). Put a yamaha 4 stroke or a HPDI two stroke (yamaha outboards have HPDI two stroke motors), in a cat, and I'd order one tomorrow!!!!