My late brother raced Polaris sleds locally here in NE PA till his death in 2003. He lived and breathed the Polaris brand. I watch this with great reverence because of the history, knowing he would've loved this video. To this day I own nothing but Polaris atvs and have been very impressed with the dependability of all 8 machines I've owned. It's very cool to see the historical development of the brand.

As a kid my first snowmobile ride was on a 1971 ski-doo olympic 335 that I got for christmas. My first exciting ride was on a 1978 Colt 250. ever since that day I was a Polaris fanatic. I have had numerous sleds from the 60's,70's,80's and 90's. I worked as a Polaris Technician at a dealership in the 90's. Those were some of my favorite sleds made. something about the traditional indy that still to this day screams style to me! The only sled I regret ever getting rid of is my TX Starfire that is a sled that isn't too easy to find now days. Thanks for the video! was very nostalgic.

Thanks for a great video! I really enjoyed it. I grew up snowmobiling in the early 70s with Arctic Cats and Rupps. Went 50 years without a sled, then bought a 99 Indy 500 to use for work at my job in the oil fields of NW Pennsylvania. It's a great sled that you can hardly hurt. Now just have it around the farm and to play now and then.

I’ve been riding Polaris snowmobiles since 1969. I still have a 69 Polaris Playmate which my brother rebuilt a couple years ago. I will snow check a 2023 Polaris RMK 850 this spring. I still ride in the mountains. I’ve raced the Alberta 150 in ‘77 and cross countried to Ft Smith NWT in 1989 on a three cylinder Indy 650. I’ve rolled down Turbo Hill at Revelstoke on a new XLT. I love snowmobiling it’s a wonderful thrilling sport! Many friends and good memories made on a snowmobile.

The Indy 600: I never got into snowmobiles very heavy, so I did not know what sheer acceleration was. A friend of mine let me ride his 3 cylinder 600 Indy, (around 1990 I estimate). I was on a icy road with track and ski carbide, and it was as stable as a flying arrow. I was cruising down the road at about 50mph, the sled felt great, so I decided to pin it for a bit to check out the 3 cylinder power. I bet I was going 100 in 3 seconds, and I let off. Enough for me, thanks for the ride Rich. :)

SkiDoo almost bought out Polaris around the late 1970's thankfully Polaris came out with the Indy platform and never looked back

9:52 "Perfect balance" and seeing those flickering skis was hilarious

Die hard polaris fan here, best most reliable snowmobiles around, 16,800 miles and counting on one of my gen 2 xc 500 sp

I've owned many 70's model polaris snow go's. Everyone was dependable. I have a 1980 polaris tx-l I've owned since 1992. Now has 17,000 miles on it. It never i said never let me down 1nce. Im a 100% polaris guy. Best sleds ever made.

We were a Polaris riding and racing family in Alaska in the 60's and 70's. Great memories on the family machines and the race sleds.

A friend of mine just bought a brand new 1995 xcr 440, dealer had it and never sold it,

" if Polaris made a beer I'd be drinking it " Mark Cowboy . haha

An interesting tidbit for you, Edgar Hetten left Polaris at Roseau in the early 60s and started Arctic Cat in Thief River Falls.

Random (or divine?) how life works. My Uncle (Ted Otto) was on the Polaris Thrill Team back in the 70s and ultimately became the head flagman of the USSA in the 80s and 90s. We didn’t live in the same town but I would hear stories of his snowmobile adventures. He has since passed and I found myself in possession of several of his incredibly warm and high quality snowmobile coats. Fast forward to a couple years ago when my wife and I bought a cabin in the mountains and with this cabin came two Polaris Snowmobiles. I wear his coat proudly and am still a neophyte but love that I am learning how to ride and maintain these mid 90s sleds. Uncle Ted- I hope you can see how this has all come together. You made a snowmobile enthusiast out of me even after you left us. Am sure you cringe at times watching me learn but I bet you are ultimately smiling knowing I am now hooked on one of your life’s passions. RIP Ted Otto.

I just picked up an 88 indy 400 liquid and boy does that thing move pretty good for a 400. Not to bad to look at either! Haha.

I was very surprised to see a commercial for a 78 cobra 440 in here. A welcome surprise of course. I love my cobra 440 even though I've barely had a chance to try it out yet.

Wow, that original "Thrill Team", (very end of the vid), were sure catching some big air for those days on those almost rigid machines,---with receding hairlines and no tattoos. :)

Awesome video!! Yamaha and Kawasaki next?

I still use my 2000 sportsman 500. Polaris has changed everything about off road vehicles. Two mistakes I think they made is. They shouldn't have stop making their personal watercraft, I think sales would have rebounded, because they were by far the best. Also I don't think they should have dropped the Victory line. The Victory motorcycle is a lot better than the Indian line and now with all these crazy people calling everything racist, it's only a matter of time before they are forced to drop the Indian name.

I have had a bunch of the old sleds. Getting big air or well any air was like jumping a garbage can. Take off was great but you do have to land

I bought a 97 Polaris xlt special brand new, It blew up every 90 to 100 miles. From the factory Polaris didn't drill the cases good enough for the oil injection, let me tell you that ruined so many weekends for me, and a lot of wasted money.

Awesome video

Polaris cutlass 440 what got me a Polaris guy even tho it was a hard starter. For what I paid couldn't ask for a better sled

Texron used to be involved with Polaris now the are into Arctic Cat? In the early 80s Polaris came out with IFS, all up from there.

Those 3 wheelers have to be worth a fortune now

Its takes balls to do a loupty loup on a sled..takes Boulder balls to do it on a sled from the 70s

Yamaha will always come on top for quads

Здравствуйте. Есть у кого нибудь руководство по эксплуатации снегохода xlt 600 special

Never seen Polaris's Drift Skipper rear suspension - looks like Scorpion's para rail.

wow, I just watched a video that said the same things about artic cat... mmm.. wonder which one really was the leader?

@1:33 have hotdogs gotten bigger or the buns smaller?

My dream polaris is a xcr 440

Indy 600!

The Arctic cat dokumentary was better...

Yeah, this video seams more like a commercial and not a very good one at that. It did have some interesting info but mostly the same video clips played over and over again. The history of Arctic Cat video was infinitely better in it's presentation and content.

Not as good as the cat history. Good sleds though

Andrew m ik your reading this, your xlt is slowwwwwww lmao

Watch with the MUTE button pushed. You won't miss a thing.

To be honest waiting for half hour for a buddy to start his Polaris snowmobile to 30 feet of chain driving there 4x4 wheelers was not that innovative. I'll stay with my Austrian engineered Rotax power and the leader in pretty much everything innovative in snowmobiles. Ski-Doo is on the top.

I always considered Fuji/Yokahamas (Polar ass) to be absolote garbage!

I"d buy a BRP over a polaris any day!

Too bad Polaris has gone to shit, all I hear is another blown up motor.

I owned at one time two Polaris atvs the worse pieces of garbage never again