Vintage Polaris XC600 VS. XCR 800 & 2022 600cc Race sleds. Savage Track Patten, Maine XC Racing

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2 жыл бұрын

Grab some 🍿 it's a 34 min long video.
These are my attempts of trying to finish the Savage track XC race in Patten, Maine.
Tame the track ran a flawless program. Check out the next race March 12th 2022.
I didn't get on the podium due to driveline failures all day. I did turn some good laps humbling some grasshoppers.
My 10,000 mile XC 600cc got faster and faster all day if you study my lines and mistakes.
But, I'm telling ya those county boys can ride the piss out of a snowmobile.
I just found out the xcr I was battling was in the wrong class by mistake and a 800cc.
That makes it even cooler.
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You guys digging the music?
I ran out of tracks to dub in.
Any ideas?
Let me know If ya made it to the end on the show and saw the bonus footage of my Greasy tripple vs. Sidewinders & 850s grudge race.
Didnt have very good luck this day.
couldnt finish a race due to a chain case leak.
I drove her till she was blue and then some.
Always next time.
enjoy the show.

Пікірлер: 90

@geralddobrynski7231 2 жыл бұрын

The old XC stays well planted. Good steady riding. Nice work 👍

@PolarisRacer Жыл бұрын

Hey thanks. I give it my all. The low center of gravity works well until there are 4 foot moguls.

@IWILLKILLANYONE 3 ай бұрын

Hehe I have one it’s pretty old but it’s in great shape

@IWILLKILLANYONE 3 ай бұрын

I might make it my prof pic

@airofthenorth1452 Жыл бұрын

Legend in my book. Very humbling to watch, great job honestly 🎉

@PolarisRacer Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words man. I gave it my all. The other races too. Tons of wrenching, alittle money and alot of effort.

@philpizzuto6427 Ай бұрын

Thank you, you're a very good rider and thank you for sharing this awesome video.

@PolarisRacer Ай бұрын

Hey, thanks. Much more on my channel

@swere1240 8 ай бұрын

from watching this i can see how using the snowdust you throw can be a strategy to keep people from passing you alot of the time lol i came here not exspecting to watch the whole thing but ended up watching it all. nice riding. i have a 1999 xc 700 that looks alot like ur 600 there and its kind of a rocketship and beats alot of newer and bigger sleds for some reason. and i only paid 1500 bucks for it and have rode it 2 years now so cant really complain lol

@89vmaxx 11 ай бұрын

Love watching you get after em…👍

@PolarisRacer 11 ай бұрын

Thanks. Snow is not far from us. We will see if the conditions are right this year to over take a grasshopper. If there were 4 feet moguls I would be night and day diffrence.

@smplyizzy 7 ай бұрын

I bet most of those newer sleds had much longer tracks. If so, they corner like crap on tight relatively smooth terrain. However if there was more snow and large bumps they come into their own.

@s550mustang5 2 ай бұрын

I love this channel so miss Maine,…. What I’d give to get on a snowmobile again

@PolarisRacer 28 күн бұрын

Thanks it ain't much of a channel. But what I got is good.

@toocheaptosmoke 7 ай бұрын

Hell yeah, love seeing the old iron out there! Good driving, keep on making the new sled owners feel bad, haha.

@chadbauer5250 Жыл бұрын

The best video I have watched . Old 600 polaris still rips

@PolarisRacer 11 ай бұрын

Thanks man. Check my channel for more!

@lynn4205 6 ай бұрын

Yes for sure. I ran a cross country once in 78. No where's the distance you drove but my buddy and I won it. Even after he fell off his sled and took the lanyard with him lol. I took my turn and got them in the corners. Had enough lead on them that when Wayne's turn came back around he took the honors home. Oh 340 L "P" too. First trailing arm one too. I had a 77 340 L. Classic look still today.

@jasonperfumo4836 5 ай бұрын

Awesome!! The 800 XCR was pretty much cleaning them all hands down👊🏻 I have a couple old Triples still, 2003 XCR 800 and a 1997 Ultra SP 680 had them both since new. My XCR 800 will beat my 2020 XC 850, XC is stock my XCR has some mods. That XC 600 race was impressive! 👍

@ryanptimleck 2 жыл бұрын

Well done on the old iron!!

@PolarisRacer Жыл бұрын

Hey thanks. The old iron can still hang.

@markdephilippo1404 8 ай бұрын

Just fucking amazing

@sd5009 7 ай бұрын

Well done.

@retroattitudeperformance9182 Жыл бұрын

Nice!!

@mp89745 Жыл бұрын

love the old girl miss my 98 xc nice riding tail grabbing that new stuff had me on the edge of my chair

@lynn4205 6 ай бұрын

Yup. Me too. Turning and gabbing throttle while sitting on couch.

@s550mustang5 Жыл бұрын

Your a very patient racer kinda like when’s was racing Wyman lake race let things come to you well done my friend…… miss the sport of snowmobiling tremendously

@PolarisRacer Жыл бұрын

Thanks. Ya I have made moves to fast and it bit me in the ass. Wyman lake race that's awsome. My friend Conrad Rollins ran that too.

@paulcondie2520 Жыл бұрын

Ya just can't beat the ole 600 Polaris! 🔥💪💯🇺🇲

@trevorjeske8558 2 жыл бұрын

This is fucking awesome

@PolarisRacer Жыл бұрын

Thanks man. Check my other vids out too.

@jasonmailhot759 5 ай бұрын

Awesome...tho Im a cat rider..love the low center of gravity of old sleds...braaaaap...

@johnlaplume2862 Жыл бұрын

Savage on an old sled love to see what you could do on a competitive sled. You already dominated that race it would have been interesting on the gap aspect of things😊

@PolarisRacer 11 ай бұрын

Thanks. If my hp was up to par I wouldn't need a new sled. Once in the groove and figured out the track its on. I lost my waterpump belt the site lap. So I couldn't even get a test run. Went from overheating to taking them to school. Thanks for watching.

@johnlaplume2862 11 ай бұрын

@@PolarisRacer where was this race? I’m your running in panton Vt or New England maybe we can hatch a plan. I’ll put u on my sled she has brand new Fox Qsr3 shocks a turbo dynamics tune in it. My winder 0 to 100 - 110 in sixty feet no problem n I’m 430 pounds suited up. There wouldn’t be you being gapped on the straight a ways that I’ll bet my bottom dollar on

@PolarisRacer 11 ай бұрын

I live in central Maine. This race was in Patten maine. Nothing touches the 4 strokes around here on the lake. I'm racing a 600 class. I trail ride with a sidewinder and my xcr800. I'm in his dust after 70mph.

@thomashanke6750 Жыл бұрын

Just goes to show how skill can overcome bigger at times. Smooth is fast!

@PolarisRacer 11 ай бұрын

Thanks. You can say that again. Smooth is fast.

@ehguy3628 Жыл бұрын

Such fun and impressive by anyone's standards.

@PolarisRacer 11 ай бұрын

Thanks I try. Low and fast in the corners is where it's at.

@lynn4205 6 ай бұрын

@@PolarisRacerbingo

@rickouellette899 2 жыл бұрын

So you have one without edited sound, I prefer to listen to the sleds instead of the music, it actually puts you right in the race that way. Thanks for posting

@PolarisRacer Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the reply. I have many other videos on my channel without music. I keep the music on fade. We all love the 2 stroke sound.

@jakelyon914 Жыл бұрын

@@PolarisRacer I liked the music a lot. It was tastefully done and made for a very cool presentation. Thanks for sharing 👍

@lynn4205 6 ай бұрын

Yea I know 😅 I'm sitting on couch moving all over as if I were driving that P. 😅

@lynn4205 6 ай бұрын

@@PolarisRacerespecially with pipes or megaphone as in Mod outboard racing. Those old 4 cylinder mercs and 6 inlines will definitely you lol. But no better sound to me.

@woytowichb 7 ай бұрын

Awesome vid. What kinda track are you running?

@joshmcdevitt190 Ай бұрын

I knew both weren’t stock. Edge/Gen2 ran same bars and master/switches right. The 440 racers from the 98 red rocket until the end of the prox ran a cat style wildwood and even straighter bars. Going from 25 year old memory’s. I ran a cat wildwood on an Ultra for 6k miles. And CR80 expert handle bars. Gave you 2” of rise and almost straight without a block and allow you to angle towards hood and still close it.

@PolarisRacer 28 күн бұрын

You are right on the money with what you speak. The cr80 bars I might look into.

@joshmcdevitt190 28 күн бұрын

@@PolarisRacer make sure they are CR80 EXPERT. Think they made the expert from 1997-2005. It was the big wheel 80cc bike. Normal CR80 bars are a few inches narrower for 9-12 year old kids that aren’t built like an NBA/NFL player. The expert was the BIG boy bike.

@PolarisRacer 28 күн бұрын

Thanks again. @@joshmcdevitt190

@Boyd-rv9gj Жыл бұрын

Nice job of OUT driving them

@PotatoeJoe69 11 ай бұрын

I couldnt imagine being on a brand new $20,000 sled and getting my ass beat by a 35 year old sled with a taped up seat.... mostly because I too, am the kinda guy on the 35 year old sled with a taped up seat 😅

@PolarisRacer 11 ай бұрын

So you know know wherein coming from then. I'm down 15hp from everyone else too.

@lynn4205 6 ай бұрын

Bring the boost port up above transfers !

@darrellroeters4951 2 жыл бұрын

Long tracks can’t corner, higher top end. Xc got a workout. Very fun video got into the race. Did you want to start last to prove you could pass?

@PolarisRacer Жыл бұрын

All things you stated are facts. Go pro video up front is boring. I like to practice the art of overtaking.

@joshmcdevitt190 Ай бұрын

What did it take to put the Hayes/gen2 master and switch block in the sled? What are you running for bars. Sure don’t look like the stock boomerang wedge bars

@PolarisRacer Ай бұрын

Hey, thanks for watching. The master cylinder off a edge screws right on. Good eye on bars. They are edge bars.

@souliog 2 жыл бұрын

What do they call this style of racing? I need to get in on the action

@PolarisRacer Жыл бұрын

Cross country racing. On a good day entering 4 classes a guy can pound 150 miles on in one day. There is a pro class 100 mile race also.

@johnlaplume2862 11 ай бұрын

Bro watching your ride again. Unbelievable just Fuckin absolutely SAVAGE! Love to put you on my Sidewinder n she has a little bit of a hot tune in her. You’d be lapping and lapping and lapping some more bro

@edwardabrahamiii3742 Жыл бұрын

18 min mark that modern day 600 beat you to the finish line there and you were WOT ina straight race they have you but im suprised your ahead of the pack mostly it goes to show that modern day light technology twin has you on the top end tho!

@PolarisRacer Жыл бұрын

Fun fact is that black and grey xcr was a 800 I was battling with. He was in the wrong class. I had to work for it. But ya the xcr600 cfi engine has 20 more hp then a liberty. I can just get on the gas quicker. Until there are 4 foot moguls.

@edwardabrahamiii3742 Жыл бұрын

@@PolarisRacer fun man! Id race you with my adventure 650, 137! Along with my cfi 600, 136.

@joshmcdevitt190 Ай бұрын

I see the speedo doesn’t work in the XCR 800? Clutch side driveshaft take a shit, and break the speedo key?

@PolarisRacer Ай бұрын

Ya I had a keyway broke in there for a season. I have my go pro telemetry to reference speed anyway. Can't be letting people see my mph anyway. Lol😂

@aliabrown6367 Жыл бұрын

I miss cornering on these babies!

@PolarisRacer Жыл бұрын

Why did ya stop?

@aliabrown6367 Жыл бұрын

@@PolarisRacer well. Mostly because I missed the trails and then I got old lol

@threewheelerdonuts8284 Жыл бұрын

What do you have done to that sled? That thing rips 🤘

@PolarisRacer Жыл бұрын

Thanks. All just factory tunned. Stock engine.

@threewheelerdonuts8284 Жыл бұрын

@@PolarisRacer That's very impressive! I've heard those big block 600s or not necessarily powerful or fast. But this definitely proved me wrong

@PolarisRacer Жыл бұрын

@@threewheelerdonuts8284 your right. They are heavier and make less power then a ves small block 600. The big block 600 has a larger stroke. I know I'm down 15hp or more from the other sleds. I make up for it by getting on the gas first. Those grasshoppers lift and let off. That's when I make a move.

@lynn4205 6 ай бұрын

@@PolarisRacerpass um in the corners BRAKE LATE !

@bones6173 Жыл бұрын

Can't stand those new sleds absolutely butt ugly nice XC

@lynn4205 6 ай бұрын

Amen

@lynn4205 6 ай бұрын

Trailing arm over upper and lower control arms any day. They had class ! Agree on BUTT UGLY and getting BUTT UGLIER TOO. Understand the P's aren't holding up like they used to

@willpulera7303 8 ай бұрын

With a 2000 Indy 700 xc you'd have won that race.

@PolarisRacer 8 ай бұрын

Hey. You are right. I was lacking 10hp on the new 600s. Lacking 20 against that 800 in the 600 class I battled for so long.

@andrecoullard4874 Жыл бұрын

Clearly not your first rodeo lol, and that xc is a rocket too bad it took a crap in the end.

@PolarisRacer Жыл бұрын

Hey. Thanks for watching that long. My chaincase sprung a leak from a half stripped cover bolt up top. I was able to limp it all Day but couldn't finish a race. The chain kept stretching. I got her all fixed up new bearing and gear set for the next weekend. Always gotta have alittle luck.

@iilovexcr7008 2 жыл бұрын

I got a 680 with 14k

@PolarisRacer Жыл бұрын

Wow nice work. Those Fuji engines are tough. My liberty made it to 10k before the crank started wobbling.

@iilovexcr7008 Жыл бұрын

@@PolarisRacer that 650 you sold my old man I just got it and rebuilt it

@PolarisRacer Жыл бұрын

@@iilovexcr7008 I don't even remember. I have to many polaris deals going. Send pics!

@otahu26 Жыл бұрын

Good Job though. Your giving up 20 hp to the newer machines. Noticed Your skis weren't even moving. Way to much preload in your front end. Skis need to move up and down. If your not bottoming out once in a while. Your not using up your shock travel and gonna fight the machine 3x harder and wear yourself out. Great work again though. Amatur racing at it's very best.

@PolarisRacer Жыл бұрын

Hey thanks. Your right I had some ski pressure that day. I'm always just trying to get under my competition in the corners. I wasn't too worn out. But always ears open for tips on being faster. You are right about the 20hp. I just got on the gas faster then the sled in front of me. What kind of racing do you do.

@43dukedog Жыл бұрын

I got a 97 xc 600 trip love it

@lynn4205 6 ай бұрын

91 indy 500, 99 XC SP 700 modded and a ,still building, 2003 Edge using an 800 XCR in her and Fusion skid redone with as many race features as I could do including Walkers. Changed u shaped shock rod and put aluminum bars in place ( 2 of them )