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Article: Polaris dwarfs competition: Sportsman 800 Twin, the biggest yet.(ATV)(Product/Service Evaluation)
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- Powersports Business
- Article date:
- September 6, 2004
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It is evident that the displacement wars are upon us. In the past few months, the ATV industry has seen two machines break the 700 cc mark, and now one is flirting with the 800cc mark. The Polaris Sportsman 800 Twin EFI features a 760cc engine that marks the largest displacement engine ever put into a production ATV chassis by a major manufacturer.
Even though the machine is well short of the 800cc mark, it is a significant step for an industry once afraid to push the performance and sizes of its ATVs. The engine is based upon its 683cc parallel twin--but displaces 77 more cubic centimeters. It also features dual exhaust silencers that join to one main headpipe ...