ARCTIC CAT to be acquired by KAWASAKI???

[christopher]

Hmmm
Arctic Cat is up for sale..
Kawasaki returns to 2 Stroke manufacturing.
Kawasaki used to be the prime engine supplier for Cat, back in the day
Still rumors that Kawasaki was a possible buyer for Cat….

 

[zilla]

Hmmm
Arctic Cat is up for sale..
Kawasaki returns to 2 Stroke manufacturing.
Kawasaki used to be the prime engine supplier for Cat, back in the day
Still rumors that Kawasaki was a possible buyer for Cat….

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Hmmm is right !
Whether 2 or 4 stroke, motor will be strong and reliable .

 

[christopher]

Hmmm is right !
Whether 2 or 4 stroke, motor will be strong and reliable .

No Argument there
Kawi KNOWS how to build strong long lasting engines

 

[Sheetmetalfab]

Hmmm
Arctic Cat is up for sale..
Kawasaki returns to 2 Stroke manufacturing.
Kawasaki used to be the prime engine supplier for Cat, back in the day
Still rumors that Kawasaki was a possible buyer for Cat….

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Weren't the AC motors made by Suzuki?

Not Kawasaki?

 

[raidercat]

Kawasaki supplied motors before 1976

 

[IDspud]

And then I was born.

 

[christopher]

And then I was born.

Whats it like to be soooo young?

 

[IDspud]

Much too young to feel this damn old.

 

[Totalbrody]

Weren't the AC motors made by Suzuki?

Not Kawasaki?

That’s what I thought too. Pretty sure the M7 motor was a Suzuki.

 

[Radar78]

That’s what I thought too. Pretty sure the M7 motor was a Suzuki.

 

[arcticridr]

Yup last year of the zuki mill was 2016 awesome motors !! My First sled was a 79 Kawasaki 440 invader , had like a 121" full metal cleated track ran like a striped azz ape , do 80 on the flats, zero suspension so ur sack was pretty much dragging in the snow notorious for PTO crank seal going out then it was el smoko the PTO piston , but hey it had a popup bugeye headlight

 

[davesilb]

Kawasaki supplied motors before 1976

Yes Arctic cat used Kawasaki motor in the early 70"s. before they switched to Suzuki's. I had a 1971 Arctic Cat Panther with a 399cc engine and it was a good running machine. Powerful for the time

 

[line8]

Are they different?
Klx and drz have been the same I thought, well beside colors.

 

[Mafesto]

Are they different?
Klx and drz have been the same I thought, well beside colors.

I have never heard that. I don't know of any models that are "shared"?

 

[BigAir]

Are they different?
Klx and drz have been the same I thought, well beside colors.

The Suzuki and Kawasaki platform sharing was for limited models. It started in 2001 and ended after around 5 years. The vast majority of machines stayed exclusively Kawi or Suzuki.

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