I still have my 2002 Edge X 600 snowcheck. M10 suspension and factory dual carbides. Reverse and electric start. Long rides on poker runs were a breeze. Such a fun sled.
The 2001 600 xc sp was a game changer the next year. Variable exhaust, etc. I bought one new. It made more than a few bigger sleds look pretty foolish. I traded the next year for a snowcheck Edge X with all the options. Still have it. That Era of sleds was such a fun time.
Ski doo always had the high quality sleds. I got a new Polaris every year so it didn't matter to me how many years it would go fast just that the ride , in particular how they flew over jumps , was the critical factor for the sled i was on. sure being 1st across the lake was fun , but the woods is where the boys and men seperate. I'm from a small town and that town had a Polaris dealer so that also plays a factor in the buying process.
The SRX was the fastest 700 of that time period. It dominated stock class drag racing. Once the sleds are 22 years old, who knows what condition they are even in..
@@randyyoung9892 i remember when the thundercat came out. It did dominate the radar runs on the lakes. For a cpl seasons i think. Took my buddies new turbo cat out for a burn last season on the lake. Geeze did it ever pull. I do like my 850 xrs. Its suited well for my style of riding. @56 you only have so much nerve hahaha. Cheers. Happy holidays bud
@@randyyoung9892 I see reading isn't your strong suit. He said "700 class". The Thundercats were 900/1000 and the Storm was a 750/800...and quite frankly, the Storm was a turd. Nobody even remembered them, after the XCR's came out.
I ALWAYS Use Rubber Spark Plug Caps...learnt my lesson n had 5 mile walk to New Plug Cap lol....Real Cold Day n hard plastic plug cap broke clean off way out in trails...always soft rubber caps if u like the bumpy riding lol the fun stuff...great video
That old Polaris XC 700 rocks . And SRX Yamaha. Thanks again for the great video. You need to do a run on the lake. Big fan on the Polaris had one back in 2001.
Great video...from the mid 90's to about 2003-5 are the best looking sleds ever and these 700's and the top muscle sleds of that era like the T-cat 1000...Mach Z 800 and Polaris 900's are still the top speed Kings IMO...there wasn't much if anything made after 2005 that's worth looking at IMO every brand is FUGLY...I also agree nothing sounds as freaking awesome as the big triples...keep the videos coming.
Polaris was the first with goodlooking sleds, Indy 400 and 600 was by far the best lookers in the mid 80ies, dont remember exact years since i was kinda little at the time
I've said the same thing about how good the sleds from that time period look. It was definitely a golden era of snowmobiles. They all look the same now. Glad I got to live through that and ride them all. I have owned a bunch from those years and I still have a 2004 ZR 900.
Just seeing this almost a year since publication, but really enjoyed it. I’ve been riding sleds since the late 60’s and still own 6 of them ranging in years from 1993 to 2018. When those sleds were new, the SRX would undoubtedly be the fastest in 660 ft - I know because I have a 2002 SRX and I ran against every one of the other sleds and easily mopped them up. I also raced MXZ’s, T-Cats, Storms, and a few other early “hypersleds”, and with no more than a Bender cold air kit in my SRX, I beat every one of them on the lake (to their horror). Maybe my SRX was just one of the exceptional ones, but they all punched well above their weight class if they were well maintained. Thankfully I still own it, and although I haven’t run it since 2013, you’ve given me the itch to do so! That said, all the sleds you tested were great - I had friends that rode them and we had many years of great riding on them. With my old bod nearing mid-60, I need electric start, reverse, and modern suspension to run a full day now (like you I run a Sidewinder), but I still keep my older sleds for the occasional blast or guest… and because I can’t bear to sell them! Happy riding!
Absolutely gotta agree, out of everything that i rode, grew up on, and was around with friends riding the SRX 700 was easily the quickest and fastest on top end! Although i remember my best friend's XCR 600 that was fully ported and modded, piped and clutched and that thing was CRAZY FAST!!!
I've got a 2003 Viper. It's the love of my life. It runs like a Swiss watch. I've gotten it up to 160kms/hr on the lake, but the real fun is the low end torque. It feels like it's gonna pull your damn arms off. And the sound is so good it should be illegal.
Wouldn't have been fair. That Firecat was a game changer. 460lbs, reverse mounted, 145hp twin with power valves, and a 13.5x128" low profile track spinning around that super fast, low friction rear skid. The F7 was the sled that retired 700-class racing. Also, the F7 didn't come out until 2003.
I’ve gotta ‘99 VMAX 600 triple, my true love. 💙😁 Love this video, love the ol’ muscle. And your commentary murders me. 🤣👏👏👏 Gotta love the ol’ short track sled dart & drift. But it’s death machine HEAVEN🤘🤣And just how they dooooo!! And goooo Phazer!
Hello friend I'm Elvis 52 yrs younger.. I love the sled's I've owned every one of these except I had a700SXR my snow x sled but my favorite was my 2000 700MXZ.. I'm in Watertown NY next to the Tug Hill.. take care 👌
Great video... Them older Polaris are fast. Hope you do a tear down of the ski don't LoL really cool Yamaha there crazy fast too. Have a great day.....
Love your videos 👍 The performance of any snowmobile is based on how good the clutching is. Only way to truly test what brand was fastest is to have all four machines clutching completely rebuild. Then all four engines compression tests done to ensure each machine has factory compression specs in each cylinder etc. loved the video as always, cool to see old machines having fun again.
Same, I'm still rocking my 2006 Polaris fusion 600ho. Don't get the snow we used to here in Pa to buy one newer. My Poo has been as reliable as a hammer
No. It's close, but the XC win 99% of time. One time in my life I've seen an SRX in front of my XC, it was on really hard packed snow, and for 1 miles lake race, the winner won by a demi lenght of sled. And what did that one sled or the other was winning that day, was the driver weight. The Srx driver was 40 pounds less than me. That day, when this guy was on the XC and me on the SRX, the XC was winning. If he was on the SRX, the SRX was winning. Always by only half of sled. But every other race we did except this day, my XC always won. Theses two sled are really really close. But the weight is a big advantage for the XC.
Nothing wrong with the SRX.. those big block Polaris' will win most races on a short track like that. Now if you wanna talk about lake runs Tripples will win all day. Twins are faster for drags and Tripples are good for lake runs.
The Polaris edge chassis sleds were hard to beat. IMO that was the pinnacle for Polaris. I had a 02 800 RMK and that thing was crazy fast in a drag race. I still ride but I switched to Ski-Doo last year. I'll probably never go back to Polaris, they just got too big and the Quality control has gone down considerably, sad to say.
I just bought a used ‘02 “700xc” but it has a built 800, and apparently my friend’s uncle used to race with it and put all racing gear in it, but it’s still a 20 year old sled with 9k on it. Runs like a top tho. Does 90 faster than some gsxr’s that I’ve ridden
Great fun video! Wasn’t surprised that xc 700 was fast. Back in the day my buddies piped and clutched xc700 would hang with my rocket 03 f7. He would still lose but it was close. Also love that srx!
my buddy had a 1999 Polaris xc700 piped and clutched, it hauled ass and would take down the local fastest SRX700, barely, but consistently. We ran 1995 Storms, 3 of us, and the XC700 was never far behind.... thank you Georgian Performance of Parry Sound, magicians from yesteryear !!
ZX chassis Ski-Doo MXZ for life!!! I've owned everything in between and the only thing I keep buying over and over again is the ZX chassis. 5 6 and 800cc were bulletproof the 700s were the problem child but still light years more reliable than the other brands that don't need to be mentioned.
Could hear the MXZ definitely not pulling the rpm it should, could be a number of things there, but most likely RAVE issue or broken primary spring…interested to see how she stacks up all sorted. The XC definitely the most surprising, but at the same time not… that 700 big block #4# one of the best motors they ever made and that edge chassis just works for being modern long travel. Get a hold of a 2002 XC7 VES to really see what that motor can do. 2001/2002 was really the pinnacle for all manufacturers IMO. The SRX for sure would have the longest legs of all of em and definitely some room to improve there with more setup/rider skills and a longer run, but 660ft is definitely where the real world action’s @ The ZED! R with the ol Zuk 700 was the laziest of the bunch as expected, but still a super clean sled from the looks, wouldn’t pass that up either. Awesome video, very well done sir 👌🏻
I’m a Skidoo guy but I love em all I’ve got a showroom condition 98 Mach Z 809 Triple. Electric start & Reverse Piped and tuned to perfection One of the fastest Lake runners out there 😎
My 98 formula was clocked at 118 mph on a ice side road with half inch of snow. of coarse it was clocked by my buddies 800 mxz so i don't really know how fast. Ill tell you one thing my 1978 340 Kawasaki Invader was no slouch it read 98 mph and the speedo was far more accurate than other sleds. I had no problem with 500 cats snow twisters and Yamahas on the top end. By far my favorite sled and at 380 lbs was truly a rocket. I was in a race by accident running form the cops and passed every sled on the road and the crowd was standing for me coming across the lake passing the leaders and sleds broken down everywhere...did I mention i had a passenger. Ps it was the annual race in Fenlon Falls in 1979. PS i didn't stop for the trophy. It made this unmistakable wine past 75 mph and pulled like crazy
Great video! Was bummed my old MXZ 700 didn't deliver today. I had one back in the day and could beat just about anything but a Yamaha SRX 600. Give that SRX more room and its no contest. My buddy had one and I watched him beat the new 700 SRX handily. Thats why they quit selling the 600, plus they could get more for the 7. I will admit, I put UFO's in the slides and ground the slide to the same contour, reshaped my heads, changed the gear ratio, and installed a Goodwin Clutch kit. Setting my TRA to shift out at 7800 if my memory serves me right. So I sorta cheated. I even beat a Yamaha RX1! Was shocked but happy. My buddy was so cocky, Id answer back like I was King Kong with calm confidence (fake) because I really didnt know. You're dreaming if you think you can beat my 700. It all paid off. Never change the can. Its the best one they put on the 700. Thanks again for making my day. Those were the best years of my life. I injured my back for the last time in 09. I cant ride anymore. Glad you guys are out there having fun! Sledding Rules!
I had a 2000 MXZ 700 Millennium, I long tracked it,133 inches, DynoPort ceramic pipe. It would do 102 mph. Had a progressive helix in the driven pulley. I won a lot of drags with that machine. It was a good on the rough trails. Great machine
Oh good memories!! Dont care what they say, those years were the best;) Had a 2001 800 Xc and buddies had Formula 3's... The SRX has always been in the back of my mind, just something special about that sled;)
@Zachary Dinel The Ultra's were cool, but they were no match for a good running SRX 700. Especially one built after 2001. The SRX made 140hp+ vs the Ultra which didn't make much more than 110hp. The single pipe SX700 was a closer match to the Ultra. Of that era, the only triple 700 trading wins with the SRX was the Mach 1. And then a couple of years later, the Arctic Cat F7 came out and put them all on the trailer.
Thank you very much guys and I really enjoy watching your Channel and really enjoy watching these older sleds just goes to prove that if you put some elbow grease into them they still run pretty good keep up the work what does type of videos really enjoy them
I will tell you personally those xc 700s are fast. My dad had a 2004 xcsp 700. One day when my sno pro 440 was blown up (lol) I asked my dad if I could take his sled out. So he let me and my friend take it out, and it had a Jack seat on it, perfect. Well there was an ice drag cleared across the lake from us. My friend and I lined up with a Mach z 800 triple. This sled was modded and just a drag sled. After we left, I never seen or heard that sled. Smoked him. Stopped at the guy with the radar gun and his jaw was dropping as he told us we just ran 114 mph. Two twelve year olds on daddy’s 700 with a Jack seat on it. Hahaha I will never forget this
600/700 xc/sp Liberty was the best thing Polaris ever made. Someone made a lot of mistakes with the 800. Sold my friend my 99 600 xc 6 years ago. He rides it hard as hell never broke once! Headlight relay went and the chain case gasket leaked a little bit all the years I owned it. Once the mighty Razor became popular Polaris started making unreliable...... everything!
Would have been interesting to have a 99 XCR 700 triple in your test. They were substantially faster than the 00 twin. In fact even the non power valve single piped 680 from the late 90’s was faster than any 700 twin.
Yep, there is NOTHING like the sound and power of the 3 cylinder 2-stroke engines!! Well, the V6 2-stroje engines but they're just 2, 3 cylinder engines running on the same crank!
@@terancestevens5922 well I got an 01 xc600 and an 02 xc700 both around 12000 miles with original motors and they run like arm stretching raped apes so I dunno WTF Ur talkin about
Great video. The Polaris was very impressive. The Arctic cat was exactly where I thought it would be. I'll say Yamaha has crappy tracks but if it did hook up good it would still walk the Polaris after 90 or so. Triples have more top end than the doubles of this area. All 4 sleds are great.
@@pflaffikyou are wrong with this Polaris. They use Fuji engines in their smaller displacement sleds these years but this sled is a liberty engine which is made and designed in America.
I had a 98 srx was the most reliable machine I’ve ever owned . I’d trust that machine over anything I’ve owned over the years to be honest . Pulled like a freight train and had 19000 kms on it never opened . Compression was barely down so I just get riding it . Pretty sure it’s still running locally .
@@AnDrEw122100 yup wicked machines i can get new jugs for those here in Canada 400$ if you send old ones for core charge there chrome inside hard to get them now. One of a kind they were!! the power valves made that sled ingenious design surprised its not used today!!
Clean them power valve/rave on the skidoo. I cleaned mine on my 1999 skidoo 583 dlx and it helped it rev out and really seemed to run a lot better after I did that.
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I've owned a 2000 700 XC SP since new it's pretty dominant even with some new machines 106 mph other than clutch work and cage and reads. I have a 15 Polaris RMK800 long as you're not in powder it keeps up with that just fine.
I feel like the twins get off the corner, or out of hole better than the triples, but if there is enough real estate, the triples end up passing you. They sound magical too.
My old man had the 2000 srx brand new in 99-00. They were the fastest sleds on the lake that year hands down. Not TCats, not ZRTs, not Mach Z, not any Polaris, nothing could touch them on radar right outta the box. 120 mph was what they ran stock.
I recently did a full top and bottom end rebuild on a 99 SRX 700. It was 117 on GPS. In more ideal conditions, I could see 120. I feel like sleds over time since the 90's haven't got any faster in the top speed. However, new sleds certainly get to top speed in a much shorter distance, according to my Dragy. I think the higher HP today leads to being able to run more aggressive tracks, making for a faster 0-60.
Drove em all and i can say they are all good and fast , just depending what kind of riding you wanna do. The polaris and ski doo in my opinion are better powder sleds , comparing them as if they are all 121 short tracks . The Arctic cat and yamahas are better for fast trail riding or lighter snow . Again thats my opinion and each rider will ride what suits them like usual
Couldn’t agree more with ya I’ve got the 98 Mach 809 Triple 121 short track. Tuned to perfection and I’ve rode all the Triples This Sled scares me on the Lake… Absolute Rocket
I always laugh when I read a comment calling these machines "old"... my newest machine is a 1993 sled, but the majority of my fleet is from the 70's. these sleds look like the future to me.
I've got a 2000 MXZ 600, as well as the 2000 Polaris XC 600 y2k edition, and I gotta say.. the MXZ is a speed demon compared to the Polaris. Great video dude
I believe the Polaris is the real deal. I had xcsp 700 with clutch and jetted. Buddy had SRX 700 with a bender kit and all other kinds of go fast parts. He always said he was faster accept that never proved to be true when we lined up. That big twin just pulled like a freight train
@@thunderroad7289 srx is fore sure the fastest out of the four, i cant beleive that o1 xc 700 did that good i bought one new back then i got beat by 99 mxz 600 cause xc had no powervalves until 02
@@jeffalleshouse9783 the 98 xc700's were the hot ticket fastest year of the pre power valve 700's, but most people by this time have updated the later 700's to 98 spec so that's why that 01 is so fast. It's been setup to run the way they should. Pretty much any 5,6,7,800 class sled when setup and prepped by dealer properly from the get go will all be very close. Other great thing about old polaris edge and wedge sleds is the p85 clutches worked so well even when neglected with maintenance that years later they still perform, where as that mxz700, guaranteed its all poor clutching performance as to why it did so bad. The compression is plenty fine for now. I would re-hone and re-ring the cyl in question just to prevent further loss down the road but its not effecting performance the way it is now.
These old sleds have been ridden hard and put away wet over the years. lol I remember watching and racing a lot of these sleds when they were brand new and out of that group, the MXZ 700 and XC700 were absolute weapons in 660ft back in their day. Leg them out to 1320ft and that SRX should have crept on by. All in good fun though, I guess.
Agreed all four sleds are good. But ski doo back then where really heavy for one. The cluthing needs adjusting. But the fact is that ski doo was really heavy back then. So weight to power was way off compaird to others
@@rednecksdirtyhands in deeper snow not the best it was lowered for a reason, I own a nytro now with a 2” paddle and clutch kit, I must say the nytro is faster than my srx
Good video, really thought the SRX would be the fastest. That Skidoo may have a clutch issue, those are usually really fast . I had a 88 400 Indy that would pull 67 on a 660 foot strip , not too shabby .
Early 2000's are the best looking sleds they ever made!
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Nah late 90s
90s wedge
😍😍That SkiDoo!
Those older polaris sleds are awesome. My favorite sled off all time is that xc
Mine too, but I like the older style a little bit better. 98 my favorite year
Check out my xc sleds man. My fav too
i want a old polaris pro xc2
@@trentonralph3774 yes those are nice to
I still have my 2002 Edge X 600 snowcheck. M10 suspension and factory dual carbides. Reverse and electric start. Long rides on poker runs were a breeze. Such a fun sled.
The 2001 600 xc sp was a game changer the next year. Variable exhaust, etc. I bought one new. It made more than a few bigger sleds look pretty foolish. I traded the next year for a snowcheck Edge X with all the options. Still have it. That Era of sleds was such a fun time.
Gotta 2000 xc edge 600 with ves there rocket ships
Those sleds were all excellent. Maybe 2000 was the pinnacle year for all-around good-running snowmobiles. I would take any one of them !
Ski doo always had the high quality sleds. I got a new Polaris every year so it didn't matter to me how many years it would go fast just that the ride , in particular how they flew over jumps , was the critical factor for the sled i was on. sure being 1st across the lake was fun , but the woods is where the boys and men seperate. I'm from a small town and that town had a Polaris dealer so that also plays a factor in the buying process.
The SRX was the fastest 700 of that time period. It dominated stock class drag racing.
Once the sleds are 22 years old, who knows what condition they are even in..
They just kept going and going. Best motors those 700,s.
The mach z was a heavy machine but lived for lake running
Your kidding right the Thunder Cats and Storms would walk those turd Yamahas 😅👌
@@randyyoung9892 i remember when the thundercat came out. It did dominate the radar runs on the lakes. For a cpl seasons i think.
Took my buddies new turbo cat out for a burn last season on the lake. Geeze did it ever pull. I do like my 850 xrs. Its suited well for my style of riding. @56 you only have so much nerve hahaha. Cheers.
Happy holidays bud
@@randyyoung9892 and yes of course,,, he was kidding. Lol
I allways thought the srx was a womans machine
@@randyyoung9892 I see reading isn't your strong suit. He said "700 class". The Thundercats were 900/1000 and the Storm was a 750/800...and quite frankly, the Storm was a turd. Nobody even remembered them, after the XCR's came out.
I ALWAYS Use Rubber Spark Plug Caps...learnt my lesson n had 5 mile walk to New Plug Cap lol....Real Cold Day n hard plastic plug cap broke clean off way out in trails...always soft rubber caps if u like the bumpy riding lol the fun stuff...great video
That old Polaris XC 700 rocks . And SRX Yamaha. Thanks again for the great video. You need to do a run on the lake. Big fan on the Polaris had one back in 2001.
Great video...from the mid 90's to about 2003-5 are the best looking sleds ever and these 700's and the top muscle sleds of that era like the T-cat 1000...Mach Z 800 and Polaris 900's are still the top speed Kings IMO...there wasn't much if anything made after 2005 that's worth looking at IMO every brand is FUGLY...I also agree nothing sounds as freaking awesome as the big triples...keep the videos coming.
I was thinking the same thing, all four of those sleds are good looking machines!
Polaris was the first with goodlooking sleds, Indy 400 and 600 was by far the best lookers in the mid 80ies, dont remember exact years since i was kinda little at the time
But big twins are great in the slush or mud
I've said the same thing about how good the sleds from that time period look. It was definitely a golden era of snowmobiles. They all look the same now. Glad I got to live through that and ride them all. I have owned a bunch from those years and I still have a 2004 ZR 900.
Great collection 😂 funny stuff
Thank you! 🍻
Just seeing this almost a year since publication, but really enjoyed it. I’ve been riding sleds since the late 60’s and still own 6 of them ranging in years from 1993 to 2018. When those sleds were new, the SRX would undoubtedly be the fastest in 660 ft - I know because I have a 2002 SRX and I ran against every one of the other sleds and easily mopped them up. I also raced MXZ’s, T-Cats, Storms, and a few other early “hypersleds”, and with no more than a Bender cold air kit in my SRX, I beat every one of them on the lake (to their horror). Maybe my SRX was just one of the exceptional ones, but they all punched well above their weight class if they were well maintained. Thankfully I still own it, and although I haven’t run it since 2013, you’ve given me the itch to do so!
That said, all the sleds you tested were great - I had friends that rode them and we had many years of great riding on them. With my old bod nearing mid-60, I need electric start, reverse, and modern suspension to run a full day now (like you I run a Sidewinder), but I still keep my older sleds for the occasional blast or guest… and because I can’t bear to sell them! Happy riding!
thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it 🍻
Absolutely gotta agree, out of everything that i rode, grew up on, and was around with friends riding the SRX 700 was easily the quickest and fastest on top end! Although i remember my best friend's XCR 600 that was fully ported and modded, piped and clutched and that thing was CRAZY FAST!!!
My brother had a SXViper 700 triple. The best sounding sled I’ve ever heard. An absolute rocket ship too!
I've got a 2003 Viper. It's the love of my life. It runs like a Swiss watch. I've gotten it up to 160kms/hr on the lake, but the real fun is the low end torque. It feels like it's gonna pull your damn arms off. And the sound is so good it should be illegal.
Love the ZRT in the background!
Should add an f7 into the mix!! Great vid keep up the good work!
Hell yeah.
There stuck in the Litter
Fastest stock sled built in 03. We raced them up till 09. Beat all 800s and 1000 stockers. That model will never be forgotten. FIRECAT 👌👌👌👌👌👌
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Wouldn't have been fair. That Firecat was a game changer. 460lbs, reverse mounted, 145hp twin with power valves, and a 13.5x128" low profile track spinning around that super fast, low friction rear skid. The F7 was the sled that retired 700-class racing. Also, the F7 didn't come out until 2003.
I’ve gotta ‘99 VMAX 600 triple, my true love. 💙😁
Love this video, love the ol’ muscle. And your commentary murders me. 🤣👏👏👏 Gotta love the ol’ short track sled dart & drift. But it’s death machine HEAVEN🤘🤣And just how they dooooo!!
And goooo Phazer!
Hello friend I'm Elvis 52 yrs younger.. I love the sled's I've owned every one of these except I had a700SXR my snow x sled but my favorite was my 2000 700MXZ..
I'm in Watertown NY next to the Tug Hill.. take care 👌
Very cool! cheers NY 🍻
Great video... Them older Polaris are fast. Hope you do a tear down of the ski don't LoL really cool Yamaha there crazy fast too. Have a great day.....
Love your videos 👍
The performance of any snowmobile is based on how good the clutching is. Only way to truly test what brand was fastest is to have all four machines clutching completely rebuild. Then all four engines compression tests done to ensure each machine has factory compression specs in each cylinder etc. loved the video as always, cool to see old machines having fun again.
and the srx is a triple. all the others are doubles
i don’t know how you don’t have a million subscribers bud your hilarious😂 two thumbs up👍🏽👍🏽
haha I appreciate it! Glad you enjoyed it! 🍻 maybe one day we'll have a million subscribers eh!
Still riding the early 2000's sleds. I like how they ride and I can afford to buy/fix them.
Same, I'm still rocking my 2006 Polaris fusion 600ho. Don't get the snow we used to here in Pa to buy one newer. My Poo has been as reliable as a hammer
cool video buddy!! love the old iron!! i had a millenium mxz700 and it would run 112mph on radar at 2000ft.. Fun sled!!
thanks 🍻
So cool seeing that group of sleds together running ,
Obviously the SRX ain’t right. It walks all three of them
No. It's close, but the XC win 99% of time. One time in my life I've seen an SRX in front of my XC, it was on really hard packed snow, and for 1 miles lake race, the winner won by a demi lenght of sled. And what did that one sled or the other was winning that day, was the driver weight. The Srx driver was 40 pounds less than me. That day, when this guy was on the XC and me on the SRX, the XC was winning. If he was on the SRX, the SRX was winning. Always by only half of sled. But every other race we did except this day, my XC always won. Theses two sled are really really close. But the weight is a big advantage for the XC.
They are like 140.1 and 140.2 HP on the same Dyno. Really close, but 50 pounds or more for the SRX.
Exactly my 700 mountain max walked all three of them all the time
Ok @adamellis3013 Yamaha hase a better reliable motor and prolly don’t have anything wrong with it unlike the skidoo
Nothing wrong with the SRX.. those big block Polaris' will win most races on a short track like that. Now if you wanna talk about lake runs Tripples will win all day. Twins are faster for drags and Tripples are good for lake runs.
Great show. I have a 99/00 xc 700sp with variable exhaust been told its a pilot edition, she's hot and still pullin strong . All in all pure fun
thank you! 🍻
I will take my new doo with modern suspension, my back will thank me Monday morning. Awesome video
thank you! 🍻
The Polaris edge chassis sleds were hard to beat. IMO that was the pinnacle for Polaris. I had a 02 800 RMK and that thing was crazy fast in a drag race. I still ride but I switched to Ski-Doo last year. I'll probably never go back to Polaris, they just got too big and the Quality control has gone down considerably, sad to say.
I just bought a used ‘02 “700xc” but it has a built 800, and apparently my friend’s uncle used to race with it and put all racing gear in it, but it’s still a 20 year old sled with 9k on it. Runs like a top tho. Does 90 faster than some gsxr’s that I’ve ridden
My first time watching, Im super happy with this content. Polaris for the win!
Great fun video! Wasn’t surprised that xc 700 was fast. Back in the day my buddies piped and clutched xc700 would hang with my rocket 03 f7. He would still lose but it was close. Also love that srx!
my buddy had a 1999 Polaris xc700 piped and clutched, it hauled ass and would take down the local fastest SRX700, barely, but consistently. We ran 1995 Storms, 3 of us, and the XC700 was never far behind.... thank you Georgian Performance of Parry Sound, magicians from yesteryear !!
AND honorable mention, NO ONE beat Phils' XCR800.... the red rocket from hell. Bravo PHIL
Cool vid !! Nice to see the old dogs rippin it up 🤘
Killer video! Srx sound is my favorite!!!!
thanks 🍻
ZX chassis Ski-Doo MXZ for life!!! I've owned everything in between and the only thing I keep buying over and over again is the ZX chassis. 5 6 and 800cc were bulletproof the 700s were the problem child but still light years more reliable than the other brands that don't need to be mentioned.
Could hear the MXZ definitely not pulling the rpm it should, could be a number of things there, but most likely RAVE issue or broken primary spring…interested to see how she stacks up all sorted.
The XC definitely the most surprising, but at the same time not… that 700 big block #4# one of the best motors they ever made and that edge chassis just works for being modern long travel. Get a hold of a 2002 XC7 VES to really see what that motor can do. 2001/2002 was really the pinnacle for all manufacturers IMO.
The SRX for sure would have the longest legs of all of em and definitely some room to improve there with more setup/rider skills and a longer run, but 660ft is definitely where the real world action’s @
The ZED! R with the ol Zuk 700 was the laziest of the bunch as expected, but still a super clean sled from the looks, wouldn’t pass that up either.
Awesome video, very well done sir 👌🏻
Nice collection of neat vintage sleds. I like sleds of all age from all the brands they have all made great sleds at times over the years. Cool video
I’m a Skidoo guy but I love em all I’ve got a showroom condition 98 Mach Z 809 Triple. Electric start & Reverse Piped and tuned to perfection One of the fastest Lake runners out there 😎
The new mach z’s do the old ones justice. My buddy has one and that sled is stupid fast.
My 98 formula was clocked at 118 mph on a ice side road with half inch of snow. of coarse it was clocked by my buddies 800 mxz so i don't really know how fast. Ill tell you one thing my 1978 340 Kawasaki Invader was no slouch it read 98 mph and the speedo was far more accurate than other sleds. I had no problem with 500 cats snow twisters and Yamahas on the top end. By far my favorite sled and at 380 lbs was truly a rocket. I was in a race by accident running form the cops and passed every sled on the road and the crowd was standing for me coming across the lake passing the leaders and sleds broken down everywhere...did I mention i had a passenger. Ps it was the annual race in Fenlon Falls in 1979. PS i didn't stop for the trophy. It made this unmistakable wine past 75 mph and pulled like crazy
Great video! Was bummed my old MXZ 700 didn't deliver today. I had one back in the day and could beat just about anything but a Yamaha SRX 600. Give that SRX more room and its no contest. My buddy had one and I watched him beat the new 700 SRX handily. Thats why they quit selling the 600, plus they could get more for the 7. I will admit, I put UFO's in the slides and ground the slide to the same contour, reshaped my heads, changed the gear ratio, and installed a Goodwin Clutch kit. Setting my TRA to shift out at 7800 if my memory serves me right. So I sorta cheated. I even beat a Yamaha RX1! Was shocked but happy. My buddy was so cocky, Id answer back like I was King Kong with calm confidence (fake) because I really didnt know. You're dreaming if you think you can beat my 700. It all paid off. Never change the can. Its the best one they put on the 700. Thanks again for making my day. Those were the best years of my life. I injured my back for the last time in 09. I cant ride anymore. Glad you guys are out there having fun! Sledding Rules!
that's awesome! im glad you enjoyed the video 🍻
Cant forget one of the greatest muscle sleds ever.....the ole yamaha vmax 4....i sure miss mine
That was a joke. It never performed.
It's never a surprise when a xc700 wins
Absolutely! I love all the excuses in the comments.... Lmfao
I had a 2000 MXZ 700 Millennium, I long tracked it,133 inches, DynoPort ceramic pipe. It would do 102 mph. Had a progressive helix in the driven pulley. I won a lot of drags with that machine. It was a good on the rough trails. Great machine
Oh good memories!! Dont care what they say, those years were the best;) Had a 2001 800 Xc and buddies had Formula 3's... The SRX has always been in the back of my mind, just something special about that sled;)
Looking forward to the mxz teardown. You should do a triple triple shoot out if you can get your hands on a few.
Yes I'd like too see him find a xcr 800 or Polaris storm too go against the Srx
@@shanegiggie The XCR would be a good match up, but the Storm wouldn't stand a chance.
@Zachary Dinel The Ultra's were cool, but they were no match for a good running SRX 700. Especially one built after 2001. The SRX made 140hp+ vs the Ultra which didn't make much more than 110hp. The single pipe SX700 was a closer match to the Ultra. Of that era, the only triple 700 trading wins with the SRX was the Mach 1. And then a couple of years later, the Arctic Cat F7 came out and put them all on the trailer.
Great video,. Love the dialogue.
Thank you very much guys and I really enjoy watching your Channel and really enjoy watching these older sleds just goes to prove that if you put some elbow grease into them they still run pretty good keep up the work what does type of videos really enjoy them
I'm from MN and we always called the ZRT a zert. Keep up these awesome videos. I absolutely love them
Glad you like them! 🍻
Just got a 05 xc 600 with a 700 ves motor swapped in. She shakes pretty good but has a can and sounds good. Can’t wait to take her out
I will tell you personally those xc 700s are fast. My dad had a 2004 xcsp 700. One day when my sno pro 440 was blown up (lol) I asked my dad if I could take his sled out. So he let me and my friend take it out, and it had a Jack seat on it, perfect. Well there was an ice drag cleared across the lake from us. My friend and I lined up with a Mach z 800 triple. This sled was modded and just a drag sled. After we left, I never seen or heard that sled. Smoked him. Stopped at the guy with the radar gun and his jaw was dropping as he told us we just ran 114 mph. Two twelve year olds on daddy’s 700 with a Jack seat on it. Hahaha I will never forget this
lol thanks and cheers to the memories 🍻
@@rednecksdirtyhands 🍻
600/700 xc/sp Liberty was the best thing Polaris ever made. Someone made a lot of mistakes with the 800. Sold my friend my 99 600 xc 6 years ago. He rides it hard as hell never broke once! Headlight relay went and the chain case gasket leaked a little bit all the years I owned it. Once the mighty Razor became popular Polaris started making unreliable...... everything!
Would have been interesting to have a 99 XCR 700 triple in your test. They were substantially faster than the 00 twin. In fact even the non power valve single piped 680 from the late 90’s was faster than any 700 twin.
I used to run a 2002 XC700 and my buddy's dad has a 99 XCR700 and the difference in acceleration was eye opening. Noticeably faster back to back
Yep, there is NOTHING like the sound and power of the 3 cylinder 2-stroke engines!! Well, the V6 2-stroje engines but they're just 2, 3 cylinder engines running on the same crank!
My xcr600 was a beast
Well I can Hardly Wait until you Find a Polaris Storm
& Maybe some Nice XLT Triple 600's
Great Video's
Thinking that Polaris is a 2001 1/2 or 2002 xc. So it has VES in edge chassis. 2000 was gen 2 non ves big block.
Them Polaris sleds are great, fast, and very reliable. I rode and fixed them for 10 years. I would stay away from the 800 tho.
I don’t agree on reliable lol cause they aren’t
@@terancestevens5922 well I got an 01 xc600 and an 02 xc700 both around 12000 miles with original motors and they run like arm stretching raped apes so I dunno WTF Ur talkin about
@@romper4444 had a 02 rmk 700 that I traded for a truck that had 13,800 hard, abused miles. Ran great when I got rid of it.
@@romper4444 It's called a pull my ass out of the woods for a reason
@@romper4444 every Polaris I’ve ever known growing up was junk broke down a lot and same with most the new ones
Great video. The Polaris was very impressive. The Arctic cat was exactly where I thought it would be. I'll say Yamaha has crappy tracks but if it did hook up good it would still walk the Polaris after 90 or so. Triples have more top end than the doubles of this area. All 4 sleds are great.
To be accurate the 3 of them all use Japanese engines, the Cat has a Suzuki and the Polaris is Fujitsu (mother company of Subaru)
@@pflaffikyou are wrong with this Polaris. They use Fuji engines in their smaller displacement sleds these years but this sled is a liberty engine which is made and designed in America.
@@pflaffik wrongo sally US of A on the Polaris Liberty
@@waggitnshaggit6592 isn’t made and designed in America the same as US of A 🤔
@@wadewacker7276 yeah that’s what we’re saying to the original poster
I rode them all and nothing tops the srx the power valves on those were amazing best workin sled and no better sound than a Triple pipe 3cyl
I had a 98 srx was the most reliable machine I’ve ever owned . I’d trust that machine over anything I’ve owned over the years to be honest . Pulled like a freight train and had 19000 kms on it never opened . Compression was barely down so I just get riding it . Pretty sure it’s still running locally .
@@AnDrEw122100 yup wicked machines i can get new jugs for those here in Canada 400$ if you send old ones for core charge there chrome inside hard to get them now.
One of a kind they were!! the power valves made that sled ingenious design surprised its not used today!!
I remember Yamaha SRX ads back then that called it the “ Devil in a blue dress”
All great sleds! I own a 2002 MXZ 800, love it. Great video! ✌🏻
1st time watching one of you videos. you sir I could have a few cold snacks with cheers
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I hate skidooos with a passion. I really liked this video bro.
Good. You are not worry.
😆 Awesome video and comparison. You are a funny Canadian brother lemme tell ya!
lol thanks 🍻
Clean them power valve/rave on the skidoo. I cleaned mine on my 1999 skidoo 583 dlx and it helped it rev out and really seemed to run a lot better after I did that.
That Yammi is such a beautiful old sled!! And yeah, they are WICKED fast.
Where can I get a couple of stickers. Love your channel and want to help promote it.
we are working on getting a site set up for stickers and shirts. thanks for the support! we really appreciate it and will hopefully have something setup soon 🍻
@@rednecksdirtyhands ok sounds good. Thank you.
The 94-95 zr 700 was a beast twin pipes from the factory they were very fast
Right on. I subscribed. Do u ever throw back the vintage 70s sleds? Like MERC 440 Sno-Twister or Rupp or Kawasaki? Etc ...
thanks 🍻 we will try to get some oldies together for sure!
@@rednecksdirtyhands right on.
I've owned a 2000 700 XC SP since new it's pretty dominant even with some new machines 106 mph other than clutch work and cage and reads. I have a 15 Polaris RMK800 long as you're not in powder it keeps up with that just fine.
My 2000 Ski-Doo MXZ 700 was a very quick and fast sled great engine! Yours has stuck Rave valves or something 70 mph lol mine did that half throttle!
yeah we found out after she had some issues lol 🤣. there's another video on the channel of me rebuilding it lmao 🤣🍻
Great vid I love them ol greasy sleds 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿
thank you! cheers 🍻
Love these ditchbangers grew up riding them. Owned so many Zrs and 440s. Best part is... The hood opens
Thank god for this video lol... I tried 21 in 2000 and had an 800 summit but really liked the 700s due to the engine weight. Loved the video
thanks! 🍻
Great video.... and, no huge surprise on the Polaris XC700 as the winner, the SRX triple looks and sounds the best, but Polaris gets the A+
I feel like the twins get off the corner, or out of hole better than the triples, but if there is enough real estate, the triples end up passing you. They sound magical too.
My old man had the 2000 srx brand new in 99-00. They were the fastest sleds on the lake that year hands down. Not TCats, not ZRTs, not Mach Z, not any Polaris, nothing could touch them on radar right outta the box. 120 mph was what they ran stock.
I recently did a full top and bottom end rebuild on a 99 SRX 700. It was 117 on GPS. In more ideal conditions, I could see 120. I feel like sleds over time since the 90's haven't got any faster in the top speed. However, new sleds certainly get to top speed in a much shorter distance, according to my Dragy. I think the higher HP today leads to being able to run more aggressive tracks, making for a faster 0-60.
Yeah I totally agree. But there was just something special about all those old triple triple lake runners.
@@corycameron6160 You can't beat the sound of a 2 stroke triple. Such a sexy sound.
Yesssir it’s a beautiful thing!!!
I’d like to have seen the Mach 1 that was the muscle sled for that class I believe, fun to watch none the less thanks
Drove em all and i can say they are all good and fast , just depending what kind of riding you wanna do. The polaris and ski doo in my opinion are better powder sleds , comparing them as if they are all 121 short tracks . The Arctic cat and yamahas are better for fast trail riding or lighter snow . Again thats my opinion and each rider will ride what suits them like usual
Couldn’t agree more with ya I’ve got the 98 Mach 809 Triple 121 short track. Tuned to perfection and I’ve rode all the Triples This Sled scares me on the Lake… Absolute Rocket
I agree the yamaha 700 tears up trails
Y2k I was pretty hammered lol eating chicken wings n drinking beers lol
Hey get your hands on the 2002 zrt 600 triple. Fastest 600 you'll ever get on. Here in Maine we called it the little brother of the Thundercats 1000
Nice collection. Have a 98 srx, 02 tcat, 98 storm and a 95 xcr. Love the old muscle sleds
loved the video as always, cool to see old machines having fun again.
I always laugh when I read a comment calling these machines "old"... my newest machine is a 1993 sled, but the majority of my fleet is from the 70's. these sleds look like the future to me.
Another great and informative
video Todd. Thanks man, I
appreciate it very much. Keep
those videos coming man .
That’s Pete
Great video!
I've got a 2000 MXZ 600, as well as the 2000 Polaris XC 600 y2k edition, and I gotta say.. the MXZ is a speed demon compared to the Polaris. Great video dude
thanks! 🍻
I have a few classics in my collection...95 Mach 1 670 twin piped...98 formula 3 600 96 summit 670 ...
Hey that ZR 700 is a good find! Always wanted one with the newer body style like that
Great video brother!
thanks 🍻
You had the best sled. Rada run on the Phazer! Swish!
I believe the Polaris is the real deal. I had xcsp 700 with clutch and jetted. Buddy had SRX 700 with a bender kit and all other kinds of go fast parts. He always said he was faster accept that never proved to be true when we lined up. That big twin just pulled like a freight train
Cool video BTW good job👊 yamaha all the way, I've got a 93 exciter2sx and my son's 99 SRX .
That greasy triple sounds the best
I had an older 700 Polaris and it was a ripper. Never put the radar to it but it was fast.
what so u dont have gauges?
I had xc700 sp just sold it.. Had it 12yrs great ditch banger..its on my youtube.
Check powervalves bellows
I would put money on that.
Definitely a power valve issue. I’ve raced those sleds with a srx and the srx will walk away from them when it’s running right….
@@thunderroad7289 srx is fore sure the fastest out of the four, i cant beleive that o1 xc 700 did that good i bought one new back then i got beat by 99 mxz 600 cause xc had no powervalves until 02
@@jeffalleshouse9783 the 98 xc700's were the hot ticket fastest year of the pre power valve 700's, but most people by this time have updated the later 700's to 98 spec so that's why that 01 is so fast. It's been setup to run the way they should. Pretty much any 5,6,7,800 class sled when setup and prepped by dealer properly from the get go will all be very close. Other great thing about old polaris edge and wedge sleds is the p85 clutches worked so well even when neglected with maintenance that years later they still perform, where as that mxz700, guaranteed its all poor clutching performance as to why it did so bad. The compression is plenty fine for now. I would re-hone and re-ring the cyl in question just to prevent further loss down the road but its not effecting performance the way it is now.
I ll tellyaa a jemto get a 2000 pol xc 500 anniversary had poweevalves extra 10 fox electric stee art rer.a little sleeper!!!
Even funnier that the polaris wins and doesnt have exhaust valves and the other 3 do
The zr 700 doest have power valves
Those Yamaha triples really come to life when you get them up in the R's, and man, they sound amazing ! , the XC 700 really does everything well.
There's nothing like the sound of a triple. I miss riding those things!
I rode one of those when i was 9, it scared the living shit out of me
This is a good show. I have had a bunch of sleds, a f5 Crossfire 6 and 7, and a mxz 800r all good sleds, but the 800 would want to fly after a 100mph
These old sleds have been ridden hard and put away wet over the years. lol I remember watching and racing a lot of these sleds when they were brand new and out of that group, the MXZ 700 and XC700 were absolute weapons in 660ft back in their day. Leg them out to 1320ft and that SRX should have crept on by. All in good fun though, I guess.
Agreed all four sleds are good. But ski doo back then where really heavy for one. The cluthing needs adjusting. But the fact is that ski doo was really heavy back then. So weight to power was way off compaird to others
Clutching, clutching, clutching
I owned the same Yamaha as in the video, they are the best sounding two stroke in my opinion and it was super fast on the right snow conditions
they do sound wicked! and they are one of the fastest sleds out there! 🍻
@@rednecksdirtyhands in deeper snow not the best it was lowered for a reason, I own a nytro now with a 2” paddle and clutch kit, I must say the nytro is faster than my srx
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Good video, really thought the SRX would be the fastest. That Skidoo may have a clutch issue, those are usually really fast . I had a 88 400 Indy that would pull 67 on a 660 foot strip , not too shabby .
thanks! 🍻
That srx should clean up ✌️👍🇨🇦
Thats very good compression more than ive even seen haha about 90ll keep ya going but 120 makes er cackle
The srx never hooks up.. I had one and when they hook that polaris will be no where in site.. I use to tear up 800s..
Do studs help it “hook up ?”