I always loved the sound of a triple ripping across the lake and i agree with not riding when it is that cold we are to old for that we would seize up in about 10 min great video guys thanks be safe.
The Thunder Cats of a sound of there own for sure. Even diehard Polaris guys love the sound of a Thunder Cat tripple ripping down through the woods on a cold and still morning.
Great finds! These are the sleds that were around in my 20’s so I remember the triple/triple wars fondly. I’ll be picking something up in the spring as a base for an RXL conversion I want to do. Love the channel.
Yes I was also in my twenties and would have loved to own a new one. I could only afford an XLT. XLT was still a very fun sled. We went on to racing one cross country and dominated the 580 class. Great driver and mechanics kept us in first almost every race.
They still made steel cylinders in 95, but the steel cylinders were stock. the nikasil cylinders were offered as a kit from Polaris. the nikasil cylinders cannot be bored, but they make the engines much more dependable.
Awesome big muscle from the day.im a cat guy and had many zrt 600 and 800 sleds.alot of buddys had cats,polaris and doos from the era,we all had a good time and competed our big muscle 3 bangers.they all ran good,wed always change up/add to beat the other guy haha.even being a cat guy ive always wanted a storm and an rxl.but was never let down with big muscle cats.
The black one has SLP Ultra Lite skis. I had a set of those on my 1990 Indy and miss them. They were great skis. I've never synced 3 carbs, and that's probably the biggest reason why I've always shied away from the Polaris triples.
I had a 1995 storm 800 like that blk one! Put xtra 10 inch suspention, Brand new track and studs Did custom seat and handle bar cover. Brand new paint decal kit Dg can new Kimpex plastic skis Pink belly pan protector. Cobra windshild. Was such a nice sled loved it
todd clyne ya man I frigging loved it!! I got a sticker made up for the wind shield said Storm warning , still in effect! I loved the sled man ! Congrats on your buy!
Only storm I road was a PSI 1300 cc . Only ever was able to get to 134 mph in 1000 feet due to how freaking heavy that sled is. Things a absolute tank and with the stock motors where so slow. Polaris got their asses handed to them back in the day until the Ultra 680 came out. But I gotta say the polaris triples where the best sounding machines period.
nothing like the old 3x3's !! I bought a '00 T-cat two years ago with only 570 mile on it. Thanks to some screwed up winters the sled has 610 miles on it now, but its always has been garaged kept since new and it shows!! these could be like the old 775 Blizzards, 800 TX's or king cats of the '70's ..... Good luck on the Resto.......
these are the sleds all you guys should have had when you used to come up to PR in the winters! Also, the only thing you didn't bounce off of was metal stakes :D
Ah yes for sure!! I remember your old man taking my modified XLT for a rip across Blue with some very fast smooth ice on the lake. He came back with this look 🥶 and said I ain't ever been 95 on a snowmobile before. Lol good time's
Hopeing you do a trash can for these. Ive got a 93 750 and a 800 sks storms picked up this spring. Shame snows gone. I wanna BBBRRRRAAAAAAPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!
One of my best friends from highschool got deployed to Japan for the navy so he gave me his 95 XLT 600, just wondering what are some good pipes to look for for it? It just has the big stock muffler for it and I'd like it to be louder before snow hits in a few weeks
I had an 809 it was a 2000 and fast really fast but my friend the following year got a 2001 Thundercat 1000 and man he would spank me bad real bad both stock sleds
My dad has a 1200 cc htg storm from 1994 and u can hear it over a mile away and i have 2000 xcr 800 with htg shim, bore and pipes slp intake and mbrp can that makes 201 hp and my dads make around 350 hp that goes up to 190 mph
Been couple years but hope you got a good ride in. Can use a needle grease gun and give a shot of grease to secondary and chaincase shaft bearings, you'll be glad you did. Always check compression wide open. If you have under 110 it's tired, under 100 and it might not even start when it gets warm.
I wish I still lived where it snows I hate Florida it’s hot year-round it sucks I wish I could afford to live in New Hampshire still I’d buy a vintage Polaris snowmobile like I always wanted when I was a kid I used to ride my parents both had Polaris Indy 400s and I would ride them when I was like 12-13 years old I would take them on the lake and open them up They both maxed out at around 105 mph with a probably 70 pound kid on it I was crazy when I was it 12-13-year-old kid had no fear
The Indy storm was my favorite possibly the most powerful sled that Polaris made in the late 90s but I don’t think it was ever anywhere near as fast as the ski Doo Mach z or the arctic cat Thundercat unfortunately
out of its own cylinder and they wrap around each other and go into a muffler or if you just take the muffler off and throw the pipes out the side of the snowmobile which is even cooler and makes it even faster there’s no way that goes 110 miles an hour I’m guessing at least 115 to 120 maybe 125 with performance heads Also the 89 and 90. In the 400s were like the entry model twin cylinder snowmobile’s not like the Indy 650 triple that was built to compete with the arctic cat wildcat and the ski-doo Mach 1from the late 80s early 90s which were all around 650 cubic inch triples All three of those sleds went over 110 mph bone stock so 94-95 Indy 800 storm Which was supposed to be the fastest snowmobile Polaris ever made for a long time is probably 115 miles an hour or so bone stock with the three until one pipe
The 94 Polaris Indy storm might have done 110 bones stock but that thing is raising pipes on it the black one at least the 1989 Polaris Indy 500 goes 105 miles an hour with stock pipes the two and the one with the muffler on it so if those have racing pipes on them where each pipe comes out of its own cylinder and they wrap around each other and go into a muffler or if you just take the muffler off and throw the pipes out the side of the snowmobile which is even cooler and makes it even faster there’s no way that goes 110 miles an hour I’m guessing at least 115 to 120 maybe 125 with performance heads Also the 89 and 90. In the 400s were like the entry model twin cylinder snowmobile’s not like the Indy 650 triple that was built to compete with the arctic cat wildcat and the ski-doo Mach 1from the late 80s early 90s which were all around 650 cubic inch triples All three of those sleds went over 110 mph bone stock so 94-95 Indy 800 storm Which was supposed to be the fastest snowmobile Polaris ever made for a long time is probably 115 miles an hour or so bone stock with the three into one pipe
Your not even close on lots of what you just said, ski-doo Mach 1’s were 617 and 670 twins in the 90’s, polaris 500’s don’t go 105 and cat had the zrt’s and t cats which were faster than the storm as much as I like Polaris. A 750 storm sat between 130-135 on a dyno and the 800’s got low to mid 140’s. 1994 and 1995’s like to knife edge the exahust side of the pistons on a long wide open run. Ski doos triple was the Mach z 780 in the early-mid 90’s which turned into an 800 later and the late 90’s Mach 1 was a 700 triple but this was about the time the storm went away and the 800xcr Came out which is much faster at around 155-160 hp on the dyno
@@christopherlehman4045 I’ve gone 105 on my moms stock 90 Indy 400 with my dad on it with me when I was like 10 so you have no clue what you’re talking about and there was no Thundercat or ZRT in the days of the 95 Storm and Indy 650 triples in 1995 the fastest snowmobile in the world was the Indy Storm
@@christopherlehman4045 also who comments on a comment that’s over a year old first of all second of all they didn’t have dinos when the snowmobile’s came out third. The snowmobile‘s are not as powerful as they used to be when they were stock when they first came out they’re like 20 years old 30 years old.
Those aren’t stock pipes those are racing pipes the stock pipes had one pipe that went into a triple manifold where is that has three pipes one for each cylinder
I always loved the sound of a triple ripping across the lake and i agree with not riding when it is that cold we are to old for that we would seize up in about 10 min great video guys thanks be safe.
I have a thundercat 900 triple. Love the sound of a 2 stroke triple.
The Thunder Cats of a sound of there own for sure. Even diehard Polaris guys love the sound of a Thunder Cat tripple ripping down through the woods on a cold and still morning.
I got the 1000 thundercat with a 1107 big bore
Yeah although where im from there aren't many parts for thundercats cuz everybody used em for racing ..
Great finds! These are the sleds that were around in my 20’s so I remember the triple/triple wars fondly.
I’ll be picking something up in the spring as a base for an RXL conversion I want to do.
Love the channel.
Yes I was also in my twenties and would have loved to own a new one. I could only afford an XLT. XLT was still a very fun sled. We went on to racing one cross country and dominated the 580 class. Great driver and mechanics kept us in first almost every race.
They still made steel cylinders in 95, but the steel cylinders were stock. the nikasil cylinders were offered as a kit from Polaris. the nikasil cylinders cannot be bored, but they make the engines much more dependable.
Us old guys are in our 20s when we get on the ol school good stuff (do the 110) breath in that young air buddy,looks like a fun find guys
Awesome big muscle from the day.im a cat guy and had many zrt 600 and 800 sleds.alot of buddys had cats,polaris and doos from the era,we all had a good time and competed our big muscle 3 bangers.they all ran good,wed always change up/add to beat the other guy haha.even being a cat guy ive always wanted a storm and an rxl.but was never let down with big muscle cats.
Best sounding sleds ever
You bet they are
The black one has SLP Ultra Lite skis. I had a set of those on my 1990 Indy and miss them. They were great skis. I've never synced 3 carbs, and that's probably the biggest reason why I've always shied away from the Polaris triples.
I got a rxl and that thing is fricken awesome!! The sound that makes it crazy! And it’s super fast
I had a 91 RXL and my buddy still has one. We put 300 miles on our triples just last weekend.
todd clyne yeah there a heck of a sled
I had my 1996 storm up to 120 miles an hr. With a little throttle left.
I had a 1995 storm 800 like that blk one!
Put xtra 10 inch suspention,
Brand new track and studs
Did custom seat and handle bar cover. Brand new paint decal kit
Dg can new Kimpex plastic skis
Pink belly pan protector.
Cobra windshild.
Was such a nice sled loved it
Sounds like you put some love into it!
todd clyne ya man I frigging loved it!!
I got a sticker made up for the wind shield said
Storm warning , still in effect!
I loved the sled man !
Congrats on your buy!
@@Hadsatriani love the sticker you had made!
todd clyne lol thanks man!!
Only storm I road was a PSI 1300 cc . Only ever was able to get to 134 mph in 1000 feet due to how freaking heavy that sled is. Things a absolute tank and with the stock motors where so slow. Polaris got their asses handed to them back in the day until the Ultra 680 came out. But I gotta say the polaris triples where the best sounding machines period.
nothing like the old 3x3's !! I bought a '00 T-cat two years ago with only 570 mile on it. Thanks to some screwed up winters the sled has 610 miles on it now, but its always has been garaged kept since new and it shows!! these could be like the old 775 Blizzards, 800 TX's or king cats of the '70's ..... Good luck on the Resto.......
Great score on the T-cat. I could only hope that some day they sell for King cat prices.
Nice sleds man!! I hade i 97 Xcr , what a great sled.
these are the sleds all you guys should have had when you used to come up to PR in the winters! Also, the only thing you didn't bounce off of was metal stakes :D
Ah yes for sure!! I remember your old man taking my modified XLT for a rip across Blue with some very fast smooth ice on the lake. He came back with this look 🥶 and said I ain't ever been 95 on a snowmobile before. Lol good time's
he's definitely a 'go at his own pace' kind of guy!
Hopeing you do a trash can for these. Ive got a 93 750 and a 800 sks storms picked up this spring. Shame snows gone. I wanna
BBBRRRRAAAAAAPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!
We'll see
Sweet you guys nothing like 800 triples
Was wondering if I could get some information on that Idaho picker you were talking about ?
Bruce Davidson hes on facebook messenger
Lol I live next to Bruce. He keeps my loner sleds alive. Great guy and great prices.
Yes he is
Been having a hell of a time trying to find an 800 triple to drop in my 96 XLT RMK theres not many left around here
They seem to be really and I mean really popular. Not sure if I had something to do with it or not 😅
I always wanted a late 90s Polaris triple with racing pipes racing heads or even stock so I could build it to drag race on frozen lakes
I would ride them sled maybe one or two and would restore them especially black sled , where I'm from Polaris Storm very hard to find
Trenton pick the right slide that white one is a much nicer sled smart boy
Awesome snowmobiles where did u get ur jacks I like them
Thanks. On the jacks I find them at the local swap meets from 30 too 100 dollars. There a back saver.
Get em running and lets go riding..
They are and we have put a couple hundred miles on um already
Old school are the best I 2000 600cc twin xc 1991 to 2000 are the real ones .
I agree!!
Nice I have a 99 Mach z 800 mike houle edition
Where did you get the track at for the white one?
Came with it
That's right...make the purple toad prove it's self. The XCR is so much nicer in every aspect.
Is there an XCR in this video?
I have a 1989 polaris indy trail 488 with 33000 kilometers
Still runs like new and the 2nd clutch is stuck on
@@gerritvoogt71 Polaris just keeps going and going.
One of my best friends from highschool got deployed to Japan for the navy so he gave me his 95 XLT 600, just wondering what are some good pipes to look for for it? It just has the big stock muffler for it and I'd like it to be louder before snow hits in a few weeks
Jake 4.7 slp cheap decent power upgrade make sure to atleast rejet idk about clutching
@@jordanseger what jets should I get?
@@jordanseger i ended up buying an old set of AAEN pipes, dont know what jets i need tho
I’m not sure offhand but you can call or email them and they will let you know any info you need even clutching
Thunder Cat 1000!!
Mach z 809 skidoo triple was the fastest muscle slef
Sled
I think a t cat would have something to say about that
I had an 809 it was a 2000 and fast really fast but my friend the following year got a 2001 Thundercat 1000 and man he would spank me bad real bad both stock sleds
I know the 1993 750 storm has steal cylinders , ido believe 94 and newer 800s had nickesil cylinders
94-95 800's had iron sleeves...96+ were nikasil...per Wiseco.
My dad has a 1200 cc htg storm from 1994 and u can hear it over a mile away and i have 2000 xcr 800 with htg shim, bore and pipes slp intake and mbrp can that makes 201 hp and my dads make around 350 hp that goes up to 190 mph
That's pretty fast
A 1200 htg barely will make 220 hp lol
Shit is deep in this one lol
Nice video I enjoyed it!! I followed your link from vintagesleds.com
Ha a articart zrt 800 runs 120 on 2 cylinders cause one was micfiring
Oh come on now even you know that won't happen. Thanks for watching
@@toddclyne3493 yo I ran a articart zrt and got that out if it on 2 cylinders
No you didn’t, I had a Benoit built 01 Mach z made 175 hp and that was clutched and piped and barely touched 120
@@1000machz wow that sled must suck then
@@1000machz cause my dad's 680 goes 115
I could use the hood off that 95...
2000 rmk 800 is faster but I love the storms
Ridemoore Gamemoore and rmk might accelerate faster but not on top end. The drives different
780 triple Mach z was the fastest
Oh come on now. 😂
Def not the fastest lead sleds
Loud does not always mean fast.
Until i see it run, it's nothing but a slow lead sled 👎
Been couple years but hope you got a good ride in. Can use a needle grease gun and give a shot of grease to secondary and chaincase shaft bearings, you'll be glad you did. Always check compression wide open. If you have under 110 it's tired, under 100 and it might not even start when it gets warm.
Great advice
I wish I still lived where it snows I hate Florida it’s hot year-round it sucks I wish I could afford to live in New Hampshire still I’d buy a vintage Polaris snowmobile like I always wanted when I was a kid I used to ride my parents both had Polaris Indy 400s and I would ride them when I was like 12-13 years old I would take them on the lake and open them up They both maxed out at around 105 mph with a probably 70 pound kid on it I was crazy when I was it 12-13-year-old kid had no fear
The Indy storm was my favorite possibly the most powerful sled that Polaris made in the late 90s but I don’t think it was ever anywhere near as fast as the ski Doo Mach z or the arctic cat Thundercat unfortunately
out of its own cylinder and they wrap around each other and go into a muffler or if you just take the muffler off and throw the pipes out the side of the snowmobile which is even cooler and makes it even faster there’s no way that goes 110 miles an hour I’m guessing at least 115 to 120 maybe 125 with performance heads Also the 89 and 90. In the 400s were like the entry model twin cylinder snowmobile’s not like the Indy 650 triple that was built to compete with the arctic cat wildcat and the ski-doo Mach 1from the late 80s early 90s which were all around 650 cubic inch triples All three of those sleds went over 110 mph bone stock so 94-95 Indy 800 storm Which was supposed to be the fastest snowmobile Polaris ever made for a long time is probably 115 miles an hour or so bone stock with the three until one pipe
The 94 Polaris Indy storm might have done 110 bones stock but that thing is raising pipes on it the black one at least the 1989 Polaris Indy 500 goes 105 miles an hour with stock pipes the two and the one with the muffler on it so if those have racing pipes on them where each pipe comes out of its own cylinder and they wrap around each other and go into a muffler or if you just take the muffler off and throw the pipes out the side of the snowmobile which is even cooler and makes it even faster there’s no way that goes 110 miles an hour I’m guessing at least 115 to 120 maybe 125 with performance heads Also the 89 and 90. In the 400s were like the entry model twin cylinder snowmobile’s not like the Indy 650 triple that was built to compete with the arctic cat wildcat and the ski-doo Mach 1from the late 80s early 90s which were all around 650 cubic inch triples All three of those sleds went over 110 mph bone stock so 94-95 Indy 800 storm Which was supposed to be the fastest snowmobile Polaris ever made for a long time is probably 115 miles an hour or so bone stock with the three into one pipe
Your not even close on lots of what you just said, ski-doo Mach 1’s were 617 and 670 twins in the 90’s, polaris 500’s don’t go 105 and cat had the zrt’s and t cats which were faster than the storm as much as I like Polaris. A 750 storm sat between 130-135 on a dyno and the 800’s got low to mid 140’s. 1994 and 1995’s like to knife edge the exahust side of the pistons on a long wide open run. Ski doos triple was the Mach z 780 in the early-mid 90’s which turned into an 800 later and the late 90’s Mach 1 was a 700 triple but this was about the time the storm went away and the 800xcr
Came out which is much faster at around 155-160 hp on the dyno
@@christopherlehman4045 I’ve gone 105 on my moms stock 90 Indy 400 with my dad on it with me when I was like 10 so you have no clue what you’re talking about and there was no Thundercat or ZRT in the days of the 95 Storm and Indy 650 triples in 1995 the fastest snowmobile in the world was the Indy Storm
@@christopherlehman4045 also who comments on a comment that’s over a year old first of all second of all they didn’t have dinos when the snowmobile’s came out third. The snowmobile‘s are not as powerful as they used to be when they were stock when they first came out they’re like 20 years old 30 years old.
Those aren’t stock pipes those are racing pipes the stock pipes had one pipe that went into a triple manifold where is that has three pipes one for each cylinder