Comments on: Polaris Delivers ATV with Multi Fuel Patriot Engine

By: gui

gui — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:12:37 +0000

i think these four whellers are a magnificante pice of enginearing…im a farm kid nd boy wed kill to have one of these..in a pinch we could put e-85 in or if we needed it diesel. i think the flexability of the fuels..is what really astonded me.

By: seattle

seattle — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 16:46:25 +0000

Yep… lawnmowers, tillers, trimmers, snowblowers, generators, water pumps, outboard motors, watercraft, ATVs, motorcycles, and Honda automobiles. Sounds weird to have lawnmowers mixed in with the motorcycles and cars but the way bikes are sold at dealerships now – displaying them alongside competitor’s bikes – isn’t a very good marketing or sales strategy. I heard they will start consolidating the Canadian dealerships first and then the USA dealerships starting in 2009.

By: todd

todd — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:12:06 +0000

and lawnmowers?

-todd

By: seattle

seattle — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:30:57 +0000

Hope they make money off the military contract. Me, hoping Polaris builds a motorcycle with the 800EFI engine and PVT transmission from their ATV line. Preferably, with a short wheelbase and low seat height. On a side note, it’s odd that Polaris separates the Victory dealers from the ATV/snowmobile dealers considering the fact that Honda is reportedly going the opposite direction and building Honda Super-1Stores with cars, motorcycles, ATVs, and everything else in one giant building.

By: Conor

Conor — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 12:35:07 +0000

The John Deere M-Gator (military spec) runs on the same type of engine, designed for JP8, but’ll run on anything. Of course, the top speed of the M-Gator is about 18 miles an hour, though I don’t know how much of that is the engine. Hopefully the new Polaris versions have little more juice.