It was at the top of its class during that era with its front and rear fully independent suspension, shaft drive, single lever brakes, 4 cycle Suzuki engine and the 5 speed transmission with auto-clutch and high/low range. This sled stays in our family, we have had this to the Rockies, Michigan and everywhere in between.This version of the 300 2×4 was produced from 1998 through 2003. The performance of the 600 and 700 engines is already legendary just a few short years after their introduction. The chassis is patterned from the box-aluminum design pioneered by the Firecat, but widened to accept a 15 inch wide track like the M Series. It was the first true cross over sled from Arctic that delivered superb trail riding manners, and, great deep snow ability as well. Aside from its low vin number, the 2006 Crossfire is a noteworthy snowmobile. I have not yet confirmed if this is the very first snowmobile produced for the 2006 model year, or, the very first Crossfire produced for the 2006 model year, or both. This is a clean original survivor that spent a number of years running the Hillcross circuit around Minnesota.This snowmobile is another example of a first-off-the-assembly-line unit. No 440 Sno Pros were mass-produced for the 2007 model year.
The Speedwerx Modified Sno Pros prior to 2007, and also following 2007, were sent out with stock engines to which the Mod kit had to be added. These were the only model year Sno Pros released with the engines already configured as the Speedwerx 600 Mod package with dual exhaust, etc.
A full article of this very sled and the Supertrax team I-500 race effort can be read at is the most rare of the modern-era competition-only Arctic Cat snowmobiles, it is said that only 50 of these were produced. This particular sled was raced by the team from Supertrax magazine and finished the entire race despite taking a dramatic first day crash at high speeds.Ī full story of this event can be read in the fall 2008 issue of Arctic Cat Pride magazine. Arctic Cat installed upgraded shocks, skid plates, tether switches, race graphics, taller windshields and a few other things to these otherwise stock F5s to ready them for 500 miles of competition in below-zero conditions. This effort has indeed brought more participation to cross country racing and it can even be said that these 7 sleds had some influence on the development of the very radical 2010 Sno Pro 500 model. These sleds were prepped and provided by Arctic Cat Inc to 7 different media organizations to bring a renewed interest in the sports purest form of racing, cross country.
Arctic Cat Serial Number LookupĪntique - Vintage.This sled is one of seven 2008 F5s that competed in a special media class during the running of the 2008 United States Cross Country I-500 snowmobile race. HOW DO I FIND OUT IF THERE ARE OUTSTANDING SAFETY BULLETINS TO BE PERFORMED ON MY ARCTIC CAT PRODUCT?Any authorized Arctic Cat® dealer can check your serial number (VIN) for outstanding Safety Bulletins.