 Bombardier BR180 snowcat pulling snowmobile trail groomer attachment Bombardier Recreational Products or BRP is a Canadian company, that traces its roots back to the year 1942 when Joseph-Armand Bombardier founded L'Auto-Neige Bombardier Limitée in Valcourt in the Eastern Townships, Quebec. In 2003, the company that Joseph-Armand Bombardier founded (Known as Bombardier Inc,) was forced to sell it's Recreationnal Products Division to a group of Investors: Image File history File links BR180. ...
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Joseph-Armand lebeau Bombardier (April 16, 1907 - February 18, 1964) was a Canadian inventor and businessman, and was the founder of Bombardier. ...
The Eastern Townships (in French les Cantons de lest) is a region in south central Quebec, lying between the Saint Lawrence River and the US border. ...
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Joseph-Armand lebeau Bombardier (April 16, 1907 - February 18, 1964) was a Canadian inventor and businessman, and was the founder of Bombardier. ...
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The newly formed company was named BRP and it included all the activities started 60 years eralier by its founder.As of March 31, 2005 it had 6,200 employees working in 80 countries, including Canada, Austria and Finland, in addition to the United States, it's revenues in 2007 are above 2,5 billion $ US.
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Invention of the Snowmobile
Prior to the start of the company's development of track vehicles, Armand Bombardier experimented with propeller driven snow vehicles. His work with snowplane designs can be traced to before 1920. He quickly abandoned his efforts to develop a snowplane and turned his inventive skills to tracked vehicles. From the start the company made truck-sized half-track vehicles, with skis in the front and Caterpillar tracks in the rear, designed for the worst winter conditions of the flatland Canadian countryside. After producing half-tracks in World War II for the Canadian Army the company experimented with new forms of track systems and developed an all-tracked heavy duty vehicle designed for logging and mining operations in extreme wilderness conditions, such as heavy snow or semi-liquid muskeg. They produced it under the name Muskeg tractor. M3 Half-track A half-track is a civilian or military vehicle with regular wheels on the front for steering, and caterpillar tracks on the back to propel the vehicle and carry most of the load. ...
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Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
The Canadian Army as such only existed under that name from November 1940 to February 1968. ...
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Muskeg is a soil type (also a peatland or wetland type called a bog) common in arctic and boreal areas. ...
 J5 Tractor & Trailer, capable of snow or muskeg use Each track is composed of 2 or more rubber belts that are joined into a loop. The loops are held together with interior wheel guides and exterior cleats, commonly called grousers. The tracks are driven by a large drive sprocket that engages the grousers in sequence and causes the track to rotate. 2 belt tracks were common on early model Bombardiers as well as for muskeg machines. For deep snow use, wider tracks, employing addition belts, are used for added flotation over the snow. Muskeg is a soil type (also a peatland or wetland type called a bog) common in arctic and boreal areas. ...
The research for the track base made it possible to produce a relatively small continuous rubber track for the light one or two person snowmobile the founder of the company had dreamed about during his teen years. This led to the invention of snowmobiles as we know them. A snowmobile tour at Yellowstone National Park. ...
 Interior of a 1951 wood bodied B12 The company created the market, and held its own after it was invaded by worldwide competitors in the late 1960s. From the 1940s through the early 1970s Bombardier built the most successful snowcat models ever produced by any snowcat manufacturer. The B12 seated 12 people, and the C18 seated 18. Both were similar in design with long tracks in the rear and skis used to steer the vehicle. The B12 and C18 were very fast for their day, with speeds over the snow exceeding 30 miles per hour. Most historic and most modern snowcats have a top speed of barely 20mph. The Bombardier B12 and C18 were probably the precursors to the more modern Snow coach currently used by resorts for transporting tourists. In their day, the B12 and C18 vehicles were used as school buses, for mail delivery and as emergency vehicles in northern United States and Canada and were best suited to flat land conditions, frozen roadways or frozen lakes. While more than 3000 of the Bombardier B12/C18 variants were produced, there was plenty of competition for Bombardier to contend with in both the North American and world markets. Most of the Bombardier production stayed in North American and it was the most popular series of snowcats ever produced, but it was clearly a niche product. Image File history File links 1951b12interior. ...
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Pisten Bully 300 Polar snowcat moving snow A snowcat, is an enclosed-cab, truck sized, fully tracked vehicle designed to move on snow. ...
Pisten Bully 300 Polar snowcat moving snow A snowcat, is an enclosed-cab, truck sized, fully tracked vehicle designed to move on snow. ...
Pisten Bully 300 Polar snowcat moving snow A snowcat, is an enclosed-cab, truck sized, fully tracked vehicle designed to move on snow. ...
A Snow Coach is a specialized passenger transport vehicle, designed to operate over snow or ice. ...
Pisten Bully 300 Polar snowcat moving snow A snowcat, is an enclosed-cab, truck sized, fully tracked vehicle designed to move on snow. ...
 Exterior of a 1970 steel bodied B12 The front ski design was incapable of being used in deep snow and rough ground conditions and this opened the door for the development of dual track and quad track snowcats. Unfortunately the front ski design was not easily adapted to change for other ground conditions, so while it was successful on flat lands, frozen lakes and snow covered roads, it could not compete on rough off road conditions. The combination of the lack of design flexibility, incompatibility with off road conditions, and the advent of modern snowplowing practices of public roadways beginning in the 1950s, and becoming common in remote areas by the 1960s probably led to the demise of the B12/C18 design. Pisten Bully 300 Polar snowcat moving snow A snowcat, is an enclosed-cab, truck sized, fully tracked vehicle designed to move on snow. ...
Notable competitors included the Aktiv Snow Trac ST4 from Sweden, Thiokol, and Tucker Sno-Cat from the USA. The Snow Trac was produced, virtually unchanged until 1981 but it was very successful with over 2000 units sold and it was used all over the globe for exploration and commercial purposes as well as the 1972 Winter Olympic games in Soporro, Japan. Tucker Sno-Cat grew to become one of the world's largest builders of these vehicles and currently produces a wide range of large commercial and exploration vehicles from its location in Medford, Oregon, USA. Thiokol produced many popular units, notably the Imp, Super Imp and Spryte models but changed ownership and name several times before going out of business in 2000 as the Logan Machine Company and manufacturer of the LMC brand. The Snow Trac is a small personal Snowcat that is roughly the size of a modern compact car. ...
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A Sno-cat at Rothera The Tucker Sno-Cat is a tracked vehicle or a family of tracked vehicles for snow conditions. ...
The Snow Trac is a small personal Snowcat that is roughly the size of a modern compact car. ...
A Sno-cat at Rothera The Tucker Sno-Cat is a tracked vehicle or a family of tracked vehicles for snow conditions. ...
Motto: The Center of the Rogue Valley Location in Oregon Coordinates: , Country State County Jackson County Incorporated February 24, 1885 Government - Mayor Gary Wheeler Area - City 21. ...
A Trident C-4 FBM launches and fires its Thiokol solid rocket first stage Thiokol (variously Thiokol Chemical Company, Morton-Thiokol Inc. ...
LMC is both the tradename (brand name) and an abbreviation for Logan Machine Company - a US manufacturer of snowcats that ceased operation in 2000. ...
Invention of the small snowmobile Armand dreamed of developing a fast, lightweight snowmobile that could carry one or two people. In the early 1950s, Armand set aside his dream to focus on developing his company's other tracked vehicles. But by the end of the decade, smaller, more efficient engines had been developed and were starting to come on the market. Armand resumed his efforts to build a "miniature" snowmobile. He worked alongside his eldest son Germain, who shared his father's mechanical talents. Armand and Germain developed several prototypes of the lightweight snowmobile and finally, the first Bombardier snowmobile went on sale in 1959. For other uses, see Bombardier (disambiguation). ...
A snowmobile tour at Yellowstone National Park. ...
 Jumping with a Ski-Doo XRS 800 The Ski-Doo was originally intended to be named the "Ski-Dog" because Bombardier meant it to be a practical vehicle to replace the dogsled for hunters and trappers. By an accident, a painter misinterpreted the name and painted "Ski-Doo" on the first prototype.[citation needed] The public soon discovered that speedy vehicles that can zoom over snow were a lot of fun. Suddenly a new winter sport was born, centered in Quebec. In the first year, Bombardier sold 225 Ski-Doos; four years later, 8,210 were sold. But Armand was reluctant to focus too much on the Ski-Doo and move resources away from his all-terrain vehicles. He vividly remembered his earlier business setbacks that forced him to diversify. Armand slowed down promotion of the Ski-Doo line to prevent it from dominating the other company products but still dominate the entire snowmobile industry. The snowmobiles produced were of exceptional quality and performance, earning a better reputation than the rival Polaris and Arctic Cat brands of motosleds. In 1971 Bombardier completed the purchase of the Moto-Ski company to expand the Ski-Doo line and eliminate a competitor from the marketplace. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ...
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A snowmobile tour at Yellowstone National Park. ...
A snowmobile tour at Yellowstone National Park. ...
For other uses, see Bombardier (disambiguation). ...
Moto-Ski was a snowmobile company that went out of buisness in the mid-1980s. ...
Motorcycles and ATVs During the 1970s, Bombardier built the Can-Am brand of off-road competition motorcycles designed for motocross and enduro with Rotax engines displacing 125, 175, 248 and 366 500 and 800cc. The bikes competed successfully in professional racing with Gary Jones winning the 1974 U.S. 250cc AMA national motocross championship. In 1983, Bombardier licensed the brand and outsourced development and production of the Can-Am motorcycles to Armstrong / CCM of Lancashire, England. 1987 was the last model year for Can-Am. Can-Am was a motorcycle producing subsidiary of the Canadian Bombardier Corporation. ...
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Off-roading. ...
// Classic Road Racing Road Racing on (temporary closed) public roads Motorcycle sport is a broad field that encompasses all sporting aspects of motorcycling. ...
A motorcycle (or motorbike) is a two-wheeled vehicle powered by an engine. ...
Motocross often takes place in wet weather, leading to muddy scenes such as this and hence the term Scrambling. Photo from New Zealand. ...
Stefan Merriman, 2004 World Enduro Champion on a Yamaha Some events have a mass le mans start, typically Hare and Hounds type events Enduro is a form of motorcycle sport run on courses that are predominantly off-road. ...
Rotax is an Austrian engine manufacturer, founded in 1920 in Dresden, Germany. ...
A cubic centimetre (cm3) is an SI derived unit of volume, equal to the volume of a cube with side length of 1 centi metre. ...
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AMA Logo The American Motorcyclist Association is a U.S. organization of more than 280,000 motorcyclists that organizes numerous motorcycling activities and campaigns for motorcyclists legal rights. ...
Clews Competition Motorcycles or CCM for short, is a British motorcycle manufacturer based in Blackburn, England. ...
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In 2007 Bombardier renamed their all-terrain vehicle line of products to Can-Am. Can-Am builds the most powerful ATV in the world (Outlander 800 EFI), but it's not just power that these machines have, they also have class leading suspension and four wheel drive. Can-Am ATV's are covered with a competition leading warranty of 3 years, which is up to 6 times what competors offer. The ATV is commonly called a quad (quad-bike) in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. ...
Invention of the 3 wheels roadster In 2007, BRP announced the launch of a new 3 wheel roadster called the Spyder, which will be released in Q4 2007 under the Can-Am brand. This is the first vehicle from BRP to go on the road. BRP Can-Am Spyder roadster The Can-Am Spyder roadster is a brand new vehicule done by Bombardier Recreational Products that will be released in Q4 2007 or Q1 2008. ...
They are currently touring across the world to do trial run for future owners.
Diversification In the 1970s and 1980s the company diversified into railway and aeronautical products and became a multinational corporation known as Bombardier Inc. For other uses, see Bombardier (disambiguation). ...
Restructuring During restructuring operations in 2003 the original snowmobile and tracked utility vehicle division was spun off as a separate company, though majority ownership remained with the Bombardier family. Though the company is a major manufacturer of two stroke engines and four stroke motors for several industries it is better known for its consumer recreational products.
They now make Ski-Doo and Lynx brand snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, Sea-Doo personal watercraft, jet boats, and evinrude and johnson outboard motors (through the purchase of Outboard Marine Corporation) and two-stroke cycle engines for inshore motorboat racing. They also produce motorcycle motors, kart motors, and small airplane motors, through their Rotax division. Bombardier Inc. ...
Lynx is originally a Finnish brand of snowmobiles, currently owned by canadian Bombardier Recreational Products. ...
A snowmobile tour at Yellowstone National Park. ...
The ATV is commonly called a quad (quad-bike) in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. ...
Sea-Doo is a brand name for Bombardier Recreational Products popular line of personal water craft (PWC). ...
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Evinrude Outboard Motors is a maker of outboard boat motors, and was founded by Ole Evinrude. ...
Johnson Outboards is a maker of outboard boat motors. ...
Bolinders two cylinder Trim outboard engine. ...
The Outboard Marine Corporation was a maker of boat motors and maintenance supplies, they also owned several lines of boats such as cris craft. ...
The two-stroke cycle of an internal combustion engine differs from the more common four-stroke cycle by completing the same four processes (intake, compression, power, exhaust) in only two strokes of the piston rather than four. ...
Some forms of motorboat racing: Hydroplane racing Jet sprint boat racing Offshore powerboat racing Categories: Substubs | Motorboat racing ...
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A kart racer takes a turn on an indoor track Kart racing (as the word is so spelled by enthusiasts) or karting is a variant of open-wheeler motor sport with simple, small four-wheeled vehicles called karts, go-karts, or gearbox/shifter karts depending on the design. ...
Rotax is an Austrian engine manufacturer, founded in 1920 in Dresden, Germany. ...
In late August 2004 they sold the industrial vehicles division to the Camoplast company of Sherbrooke, Quebec. The industrial vehicles division made tracked utility vehicles such as snow grooming snowcats for skiing, sidewalk snow removal tractors and heavy duty tracked transporters, including the descendant of their original Muskeg tractor. “Sherbrooke†redirects here. ...
Pisten Bully 300 Polar snowcat moving snow A snowcat, is an enclosed-cab, truck sized, fully tracked vehicle designed to move on snow. ...
Cross-country skiing (skating style) in Einsiedeln, Switzerland. ...
Cross Border Sales Controversy In October of 2007, it was discovered that Bombardier had ordered, at least some, U.S. ATV dealerships to stop selling vehicles to Canadian customers. Bombardier also announced that the warranty on any craft purchased by a Canadian in the United States – even if the purchase was initially made by an American - would be void. Newspaper articles revealed that some models were being sold in Canada for as much as 40% above prices in the U.S.[1]
This angered U.S. border dealerships since Canadian dealerships were never ordered to stop selling to Americans when the Canadian dollar was lower. One American dealer noted, "They said it's to protect the Canadian dealers but when the Canadian dollar (was at 70 cents) and Americans were going north to make their purchases, nobody was protecting my interests."[citation needed]
Bombardier spokesman Pierre Pichette, vice-president of communications and public affairs, said the firm has always assigned geographic boundaries to its dealerships and financial penalties to enforce them. He also stated that the penalty was increased in the last two weeks to prevent American border dealers from buckling to pressure from Canadian customers.[citation needed]
2008 Models
Can-Am - Outlander™ 400 H.O. EFI
- Outlander™ 400 H.O. EFI XT
- Outlander™ MAX 400 H.O.
- Outlander™ MAX 400 H.O.XT
- Outlander™ 500 H.O. EFI
- Outlander™ 500 H.O. EFI XT
- Outlander™ MAX 500 H.O. EFI
- Outlander™ MAX 500 H.O. EFI XT
- Outlander™ 650 H.O. EFI
- Outlander™ 650 H.O. EFI XT
- Outlander™ MAX 650 H.O. EFI
- Outlander™ MAX 650 H.O. EFI XT
- Outlander™ 800 H.O. EFI
- Outlander™ 800 H.O. EFI XT
- Outlander™ MAX 800 H.O. EFI
- Outlander™ MAX 800 H.O. EFI XT
- Outlander™ MAX 800 H.O. EFI Ltd
- Renegade 800 EFI X
- Renegade 800 EFI
- Renegade 500 EFI
- Rally™ 200
- DS 70
- DS 90 4-Stroke™
- DS 90 X
- DS 250
- DS 450
- DS 450 X
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Lynx is originally a Finnish brand of snowmobiles, currently owned by canadian Bombardier Recreational Products. ...
LMC is both the tradename (brand name) and an abbreviation for Logan Machine Company - a US manufacturer of snowcats that ceased operation in 2000. ...
Moto-Ski was a snowmobile company that went out of buisness in the mid-1980s. ...
Sea-Doo is a brand name for Bombardier Recreational Products popular line of personal water craft (PWC). ...
The Snow Trac is a small personal Snowcat that is roughly the size of a modern compact car. ...
A Sno-cat at Rothera The Tucker Sno-Cat is a tracked vehicle or a family of tracked vehicles for snow conditions. ...
A Snow Coach is a specialized passenger transport vehicle, designed to operate over snow or ice. ...
Snow groomer with standard equipment for ski slopes. ...
A snowmobile tour at Yellowstone National Park. ...
A Trident C-4 FBM launches and fires its Thiokol solid rocket first stage Thiokol (variously Thiokol Chemical Company, Morton-Thiokol Inc. ...
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References - ^ Don't sell to Canadians, U.S. Bombardier dealer told
External links - Northern Tracks Bombardier Collectors Website
- Bombardier Recreational Products - official website
- Can-Am Spyder - official website
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