2004 – February – Vol. 14, No. 5

This issue of Snow Goer captures a point in snowmobiling history where the sport was in a transition. The main sled evaluation story featured an interesting interview of high-mile “solo-touring” and 2-Up touring sleds for 2004. Single-passenger sleds reviewed include the Sabercat 700 LX and Sabercat 500 LX from Arctic Cat; 800 Classic and Frontier Classic from Polaris; GSX 600 and Legend 550 from Ski-Doo; and SXViper and SXVenom from Yamaha. Two-passenger sleds briefly covered include Cat’s Panther 570, Polaris’ 340 Touring, Ski-Doo’s Legend GT 800, and Yamaha’s Venture 700. Also, this issue includes SX Illustrated, previewing the then-upcoming 2003-04 snocross race season with stories on Dennis Durmas’ testing regimen, Noel Kohanski’s injuries and a Q&A with top racers. A Timeline article on the Moto-Ski F series sleds, a Tech Professor column on fuel economy, a boot buyers guide and more are packed into this issue.