Thread: Hello any one out there with a Polaris

you would think parts should be harder to get because of the lack of dealership, network & knowledge , but I haven't heard of any real issue's
think some dealers charge what they like for OEM parts on some of there later models...but they do the same for the other manufacturers
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after livin in a remote location for years,,with lack of dealerships ,,, i buy most of my performance bits direct from the states anyways

Slightly more than a month after Polaris' marine division displayed several new 2005 personal watercraft and sport boats at the company's 50th anniversary celebration in St. Paul, Minnesota, it was announced that Polaris was exiting the marine industry.
Effective Sept. 2, 2004, Polaris CEO Tom Tiller said Polaris would no longer manufacture personal watercraft or boats.
"This was a decision that the senior management and our board of directors spent many months contemplating, and it's been a difficult decision," Tiller said.

Polaris Ind has stopped making personal watercraft -- effective immediately -- the company announced in a news release Thursday.
Tom Tiller, CEO of the Medina-based maker of snowmobiles, Victory motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles, said in a statement the decision was based on a number of factors, including declining sales of watercraft over the last few years and the fact that the division had never been profitable.

The marine products division showed a pretax loss of $13 million in 2003, Tiller said. He also noted that the market is now about half the size of the market at its peak in 1996, while less than 25 percent of Polaris dealers in North America carry marine products.
"The decision will ultimately strengthen Polaris' position in the powersport industry," Tiller said, adding that the company will focus its research and development efforts and money on its product lines with "greater growth potential."
Polaris expects to lay off about 20 employees as a result of its decision.
Polaris said it will help dealers liquidate its watercraft inventory and will continue to provide parts and warranties for its products.
The company expects its decision will result in a loss of about $36 million ($24 million after tax), or 53 cents per diluted share in the third quarter of 2004.
Shares of Polaris (NYSE:PII) closed up $2.53, or 5.2 percent, at $51 in very active trading Thursday.

I fail 2 see how all this will strengthen 'Polaris' position in the motorsport industry....like Mr Tiller reckons.

Usually if a company is going backwards financially they either shut down or get bought out.

Originally Posted by Beetle

May be its me but I seem to see polarisis everywhere, last weekend I was out at safety bay and there was a family out there with a late model looking 3 seater and then on the way home near the BP Servo on Safety Bay Road there was a polaris on the verge for sale and one driving past at that intersection.

Whats the deal with polaris, are they no longer makeing them, are parts hard to get.

A lot of it comes down to $$. It's like those cheap chinese built dirt & quad bikes that have flooded the market. They're everywhere. Y so popular? $$$$$$$ cheap. But how many have bought them based on price then realised they're not so good? Have a look in the quokka. They take up 2-3 columns. Polaris not so much on the same scale & applies more to their bikes than their skis but u get the point.

Originally Posted by Dlinkwint

If u love your polaris so much why you selling it on ebay.

One could b forgiven for thinking that if he knows so much about ski's he'd know how an F-12X goes for & how much bargaining power he'd have.....as seen on ozpwc.

Soooooooooooo.......True...............