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Can-Am enduro rider Skip Olson finished second to Dick Burleson in the 1976 AMA Enduro national championship. [10] Can-Am's motorcycle racing success enhanced the brand's image and they gained a reputation for their high horsepower outputs. [4] [11] In 1983, Can-Am released a 250 cc road racing motorcycle.
The Can-Am Maverick 1000R was designed to be a pure sport side-by-side and would compete against the Polaris RZR XP 1000 and the Arctic Cat Wildcat 1000 H.O. The Can-Am Maverick featured the highest horsepower from a manufacturer at the time of 101 horsepower with its 976cc Rotax V-Twin engine.
In 1991, after 18 months of development, a Shelby Can-Am series was created using a production line of Sports bodied cars designed by Carroll Shelby powered by a 3.3 litre Dodge V6. The series ran for five years before it was dropped by the SCCA. A large number of cars were relocated to South Africa and ran from 2000 onwards.
In 1983, Bombardier licensed the brand and outsourced development and production of the Can-Am motorcycles to Armstrong-CCM Motorcycles of Lancashire, England. 1987 was the last model year for Can-Am. In 2007 Bombardier renamed their all-terrain vehicle line of products Can-Am.
The Can-Am Spyder ("Spyder") is a three-wheeled motorcycle manufactured by Can-Am motorcycles, a division of Bombardier Recreational Products. The vehicle has a single rear drive wheel and two wheels in front for steering, similar in layout to a modern snowmobile. The Spyder uses an ATV-like chassis. The manufacturer refers to it as a "roadster ...
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Between 1983 and 1985, over 4,000 CCM motorcycles were licensed to export bikes to North America badged as Can-Am motorcycles. [ 4 ] In 1984, the firm secured a contract to produce the Rotax-engined Armstrong MT500 bikes for the British Army , [ 5 ] and through overseas sales won a Queen's Export Award.
The car was restored to the original Shelby Can-Am specifications and shipped off to South Africa. The 1997 Oldsmobile Aurora V8-powered prototype. In 1997, Shelby finished an Oldsmobile-powered prototype meant to continue the Can-Am series, but it remained a one-off. It had the new four-cam Aurora V8 engine, tuned to about 500 hp (370 kW). [7]