Listen to that Rotax 440 crackle...love it! My family owned a dealership back then and buyers would complain that the 9500 wasn't fast enough. Bombardier directed us to double up the base gaskets and plane the head to change port timing / compression a bit and then they flew.
That is a beautiful sled! I would never sell that. I'm going to be restoring my dad's old 79' 9500 but it definitely won't be as perfect as this. These are really cool sleds not to mention fast! Gotta love the sound of those factory twin pipes too.
i remember in 1981 or 82 they were giving these and the 7500 and the motoski versions away in crates for 1500.00 bucks for the 7500 and 1800.00 for the 9500 1979 and 1980s models my friends older brother bought the 9500 at the time my friend had a 1974 400 FA so he was not going to let big brother beat him so he went back and got the motoski with the same exact setup after they updated them with new head gaskets and jetting and something else time to ride i had a 1972 440 tnt that belong to his brother so i rode that and barely saw them just a speck going by one black and one orange and black
I had a 1979 9500+ Air box had a force fed cold air tube. Not that big screen thing sucking from behind wind screen. Mine ran 95 mph at 9500 funny how that worked out..
Had a Motoski Ultrasonic the brother to the 9700. People bitched because the track wasn't cleated but it's pretty obvious why it wasn't from the factory.
The first 9500+ from 1979 was a faster snowmobile than the 1980, not the same specs....They were easy to modify also....The rotary valve needed to have the same setting has the 79 7500+ same for the clutch, brown spring and the A3 arms and cam...The blizzard would run faster and smoother with these specs......
That's because the srx would hook up better. It had a aluminum bellypan. The ski doo would spin the track forever, and had a metal bellypan. Weight distribution was terrible.
@@GearheadRob319they should have put aluminum bellies on the blizzards, fuckin things would be untouchable. The skis wouldn't dig in near as much, allowing that 80+ hp motor to deliver all its power into pure acceleration and speed! Musta kept it steel to keep the front end on the ground 🤣
One of the most beautful sleds Ski Doo ever built.
My father bought that exact sled in 1980, And 3 years later a Black 9700 Blizzard. WE still have them both today :)
Listen to that Rotax 440 crackle...love it! My family owned a dealership back then and buyers would complain that the 9500 wasn't fast enough. Bombardier directed us to double up the base gaskets and plane the head to change port timing / compression a bit and then they flew.
I remember hearing sleds go by my house when I was a kid, I wanted one so bad.
That is a beautiful sled! I would never sell that. I'm going to be restoring my dad's old 79' 9500 but it definitely won't be as perfect as this. These are really cool sleds not to mention fast! Gotta love the sound of those factory twin pipes too.
Man they don't make em like that anymore. What a beauty
Super nice.
But the fastest sled in 1980 would be a toss up between the Cat 6000 and the Centurion.
I have the 79 5500 with only 650 miles on it ..
Fun vintage rider 👍
i remember in 1981 or 82 they were giving these and the 7500 and the motoski versions away in crates for 1500.00 bucks for the 7500 and 1800.00 for the 9500 1979 and 1980s models my friends older brother bought the 9500 at the time my friend had a 1974 400 FA so he was not going to let big brother beat him so he went back and got the motoski with the same exact setup after they updated them with new head gaskets and jetting and something else time to ride i had a 1972 440 tnt that belong to his brother so i rode that and barely saw them just a speck going by one black and one orange and black
I had a 1979 9500+ Air box had a force fed cold air tube. Not that big screen thing sucking from behind wind screen. Mine ran 95 mph at 9500 funny how that worked out..
Nice machine nice nice shape. I had the baby too it 1979 5500 Blizzard
Bought one brand new great sleds had a lot of fun on it.
It was a great sled . l had one and it flew for a heavy machine , and was quite comfortable !!
Yea..i never woulda sold it. Too much satisfaction in just going out to the garage and staring at it.
9700's were even rarer. Great sled u got.
Had a Motoski Ultrasonic the brother to the 9700. People bitched because the track wasn't cleated but it's pretty obvious why it wasn't from the factory.
Fast for their day but they had no suspension to speak of. Pretty much lake racers.
do you know what weights and spring it is in the drive clutch?
that sled should be in a snowmobile museum just saying . if i owned it i never ride it much take it to snowmobiles sleds shows
Does it have oil injection?
Asking price? ...did it get sold?
Nice
what clutch are you running thats not factory let me know please
Had one of em, who broke my leg jumping shit!
the screen is not factory either on the airbox
What's the top speed of the 1980 9500
that 9500 is worth around 10 grand now
the 9500 plus means it would make 95 plus horse power.
The 440 engine were performing better and stronger by having the 79 7500 rotary valve specs put in.....
The first 9500+ from 1979 was a faster snowmobile than the 1980, not the same specs....They were easy to modify also....The rotary valve needed to have the same setting has the 79 7500+ same for the clutch, brown spring and the A3 arms and cam...The blizzard would run faster and smoother with these specs......
you might want to keep all of that originality as is
I have two working tachs if you need one .. located in southern Ontario
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is it 800cc?
noah McKenzie They were 440cc liquid cooled...The Blizzard 9700 was 521cc.
Yes I know that now I just saw one on Kijiji for sale and it said that it was a 800 I wasn't
Familiar with the 9500 but I actually have a 9700
noah McKenzie oh my apologies.
noah McKenzie U have a 9700? Damn..Lucky! So rare. Must be one friggin fast sled?
new sleds just aren't as nice looking as a well kept vintage machine
Yamaha srx was faster.
That's because the srx would hook up better. It had a aluminum bellypan. The ski doo would spin the track forever, and had a metal bellypan. Weight distribution was terrible.
@@GearheadRob319they should have put aluminum bellies on the blizzards, fuckin things would be untouchable. The skis wouldn't dig in near as much, allowing that 80+ hp motor to deliver all its power into pure acceleration and speed! Musta kept it steel to keep the front end on the ground 🤣