We drove: Can-Am Outlander 1000 racing – Marko Jager edition
From Automagazina 04/2013.
text: Petr Kavcic, photo: Sasha Kapetanovic, personal archive of Marko Jager
I'm so glad I got on the green Jaeger because if I had missed the experience, I wouldn't have realized how fun and adrenaline-filled it is to race a real cross-country race quad. The sound, the acceleration, the position in the corners, the landings after jumps, it's all so perfect with the right car that I laughed all the time under the helmet.
Can Am Outlander 1000 This is a top-notch ATV in its original version, but still not designed for serious racing. Of course, this is a hobby, but if you are racing as seriously and powerfully as Marko Jager, who is the German, Slovenian and international cross country champion, then modifications are needed, and some serious ones!
Marco confessed to us that he actually built the car himself from a previous Outlander frame and with an engine specially made for it by Rotax, which is otherwise Can-Am's equipment supplier. Thus, Jagermašina is a unique racing car and not a remake of the last or current Outlander.
From the smallest piece of plastic to the rear screw, everything is subject to wear resistance in the field, as the material should not sag under dampness at a height of 185 centimeters and a heavy 90 kg Savinjska crunch, which is always perfectly prepared physically and mentally. Even when his knee was flipped during a race in Germany last year, the bitten Jägermeister gritted his teeth and still finished third after two hours of racing!
Come to think of it, Marco has built a racing car in his own image. A racing beast for a racing beast! And I myself felt a fair amount of respect for the beast on which I sat.
The recklessness here can cost you a serious rollover and a bunch of fractures. Well, even with a fuse in the head, Jagermašina offers incredible acceleration. Cruel 100 'horses' roared with fully adrenaline-filled racing sound HMF exhaustmade in the USA and thanks to the excellent serial AWD, the power is efficiently transmitted to the ground. The XNUMX cubic-foot twin is loaded with torque and all conversions have been done specifically for the Mark by Rotax engineers. They changed the electronics of his engine and redesigned the engine for racing purposes. More power and more torque has been distributed, so that the car pulls sharply, but at the same time very evenly.
Other very important pieces of the puzzle are the chassis and frame; stock components will not withstand the stress caused by Marco during his ride, so everything is subject to endurance and is already at first glance more reliable and reinforced in the right places. All this was signed by a good friend of Marco Branco Spegu.
So that he does not get tired as much as possible, Marco also installed it. Handlebar ProFlexto absorb shocks not absorbed by the chassis. The Dutch provided excellent suspension. TFX-u as it always makes good contact with the ground. Disks are also a feature. BedLock, with which you can even drive 200 kilometers to the finish line on a flat tire without jumping off the rim! However, so that the tires do not pierce at all, they have special inflatable balls (bumps). So if one fails, the others will still provide enough support to keep the race going smoothly. However, this devil is not cheap, because a set of four tires costs as much as a thousand euros.
But for such a serious level of racing, all chances of failure must be negated. And the Savinja Church has no modest plans. In addition to the domestic cross-country championship, he will take part in selected races abroad, three off-road rallies in the Balkans and, finally, if luck with sponsors is on hand, in Dakar 2014. I keep my fists for Marko and his Yagermashin!
