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100

The year Babbitt's was founded.

What is 1965

100

This is the name of the shortest member of the Babbitt family to be regularly seen at Babbitt's Sports Center.

Who is Emmy Babbitt.

100

Thanks to its reliability, performance, and low starting price point, this is the best selling ATV series sold in the United States.

What is the Polaris Sportsman?

100

This is the side of a motorcycle you will typically find the clutch.

What is the left side?

100

A component of a carburetor that holds a small amount of liquid gasoline and serves as a constant-level reservoir of fuel that is metered into the passing flow of air.

What is the carburetor Float Bowl?

200

This is the most recently added Brand to be added to the Babbitt's Sports Center list of Manufacturers

What is KTM?

200

The founder of Babbitt's (Ed Babbitt Senior) was known for his impressive collection of cars, and this other type of collection of motorized vehicle.

What are John Deere tractors?

200

This is the newest Yamaha ATV, which boasts a factory-installed Warn winch, special edition paint, color-atche wheels, and GBC Dirt Commander tires.

What is the 2020 X2 R-Spec XT-R

200

This is the long tapered rod that controls how much fuel can be drawn into the carburetor, (Note the thinner the taper, the richer the mixture)

What is the Jet Needle?

200

Comprised of a rivet and an integrated mandrel, these are installed in a tight hole that passes through whatever material you're riveting. A riveter is then used to pull the mandrel back while holding the rivet in place.

What is a blind rivet?

300

This is the year that Jordan Babbitt officially became a part of Team Babbitt's.

What is 1999?

300

This service technician started in 2001 and has the longest tenure of the service department (excluding the manager Brad Ralston).

Who is Trevor Anderson?

300

This manufacturer makes 3 of the top 5 snowmobiles sold in 2019. (The Indy Evo, The 800 Switchback, and The 800 Titan Adventure 155)

Who is Polaris?

300

This type of engine typically uses a gasoline and oil mixture rather than gasoline only and is being produced less and less due to emissions regulations. 

What is a two-stroke engine?

300

A shaft key made in the form of a segment of a disk and used with shafts not more than 2¹/₂ inches in diameter that is installed in the hub of a pulley or gear so that the pulley or gear does not slip off the shaft it is attached to or spin freely. 

What is a woodruff key?

400

This is the software that caused the biggest delays on shipments and orders in all of Babbitt's history.

What is SkuVault?

400

This member of Babbitt's management has been in the power sports industry for over 30 years.

Who is Randy Vandenburg?

400

Selling over 100 million units worldwide since it was introduced in 1958, this motorized vehicle is the best-selling vehicle of all time. 

What is the Honda Super Cub?


400

This is the mechanism by which fluid flow is managed by constriction or obstruction. An engine's power can be increased or decreased using this mechanism.

What is the throttle?

400

This bolt comprises a perforated hollow bolt and spherical union for fluid transfer. They are commonly found in automotive fuel, motor oil and hydraulic systems. The pipe connected may be either rigid or a flexible hose.

What is a Banjo fitting?

500

In 2011, Polaris Industries acquired this motorcycle company that first began production in 1901.

What is Indian?

500

Ed Babbitt Senior grew up working for his parent's business. This is the type of business he worked for.

What is a farm?

500

What is rated the best Side by Side for affordability?

What is the Yamaha Wolverine?

500

Also known as burning, this is the basic chemical process of releasing energy from a fuel and air mixture.

What is Combustion?

500

This is a type of engagement mechanism used in starter motors of internal combustion engines. The device allows the pinion gear of the starter motor to engage or disengage the ring gear automatically when the starter is powered or when the engine fires, respectively.

What is a Bendix drive?

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