first sleds
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A 1985 Phazer worked with an Aaen pipe that would wheelie on flat ground. Now it's a parts sled.
I have only had 2 sleds so far.
The first one was a ZR 580 -95. When the chassi broke after a jump with a flat landing I got my hans on a ZR 440 -94 chassi that only had been run one year on the SnoX tracks and then for som reason been stripped and put away. So I bought it cheep and put on the chassi numbers on it and moved al the parts from the first chassi to that one and then put on twin pipes and a 136'' boggi with a 1,25'' track on it. Painted the hood pearl-white and put on the ZR 440 decals.
The sled I have now is a 2002 Mountain Cat 600 136'' with a 1,25'' RipSaw track from a crossfire 700. The thack now have over 3000km on it and is still as new
Its still al stock exept a pair of al black PowerMadd Starseries handguards. As I get my payment on friday I will visit Swedens only Cat Matster and buy some things from him
The things I´m thinking of is:
2'' Riser
a green chrome windscreen
Something to put on the runningboards to give me better grip.
I will also se if i can get my hands on a org hood that don´t have any cracks in it and repaint it black and then let ArcticFX do some nice monster dekals in green chome to it
Here is some pics of the Mountain Cat
The first one was a ZR 580 -95. When the chassi broke after a jump with a flat landing I got my hans on a ZR 440 -94 chassi that only had been run one year on the SnoX tracks and then for som reason been stripped and put away. So I bought it cheep and put on the chassi numbers on it and moved al the parts from the first chassi to that one and then put on twin pipes and a 136'' boggi with a 1,25'' track on it. Painted the hood pearl-white and put on the ZR 440 decals.
The sled I have now is a 2002 Mountain Cat 600 136'' with a 1,25'' RipSaw track from a crossfire 700. The thack now have over 3000km on it and is still as new
Its still al stock exept a pair of al black PowerMadd Starseries handguards. As I get my payment on friday I will visit Swedens only Cat Matster and buy some things from him
The things I´m thinking of is:
2'' Riser
a green chrome windscreen
Something to put on the runningboards to give me better grip.
I will also se if i can get my hands on a org hood that don´t have any cracks in it and repaint it black and then let ArcticFX do some nice monster dekals in green chome to it
Here is some pics of the Mountain Cat
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96 600 XCR SP with hot seat hi compression domes, slp modblaster triples, 136 track, bar riser, some carb adjustments and geared down and reclutched
2000 800 RMK with 141 track, Erlandson secondary clutch. slp single pipe, ported and hi compression domes.
now have 01 rmk SCS chasis geared down with Team clutch and SLP powder pro's and fabcraft bars and PSI 1085 and 03 Skidoo 800 ZX Highmark Extreme with risers, slp flo-rite filters in dash, boss seat, Team clutch, and geared down.
2000 800 RMK with 141 track, Erlandson secondary clutch. slp single pipe, ported and hi compression domes.
now have 01 rmk SCS chasis geared down with Team clutch and SLP powder pro's and fabcraft bars and PSI 1085 and 03 Skidoo 800 ZX Highmark Extreme with risers, slp flo-rite filters in dash, boss seat, Team clutch, and geared down.
This is going to probably really sound strange .......
1st sled in mid 70's as a teenager - 1976 Liquidfire (Dad bought for family)
Here it gets different, late teens I left home for college, got married (1st wife) and left the Midwest to move to Houston, TX for work. Not much sledding on the Gulf coast. That old sled stayed around home until parents joined me in the south for construction work.
Now fast forward 28 years. I take a job offer in Kemmerer, WY for a 1 year job. Came out here and fell in love with the country. My present wife and I went to Jackson our 1st year up here and decided to rent sleds out of Tog to give it a try.(Her being a Southern girl from Louisiana, she had ZERO idea what she was in for). She had a blast and I was hooked.
Got home from 3 straight days of riding different areas and started shopping for a sled. This was the 1st year of the new style Phazer and I got lucky and bought a brand new sled that had been hit by another sled square in the footwell. 1 new footwell and a few hours of metal work and sled was like new.
Next was a used 02 RMK 151 for the wife. (That was 2 years ago and to date she hasn't rode it) Meanwhile she finds a 98 Summit X 670 she likes. So almost overnite, we have 3 sleds.
I ride the Phazer to finish that 1st season and realize it's not going to be enough. It goes for sale on KSL. Guy out of Utah calls me and wants Phazer, but he wants to trade modded 03 Vertical Escape for it. I go look at sled, try it out, and love it.
Now we're set, sled for Mama, sled for me, and the backup Doo. 2nd ride out the 900 UBR in VE grenades. I spend the rest of the season on Mamas RMK and she rides Doo.
Meanwhile I find a used 800 UBR needing a rebuild, send it to Curt (FastTrax) and have me a new motor built. Got it installed and spent most of the past season getting bugs worked out of sled.
Sorry for being long winded. The last 3 years of good memories started replaying and I got carried away. My biggest regret in life is probably that I waited so long to come out here and learn to enjoy living again rather than running in the rat race of Houston .......
1st sled in mid 70's as a teenager - 1976 Liquidfire (Dad bought for family)
Here it gets different, late teens I left home for college, got married (1st wife) and left the Midwest to move to Houston, TX for work. Not much sledding on the Gulf coast. That old sled stayed around home until parents joined me in the south for construction work.
Now fast forward 28 years. I take a job offer in Kemmerer, WY for a 1 year job. Came out here and fell in love with the country. My present wife and I went to Jackson our 1st year up here and decided to rent sleds out of Tog to give it a try.(Her being a Southern girl from Louisiana, she had ZERO idea what she was in for). She had a blast and I was hooked.
Got home from 3 straight days of riding different areas and started shopping for a sled. This was the 1st year of the new style Phazer and I got lucky and bought a brand new sled that had been hit by another sled square in the footwell. 1 new footwell and a few hours of metal work and sled was like new.
Next was a used 02 RMK 151 for the wife. (That was 2 years ago and to date she hasn't rode it) Meanwhile she finds a 98 Summit X 670 she likes. So almost overnite, we have 3 sleds.
I ride the Phazer to finish that 1st season and realize it's not going to be enough. It goes for sale on KSL. Guy out of Utah calls me and wants Phazer, but he wants to trade modded 03 Vertical Escape for it. I go look at sled, try it out, and love it.
Now we're set, sled for Mama, sled for me, and the backup Doo. 2nd ride out the 900 UBR in VE grenades. I spend the rest of the season on Mamas RMK and she rides Doo.
Meanwhile I find a used 800 UBR needing a rebuild, send it to Curt (FastTrax) and have me a new motor built. Got it installed and spent most of the past season getting bugs worked out of sled.
Sorry for being long winded. The last 3 years of good memories started replaying and I got carried away. My biggest regret in life is probably that I waited so long to come out here and learn to enjoy living again rather than running in the rat race of Houston .......
from 12 to 15 i was on a 95 ski doo 380
from 15 to 18 i was on a 98 summit 500
18 to 22 i was at college (no sled)
22 i got a zx 700 summit
at 23 i got a 07 rev 800
and now at 24 i got smart and have a 09 cat m1000 162
once i graduated college, it didn't take long to progress in my sledding
from 15 to 18 i was on a 98 summit 500
18 to 22 i was at college (no sled
)22 i got a zx 700 summit
at 23 i got a 07 rev 800
and now at 24 i got smart and have a 09 cat m1000 162
once i graduated college, it didn't take long to progress in my sledding
80 something Yamaha Enticer 340's
We had a blast.
91 indy Trail 488 and 440 sport. We thought we had moved up so far!!!
Now!! Wow
We had a blast.
91 indy Trail 488 and 440 sport. We thought we had moved up so far!!!
Now!! Wow
Only Rotax except for one 8 horse Kohler.
started off 8 years ago on a 72' yammy 340, then 5 years ago I bought a 01' 800 Summit 144, and have been on that ever since, just a few "upgrades" haha.
haha.Rode double on an old 530 Mustang until my dad bought a 79 Txl and Centurion. Upgraded in 95 to XLT's then in 96 to an Ultra. Never realy had a reason to change sleds after that...just changed the sled...now the only thing stock are the two front shocks...sick...I know...
Started at 6 years old with a 1966 Bobardier Olympique, Moved from Alberta to BC with my parents at 9 years old.
Next; 1969 Bombardier 335 Olympique.
1970 Sno-jet 250.
1974 Ski-doo 340 TNT
1976 Ski-doo 440 TNT
Moved away from home and took about a 15 break from the sport. Got back into it for my kids with a 1981 Ski-doo Citation 300. Next: 1982 Yamaha 340 Enticer. Then came the big power 1989 Yamaha Exciter. Got the wife a brand new 1995 Yamaha Phazer. Took a 5 year break to try snowboarding. What a mistake that was. Then got back into it 3 years ago with two Mountain Max 700s. Last season tried a 2007 Phazer (Dud) Sold that and got a 2004 Ski-doo 800 Summit X HO. Now just bought the wife a 2007 600 Summit HO. Don't know why I ever left Ski-doo for Yamaha.
Next; 1969 Bombardier 335 Olympique.
1970 Sno-jet 250.
1974 Ski-doo 340 TNT
1976 Ski-doo 440 TNT
Moved away from home and took about a 15 break from the sport. Got back into it for my kids with a 1981 Ski-doo Citation 300. Next: 1982 Yamaha 340 Enticer. Then came the big power 1989 Yamaha Exciter. Got the wife a brand new 1995 Yamaha Phazer. Took a 5 year break to try snowboarding. What a mistake that was. Then got back into it 3 years ago with two Mountain Max 700s. Last season tried a 2007 Phazer (Dud) Sold that and got a 2004 Ski-doo 800 Summit X HO. Now just bought the wife a 2007 600 Summit HO. Don't know why I ever left Ski-doo for Yamaha.
1967 300ish Polaris Mustang
1969 370 Polaris Colt
1972 634 Polaris tx600
1974 400 Ski Doo tnt
1974 440 Arctic Cat Cheetah
1975 440 Sno jet f/a
1978 440 Kawaksaki Invader
1983 440 Polaris Trail Indy
Sabbatical to raise kids
1996 XLT RMK modded the xlt for 2 years
1996 800 Ultra Mod
2002 800 RMK
1969 370 Polaris Colt
1972 634 Polaris tx600
1974 400 Ski Doo tnt
1974 440 Arctic Cat Cheetah
1975 440 Sno jet f/a
1978 440 Kawaksaki Invader
1983 440 Polaris Trail Indy
Sabbatical to raise kids
1996 XLT RMK modded the xlt for 2 years
1996 800 Ultra Mod
2002 800 RMK
1969 Bolens Diablo Rogue
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cool to read what people have owned and do own cures summer boredom but anyway i was remembering back to the old days of sledding i dont know if any of you guys used to do this or not but we used to tunnel cut our sleds we used to cut a diagonal line from the back of the tunnel to about 3/4 of the way towards the front (the vertical part) then bend it up and rivet it to get more clearance in the back then make drop brackets and rebolt suspenion in end basically like the tunnels now adays plus we used to get 2 or 3 inch square tubing and put that on top of our leaf springs and rebolt it back yet again more clearance, did any of you other guys out there do that sort of thing or other things back in the day or was it just us bc kootenay sledders that did that well the people i sledded with back then, but still good to read all the post man cant wait for winter ah im sure we all cant sledding rules
1988 Polaris Star 250 my Father purchased brand new for me when I was 8. Before that I rode my Mother's 1977 Polaris Colt 250.......what a tank!
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