What's your sled history?

[plumnuts]

In 1968 I raced a 68 Scorpion 300 for a local dealer
My personal sled until 1972 was a 68 Moto Ski Cadet
Did some time with Uncle Sam then
1972 Chaparral 440
1976 Cat El Tigere 500
1980 Yamaha 300
1981? Polaris Centurion 500 triple
Bitchy wife for several years, stopped snowmobiling and then ditched wife and started over in 1990
1977 Cat Panther
1980 Doo Blizzard 340 liquid (died by a tree strike)
1989 Doo Mach 1 (the "mach ton")
1994 Doo Formual Z (a favorite)
1996 Doo MXZ 583
1997 Doo MXZ 670 (died by bad crash into a tree)
1998 Doo Mach 1
then a beaver tail 600 REV
2003.5 Rev Summit 800
2005 Doo Summit 800 (died by tree stike... dang walking pine)
2006 Doo Summit 600 EFI (one of my favorite sleds) with 35 HP NOS
2008 Doo Summit XP
Current running sleds
2012 Doo Summit SP
1998 Doo Mach Z/Crank Shop 800 asphalt sled
1996 Doo MXZ/Union Bay 600 asphalt sled
1972 Chaparral, 440
1980 Doo Citation 300
1979 Doo Everest 440
1980 Yamaha ET 340 long track
1979 Cat Kitty Cat

In progress... 81 Doo Blizzard 340 liquid

Above does not count the current wife's sleds (oh man if Janet sees I described her as "current wife" nothing good will come from that)

 

[Big Dawg 51]

1980 Kitty Cat
1974 El Tigre
1977 El Tigre
1979 El Tigre
1981 El Tigre (Tapered Tunnel) ~ many years of fun!!!
1993 EXT
1996 ZRT 600 144"
2003 Mountain Cat 600 144" ~ opened my eyes to mtn. riding.
2006 M7 153"
2005 M7 162" Limited (800 Big Bore)

 

[Himark]

Rupp 340
Massey Fergausen 344
JD trailfire
Jd Liquifier
Polaris Centurian 500 <--------truely the first bad azz sled I had for its time.
A dark age of a couple......Yamaha's
Phazer<---------------------Honestly probably the best Yamaha ever built to this day They should of quit right there
V/Max
Mountain Max
Polaris XLT
Polaris 700s
Polaris 800 Rmk/s
Polaris 900
Polaris 685 Still have
Polaris 800 Still have
Polaris 600 XLT Still have for around home and with this midwest storm its out and ready.

 

[montanasledhead]

started on a 1967 evenrude skeeter
then just got better from there

still have the skeeter

 

[Ol* Geezer]

73 Polaris TX500 milled heads, tripple pipes with stingers (too dammed loud)
73 Polaris TX400 pipes (wifes)
79 Polaris Centurian 500 (bored to 605, 38mm carbs, tripple pipes) at 9500rpm sweetest sounding sled ever.
83 Polaris 600 (bored to 656, tripple pipes) crank eating pos.
80 Yamaha SRX (wifes)
86 Pantera (wifes)
88 Wildcat 650 (twin pipes) heavy pos
89 Wildcat 650 136 ( twin pipes, reads, milled heads)
89 EXT 530 136 (wifes)
92 Wildcat 700 136 ( twin pipes, ported, reads)
92 EXT 550 136 ( wifes)
94 Thundercat 136
99 Thundercat 141
03 1M 900 152
03 1M 800 152 (wifes)
12 ProClimb 800 162

 

[TheHoneyBadger]

learned to ride on a friends 2000 cat powder special 600 144
Was able to afford my first sled when i was 19, 2005 M7 153
This is my first year on a 2009 skidoo xp 800 154

Crazy progress in sled technology over the last 10 years

 

[PJ-Hunter]

7-11 years: Scorpion Stingers and a Whip 440 (Dad said a 440 was too much for any man to handle. LMAO)

11-12 years: John Deere Spitfire and a Ski Doo (? it was yellow)

12-20 years: Anything I could borrow

20-39 years:

AC Pantera
97 Ski Doo Summit 583
98 Ski Doo Summit 670, modded that as far as I could.
2005 Summit 600
2001 Summit 700
2005 Summit 800
2008 Summit 800
2009 Summit 800
2009 Summit 800-turboed!

 

[jdw1]

OK

I had to stop and think on this one!

Started riding 49 years ago, holy CRAP!

64? or 65? ski doo olympic? 8 hp
66 or 67 polaris colt, 10 hp jlo w/removable fuel tank
68 polaris colt 372
72 polaris colt 175
75 polaris colt 250 F/A
75 rupp nitro 340
75 john deere spitfire (for sale)
78 polaris txl 340
79 polaris centurion 500
80 polaris centurion 500
80 polaris txl 340 (girl friends, now my 1st wife)
88 polaris indy 400
88 polaris indy 400 (my wife)
90 polaris indy 500
91 polaris indy 500 sks (wife)
93 polaris xlt 580 sks
99 polaris xc 500 sp (wifes)
00 polaris xc 600 sp
01 polaris xc 500 sp (wifes, still have the first one of these)
03 polaris pro x 700 (still have)
05 polaris switchback 800
12 polaris pro rmk 800 (still have)
13 Polaris switchback pro r 600 (wife's Christmas present 12/30

 

[sledheadd]

^^^^^ that's a lot of sleds

1973 élan
1974 colt 340
1982 cutlass ss
1984 ss 440
1988 Indy 400
1993 Mach 1
1995 Mach 136" 1.25 track
1998 Mach Z 136" 2" track
2001 summit high mark x 151" 2"
2003 summit Hugh mark x 151 2"
2004 rev 800 151"
2005 rt 1000 162" 2.25"
2008 tnytro 162" 2.5" c e
2013 rmk pro 163"

 

[Mafesto]

399 olympique
440 cheetah
400 JD
Spitfire
Liquifire
EXT 530
ZR 580
Pantera 580
Formula Z
Touring E
MXZ 583
Touring E
MXZ 670
Summit 500
Formula 500 Dlx
RMK 700
RMK 800
RX1
Sprintfire
Summit 800 Rev
Summit 800 XP
Summit 800 Sport

 

[knzee]

78ish Arctic cat Linx - Steel bars on the tracks, carried a can of starting fluid under the hood to start it.

84 phazer 121" - hot rod sob after coming from last sled...

86 phazer 136" - good sled, decided to long track it. bought the cheapest
big horn 1 1/2" track they made, you could watch lugs fly off everytime the flipper was pushed.

94 600 Yamaha V-max- owned it for 3-4 years only had to open the hood for oil. You could put this machine away for the summer with 6" of mud on it and it would start 3-4 pulls in the fall and run all winter long, repeat.

2000 Ski-Doo 600 144" - Junk. Burned the motor down in Yellowstone Park 8 miles after warranty expired, dealer told me to eat it.

2001 Ski-Doo 700 151"- Junk

2002 Ski-Doo 800 151" - Actually one of the better sleds I owned, not sure why I sold it.

2002 Polaris 800 159" - BUILT.

2006 M7 153" -Took almost a half a season to get the Jetting dialed in for the motor, then she was a runner

2007 M8 162" - HUGE TURD

2008 M1000 162"- race programmed ecu, ran like an indian on crack but usually ate a belt a ride.

2010 M8 162" turbo - Easy on belts, insane power, ate reeds for breakfast, lunch and supper.

 

[Bburrap]

Mine

94 SkiDoo Summit 670 aka Green Anchor!!
08 SkiDoo Summit XP 800 Tron
13 SkiDoo Summit XM 800 Awesome!!
14 SkiDoo Summit XM ... TBA

 

[nielnich]

5-10 74(?) ski roule(dad still has - gonna fix up someday), 70 something Everest, 80 something JD trailfire
10-16 91 AC Prowler 440
16-19 98 Powder Special 600
19-21 2 yrs in florida - no sledding
21-28 04 King Cat 900
29-Christmas present this yr 2011 M8 Sno Pro

 

[Mr.DOO]

1971. 399 tnt
72 arctic Cat lynx
74 tnt 340
76 tnt rv 250
87 ski doo stratos
1992 formula mx. First brand new sled I bought
94 summit 583
95 summit 670

95 formula sl
96 mxz 583
98 summit x 670
99 mxz 600
2000 summit 700 136
02 summit 800 144
03 summit 800 144
05 mxz renegade 600
05 yamaha nytro
07 yamaha rage gt
06 summit 550
06 summit x 144
07 summit x 144
08 summit 600 sdi
08 summit x 154
09 summit 50th anniversary
2012 summit x 154
Those were mostly mine a few were my wife's didn't list all the kids sleds!

 

[Greg B.]

I am a trail rider so no long tracks

1980 Jag 3000 pre mix Free air
1989 Jag 440
1996 Jag 440 (In 1997 I hoped up my jag and made it a Jag Z)
1999 zl500 efi (first sled I bought new with my own money)
1999 ZL600efi
2002 zr600
2006 crossfire 700 (my least favorite sled)
2003 F5 (built one in my garage for fun)
2011 sno pro 500 (probably my favorite sled I have ever had)
2003 F7 Sno pro (doaner sled for mod)
2011 Sno Pro 700EFI - My current sled, Customized to fit me. It has been a fun build.

 

[snow_god]

Only been riding for 5 years so its a short list.

'01 edge 121
'10 shift 121
'12 assualt 144
'12 pro rmk 154

 

[94fordguy]

This is only my 7th season so my list isn't very long.... I started late at 21 yrs old... sure wish I had gotten into the sport sooner! I also started out on the cheap to see if I would like it... it took all of 10 seconds on my first ride to tell I was going to LOVE this sport!

21 - 1995 Polaris Indy 440 121
22-23 - 2002 Polaris EDGE 800 RMK 151
24-present - 2005 Polaris 900 RMK 166
26-present - 2009 Polaris 700 RMK 155

 

[harrysmith500]

I'm a youngn'

It all started in 2003 when my brother talked my dad into buying me a sled.

It was a 1996 Cat ZRT... Rode that for 2 years then got a 2002 RMK 900.
The next sled was a 2005 900 RMK.
After that was a 2000 Dragon.

Then I realized 2-strokes blow up pretty regularly and bought a 2010 Impulse Nytro. Sledding is the best!

 

[TRIPLESWILLNEVERDIE!]

Age 8 Ski-Doo Elan 250
Age 12 Ski-Doo Elan mod with 400cc rotax out old moto-ski or ski-roule
I did the engine conversion all by myself without much parental supervision.
Age 14 Polaris 340TXL 133" agressor track and ski-skins.
Age 16 Polaris indy 600 133" agressor track and plastic skis
Age 18 ZRT 800 136x2 camoplast challenger
Age 21 99 Yamaha Mountain Max "first new sled" SLP pipes, 144 camoplast
Age 24 02 800 RMK 156", "2nd new sled" ,slp pipe
Age 27 98 Mountain Max Built from bulkhead up with Lots of lightweght parts and Union Bay race ported 700, Later replaced with SLP 800, Lots more mods over the years. Still have this sled and would not trade it for any of the new sleds.
Age 30 2000 moutain max mod 950 Price Performance, Lighweight everything and nos
Age 32 2005 RX-1 front mount turbo, lots lightweight, Insane fast!
Currently 2 800 slp Mountain Max mods.
Have owned a dozen or more mountain maxes over the years. My favorite all-around sleds ever.
In the works, 04 king Cat with thundercat triple

 

[T-Bone]

early 70's Kitty Cat
early 70's Polaris TC 250
89(?) Sno Scoot
Polaris Indy TXL 340
Polaris Centurion
1981 Polaris Indy 500 triple
1994 Polaris XLT 580 133"x1.5"
1998 Arctic Cat Powder Extreme 600 triple
2004 Arctic Cat 800 EFI 151"
2003 Arctic Cat 900 162"

At a point right now where I'm either upgrading sleds or getting out of it for a few years.