Yes that's me, this era of hillclimb was going on when I just started snowmobiling and was just starting to fizzle out when I attended my first Jackson Hole hillclimb in 2003. Being a current RMSHA athlete I can't help but feel that the late 90's to early 2000's was the pinnacle of the sport for many reasons. That and being these sleds in particular belonged to my now family, the sentimental value and rarity is what has driven the passion to find/restore all 5 of the sleds.Are you the guy spamming the KSL sled section for tube hillclimb sleds?
Cool builds. Did you grow up watching these guys and this era of HC sleds or what is your passion about them from?
If you do come across anything, please feel free to share there are a few details of this current restoration that I have not finalized and some good reference would be great.
Same thing with jet ski racing, i came in far too late (5 years ago) while it's peak was the mid 90's and died around 2005.
These sleds were much taller and rider position was much further forward than any factory cassis of the time. In a straight drag race an 850 is much slower but in just about every other aspect the newer chassis are far superior.
Very cool. That will sound like a cage full of rabid squirrels at that rpm. Hopefully you have a clutch that will pull those RPMs efficiently and stay together. Much past 9500, I have found belt life really starts to suffer even with billet covers. What do you plan to run? I assume you have a full billet clutch in mind.
Right now the plan is to run the factory TRA unit and potentially a P85 later on down the road.
The seat mounts to the chassis with two vertical studs that come up through the pan so the notch is to be able to access them. Once covered it will have a zipper to close it off.
