pike slayer Posted October 24, 2009 Report Posted October 24, 2009 I'm getting all worked up for ice fishing! Where i ice fish you pretty much need a snowmobile. heres some pics of my trail breaker! its a 2003 polaris rmk 700. 144"x2" paddle track. Lets see your machines!!
richyb Posted October 24, 2009 Report Posted October 24, 2009 1994 Arctic Cat ZR 580. Put many miles on Simcoe with this sled.
Bernie Posted October 24, 2009 Report Posted October 24, 2009 (edited) I rode this one last year. 07 Skidoo was rebuilt after a customer crashed it and traded it in. My dad was riding the Tundra. They are a fun little sled too. Edited October 24, 2009 by Bernie
redneck666 Posted October 24, 2009 Report Posted October 24, 2009 (edited) Here it is, my 1981 Ski Doo citation 3500 with a 377. had some fun with it but this season will be its first time ice fishing. Edited October 24, 2009 by bigredneck
DRIFTER_016 Posted October 24, 2009 Report Posted October 24, 2009 2008 Yamaha RS Ventrue GT. Up in the far North we ride everywhere.
irishfield Posted October 24, 2009 Report Posted October 24, 2009 (edited) Here's my Skidoo Touring 500, cutter and hut.... with Lloyd driving it Edited October 24, 2009 by irishfield
Dara Posted October 25, 2009 Report Posted October 25, 2009 (edited) 06 Yamaha 4 stroke with 12,500 k http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u150/Da...ed1blanked1.jpg stupid site grrrrr Edited October 25, 2009 by Dara
Dara Posted October 25, 2009 Report Posted October 25, 2009 thankya Dan. Sometimes this forum just won't accept a picture from me. Something about scripted tags..beats me. I do the same thing a few hours later and it works just fine
skeeter Posted October 25, 2009 Report Posted October 25, 2009 heres my baby 500 touring the sleigh box has been modified and painted since that pic
Greencoachdog Posted October 25, 2009 Report Posted October 25, 2009 (edited) thankya Dan. Sometimes this forum just won't accept a picture from me. Something about scripted tags..beats me. I do the same thing a few hours later and it works just fine It's because you're Canadian! Here's a shot from inside my snowmobile on the 29th of December of last year! Edited October 25, 2009 by GCD
12footspringbok Posted October 25, 2009 Report Posted October 25, 2009 its a 2003 polaris rmk 700. 144"x2" paddle track. Lets see your machines!! Thats a sick sled man! Hate to have to take her out on simcoe when theres no snow on the ice though! Heres my machine picked her up last night courtesy of the good old supershopper! 1990 Polaris indy trail $900 in pretty good shape, will be giving her a going over this week. Those whitefish and lakers and going to have a tuff time running this year!
Sandbag Posted October 25, 2009 Report Posted October 25, 2009 Ill give this a shot with a picture 1999 Mxz 600 Cheers Craig
JohnF Posted October 25, 2009 Report Posted October 25, 2009 (edited) I haven't had any sleds for years but this thread is bringing back great memories. I put myself thru university working in a Skidoo shop, then after my university years worked for the eastern Cdn distributor of Rupp products. Those were great years. I got to ride some very cool (and fast) sleds and didn't have to pay a penny for 'em. The fastest stockers were probably the Rupp F/A's from the winter of '75. My last ride was the day I exploded the track showing a local Skidoo F/A rider that his sled was in fact NOT the fastest thing ever to run on snow. Fortunately he had already conceded defeat when the track let go. Dunno how fast I was going at the time but it was an exciting ride at the end. It looked something like this. I had to find pics on the 'net as I have nothing at all in my own photo collection. The sled I really coveted was Gene Bloom's factory Mod 440. Saw him race up at Ironwood Mi. and smoke the other factory guys driving bigger sleds (Cat, Polaris, Motoski, Blizzard, SnoJet etc) and he did it with a high mounted engine against the new low front mounted angled engines. I think though that the best thing Rupp produced for trail guys had to be the Nitro II sleds. They were very fast for F/C sleds but considering that they were the same engine as the SnoTwisters of the day it stands to reason. We ran them pretty competitively against F/A's back in those days with only a minimum of cheating involved, but then the F/A guys were no doubt cheating too. Again a borrowed pic . All this talk about hard water sledding got me thinking about the good old days when we occasionally ran the sleds on soft water, sometimes not very far, but it was fun. There used to even be competitions for distance. I never did that. It had to be very hard on the sleds to get dunked hot. There was a guy up in northern Ontario who was pretty well known for it, I think his name was Frenchy Cloutier, from Timmins. And speaking of racing, do any of you from the French River area know any old racers by the name of Haas? They were fun to watch. They'd show up at OSRF races in a converted school bus with a wood burning stove inside. Seems to me they were Blizzard riders in those days. JF Edited October 25, 2009 by JohnF
carll2 Posted October 25, 2009 Report Posted October 25, 2009 heres my 2009 yamaha nytro xtx 144 heres the 2010 summit x 154 800r i changed back to 2 stroke because i do mostly off trail riding in the back country woods here in quebec and that 4 stroke is way too heavy when you get stuck! first ride for me is november 20th, cant wait !
Wally Posted October 25, 2009 Report Posted October 25, 2009 I like going out on the ice with this one its very dependable .
limeyangler Posted October 25, 2009 Report Posted October 25, 2009 AWESOME SLEDS GUYS....I"M GREEN WITH ENVY HERE. ONE DAY I MIGHT GET ONE OF THOSE YAMAHA VENTURES TOO...ONE DAY Anyway...here's my ride....a bit heavy for where i go, but goes like a rocket...which is handy when trying not to get stuck in the slush...lol. XLT 600 TOURING
JohnF Posted October 25, 2009 Report Posted October 25, 2009 heres my 2009 yamaha nytro xtx 144 heres the 2010 summit x 154 800r i changed back to 2 stroke because i do mostly off trail riding in the back country woods here in quebec and that 4 stroke is way too heavy when you get stuck! first ride for me is november 20th, cant wait ! The Skidoo loooks like some kinda Transformer. Back in the day the Chapparal was the coolest looking unit, for a while anyway. My personal fave for looking tough was probably the Kalamazoo sleds or the Thunderjets even if they were death machines. JF
Bernie Posted October 25, 2009 Report Posted October 25, 2009 Hey Wally. My dad ran those for years. You are right about dependability. They were tanks! This was one of my first rides on one. I'm the little guy on the seat, circa 1959 or 60.
carll2 Posted October 25, 2009 Report Posted October 25, 2009 awesome sleds guys keep them pics coming..my nest step is to get an older vintage sled for relaxed sunday rides.. its pretty cool to see how machines have come a long way.
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