Your 1st Sled

1st sled

My first sled was a 69 scorpion 12hp single lung, Black with red stripe, and a cool scorpion emblem inbeded in the seat. 1st Yamaha was a 1978 440 exciter (actual picture), since then nothing but yammers!
 
Yamaha 1996 Phazer 2.... I took it out twice this weekend for the first time and put about 100miles on. Conditions aren't the best but it was AWESOME!!!
Snowmobiling rules. :die: :yrules:
 
69 Arctic Cat Panther, 19hp 297cc Lots and lots of memories Them were the good old days. Ride for an hour, wrench for two, repeat...................
 
Back in 1989 my first sled was a 1971 Polaris Colt 175
My wife's cousin gave it to me because, he said, "it would never run again".
Well, after two days of tinkering, it was a runner. (whopping 45mph)
It didn't take long to out grow the power of this one and sold it after about two weeks
Between then & now, there's been about 30 different sleds. Mercury, Johndeer, AMC, Skidoo, Evenrude, Kawasaki, Cat, & 5 YAMAHA's
I was a snowmobile addict, and bought anything that had a motor,track & skis that was cheep
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1979 El Tigre 5000 free air,would go like stink when it stayed together.Rebuilt it twice,engine that is,clutch I lost count,put a new track under it and a set of AAen pipes from a previous owner.Could'nt wait to get rid of it.I was out of sledding for a while until I picked up a 97 SX 700 in Dec of 96 and the rest as they say is history.
 
I grew up riding a 1968 Ski Doo Olympique. Not much power to pull you out of a ditch, but man I could do some wicked donuts!

First Yamaha was a 79 250 Enticer, still have it and it runs great, just have to keep my daughter away from poles....aluminum frame vs. pole...pole wins everytime!

I also had a 79 Kawasaki Intruder 440 and Drifter 340

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Grew up on 72 Chapparall Firebird, 1 st sled purchased on my own was 79 Exciter
 
My first sled was a Kitty Kat...painted like a 9500 Blizzard (Dad was a SD dealer)...when I was 4.

My first Yamaha was an 87 SRV and have never looked back..except to find bolts I've forgotten to tighten :).
 
1st sled/s were a pair of John Deere'. 1983 Sportfire 440 ac, 1984 440 lquifire. 1 year later we picked up a 1980 300 enticer (that sled was a blast), then a 1985 Yammie 340 Enticer and shortly afterwards my love for 8000 miles and 10 years...1985-1995 R.I.P... Phazer. Had a 4 year leave of absence, college and traveled. Then got back in the sport when I met my wife (1/2000) borrowed a sled for a year and then got the Viper which has been an awesome sled...A fricken-1. Well, a few glitches, but never a cent out of pocket, cuz yammie covered it all and if I took it in on Sun or Mon. it was always ready by the next weekend, so I never skipped a beat. I'm not going to get a new sled for a couple more years now, but I'm 99.9999999999999999999% sure it's going to be Yamaha.... thanks for reading!
 
1972 A/C Kitty Kat
1977 Ski Doo Elan
197? Polaris
1974 Chapparrel SSX 440 Liquid cooled my friends
197? Scorpion 440
1978 Ski Doo TNT 340 RV
1980 Ski Doo Citation
1995 V-max
2002 Viper
 
First sled was a 1972 Sno jet 292 , then a 1972 sno jet 396 wide track star jet. Then two 1980 340 Enticers, just sold them, still running great. Just bought a 1998 V-Max 700 XTC Diceman
 
1st sled - Old Kittly Cat with the leopard print seat
2nd sled - 85 Yamaha Bravo 250
3rd sled - 91 Ovation 340
4th Sled (First one owned on my own!!) 1993 Exciter II LE with SX windshield (wish I still owned)

5th sled - 1995 Vmax 600 (Still own)
6th Sled - 1997 Vmax4 800 (Still own)
 
My 99 SRX 600 is the first sled i've ever owned.

The family sleds that i rode were:

1995 Polaris Indy Trail Touring 500
1998 Arctic Cat Pantera 800
 
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