Recent content by heckler56

It has looking at local relics. Just found a 74 John Deere JDX8 for $400. Or a 72 Yamaha GP398 for $1,300….

Big Bay to GM will be about 170 miles using the lakefront out of Marquette. About 190 I will guess if conditions force you to go through Gwinn instead. Beautiful rides either way!

Fyi, today they posted that Sault St Marie has received ytd 9” more precipitation than normal. If you do consider that loop make sure all the swamps are frozen!

I think you have replaced my favorite shop teacher!

Glad you are stepping into the 4s, well kind of.

Well got to visit the sleds yesterday. Now it is hurry up and wait for more parts. They pulled the skid on the 900T to do the shock rebuild and install the previously backordered torsion springs. Apparently yours truly broke the center shock spring. If you learn how to break parts, following...

Sadly in the Manistique MI area they have been blazing trails around the locked sled only trails. This means the club has to install more gates, potentially on their dime.

Yep. It boggles my mind that snowmobiles pay a larger annual fee than ORVs and that they use the combined funds for both. ORV season is 3x a snowmobile season and the ultimate damage 10x. The grooming equipment gets beat up repairing ORV damage which accelerates the wear and results in winter...

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Found a 1974 GPX on FB. I don’t recall ever seeing any after the SRX came out. The SRX was a beast. In high school I guy I knew got a SRX. As I recall those first units you had to have “points” in racing to acquire, how Larry got one I have no idea. Another story, so Larry ran his van into a...

Found on FB: $2,500. Looks clean. Cracks in hood. 1974 Yamaha GPX 433

I actually am tracking one on FB. Price is steep and need to off load my back up sled so the wife doesn’t see the initial money go out the door 👍

New Years Eve 1979. Living on Lake Superior by what is now Lakenenland, 4AM, two men still standing. One with a GP and the other EW. GP says he wants to ride and EW says you’re too drunk. EW goes to bathroom, GP suits up and leaves. As I tried to chase him down the headlight disappears in the...

Rear torshin (spelling, thats for you Mezz 😂) springs finally arrived… should be ready in two weeks.