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Appreciate the comments guys! It’s really fun to hear about the memories that people have of these old sleds when they weren’t so old. I love the growl of those Cats, there’s no mistaking it. My friend’s Cat might be a bit of a sleeper because he discovered that it has a 440 top end and I can...

In future years, I promise I will stop spamming the site with my goofy little videos but this season has been kind of special for me After not being able to ride at all last season and wondering all fall if my riding days were over, I’ve just felt a need to share my joy of finally climbing on a...

Makes you want to take a really deep breath :) Awesome that you have it back running with more power than when new.

Yeah Gary, remarkably nice people. Everyone I talked to that was involved in the event thanked me for coming out to watch The time/distance people at the event initially gave me the total distance as 2120 but I see the website lists it as 2104, which may be the number that goes in the record...

I know I said this before but this was really cool to see in person. He blew away the original solo mileage record goal over two hours early. Once he broke that I think he might have actually picked up the pace a little to really push up the mileage total. You wouldn’t think there would be much...

Checked out the record-breaking attempt this afternoon. It was pretty cool that a person could just walk right up to the action. If you watched any of the live feed, it was evident that there were lulls in the action, which gave me a chance to talk to some of the people involved and check out...

I did eventually hear back from them via FB, they said the track is located 7 – 8 miles out from Sportsman’s Lodge, which is on the river, roughly 2 miles from the south shore. That puts the track somewhere around 5 – 6 miles off shore. Think it might be a little further than that but not a...

Yes, Get Well John!

The snow arrived a little earlier in our part of Northern MN than parts further south/east. Only a few inches on top of what we already had but the wind was crazy. Made for some impressive drifts on the islands off the south shore of Lake of the Woods.

Sounds like a little more horsepower to me. Pretty amazing that you have it back together already. Sorry for the dumb question ,but do those TXL cylinders get any type of plating after re-boring? (Nikasil, chrome, etc.) On my 440 free-air, they were Nikasil plated when the top end was re-done...

How cool is that? Congrats to you two for carrying on a tradition and keeping all the fires burning.

This is a great summary of the experience and although might be a little hard to understand why, people loved it. Looking at production/shipment numbers from Snowgoer for the model years 1970 through 1972, manufacturers produced/shipped roughly 1,700,000 sleds. That’s a lot of old iron. Talk...

Other than the Mikuni conversion, one repainted hood, and a duct tape seat cover, both sleds are basically untouched since they rolled off the John Deere Horicon Works assembly line. These sleds are tough and a lot of fun to ride. The John Deere influence really showed through in their...

Must be winter, the Deere are herding up, in small herds anyway. Finished converting my brother’s John Deere Model 400 (powered by a 340 CCW) to a Mikuni carb today so it only made sense to let it out for a run with its cousin. This is just a silly little three-minute video sampling of the...

Nice work Kirk! The sled looks fantastic. Love the midnight blue paint and the graphics on that sled. Those TXL exhaust systems have a really distinct sound and that motor is silky smooth. It’s interesting that Polaris updated the TXL models to a newer hood/dash design in 79 but kept the 78...

This is pretty funny and reminded me of my home town. The guy that had the Standard gas station sold Alouette and the bait shop guy sold Chaparral. Don’t think they were real strong on warranty work and repairs.

Looks like a fun event. Love the name! I'm sure there will be a good turnout, seems like interest in the vintage stuff gets greater every year.

Very cool stuff. Wonder how many people actually went to J.C. Penny's for a sled. My brother bought a Sears Sportster (aka Polaris Charger) in 1972, heavy but it stood up to his abuse. Been on a couple of rides with Raiders, deceptively fast.

Pretty cool that your friend made a big comeback, impressive finish for first full race. Centurion continues to come along nicely. Tank looks awesome on the sled! Like your technique for fishing the bolts through. I'll have to remember that if one of those little clips that hold the bolts on...

From what I understand, the ice road was supposed to open this morning, roughly 37 miles on the ice this year. Price has gone up though, think it’s $250/vehicle for a single round trip. Why pay that much one might ask? Ice fishing around the Angle is a totally different experience than the...