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The hood is a little reminiscent of a GPX, which, in my opinion was the coolest Yamaha of the 70’s No glass or lithium batteries planned for the opening but I am looking at grill options. The opening will be somewhat functional because I had to remove the cooling air flow shrouds to make room...

You guys are a lot better at creative thinking than I am. Knowing my fondness for motors sticking out of hoods, a giant motor (maybe even with a blower:)) is a appealing idea. There have been a few Polaris liquid transplants in this chassis but to my knowledge, no one has stuffed a big cylinder...

One might wonder why someone would drill holes in a hood that seems to be in reasonably good shape. Or cut a large hole in that same hood. You guys will figure this out pretty fast.

Typically I have used Fusion 5X and, as advertised, it seems to bond well to the plastic. On this project I've been painting all the black stuff with Rustoleum satin black so I just painted the tank with the same paint. Paints just keep getting better so we'll see how it works out. One thing...

Not sure how I missed this but Congratulations! You're totally justified in being excited. I have faith that a more sled-friendly winter will return next year.

It’s surprising how much stuff I’ve accumulated just from the few projects I’ve worked on. Compared to some of the guys I’ve bought parts from though, I’m not even in the game. These guys literally have hundreds of sleds and thousands of parts. I don’t know how they do it. Knocked off some of...

Nice batch of fish! If this is a little project, I'm kind of wondering what your big projects look like. I have to admit I'm a little envious of all the space you will have in there. Looking forward to future updates.

I had to think for a while to remember where I got this hood but I did remember getting it as a potential replacement for the hood on the project sled, which was pretty busted up. I pulled it down from the garage rafters, which was no small task. These hoods are heavy! First step was to...

You're on a roll! Congrats on both of your new acquisitions!

I definitely have to try this. Believe it or not, we cook all our fish in an 18" cast iron pan on the old reliable Webber kettle charcoal grill. Hard to go wrong with Siracha, I'm looking forward to tasting this new twist on flavor.

Pretty exciting times I’d say. Haven’t heard from him lately but I think Switch07 did something similar, except he went to an RV lifestyle. Are there any other year-around residents up by your cabin or do most move back to another residence in the winter? When I go up to the lake place in the...

Checked out your FB page, very nice work! There are some talented people on this site. Planning on contacting you about a Walleye silhoutte wall hanging for the cabin. Would make a great surprise Christmas gift for my wife.

These were the last couple of tems on the chassis to be completed before final pre-paint priming/sanding: It doesn’t always work out but I try to test fit everything before I have to worry about doing serious damage to paint. The snow flap required trimming to accommodate the TX bumper and I...

Skin a Deere...someone had to say it:D I mentioned in an earlier post that some of these sleds came with no way of lifting the back of the sled, except for the passenger handgrips. Mine was one of those without a lift bar but the bar that came on the sleds that did have one was mounted to the...

Nice! You're right though, the sun angle is getting lower every day and the lake is starting to get very quiet. Some of the snowbirds have already pulled out.

Thanks guys. With the pan pretty much in order I moved on to the rear of the tunnel. You may have noticed in the last set of photos that I removed all of the rear tunnel plate. The plan I had for a replacement required a beefier metal brake than my Harbor Freight version so I threw together a...

Thanks, I don’t think I’ll ever have to deal with this problem again. When it comes to metal pan work, I have to constantly remind myself to put it in perspective and at some point, just declare victory, whether the game is over or not. I always see spots that could be made better but I figured...

Great shot! Love the tracks in the valley. Some fun was had down there. You’ve made some great videos of riding out there. You really should post one here, we really need an early taste of winter. You guys take some much tougher routes that we do. Elf would have no problem, especially if he...

Next up on the chassis (besides dent work) was to deal with the egged-out rear suspension mounting holes. My original plan was to have them welded shut (there’s that aluminum welding thing again) and re-drill them. But then I came up with what I think is a better solution. I still had the...

Dubois used to be our go-to destination for western riding. I’ve stayed at Crooked Creek a couple of times. Always enjoyed staying there and I liked the location. Last time we stayed there we had a group of five and we rented their largest unit. It was huge and more than big enough for our...