My brother-in-law borrowed my wife's snowmobile for our 2nd annual trip to Paradise, MI. Unfortunately while working through the trees on the property heading to the snowmobile trail, he was "surprised" by the person in front of him stopping suddenly. He swerved and hit a tree at maybe 5mph. It bent the ski (no surprise) and much to our shock, the impact passed thru the trailing arm & bent the tunnel. It also popped some of the rivets in the support brackets behind the footrest connected to the trailing arm.
Apparently this is a relatively common thing for these machines. But at this point I'm torn on what to do next. My bro-in-law has offered to pay to have it repaired or simply give me the equivalent cash and I do "whatever". The wife isn't too keen on snowmobiling, so selling the machine wouldn't be a huge loss. I might just sell hers and mine and get a 2-up (probably the best way to get her on a snowmobile).
"As-is" what's this machine worth?
It has WELL under 1000 miles (probably 700ish?) 2001 MXZ 500 Fan. All stock. Very clean, hood, windshield, seat, etc. are in very good condition. Track is studded.
If I fix it up, bend the tunnel back into shape, re-rivet the supports, replace the ski and install a set of Fett Bros Sure Foot II (http://www.denniskirk.com/jsp/produ...in&catId=&productId=p490134&leafCatId=&mmyId=) to reinforce and cover some of the wrinkles in the tunnel/tunnel roll. What's it worth then?
What would you do??
Apparently this is a relatively common thing for these machines. But at this point I'm torn on what to do next. My bro-in-law has offered to pay to have it repaired or simply give me the equivalent cash and I do "whatever". The wife isn't too keen on snowmobiling, so selling the machine wouldn't be a huge loss. I might just sell hers and mine and get a 2-up (probably the best way to get her on a snowmobile).
"As-is" what's this machine worth?
It has WELL under 1000 miles (probably 700ish?) 2001 MXZ 500 Fan. All stock. Very clean, hood, windshield, seat, etc. are in very good condition. Track is studded.
If I fix it up, bend the tunnel back into shape, re-rivet the supports, replace the ski and install a set of Fett Bros Sure Foot II (http://www.denniskirk.com/jsp/produ...in&catId=&productId=p490134&leafCatId=&mmyId=) to reinforce and cover some of the wrinkles in the tunnel/tunnel roll. What's it worth then?
What would you do??
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