Thanks Fusion but if I did upgrade it would be a used XTX with EPS, a used GSX or Gade 4tek. Right now my Attak is in great condition so the urge to upgrade is just not there. I have been to FL in August & was ok but I stay on the beach 24/7. Inland forget it in summer you will bake in 10 minutes. Bama gulf shores are indeed very nice but I'm an Atlantic boy.
Are You Staying In Or Getting Out?
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Thanks Fusion but if I did upgrade it would be a used XTX with EPS, a used GSX or Gade 4tek. Right now my Attak is in great condition so the urge to upgrade is just not there. I have been to FL in August & was ok but I stay on the beach 24/7. Inland forget it in summer you will bake in 10 minutes. Bama gulf shores are indeed very nice but I'm an Atlantic boy.
snow_monkey
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I lived in a hotel on Singer Island in Fla. for 6 months. Free room service with an ocean view. Florida is a transient state and is a very large mixing pool of people including the good the bad and the ugly. The heat made the pleasure of the beach and scenery fade fast. Hopefully the man upstairs will let me have it my way. A trip down for a few weeks before and after snowmobile season and I will be happy. No house to worry about over a thousand miles away. I will take a blizzard and the awesome change of seasons any day!
FL beach & fishing spots are just like WI snowmobiling everybody comes together regardless of color or income level. You just help everybody out & they help you. So easy to talk to people in the south sometimes difficult to break it off & move on.
I had a guy off the interstate in a gas station in TN talk my ear off while I'm filling the truck. He knew where I was headed with the boat & wanted to share fishing hot spots. I felt bad because I just wanted to get back on interstate & I think he would have talked for another hour even tho he had his family in his van. LOL
I had a guy off the interstate in a gas station in TN talk my ear off while I'm filling the truck. He knew where I was headed with the boat & wanted to share fishing hot spots. I felt bad because I just wanted to get back on interstate & I think he would have talked for another hour even tho he had his family in his van. LOL
freezinbevr
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Samc, let me know what age the girls are and maybe we can work out a deal on some sleds for them to share!
I'm in Chan w/7&9 yr olds riding their Mini Z, in front of my wife and I on the big sleds and they absolutely LOVE IT! But the sled upgrade is in the very near future for them to cruise solo.
Brad
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fusion
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Yeah, there was a time I actually tried to move down there....seems like a thousand years ago. Now I can't even imagine being down there full time. I was down in Gulf Shores in July, two years ago and the heat was insane. I must be gettin old, because I actually had to hide in the shade in the mid day hours. Now I love the change of seasons, fall and winter, but summer, even here is a bit of drag. I'll vacation down there and other tropical places, but as far as living there, I doubt that would ever happen. Actually toying with the idea of buying a twin engine Cessna and flying where I want to go, so I don't have to miss the good snowfalls in winter.
fusionrider600
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In no doubt about it
I'm in for good. My son became trail legal in February and is becoming a bigger sledhead than me. Looking for a two up so my wife can ride with our 8 year old daughter. Sold the 2 place and upgraded to a 3 a week ago. It truly has become a family sport and I can't imagine not having sleds.
I'm in for good. My son became trail legal in February and is becoming a bigger sledhead than me. Looking for a two up so my wife can ride with our 8 year old daughter. Sold the 2 place and upgraded to a 3 a week ago. It truly has become a family sport and I can't imagine not having sleds.
indy_500
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Fact: Sleds are cheaper than maintaining cars. My sisters car (2003 Ford Taurus-soon to be mine this fall when she goes to college) would not start. I hooked it up to the battery charger for 1 night, no go. Tried jumping it, no go. I told my parents it was the starter and that I was capable of replacing it. "OH NO YOU AREN'T, how do you even know if it's the starter?" Well, $800 later, yup, it was the starter (few more misc. things had to be replaced). What do my parents do? Complain to me that it cost too much to maintain cars. Then they go on to say I would be stupid to buy a truck with my own money because they cost too much to maintain. I said I am better off driving a 20 yr. old truck than that piece of junk! We've owned it 18 months, put on 14,000 miles, and have had $4000 in repairs (I just got done adding it up an hour ago). We paid $3500 for the car!!! Sure this post is probably off-topic, and I know I'm just ranting, but sleds really aren't that much money the more and more I look at it. They are super easy to fix. If you think snowmobiling is a lot of money, try getting into cars for a hobby, as in restoring old ones, and see how your bank feels! Next time, maybe my parents will let me try and fix one of their vehicles for once? If I can rebuild a snowmobile motor, aren't I capable of replacing a starter? RANT OVER, GOOD NIGHT!
We'll have to talk. I have an 11 yr old girl that comes with us all the time (everywhere we ride, cabin, UP, etc....) and we have an 5 yr old boy that I need to start looking for a 120. The 11 yr old has been riding a 81 John Deere Trail Fire for sometime (we fixed up/Restored together) but it's time to put her into something else I think.
I'd like to try and find a early 2000's Polaris Indy 340, edge stile for the daughter but there hard to find.
Again, in it for life!