Old sleds are awesome!!!

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snow_monkey

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My friend pulled the sheet off the old girl this weekend a 1986 inviter in perfect condition!! I am sure at the time this was the sled to have. A few years ago area riders went for a cruise on their old sleds on our local trail system. There were over 30 sleds many of which I did not recognize. If I keep mine any longer I can join this parade. Oh look there goes a 2002 xcsp edge,"I had one of those!!"
 
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indy_500

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snow_monkey said:
My friend pulled the sheet off the old girl this weekend a 1986 inviter in perfect condition!! I am sure at the time this was the sled to have. A few years ago area riders went for a cruise on their old sleds on our local trail system. There were over 30 sleds many of which I did not recognize. If I keep mine any longer I can join this parade. Oh look there goes a 2002 xcsp edge,"I had one of those!!"
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02 ain't old, i got 3 1999's! and my neighbor has a 99 xc sp 500! i go ta 99 xc 700 and a 99 indy 500 and my dad has a 99 xc sp 700. i live on the corner of 2 roads so there's a road running east and west and a road running north and south and i live in the northwest corner and my neighbor with the other 99 lives in the southeast, and one of my buddy's occicially named it the 1999 junction
 
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fredster

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Yamaha Exciter?

Way back in High School my buddy had a 1979 Yamaha Exciter 440 and that thing was pretty fast for a non-liquid-cooled sled. 440 Fan with twin carbs, it would walk all over my JD Trailfire (440, single carb). Of course I showed up the next year with a new JD Liquifire (Thanks Dad!) and that sled was a real runner. No suspension on those sleds though.
 
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dcsnomo

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indy_500 said:
02 ain't old, i got 3 1999's! and my neighbor has a 99 xc sp 500! i go ta 99 xc 700 and a 99 indy 500 and my dad has a 99 xc sp 700. i live on the corner of 2 roads so there's a road running east and west and a road running north and south and i live in the northwest corner and my neighbor with the other 99 lives in the southeast, and one of my buddy's occicially named it the 1999 junction
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My wife drives a 98 XLT...of course I have a new Z1 Cat. Wonder where that 98 XLT came from....
 
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mxzbearcat

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First Sled I ever rode was a 1979 Artic Cat Jag..I know the guy who has it now it still starts on the first pull no matter how long it has sat...I currently ride a 96 MXZ she still runs great..All you have to do is take care of these machines and they'll run for ever.

I'm currently thinking about getting a new ski doo but I'm keeping the 96 for sure.
 
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Running Bear

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89 indy 500 got her when she was new now shes the ice fishing sled..... also have a 95 RXL....that the wife loves to ride.....2 great old sleds
 
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01mndoo

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Started out on a 81 Jag 340. Could whip sweet doughnuts on the ice with the cleated track. Then I jumped to a 92 indy 500 and now I have a 01 MXZ 700. I am starting to see a pattern here maybe time for a new 2011.
 
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ezra

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I always thought yammi was trying to get to the slumped over the armrest in the 79 caddy cruising slow crowd with the inviter
 
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polarisrider1

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Those were the days my friend, I thought they would never end! 1972 Polaris colt 175 with 12.5HP single. Plugs and belts, syphoning gas from Moms car and premixing 1 qt. to 5 gallons of gas.
 
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indy_500

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polarisrider1 said:
Those were the days my friend, I thought they would never end! 1972 Polaris colt 175 with 12.5HP single. Plugs and belts, syphoning gas from Moms car and premixing 1 qt. to 5 gallons of gas.
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i've done a few of those things before.....:D:D:D


;) don't tell anyone
 
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polarisrider1

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indy_500 said:
does that thing get free delivery too?
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I can't believe he is selling it. He bought it a few yrs. back with the promise that he would not sell it. He built a display rack to show it off in his shop. Figured it would be safe there. Now I need to send him $500 to get it back. i put over 4000 miles on that sled. he only rode it about 2000 more miles. Then it sat for 30 yrs. before he restored it. (Thats what he does for a living).
 
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phatt

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I had one of those the inviter that is. I called it the couch due to the comfort or the harley due to the handle bar shape, that was a fun sled, still wish I had it.
 
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beakjones

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XLT baby

Gotta love the older sleds. Occasionally I break my 99 poo and ride my 96 XLT as a backup. I think it weighs about the same but it seems like it's half the size. You can use your body to much more effect on that thing and get all over it. 11k and still going strong with just one top end rebuild and a few pieces of suspension.
 
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