What was your first sled?

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Skylar

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My first sled I bought was a used 76 Jag! Must have been 1988 I think. Followed by;

79 El Tigre
88 cougar
93 EXT 580Z
95 ZR580
98 ZR600, first brandy new sled.
2000 ZR600
2001 SX700R
2005 Renegade
2007 RMK 600
2012 RMK 800
2016 M8 limited
2018 RMK 800
And just added the 06 Apex in February
 
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wirev

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1984 Yamaha SRX
1991 Venture 2-up
1989 Inviter--wife's
1994 Skidoo Formula 583
1997 Skidoo Triple
2001 Skidoo MXZ 700
2005 Skidoo Rev
2007 SKidoo Rev 700
2011 Skidoo Renegade 1200 4 Stroke
Still have with low miles and an American Flag wrap
 
eagle1

eagle1

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1997 Polaris Ultra Sp. Walked in and payed cash, I was 23. Hooked ever since. Buddy had it up to just few years ago.
 
goofy600

goofy600

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First sled when I was old enough to be on trails was a 77 skidoo Olympic 300 first sled I payed for 81 skidoo citation ss. First sled remember driving in backyard dads 70 Olympic 399.
Still have the 81 citation.
 
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G

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68? Pol Andy.
70 Pol Playmate.
73 Pol Colt SS 340.
74 John Deere JDX 4.
75 John Deere JDX 6.
75 John Deere 340 S.
80 Pol TXC 340.
80 Pol TXL Indy 340.
83 Pol Indy 600.
86 Pol Indy 600.
87 Pol Indy 400.
89 Pol Indy 650.
92 Pol Indy 500 SP fuelly.
95 Pol XCR.
97 T Cat.
2001 AC ZR 800 LE.
2003 RX1.
2005 RX1.
2006 Apex.
2007 Vector.
2007 Apex.
2003 ZR 900.
2003 ZR 900.
2003 ZR 900.
2003 ZR 900 SnoPro.
2003 ZR 900 SnoPro.
200? Doo Renegade 1000.
2018 Sidewinder.
Some of the years might be wrong and I may have forgotten a sled or two but I have been a good customer. Favorite all around sled for what I do the ZR 900s. I still have all 5. Light and strong. I don't need a foot of suspension. Least favorite was the Doo. Sold it after 50 miles.
 
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BigSix

BigSix

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snobuilder said:
70 Bobcat....8th grade christmas present...guess my dad was an Evinrude fan...we beat the crap out of it...I always looked at the Cats of that era with envy....LOL
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My dad came home with a 1968 Johnson Skee Horse 14HP. It was a rent-to-own deal which he eventually owned. It would go 40 mph with a tail wind, downhill and hard pack snow! Dad was an OMC fan as he later bought a 1971 Evinrude Skeeter 30 HP with reverse. My first sled that I bought was a 1971 Ski-doo 399 Nordic in about 1979. After my wife and I had kids and they were 4 & 6, I wanted to introduce them to the sport and how to develop hand/eye coordination for when they started driving. I found a mint 1973 Arctic Cat 340 Panther with the bullet-proof Kawasaki engine. That was a great sled! My son is now into the sport with his own Polaris.
 
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elf

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Started at about 3 on a 1965-6 polaris colt. My brother and I made a lot of laps around the yard on that thing. Then the first sled that i called mine as a kid was a 1971 Arctic cat 399 Panther with the Kohler engine. Then as high school/college yrs passed I got a job workig for Polaris and I bought a 1995 Indy Trail. What a huge leap forward. then a 96 500 EFI, a 97 XLT limited, a 98 XC600, a 00 500XC, a 03 600XCSP, 06 Switchback 600, 2010 600 RMK, 2014 600 RMK, 2016 600 RMK, and now a 2021 850 SKS. Lots of good memories of all those sleds. Only one to ever have any problems was the 2010, burned down a couple times but close to 10,000 miles on it now.
 
bearrassler

bearrassler

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My dad brought home a Polaris in 1965 that we drove in a park by our house for a couple of weeks and then he sold it. The next year he started Viking Snowmobiles with his business partner and ran it until 1976 when they closed. I ran several different Vikings for those years and bought my first Polaris, a Centurion in 1980, I became a Polaris dealer in 1989 and had new sleds every year, many of them early production models like a 1991 500 EFI, and a 1992 XLT, I was a dealer until 2001, and still ride Polaris today. I do need to get a new sled probably next year
 
snomoman

snomoman

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snobuilder said:
70 Bobcat....8th grade christmas present...guess my dad was an Evinrude fan...we beat the crap out of it...I always looked at the Cats of that era with envy....LOL
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Wow, snobuilder and I might be the same age, (provided that you were in 8th grade in 1970)

First snowmobile was a 1974 Columbia 440 fan cooled back in the year 1980
 
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j_smith

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1974 TX 500
1973 Starfire 440 (Kicking myself for selling)
1979 TXC 340
1992 500 SP EFI
1993 XLT 600
1995 XCR SP 600
1996 Ultra SP 680
1999 700 SP
1997 XLT 600
2005 Fusion 900
2006 Switchback HO 600
2006 Switchback FST 750
1998 Indy 500
1998 XCR 600 Triple Triple
2011 Rush LX 600
2012 Switchback Pro R 800
2013 Switchback Pro R 800
2015 Switchback Pro S LE 800
2007 Switchback HO 600 144
2001 XCF 440
2011 Pro Rmk 800 155
2019 SKS 850 146
2021 VR1 850 137
2003 XC 600 SP missed previously
 
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xsledder

xsledder

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1979 Arctic Cat trail Cat 3000
1981 Yamaha Enticer 3000
1983 Polaris Cutlass SS
1986 Polaris Indy 400 (I still have it)
1989 Polaris Indy 500
1996 Polaris Indy XLT
1996 Polaris Indy Lite (wifes)
1999 Polaris XC 700 SP
2002 Ski-doo Renegade 700
2002 Arctic Cat ZL 600 (wifes)
2005 Arctic Cat T660 Touring Turbo
2007 Arctic Cat T660 Touring Turbo (wifes)
2007 Yamaha Phazer
2007 Yamaha Phazer GT
2016 Arctic Cat XF High Country 7000 (currently ride)
2019 Arctic Cat ZR 6000 Ltd iACT (currently ride)

Current Vintage
1978 Arctic Cat Lynx 2000T
1980 Kawasaki Drifter 340 F/A
1981 Arctic Cat trail Cat

Dad's sled that I rode -

1973 John Deere 300
 
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