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I rolled my 97 Yamaha VMAX last week and smashed the windshield. So I borrowed my buddy's much newer and much faster AC Firecat, and now I get snowmobiling. If anybody in the Western New York area is interested in a 77 SnoJet 440 restoration project, let me know. I already did the part of the restoration where you take it all apart and lose interest in it, so it's like you're half-done! Be advised: the SnoJet is currently buried.
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Valfar posted:Man I love snowmobiles. But unfortunately I live in Norway where's it's really restricted where you can ride, making it nearly impossible. It's been ten years since I've ridden one now. The last sled I rode was my cousins Mountain Cat 600, which was way faster than anything I had ridden before, and it was a blast! Last year he suddenly got a Polaris after being a Arctic Cat man for over a decade, should go visit him soon... I live in New York, and despite being total dildos about every other type of off-road vehicle, it embraces the HELL out of snowmobiling. I live on an island, and there's something like 20 miles of clearly marked and well-groomed trail on it. And not just in the woods. It goes along the river, through a state park, past a Tim Hortons and a few bars, through a few residential areas. It's nice.
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Feb 13, 2015 05:35
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Modus Man posted:My grandpa had a stable of old snowmobiles when I was a kid, I always rode the Sno Jet 440. At 20 years old it was the newest machine in the barn and was running more often than not. As a teenage boy I thought it was fast as hell. Looking it up now I see it made a whopping 11 horsepower and had a top speed of 57 mph, plenty fast for a kid. It looked a lot like this one except way more beat up from me riding it through thick woods at rather dangerous speeds. I haven't been on a snowmobile since then I'm sure a modern one would be mind blowing in comparison. It's been a decade since I rode my SnoJet, but I remember it being a decent enough ride. If I can't find somebody to take it out of my driveway, I'll probably end up pulling the motor and selling the rest for scrap. Aluminum spikes every now and then. I just hate the idea of scrapping something old and fixable. Maybe I can make a drift trike with the motor.
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Feb 16, 2015 00:57
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