What was the 1st sled you purchased?

Kevin · Post by **Kevin** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 5:32 pm

I thought would be a intresting thread:)Mine was a used 1972 Evinrude Bobcat. Even had electic start!!

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 5:53 pm

2004 Yamaha Warrior. Electric start and reverse!

Red Baron · Post by **Red Baron** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:09 pm

1971 ski-doo elan 250 1 cylinder. still have it

snohawk · Post by **snohawk** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:29 pm

My first sled was a 72' Suzuki 400 with the dual carbs

indanortwoods · Post by **indanortwoods** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 7:14 pm

1971 chapperal red with supertrap mufflers, no slide rails all bogey
fiberglass and aluminum- pretty light for the year and also pretty fast also - topped out at 80 mph on lake - absolutly no suspension maybee 2 inches
540cc fan cooled hearth engine with dual carbs later I put a 900 rotax ultralight aircraft engine in it and ice draged it for a few years 100+mph

snoway · Post by **snoway** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 7:34 pm

'73 TX 340.
Sled only made it 1000 very hard miles.

townsend chris · Post by **townsend chris** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 8:06 pm

Evinrude 440

Sackman · Post by **Sackman** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:56 am

'72 articcat puma 440

snowdog · Post by **snowdog** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:17 am

'76 merc 440 trail twister--put 4500 miles on it before i killed it .

eschmitz · Post by **eschmitz** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:18 am

I was first introduced to snowmobiling on a 1972 Zephyr Moto Ski. This thing was a tank. I remember my dad sucking on the gas line because the primer didn't work. Every winter I looked forward to riding it on my grandparents farm. I first started trail riding with an 89 Phazer we call it the "Lazer Phazer". She is still in commission and starts with 1 or two pulls. Every once in a while I'll take it out on the trails. You may laugh, but it's still a fun sled to ride. A few years ago I had her pinned for a couple miles and I started smelling smoke. I opened the hood and saw that some brush had caught fire under the chain case.