Northern Ohio - Snowmobile Forum: Your #1 Snowmobile Forum

Spark · 12-15-2008, 04:05 PM

I don't think we'll ever snowmobile here again.........

powderhound · 12-15-2008, 05:12 PM

Haha, hey man. Where were you riding in ohio? Im originally from Marblehead by Port Clinton. I know ive done a whole lot of ditch banging around there.

Spark · 12-15-2008, 05:23 PM

Hey PH,
A little further west. Started out in LaGrange('bout 30 mi west a Cleveland) and have gone as far as Wakeman to the Crossroads Tavern. Serious ditch bangin' through fields(yea and some nasty ditches). ended up one time on a sewage overflow. Thanks to the gods it was frozen enough! That was three years ago we've been able to run around here.
My dad had a tailer and boat up in Marblehead years ago. What a blast! Too bad I didn't know about snow machines back then eh?

powderhound · 12-15-2008, 05:27 PM

haha, yea man. for sure. I know growing up i rode a 83 Yamaha Enticer around there, but those ditch's and fields are some of the best memory's i have of growing up.

Spark · 12-15-2008, 05:39 PM

Wish I'd known about these crazy things when I was a kid, though they were incredibly primative way back then. First sled was a '77 Panther 'bout five years ago. Was in great shape but by no means a ditchbanger. Liked ta kill myself on it many times. Stepped up to an'01 500xcsp which was worlds better. But not even close to my wife's 500SS Rev. Road it for the first time last winter up in Canada. Kinda wish I didn't......slot car compared to the Pol.

idotatoos · 12-15-2008, 06:23 PM

North shore of Lake Erie here.....Blenheim Ontario....and not expecting to ride for a while still anyways, ........

Spark · 12-15-2008, 07:15 PM

Hey Dotoos,
Think I've seen ya gazin' across the pond.....Ride one week outta the year up on the French River close to Sudbury. Would like to say it'd be great to stay there longer but they get too much snow, though last year was almost a bust. Groom trails were no good and the river was sheet ice. Machines got a little warm. Maybe two or three weeks, eh?

idotatoos · 12-15-2008, 07:28 PM

All I want is to get out on Lake Erie and catch some perch (the only reason I bother with a sled here anymore) haha .... Mines ready to go if we do get any snow between now and then, gotta do some test runs, as Id hate to be stuck out there not able to start the old girl (78 Jag 3000, with a 399cc rotax)

powderhound · 12-15-2008, 10:01 PM

haha, man i LOVE my 500ss i think im going to upgrade though to an XP though next year.