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What was your first sled?

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What was your first sled? The one you had fun on all of the time when you were a kid? I am a teenager and I got a 1979 Jag 3000 when I was 10 and I still ride it to this day.:cool:
 
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A 78 Arctic Cat El tigre 5000 F/A. I took one ride on a newer one and never looked back. That thing was nothin but speed and BACKPAINS.Great runner though. I loved it when I got it.
 
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Cool, actually I forgot my first sled wasnt a Jag it was a 1974 El Tigre 340. My dad had it for 20 years. I drove it for about a 2 weeks and one day when i was in school my dad sold the el tigre and bought my jag. I loved that El tigre it was FAST!
 
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I didn't have a sled when I was a kid. I was 25 when I got my first sled...
'76 Ski-Doo TNT 340e. Basket case... Ended up parting it out.
Then I got a '70 Ski-Doo Olympique 12/3 that was a basket case. I rebuilt the motor on that one and sealed the gas tank. It needs a carb cleaning right now but it'll start and idle good.

Then what else, lessee:
'72 Olympique 335, '71 Nordic, '69 Panther 380?, '80 Polaris TX-L, '80 Trail Cat, '80 Blizzard 7500, '80 Polaris Centurion, '71 Panther 303, '81 El Tigre, '86 Panther.
I think thats all of them... 6 years, 12 sleds, thats only 2 a year...
 
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My first ride was a Polaris Playmate a 165cc back in 68-69. Then a pair of 75 Cats a Cheeta (with the lepord seat) and a Panther with the gas tank in the back??? I don't know is I could list them all but several El Tigre's and Jags, half a dozen or so Wild Cats as well as Enticers!
 
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1971 Arctic Cat Puma 399 Kohler (still have it)
1976 Arctic Cat Panther 440
1986 Ski-Doo MX 470
1999 Polaris XC 600 (mine)
1999 Polaris XC 500 (wifes)
 
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I restored a 1979 Arctic Cat Jag 3000 did you end up with it 79stingman? Time frame would be about right I lived in Rochester Ny at the time. That sled was showroom gorgeous when it left. Rebuilt the suspension in my bedroom lol mom loved that.

Second was a 95 Puma bought for 500 at a repo auction in 97

3rd was a 95 zr700 I rode it from the trailer to the grage and then the garage to a new guys trailer lol decided I wanted a powder sled.

Then the rest that I still own but the franken panther is sold once its finished.
 
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A 78 Arctic Cat El tigre 5000 F/A. I took one ride on a newer one and never looked back. That thing was nothin but speed and BACKPAINS.Great runner though. I loved it when I got it.
ahh those sleds are a blast to ride u cant get em to hook up to save your life and it will power slide all day long until it over heats:laugh:

My first sled was my 1995 zr 580 payed for it my self every last pennie no help from no one worked at mcdonalds to pay for it :rolleyes: it feels good to work your ass of to buy somthing like that and then no one can tell you its not yours and u can do w/e u want with it :D
 
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coloradoman25 said:
I restored a 1979 Arctic Cat Jag 3000 did you end up with it 79stingman? Time frame would be about right I lived in Rochester Ny at the time. That sled was showroom gorgeous when it left. Rebuilt the suspension in my bedroom lol mom loved that.

Second was a 95 Puma bought for 500 at a repo auction in 97

3rd was a 95 zr700 I rode it from the trailer to the grage and then the garage to a new guys trailer lol decided I wanted a powder sled.

Then the rest that I still own but the franken panther is sold once its finished.
No, I dont think I got the Jag you restored. Mine is definently not restored! It is not in that bad of condition, If I redid the hood and belly pan it would look like new. My dad bought the jag from a dealer in Warren, MN. It was sitting outside, so the motor had ice in the crankcase, and it was locked up. It was missing a few minor parts. That jag (first jag)sat in the shop for about 1 month and then one day when I was in school my dad sold my El Tigre(I still drove it at the time) and bought a jag that ran,(second Jag) but after about a month of driving it we put pistons and rings in it because it would shut off if you drove it for a while and it was hard to start when it was warm. When we did that, I put the motor out of the second Jag Into the first jag and switched all of the parts that the first jag needed(we made one out of two). Plus the first jag had a rubber track(the second didnt) and a better condition hood, belly pan, and seat. That is the story of how I got my Jag.:eek:
 
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I'd like to have a freeair Jag but it seems like most of them have been beaten absolutely to death. I guess they got relegated to be kids sleds and trashed... I know where theres a nice fan cooled one but the guy doesn't want to sell...
 
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Elan!

79stingman said:
What was your first sled? The one you had fun on all of the time when you were a kid? I am a teenager and I got a 1979 Jag 3000 when I was 10 and I still ride it to this day.:cool:
I was ten years old when I first started driving a snowmobile, which was '73 Elan twin....those things can go anywhere. And now I'm doing a moto-ski mirage resto.
 
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