hubby's new toy

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68isgr8

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He just couldn't resist on passing up this 800 triple. The price was a steal. The doctor who sold it has 20+ snowmobiles and this one was "just in the way". The suspension is worth double for what we paid for it. Jerry's excited. :giggedy: He had another '97 summit with a 740 motor built by Union Bay Racing, but had to sell it a few years back.
He plans on racing it next fall/winter to see how it'll hold up against the newer sleds.
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Holy paddle tracks batman! Nice sled, we don't see many tracks like that around here, all the "fast" guys use picks.
 
Just in time for Spring! YAY!!!!

Tell him: NO LAKE SLEDDING UNTIL FREEZE OVER NEXT YEAR.

Seriously. Guys will try it and the sleds will do it... for a while.. unless done right... but even then.
 
That's a damned-nice sled.

If he's gonna race it, though, prepare him for the Rupp 440 Nitro F/A or Mercury 340 Sno-Twister that might run and hide from him on an ice oval. :D Sure, they're 30-year-old carbureted junk, but on a smooth oval the 1" of travel doesn't mean much, and they're a couple hundred pounds lighter. Those things fly.

There was a fella around here bitch-slapping 800+cc sleds with a '74 Merc 340 for a long time... they finally permanently outlawed him because he couldn't consistently keep his skis on the ground from the time he came out of a corner to the time he braked, and he "posed a danger" to the crowd. The thing was an animal, yet his young daughters drove it regularly on the trails. :D

Personally, one ride on a modified TNT640 was enough to convince me that HP sleds were a certain death sentence for me. :D
 
I had a ’75 Rupp nitro 340 and it was fast as hell! I loved that sled! It had no problem keeping up with the 600 and 700 cc sleds on the trails. The suspension left a lot to be desired though.
 
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