Old fast sleds

[sickKLT20081]

I heard that old fast sleds were becoming very collectable, the ones like a Blizzard or something, does any body have anything about these or have one?

[TTribaLL]

I have an old sled, it ain't a blizzard but its a good old machine...and it is in no way slow!

198? 400 Ski-Doo Citation...I love that machine...it has been through alot of years, alot of snow, alot of "Push it until you go fast enough", alot of jumps, alot of....well, lets just say its old and well used, but still runs like a charm.

Allmost forgot, if you prime it twice before you pull it over, it is a definate *1 pull start*...amazing eh? No kidding.


I have a friend with 2 blizzards, there those Ski-doo's with the Big flat yellow noses right?

[MTS]

the old Ski-Doo TNT 440 is a freaking powerhouse...i love em..they run real strong..real fast too :D

[Yamahauler]

i have a fast old snowmobile, a 1980 Yamaha Enticer 300. It used to be my dad's and he said that he used to go riding with his friend who had a 340cc and the 300cc could beat it off the line, and in the 1/4 mile. When i was a bit younger, me and my brother rode beside our friend who had a speedometer and he said we were going 65 mph with 2 of us on there!

[hotroddal]

i just got an 1978 ski-doo 440 tnt i traded a 81 honda 200 for it, but the bad thing is there is no snow on the ground for me to ride my new sled in.

[TTribaLL]

There are many years of blizzards, all shapes and forms...so its hard to tell which one your talking about.

BTW, I just found an old John Deere Trail Fire 340 for $100!!!(yes one hundred) Its mine :twisted:

[SpeedBump]

http://www.vintagesnowmobiles.50megs.com/1974_Alouette_Page.html I think This is what my buddy had "back in the day" It WAS the FASTEST thing around. Kicked all the Arctic Cat Paneras and the Exciters and everything else. Not sure if his was the same year, but it was 100% sure an Alouette 440.

[MTS]

There are many years of blizzards, all shapes and forms...so its hard to tell which one your talking about.

BTW, I just found an old John Deere Trail Fire 340 for $100!!!(yes one hundred) Its mine :twisted:
i see them things all over the place...good sleds :) ...wish i had 100$ LOL...maby i can convince the parents to give me another loan... :D :beer

[rman]

my first sled was a tnt 340 it was somewhere in the mid 70's we paid 150.00 for it it would go pretty good till the mice built a nest in it one summer took it out the first ride and blowed it up. rebuilt it then it really hualed you know what they were a pretty good sled then i traded it in for a artic cat eltigre 5000 now that would get down with it

later rman

[atcpunk107]

all this talk aboutfast old sleds and i hae seen nothing about a John Deere Liquifire 440
they are fast as heck, i had one going over 120 and still had throtle

[honda200]

man, is someone forgeting the Moto-Ski Bullet 800??

rode one once, scared to ride it again, now its gone

What bout the Snowcruiser Jelly Bean with the stinger pipes?

Mercury Sno Racer 440

Yamaha SS440

John Deere Spit Fire 440 (frickin awesome looking lol)

Exciter 570

Skidoo Blizzard 500

Theres a few for yea

[MTS]

hmm...theres a few liquid fires and blizzards in the paper right now.....maby i should get some money and buy one :)

[TTribaLL]

One of the sickest looking Snowmobiles ever...:twisted:
http://www2.ebtech.net/~dhakala/76RV_Wallpaper.jpg

...and mine is a Ski-doo Citation SS 400, very similar to this. Last year It had the unfortunate event of the ski-doo landing wierd after jumping up/off the side of a dugout(it was a verticle drop), and busted up the track pretty bad...along eith the drive gear, which the bearings were completely gone on one side(I now know what that noise was, couldn't find the source before)...so the ockward landing + no drive sprocket bushing = something really trailprotrailprotrailprotrailprotrailprotrailpro up.
http://www.hbcycle.com/used/skcitationss.jpg


And my first ski-doo was a Ski-doo TNT Citation 300, just like this...(the one in the front)...one day it just blew up :(
http://www.vintagesnowmobiles.50megs.com/1979_Ski_Doo_Citation_300_Elan_250.jpg
That 300 we got off my great uncle inlaw, and it was jacked up...so the *** end was about 6" higher off the ground than stock...it now rests in Snowmobile heaven (seriously, "my trike sucks" might know that place).



Anyways, sorry for Hi-jacking your thread :D

[TTribaLL]

http://www.skoterportalen.com/retro/markjdtf.jpg

Trailfire :D

I had to put it in somewhere :twisted:

[OldSchoolin86]

I had 2 trailfires, they were also very fast for thier time.

[farmer mike]

can't remember exactly what it was but I had a fan-cooled 1972 yamaha ,think it was a GP433? Kinda dating myself but in 1980 it was clocked at 108 by radar on the canal. Untill the liquid cooled Kawasakis came out there was not many sleds would stay w/ it. no fun to ride; only wanted to run WIDE open- only way the twin carbs would stay in sync...

[MTS]

man the new bargin finder just came out on the net last night...im too cheep to buy it lol...anyways theres a ton of old sleds for not bad prices check it out http://www.buysell.com/class.asp?subclass=8&id=27&r=25&i=481
the edmonton region is what i use :) but yea ttribal i know of a few ski-doo heavens...*cough* i have too go look at some that my friend has sittin out back...that need to be re-built...see if theres anything worth fixin up out there... :D prolly not and i will prolly have to beg my parents to buy me a 200-400$ sled heh...i hope a nice one turns up ....i seen in the adds there i guy wants to trade a ski-doo for a trike so maby ill look at that :twisted:
man you guys are listing all theses sweet old sleds and like more than half pf them are in my paper....how to CHOOSE! :D :twisted: :beer

[TTribaLL]

Like a year or two ago, you could look in the Bargain Finder and find a Big-Red for $400...now some are selling for $2000 :confused:

Anyways "My Trike sucks", I've got my eye's on that 79 John Deere Trailfire 440($250), so keep your dirty paws off it :D

Snowmobile Heaven is in Rimby, here (http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$Engineering/obsolete.nsf/0/1FC557453C639CC98725696800701514?OpenDocument). I can find anything there...half the stuff I made one of my go-carts out of is from there, and everytime one of our Machines needs a part, we go there...but sometimes they can be kind-of overpriced. :mad:

[Pistonhead]

Love that garbage finder, half of these sleds are in the darned thing every week! I was up near pigeon lake a few years back and saw a guy who had a literal sled fence around his yard, like every old sled imaginable, in every condition imaginable all lined rupp.

[AirManCam]

I wouldn't even touch an old sled UNLESS; It is in absolutely mint condition and is collecting dust in my garage, Or ducttaping the throttle wide open, and sending it out through the woods. You guys seriosly need to update. The sleds now days are absolutely incredible how far they have come. Sleds pumping out over 150hp (lc twins) and amazing suspension. I personally can't wait till my new f7 gets in in a couple days!! Then for race season to start with my 440 snopros.

[MTS]

I wouldn't even touch an old sled UNLESS; It is in absolutely mint condition and is collecting dust in my garage, Or ducttaping the throttle wide open, and sending it out through the woods. You guys seriosly need to update. The sleds now days are absolutely incredible how far they have come. Sleds pumping out over 150hp (lc twins) and amazing suspension. I personally can't wait till my new f7 gets in in a couple days!! Then for race season to start with my 440 snopros.
not everyone has 10k to spend on a new sled or even needs something that powerful ! ever thought of that? old sleds are great for bootin around on....and some of them are pretty dam quick for bein 20 years old...saying you should really update is like saying screw 20 year old trikes and go buy a new banshee becuse they have way better suspension and put out way more horse power, but people dont always do that now do they? , :rolleyes:

[Pistonhead]

Banshee's don't even have that good suspension!

[350xsx]

igot jon deere 340 spitfire for $25 lol, its seized up tho and realy beat looing, i think it needs to find a home in the field soon :(

[TTribaLL]

OOHH! New smilies!

:welcome: :w00t: :naughty: :cry:


I want that John Deere your selling, but I'm not going to be dealing with any Americans again any time soon :rolleyes:

[350xsx]

:welcome: :w00t: :naughty: wow, kool lol

[hondawilly]

i wish i had money for a firecat i will have to wait untell i have a job and out of school

[MTS]

anyone ever heard of a 289 Ski-Wiz sled?? i hear the 289 sleds go pretty dam good and i have a chance to get my hands on one that needs restorin, also i belive there is a yamaha gp433 that i could get too, any insights on thses ?

[vartiak15]

im getting 4 or 5 old ski doo's next week for free one runs one needs a lil and i dont no wabou tthe others. the are like 440's and 460's all around 1980 to 1981's

[84250r]

I wouldn't even touch an old sled UNLESS; It is in absolutely mint condition and is collecting dust in my garage, Or ducttaping the throttle wide open, and sending it out through the woods. You guys seriosly need to update. The sleds now days are absolutely incredible how far they have come. Sleds pumping out over 150hp (lc twins) and amazing suspension. I personally can't wait till my new f7 gets in in a couple days!! Then for race season to start with my 440 snopros.

Josh,

Why bash thier rides? WTF, something is wrong with your noodle!


Anyways,im ready to go and my ZR!

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