Houghton 2012 Snowmobiling pictues and story

[SS4Matt]

Lol im glad I sold my sled! They are a freaking money pit for sure!

Ive been to that place in thunder bay, along with everywhere else you posted lol! I've put some serious trail miles on the state oficogan!

[farmington]

Ahhhh. The Ambassador. The Downtowner. Been way too long since I've been to the UP

[MunsterZ28]

danm! lol ive been up here to long houghton is just a hop and skip down from me in the soo

[ITSSLOW]

Lol im glad I sold my sled! They are a freaking money pit for sure!

Ive been to that place in thunder bay, along with everywhere else you posted lol! I've put some serious trail miles on the state oficogan!

Never been a money pit until this year. I've had my sled since 2002 and never been more than plugs, oil, grease, and gas until that engine went. No surprise since it has well over 8,000mi.

[Swat]

Cool story & pics. Thanks for sharing!

[SS4Matt]

Never been a money pit until this year. I've had my sled since 2002 and never been more than plugs, oil, grease, and gas until that engine went. No surprise since it has well over 8,000mi.

My last sled was a '98 MachZ 800. bone stock it was a great sled for 8 years. once the crank seals went and it popped a motor, it couldn't stay together after that. those things have the crank pressed together around the seals, I got a '99 lower end from Jeff Urdone4 for and bought a '99 crank (they had a better crank seal design than the '98s) and sold that headache

Now if I go sledding I just borrow friends spares. Last time I went to the UP was a few winters ago a group of us left christmas night to ride for the weekend. ended up saving a ladies life when we rode from Rudyard back to Ignace for the night. She hit a tree (her and BF were drinking she was knocked out cold/coma) the entire 2 hours we were at the scene not one other person passed us and my phone was the only one that got service (A+ verizon!) My friends were bringing the paramedics from the highway a mile up the trail to the scene.

[tenpin842]

I jumped the Polaris ship after my 2009 Dragon spent more time back at the dealers then on the trails.
I bought a 2005 Arctic Cat F6 Black Widow edition. And I love it.

Sad to say I have ZERO miles on this year due to the lack of snow. So it's really good to see the pictures you posted up.
Sorry about all the troubles you had though. But looking back I'm sure it was a lot of fun despite all the problems.

[ITSSLOW]

I jumped the Polaris ship after my 2009 Dragon spent more time back at the dealers then on the trails.
I bought a 2005 Arctic Cat F6 Black Widow edition. And I love it.

Sad to say I have ZERO miles on this year due to the lack of snow. So it's really good to see the pictures you posted up.
Sorry about all the troubles you had though. But looking back I'm sure it was a lot of fun despite all the problems.

We've never had any issues with our sleds. Maintenance goes a long way though. We go through them every year when they are put away and when we bring them out. Polaris sleds aren't the fastest but damn reliable and comfortable. I've ridden a lot of peoples arctic cats, yamahas, and ski doos and they all have their benifits. We've just had great luck with our sleds. Mine burnt up last year but its 11yr old and has 8,000mo+ on it. Arctic Cats engines are quick and the engines are always so crisp but it seems like 9 outta 10 times we are pulled off for a sled issue its an Arctic Cat.

Hell, we had 10 guys on this trip. 5 sleds broke down. 4 were A.C.! 2 of which weren't mine and I still broke them.

[sman]

Lucky, I havent even gotten mine out this year!

My dad is on his way back from Canada on a 15 day (several thousand mile) trip.

Im so jealous of everyones pictures, I miss the snow.

[SLPSS]

Jill and I use to love to ride the trails when the snow was there our favorite spot was Mio. You could go in any dir. then of to the air strips when someone thought they had a fast sled. Jill rode a 670 mxz me I rode mach z, 240 carbite studs hook and go. Got sick in 2002 been selling off my sleds one by one had 6 sleds 2- trail 4 racers only one left 800 tripple mach z set as a improved drag racer. Have fun on the sleds we really miss the sport.

[ITSSLOW]

Any pics Pete?

[SLPSS]

Have pics but not good on computer,what do you wan't to see.If it is of the mach z its looks like stock from the outside the class we ran in was improved 800 the only thing you see is that it is straped down it ran in the low 5s in 500 ft on grass only ran 3 races has 1300 trail miles motor ported, jaws pipes have 2 stock sets of pipes no junk I was going to run it on the ice this year but was in the hospital for a while there is no ice anyway.If it is trail riding we have lots of pics somewhere. Been ten years since we trail rode it was our favorite sport, in the summer we rode dune buggys in the same area they are gone also now the only toy is the camaro hope to run it at milan this spring looking for high 12s to low 13s. thanks for asking Pete

[ITSSLOW]

Have pics but not good on computer,what do you wan't to see.If it is of the mach z its looks like stock from the outside the class we ran in was improved 800 the only thing you see is that it is straped down it ran in the low 5s in 500 ft on grass only ran 3 races has 1300 trail miles motor ported, jaws pipes have 2 stock sets of pipes no junk I was going to run it on the ice this year but was in the hospital for a while there is no ice anyway.If it is trail riding we have lots of pics somewhere. Been ten years since we trail rode it was our favorite sport, in the summer we rode dune buggys in the same area they are gone also now the only toy is the camaro hope to run it at milan this spring looking for high 12s to low 13s. thanks for asking Pete

Anything. I like seeing other peoples rides.