Whats the first sled you rode or own?

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Worked for two summers and saved up 200.00 bucks,Dad threw in 100.00 bucks and wha La........1970 300 olympic,Second one was a 1973 440 Chapperal Free Air.........That thing was a rocket back then.Parts were scarce though!
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Ya I remember the 300 Olympic and the Chapperal. A friend of mine had a Nordic around 1970. Can't remember if it was a 340 or 399.
 

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1974 Moto-Ski Cadet 250. I was 7 & the bro was 9. Dad got it for us for Christmas. Will always remember that Christmas.
 

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nice nioce does any one still have these old sleds? my dad has an old harley davidson sled
 

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First sled I ever had was a 1971 335 Oympic and did boy did I ever put a lot of miles on it and was it ever easy to maintain.
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1998 Polaris 440 LC Indy (the Bosses)

So did ya pack snow on the carb when she was vaper locking,was a common practise back then LOL!
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First Sled I ever drove myself would be my cousins 440 Arctic Cat

My first sled to own is a 700 Yamaha Venture 2003... looking to find something different though.
 

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don't know what year It was but the first snowmobile I drove was a 340 tnt. the first snowmobile I owned was I believe a 1985 Artic cat el tigre 500 liquid cooled sled.

I blolted on 1 inch plastic paddles, and I left me stranded south of fernie somwhere. Came back 2 weeks later and could'nt find it because it snowed more than 8 feet. Next spring some quader phoned me up claiming to have found my sled. I have some good and bad memories of that sled
 

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Not sure of the year but mine was an Arctic Cat Cheetah, built like a brick and held up like one too.
 

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haha well the first sled i drove was a 1994 storm 800 when i was eight and i crashed to many times on it.. and dad sold it an dbought me a indy 440..i had some good years on that sled....now i ride dads rmk 800 XD
 

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My dad started his three boys on a73' 340 Olimpque, my older brother bought a 81 Citation SS and a couple years later I bought a 82 Yamaha SS440.Still have all three at the farm and they all run except the SS440 is one my younger brother bought (mine kinda got mutilated over time) and his is mint. Things have gotten out of hand since then, between the three of us we have 15 sleds........no shortage when friends come over:D
 

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First drove.... 1970 & 1967 snow crushers... Cruisers, 1970, My fathers still running. He had it out a few years ago..... Man that thing is SLOW, But got reverse & 21" track..... Wonder if they were onto something ! LOL! :D :)
 

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Ha Ha....looks like theres 3 of us that owned the same starter sled. :D

Still have the citation out at the parents farm. This past weekend we started it up and put 30km on it! It has over 8700km on it's odometer!!!!
 

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Mine was a early 70 s model about 70-72 polaris colt 340 sled twin carb , the guy i bought if from couldnt get it started so he sold it to me for 100 bucks , the only way to start it was sprayin either in the carbs but boy once it started that sled saw hundreds of miles in the kootney mtns , and alots of crashes but kept running was the best 100 bucks i spent as a kid next to buying my frist truck to haul it around with, miss those days,
 

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first sled was a '72 or '73 John Deere 300. rode that for a few years until I got a shiny new '78 Ski Doo Citation 300. still have it in the shed, it will start on the first pull too. gotta love the old primer....:D
 

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75ish Ukrainian (moto-ski) pronounced MO-tos-SKI:p Futura all the decals ripped off to look like a ski-doo ;)
 
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