Taking a vintage sled on a long haul!!

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ljm
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For real? nice sled!
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For real...fill you in more on Sunday.
Tony - apologies for hijacking your thread.
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No worries I'll be hopefully out on Saturday


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Good purchase!
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Sled made it!! When from my cottage in port Elgin to Owen sound no issues .... Besides my back

She ran good had a lot of compliments from the sled from everyone surprised how many people had no idea that john Deere made snowmobiles some guy thought I just put JD stickers on it
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When did you do the Port to Owen Sound run?

I live just outside Port Elgin
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A couple years back I did a fifty mile solo on my 300. Mid week, nice day, did not have any one to ride with me. The route was never more than a mile from a road so it wasn't too remote.

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There should be a bunch of Deere sleds doing a long haul next weekend at the Ride with the Champs! If things go well, there will a number of us putting on at least 230 miles.

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Myself and four others did a ride last week, decided to call it "ride with the chumps" due to all the mis haps and break downs..hope you Deere guys don't sue for copyright infringement.... :shifty:
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172 Miles last Saturday. Shawano Co. area. (WI)
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172 miles is a damn good day! Nice Sprintfire

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Finally got out of bed today!! :roll:
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My personal best was 148 2 years ago on a Carter, WI club run. (Lunds Snowbirds Club) So my windshield broke on the way up to the HOF this morning, driving into a 20ish MPH wind @60ish MPH :wall: . ( Shoulda took it off) I'm glad they still make them for my Sprintfire, but I'm still sad, although my ride has never gone into the wind faster than 52.5. With the -2F temps & high wind yet I won't be heading out to the fish fry that I've been trying to make for many years. Hoping to see some of you tomorrow, but there is a lot going on up here as many of you know. Later! :brrr:
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I'm hoping to go on a vintage ride but I can't find anything going on in Ontario Image
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1977 340 Liquifire, 2 - 1978 440 Liquifires, 78 cc Clone(#35),
1997 Polaris XCR SE 600 (mistake).....
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I seemed to have been a much better driver when my sled was slower.
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