'12 race sleds

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trailfire runner
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Re: '12 race sleds

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Thanks

Clay
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1 1980 Trailfire 340 = Less than five hundred orginal miles
1 1980 Trailfire 440 = My Test Dummy
1 1980 Liquifire = Future race sled
1 1978 Spitfire
1 1979 Spitfire
sledder670
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Re: '12 race sleds

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i am also a skidoo collector, i am trying to find an 80 skidoo 9500 plus but not having any luck. so it looks like i might be on a 80 liquifire
I buy sell and service all brands. Contact me and i might be able to help. sleds 2-liquidators, 75 340/S, 80 liquifire, 78 440 liquifire, 75 jd 300, 83 9700 skidoo blizzard, 86 skidoo formula plus, 79 motoski super sonic, 91 skidoo mach 1 x, 92 formula plus x, 95 mxz 440, 3 toni hiakonen edition mxz's, 98 mxzx, 97 mxzx, 77 skidoo rv cross coutry, 77 skidoo Rv 340, 75 skidoo tnt 340FA, 97skidoo formula3LT, 06 800 skidoo summit, 08 skidoo tnt full trail mod with nos
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Re: '12 race sleds

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sledder,

I have a real nice 81 7500plus for sale if your interested. I was going to use it in the I-500 but decided tigre 5000 parts/sleds were alot easier/cheaper to come by. ( I'm building one for me and my 15 yr old son to race) The 9500 has more ponies but I think the 7500 would do pretty good as well.

email me at mountain1@mywdo.com if interested and I will get ya some pics....Thanks,Eric
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I have a 79 CC Tigre that needs a owner/operator for next January's race.
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sledder 670,
Found what you are looking for! I picked up the Liquifire yesterday. The 9500 looked pretty good, not pristine, but definitely a good restoration candidate. He said it had a newer track also, along with one complete spare motor and another partial. I just didn't have $500 or else I would have brought that one home too. He's a motivated seller, with a kid on the way, and the wife telling him to get rid of the sleds.

Terre

Sorry forgot to post the link, here it is: http://annarbor.craigslist.org/rvs/2445806395.html

The location is Tecumseh, Mi
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Re: '12 race sleds

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Guys,

May I humbily suggest that if you are going to race in 7 months that you get your sleds started NOW if not sooner. Trust me on this one guys, with out my friends bailing me out in the last month and even day before the race, I would not have made it to the line. To show them some respect, my new sled is currently under construction and many of update parts have been purchased.

If you can only do one update to your sled, install FOX or simular racing shocks on your sled. Carver Performance can shorten ones for the rear skid. Ski shocks can be a bit long for the application, as VDR (Vintage Deere Racing) as been able to use stock FOX, non-remote reservior, in that location with custom bushings.

Good luck guys, hope to see many more of you out there!

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Re: '12 race sleds

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JoeRainville wrote:Guys,

May I humbily suggest that if you are going to race in 7 months that you get your sleds started NOW if not sooner. Trust me on this one guys, with out my friends bailing me out in the last month and even day before the race, I would not have made it to the line. To show them some respect, my new sled is currently under construction and many of update parts have been purchased.

If you can only do one update to your sled, install FOX or simular racing shocks on your sled. Carver Performance can shorten ones for the rear skid. Ski shocks can be a bit long for the application, as VDR (Vintage Deere Racing) as been able to use stock FOX, non-remote reservior, in that location with custom bushings.

Good luck guys, hope to see many more of you out there!

-Joe Rainville
Joe,

think some of us running on a buget this year could use the gas shox from kimpex or somthing like those

Clay
Clay Gerfen
My Sleds
1 1980 Trailfire 340 = Less than five hundred orginal miles
1 1980 Trailfire 440 = My Test Dummy
1 1980 Liquifire = Future race sled
1 1978 Spitfire
1 1979 Spitfire
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