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Northern crankshaft has a complete engine for a 92 prowler special at Haydays. $450 if I remember correctly.

Exhibited by Jared Gottshaulk, Kimball MN

Sorry guys tech isn’t my strong point. its a 1962 preproduction polar manufacturing 450. Supposedly 1 of only 3 built.

4H building. Thought it was interesting.

If I remember correctly, I believe it was just minor porting differences in the cylinders. Those things were really over carbed and didn’t make any power down low. I think my clutch engaged about 5 grand to try to overcome it. You have to remember these were the days before power valves, so they really were chasing top end power. If my memory serves me right, the standard prowler made 62hp. The 91’ special, which supposedly had the same bottom end as the 550, made 68. As far as the rest of the sled, you are correct, they had many, many changes. The ‘91 specials were recall and update queens. The dealers hated those things as so much had to be redone. I remember gussets being put on the lower a-arms and oil pumps being replaced just to name a few. I remember piles of steel plates at my dealer that had to be welded on the skis of most 91 sleds back in the winter of 92. I wish I could remember all of the updates, but that was quite a while ago…🫣

I had a ‘91. Got it as a holdover. Hated that sled, but have a lot of memories. The ‘91 had single ring pistons that wore out quickly. Cat replaced them with twin ringers under warranty. That sled had the unnerving tendency to rotate to either side when airborne. I broke one of those aluminum spindles because of that. The side of the tunnel buckled on me where the spring arm mounting brackets were riveted to the tunnel. Apparently it was a common issue because The ‘92 had bigger brackets. In the off season, my dealer let me go along to pick up some sleds. While there we went through the salvage department and I picked up a headlight assembly from a 92 and put on it. Took the sled to black magic and had them do a port job on it. I won my class in every speed run I entered that second year as a result. No one cared though because that was the year the zr debuted. Interesting enough, I think I still have the original pipe off that thing if anyone needs it. It is different than the ‘92 however. Ah, the days of my youth…

Memes only please

Pinches pennies so hard the dollars fly away.

The new alterra 600 is easy to service? Is that a joke? Just try to put some coolant in the Ltd or the SE. you actually have to unbolt part of the front rack to do it! The oil filter is mounted in such a way that oil runs all down the side of the engine in that cranny between the case and the pan! The belt is right behind your left leg. Let’s be honest here. Who wants to see what happens to your left calf when that belt blows? Is that thin plastic cover going to contain the belt???? Maybe??? When I brought up these issues to one of the sales reps at hay days, the response I got for every one of them was “well how often does that happen?” Pathetic.

Yep, lots of schools have trap teams now. My son was a part of it when he was in high school. Very well organized with about 75 kids participating. But Lord help you if your kid drove to school with a shotgun shell in their car. Even a spent one would get the kid suspended.

I had a bad experience myself. Didn’t have any problems with the first one. The second one really did a number on me the following day, which I expected. However, 2 days later, I started having chest pains that would come and go. With any light activity I would get winded and have to sit down for a few minutes to catch my breath. 4 days after my second shot, I was driving down the road and the chest pains flared up again. This time it was accompanied by a very brief electric feeling in my left arm. This was very concerning for me to say the least. I’m 46, in good health and don’t take any prescription drugs. I work at various hospitals in my region, and fortunately was on the way to one of them when this occurred. When I arrived, I went inside and had my blood pressure checked. It was sky high. I was out of breath and slightly disoriented. I came out of it after a few minutes.They did an ekg and blood work up to check for clotting. Everything came back normal. Doc said that they do see this from time to time with the vax and that it should clear up in a week or so, which it did. I’m 2 weeks out now, and as far as I can tell I’m back to normal. I’ve always had the opinion that if you want the shot get it, if not, then don’t. I still feel the same way. However, I got it because one of the hospitals I serve required it. Now, If I ever see anyone pressuring someone to get it, I’ll tell them to go straight to hell.

Anyone know if these guys are legit? Found an ad on marketplace. Website is old, no contact info other than email to inquire. Sent an inquiry about 2 weeks ago, finally got a response yesterday at 5:30 in the morning. No link to order or anything, just a response that they had what I was looking for and a price. Seems sketchy.

I was there. The presentation started shortly after I had brought up some concerns about the new quad to a sales rep. His response to all of them was “well how often does that happen?”. This combined with finding a loose screw rolling around below the clutches of the orange alpha that CC had on display left me in a foul mood. I wonder what would have happened if someone in the audience yelled “Just sell it to Argo and go back to Georgia Heidi”. Dang I wish I would have.