I'm bored... 

so, surfing around last night and this morning I was thinking about and looking for an old ass dragger to tinker with once sled prices come back to reality.  since I enjoy the little engines I found myself looking at/for a 2002ish ZR 500/600 Cross Country or F5 Firecat.  

probably won't buy one but what were your favorite, somewhat reliable sleds from the that era?  BRP and Polaris models are acceptable but as always open to ridicule. 

 

 

1 minute ago, Mag6240 said:

Have you ridden one of these Axys sleds??  Have you seen how packed things are under the hood?

They're still wider, taller, longer, heavier.

2 minutes ago, mnstang said:

They're still wider, taller, longer, heavier.

Ok the real question, have you ridden one?

Just now, Mag6240 said:

Ok the real question, have you ridden one?

Yes 

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12 hours ago, Mag6240 said:

Have you ridden one of these Axys sleds??  Have you seen how packed things are under the hood?

I own one. They work well 

Every day is ass dragger day.  

 

9 hours ago, mnstang said:

Every day is ass dragger day.  

 

No trail is safe this weekend!

37 minutes ago, Sled_Hed said:

No trail is safe this weekend!

Hide your women and children and fireball 😂

New carbides on the half ass.

Ass dragging in the mountains 

 

 

Met the famous ass dragger fb'er Nick Leigh at a bar last night.  Pretty random.  Talked for a while.  Out catted him.

Worked on a bunch of Phazers and Exciters yesterday, again.

Couple dozen Hamm's at the wrong time and I might be owning a Phazer.

I have a very poorly thought out idea for it...

1 hour ago, mnstang said:

Met the famous ass dragger fb'er Nick Leigh at a bar last night.  Pretty random.  Talked for a while.  Out catted him.

friend of mine just picked up a Doo mod sled from him... and Nick has a nice collection

Took my ass dragger on a real trip.  You just can't get better.  Too much fun I don't think you can have more fun, shredded up every turn blowing out every berm.

*Safely 

 

ass draggin' the Inviter... 

 

more ass draggin... with the whippersnappers

 

This is peak fan cooled ass dragger season right now.

Wood cutting

Exploring and scouting

Clearing trail 

 

Really fast ass dragging 

 

 

8 hours ago, Not greg b said:

Really fast ass dragging 

 

 

why's he keep standing up in the bumps?

12 hours ago, Not greg b said:

Really fast ass dragging 

 

 

And we wondered why putting on 100 miles in a day back then was a big deal...

The best precise handling sled I have on SMOOTH flat trails would be my 1994 XCR 600.  No way in hell would I want to put a 100+ mile day on that sled compared to the current model sleds.

1 hour ago, Doug said:

The best precise handling sled I have on SMOOTH flat trails would be my 1994 XCR 600.  No way in hell would I want to put a 100+ mile day on that sled compared to the current model sleds.

We do that all the time, we have more fun on them 

56 minutes ago, mnstang said:

We do that all the time, we have more fun on them 

Until the trail gets rough... or someday when your back says "Enough already!".

@Doug I had my 1993 XCR440 out last spring on a vintage ride, and just for the hell of it, I took it out of town where I knew the trail was smooth, and yeah, what a blast!  But again, no way I'm doing 100+ miles on one of those, much less the 200 we average on the new stuff.  Ride and seating position is just sooooo much better for our old bodies, not to mention when trails get rough.

3 hours ago, Mag6240 said:

And we wondered why putting on 100 miles in a day back then was a big deal...

I use to ride 200+ miles a day on those old sleds. The newer sleds we hardly ever ride more than 120 miles and stay in one spot now. 

1 hour ago, mnstang said:

We do that all the time, we have more fun on them 

Last ride I was on a tail dragger was about 5 years ago and ended up putting around 180 miles on that day.  Didn't want to even look at the sled after that.  Fun sled for about 50 miles.  It's a 1985 Indy 600 SE with a trail version SLP 700 RZ reed valve motor with triple pipes.