[dumb_ricer]

Nice choice on the 99 XC600, thats what my dad rides. It consistently pulls away from new 700 Polaris's, MXZ's, and pretty much anything and all it has is some minor clutching changes that I have no idea about. All I know is it does about 105mph and is fun as all hell from 20-100mph, goes like hell.

I have been snowmobiling since I was like 2yrs old. When me and Santa (Kevin) were like 6 or 7 or something, we got a Kiddy Kat given to us for pretty much an entire winter. We rode the piss out of that sled forever, and thats how we learned to build jumps, go up onto one ski, "drift" ect..... Funnest time of my life possibly, god was that fun.

Then I got a beater 1980 Yamaha Enticer 300, and we managed to thrash the shit out of that for like 4 years, and I mean thrash the shit out of it. Go off big jumps, go ditch banging, do pretty much anything the new big sleds could do. We managed to tear the track, and we got a new one. The sled still runs like brand new, and probably has to have 25,000 miles on it by now or so.

Then I got my current sled, a "beater" 1987 Yamaha Exciter 570. It ran really really well for a few years, it could beat quite a few sled's when it didn't bog after the first 30mph. For the past 2yrs it has had a problem that I cant yet figure out how to Diagnose. It isn't a carb issue, but doesnt seem to be a clutch issue either. When you let off the gas, the sled tends to bog down and want to die, or does die. I plan on getting it fixed before this winter, because I want to finish beating the fuck out of that sled too.

My dad has been a die hard polaris guy for a while now.

1990 Indy 500 (Best sled ever made? I think so)
1994 XLT 600 with the XTRA12 rear suspension
1999 XC 600, his current sled, which he loves. I have yet to find any snowmobiles that handle better then the polaris CRC system, it just feels like it is on rails. The motors in them also just pull so smoothly its crazy. Only problem is the track tends to come out easily, which I love, but he doesnt like constantly having to correct his course going around a sweeping turn.

After school I will definitely be getting probably a 2002 XC 700 or something, because quite frankly, I don't want anything faster.