Vintage Wed. Ride - 3/23

[80srx]

Well, since we got some snow and unfortunately had a snow day... Joe and I decided that since the main sleds were already packed up for the season, that we would turn this into a Vintage Wednesday ride...We ended up doing about 20 miles throughout the day, which may not seem like much but considering we stayed local and off the main trail system we think it went pretty well. We ended up getting the SRX and the Trail-cat out this morning, SRX started up nice and easy but the Trail-cat was alittle bit stubborn with a dirty carb, so after taking it apart and giving it a thorough cleaning it fired up first pull and ran like it hasn't been ran in 2 years....well it really did since we haven't had it out in about 2 years...Overall, the day went pretty well, its fun to get out on the old iron from time to time so here are a few shots from the day. The last is a short Video of Joe on the Trail Cat so just give it a click to watch.

[rj]

Good to see that old stuff still running.

[arcticcatmatt]

Nice, looks like you guys had fun with that couple inches by your house. Glad to see the old iron!!!!! Love it

What do you mean unfortunately you had a snow day?

[80srx]

We actually ended up with right around 6 or 7 inches by the end of things, which was pretty nice...better in the morning before the warm up during the day which made the snow really wet and heavy but fun none the less...Yea, unfortunately, I can't edit with Sarcasm on the web, sorry for the misunderstanding, I was "happy" we had another snow day, I mean who would complain about getting the day off and still getting paid for it?!?!?

[TrailCatZRT]

It was pretty cool getting the oldies out for a change. Next season we're going to have them out a little more and possibly making our Snodeo weekend ride a vintage ride. We think it'll be good. With my fiancee wanting to ride next year i'll be riding the Trail Cat a bit more. Still runs good for an '80.

Other than that, after packing the snow down, the sleds were riding smooth and fast. Mike and I have some plans for the old ones this summer. New top end in the TC,getting things greased and adjusted, and new decals so they will be good for next season. I can't wait for good gas mileage compared to the ZRT!

Anyone else have older sleds that you don't get out too much? Maybe we can plan a vintage ride for next year- something local. I know we'll be out there.

Keep us posted and this season was awesome! Not as many miles as I thought we were going to do but on the other hand, the riding was good both locally and up North. Can't wait to go back up, already planning things out!

-Joe

[arcticcatmatt]

Our ZRT's are vintage haha