Howdy boys!

 

Jim - I will try to remember that.

Steve - The ride was chilly, but good non the less. I was ponying one horse from my horse that doesn't like to pony, so I decided to where my light riding gloves for dexterity. Next time, I will try to use my insulated gloves, and hope that I can keep all the lines sorted out properly

Pat - There is miles of unpaved roads around here and it is rare for me to go more then 2 days without finding myself on gravel. Some of the "gravel roads" were built with sand back in the late 70's and now there is alot of clay that has worked its way up into it, talke about muddy!

 

Yeah, I'll bet. Tough to keep the trucks clean.

 

Yeah, and durring wet periods, they can be almost impossible to maintain.

 

Having a black truck doesn't help me at all. I can wash it, not drive it, and it will look dirty a day or two later.

 

Yeah I know, my parents have a black escape and it is almost imossible to wash that things without leaving waterspots. When you do get it clean, it doesn't last 5 minutes and pollen or something is making it look dirty again!

As bad as white it, black is way worse!

 

Yep. My red truck stay clean looking way longer. Water spots on black is a huge pain. I can never wash it in direct sunlight.

 

Yeah, if I was to have my choice of colours, I would get the new gold color that the 2011s have as an option! It looks really sharp, and I think it would be easy to maintain!

 

Jason how would you like to try and high mark with this? It would give the Yamahas a chance anyways.

 

1969 Nordic

 

Oh, I recognize the model. A friend of my dad's has one that is still in running shape! It isn't as clean as that one, but it still runs and see's snow every winter.

As for me, I grew up riding a 74 Elan 300SS that had been my dad's first sled. Needles to say, I have a great appreciation for today's machines, especially the suspensions

 

pat call's it a spa!

 

I started on a 67 or close to that skidoo then up to a 73 or 74 Olympic 335 single cylinder I believe.

 

The elans are fun. We had as twin cylinder 250 CC as also.

 

Yeah, my dad's old SS Elan is a 300 twin that was actually built as a "factory" race sled for the 300cc crosscountry class At one point he had twin carbs and pipes on it so he could run in the mod classes Apparently he had to pack 5 gallons of gas just to make it through a day of riding. We still have that machine, 114" slide rail rear suspension with 3" of travel and a "wide" ski stance were supposed to make it a "race machine". It starts first pull still, and runs like new. We ussually drive it around the property anytime we need to be reminded about the progress that has been made