It’s been a long summer. At this point, it’s been a very long summer. April 17th was the last snowmobile ride for us. Here it is, in the waning of November, we haven’t seen enough snow to ride… Granted, it IS still early… but that’s not the point. And after watching countless hours of sled films, I’m chomping on the bit already.
As far as sleds, the ‘72 Elan is ready to rip. Over the summer, I custom-mounted a gas tank from a somewhat more modern sled, and did away with the stocker. It’s only about twice as big, but it sits right under the rider…just like the modern craze. Apart from that, it got a new airbox, a cut-down bumper, and a slightly less abused hood.
Now, as far as the big sled… It’s at the shop (as in an actual dealer, a first.). It pulled a code over the summer, so we were going to get that cleared – since we can’t do that ourselves yet. But, as we went to load it up, it changed it’s style from “just a code” to “won’t run at all”. Darn modern, sophisticated equipment.
