Sitting here in the office today and it is about 95* outside, wishing it was 15* I was sitting on this instead........

actually here in Newfoundland .. the west coast of the island still has some snow in the hills. enough to get a run on a sled too.

but I Live on the east coast of the island and we have no snow so this is what we do all summer.

ROFLMAO!!!!!! A sled beating a watercraft, on water. :p That is priceless!

I can't wait for winter also, although I kinda don't want summer to end so soon this year

Sparked up the old EXT today just to get my fix! Under the cover was a freakin wasp nest!!! OUCH!

Funny you mention this today.
I uncovered the sled, pulled up a chair, cracked a beer and went into a trans. I found myself on my most memoryable trip last winter north of Gaylord climbing hill after hill of 3' un-touched powder. The hills were so steep going down you could lock the brakes and not slow down a bit. Thank god I had a 136 paddle, the rest of the guys had 121's and worked their arse's off getting around, hehehe :D

Ive started going threw my sled allready. Its still a little tough to get motivated when its in the mid 80's out. But its still fun to tinker a bit.

Ive got the front arms off for sanding, cleaning of the rust and repaint. I hate rust. SD has gotten pretty poor about the quality of the paint jobs that they do on the steel parts. My sled is only outdoors for riding and almost never see's any road salt. My older SD's never had paint related problems like this.


New add ons for this season so far......V-Force III Reeds. Red/Yellow Precision Ski bottoms w/ StudBoy 4.5" Shaper Bars. MBRP Wide kit. ShadeTree powersports has a great deal on the wide kits. They are being closed out. Last year they sold for @ $200 US. I got them for $139 less 20% so they netted out at @ $112US. New ZX style mirrors too. To many tree huggs at 70mph took there toll on the mirrors last season :p Those ZX style mirrors are kinda wide.

I still got a few more wants on the wish list.


Only 9 more weeks till the Epping/Freemont NHSA grass drags, the unofficial kick off to get motivated and ready for the season :thumbsup:

Todd
:)

Well Jim, I too am in the Land of Lincoln and ride in St. Germain.

Thing is, he have to pray they get snow this winter. Been some poor winters up there in recent years.

I only went once last year around Valentine's Day, and then pooooof, it was gone.

Here's to hope!

I can't wait to get the boat out in the snow ;)

mmmm.... snow :inlove:

I can barely wait. I am going to pick up a new sled (to me at least) in less than a week and will probably be doing some minor cosmetic work to it, and then it will likely sit in storage until Old Man Winter decides to get off his lazy butt.


WeaSiL

My wife told me in April no sled talk until September, so I decided to buy my two little girls a z120 with a wheel kit so they could at least ride in the summer. So far the wife is ok with it. I'll be picking the sled up in the next two weeks. At least that will be better than waiting for snow.

Sure the girls will have a blast. Know what it's like to try and keep the wife happy, losing cause! :)

Jim, before you know it winter will be here and snowing like hell. On another note, it will be gone just as fast. ???

At the very least, a couple of the sled magazines come out in August. I'm getting tired of reading all my past issues. I need something new.

It's funny you should mention that Jim, :p it rained hard here all day off and on and I was thinking, Man if this was November and this was snow!!! :thumbsup:

Originally posted by JIM FRITCH@Aug 2 2003, 06:13 PM
ROFLMAO!!!!!! A sled beating a watercraft, on water. :p That is priceless!
jim,
that only happens in newfoundland with newfies gettin' the job done.

you know why there is no work in newfoundland ?

the work is all done biye {boy}.

Not sure if I can think about sleddin yet. There is a chance I may not get to do any this winter. I am haveing surgery on my neck this friday. Hopefully everything will be all healed up by the time the white stuff hits the ground.

My thoughts will be with you Robb, do keep us updated on the progress of the surgery and recovery. Good luck!!

I've been thinking about snow. But I found some new hobbies to keep my mind off it. I got a motorcycle this summer and started dirt track racing. I work on my car too much so that keeps my mind off of snow!

Originally posted by JIM FRITCH@Aug 2 2003, 06:13 PM
ROFLMAO!!!!!! A sled beating a watercraft, on water. :p That is priceless!
That PWC is getting beat by a sled on water but some Sea-Doos i saw today going across the lake were absolutely flying.


:blahblah:


I started up the mx today and smoked out the garage and the whole back-yard, running good though!!




SWRules

Originally posted by mx_462@Aug 4 2003, 03:49 PM
That PWC is getting beat by a sled on water but some Sea-Doos i saw today going across the lake were absolutely flying.


:blahblah:


I started up the mx today and smoked out the garage and the whole back-yard, running good though!!




SWRules
the fastest seadoo will not catch a Rev ( morgan anyway) on water. he has run alot of seadoos and nothing touched it yet. that sled flys . it is unreal what that sled can do on water. you just have to be there to see it for your self because when ya tell someone that never believe ya anyway.

OK guys so we see in that picture that a sled can beat a sea doo in water, or should i say on its on turf. i am just wondering how well a sea doo would do on snow or ice. HAHAHA :D

Originally posted by JIM FRITCH@Aug 3 2003, 06:44 PM
My thoughts will be with you Robb, do keep us updated on the progress of the surgery and recovery. Good luck!!
Thanks Jim
Hope to talk to you all soon.

I wish it was winter too, to bad I have to sell my sled :(

oh the white stuff.................how we love all the white stuff and injoy it every day we can. :D

I think my license plates sum up how I feel :)

oh man, i love your license plate. makes me jealous that i never thought up of that one first.

Originally posted by Fuzzy@Aug 2 2003, 06:02 PM
actually here in Newfoundland .. the west coast of the island still has some snow in the hills. enough to get a run on a sled too.

but I Live on the east coast of the island and we have no snow so this is what we do all summer.
great photo! I hope you don't mind, I thought it could use a little colour correction.

Originally posted by sledspencer+Aug 5 2003, 02:27 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (sledspencer @ Aug 5 2003, 02:27 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Fuzzy@Aug 2 2003, 06:02 PM
actually here in Newfoundland .. the west coast of the island still has some snow in the hills.* enough to get a run on a sled too.

but I* Live on the east coast of the island and we have no snow* so this is what we do all summer.
great photo! I hope you don&#39;t mind, I thought it could use a little colour correction. [/b][/quote]
It&#39;s a shame what insecurity and jealousy will lead someone to do!!! :p

I just hope we don&#39;t5 have to see all the pics from Panteraone riding the first of nov again like last year.

sledspencer.. LOL good one...although green is usually under the water at that distance.. LOL

yeh its really gonna bite when some start riding and the others still have grass on there fron lawns and we have to sit here and read about how much fun guys r having.

if i didnt have racing to keep my mind off sledding somewhat, i would go insane.