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@@ChromeArty oh yeah you're right, but the original sign was funnier. That said sleds are stupid expensive right now and could probably be flipped for profit so asking for more money isn't really a joke.
most relatable part: youtubing how to do a specific maintenance/repairing task and impatienly skipping around. Also getting sidetracked and watching Charlie Berens videos... wait...
@Jesus is coming. Read the Gospel. ah yes random commenter, You just sold me your bullshit by spamming every other comment with your mindless crap. Seriously, does this ever work?
He left out the part where you check the forums and someone asked that exact question and the next 50 people to reply have no idea but give completely unrelated instructions.
The old sleds looked cool but they really suck to ride. Most of them have pretty much no suspension and if the trails suck in your area like they do where I live, it's a really shitty experience.
Hi coppersworld have you become a flat earther yet? If not I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.
One of the first things I wondered my first winter in the South was how do you get to the bar in a snowstorm if you don’t have a snowmobile? Spoiler alert, when it snows in the South, nothing’s open.
I’m from Missouri people say well you have a 4 wheel drive truck I’m like screw you there’s 3 inches of ice on the road 4 wheel drive gives you only a slight chance of getting out of the ditch if you haven’t jacked everything up .
Oh god that sounds just horrible. Why would anyone want to live somewhere there's no snow, or for that matter winter. I shudder even thinking about such things.
You missed one crucial stage...dealing with a stuck/buried sled (ditch, deep snow, etc.). It's a crappy day when that happens, haha. Keep up the great vids Charlie!
Put all your weight on the back of the sled, pull up on the handlebars and try to get the sled a little bit more vertical and try to tread Walk her outta there, it works 70% of the times, but otherwise she gets stuck worse lol
I bought a new to me XC 700 in 2020. We didn’t get snow until December 23rd, and we got absolutely dumped on. I got that 90s iron stuck so badly in a drift, I almost threw up yanking it out. Buried 3 feet deep down in the ditch. And I’m 6’7 and around 260.
@@nickbrevitz6747 That sucks man! I totally get it. You know you hit ‘rock bottom’ when you start throwing things like your helmet, etc. out of frustration. 🤣
Those GS 340s were extremely reliable. Riding a leaf spring sled is a great workout. I own nine sleds all between 1971 and 1976, bogey wheel suspension and the engine in my lap is how I roll!
My 76 GS 340 had an exhaust leak that would make your eyes water. I kept that throttle wide open all the time to keep up with my friends who had much newer sleds.
@@goldencreekfarm7261 had an old snojet that had a Kohler 340 rigged in it with flexpipe exhaust. If it started you better hold on cuz it would start and instantly hold 25 mph at idle. Messed with tvs every time you got within 50 yds of a house
Oh Man, all of that is absolutely spot-on! Take away the football helmet and use a different brand sled and I have literally lived EVERY. SINGLE. THING. in that video!
Underrated comment, my first experience with God and the secret third speed was on 96 Arctic Cat ZRT 600. My dad plopped me on it at the age of 13 in the middle of a corn field, and told me "open up the throttle". I never felt skis land until I came to a stop on the other side, I came back doing half throttle maybe doing 30 mph, hopped off the sled got back on my 440 twin cougar looked him dead the eye and said "fuck you, im not driving that ever". He laughed his ass off, called me a pussy in front of all of the guys but then later pulled me aside and said "it was only running on two cylinders, when that third one comes alive I about shit my pants every time." Lesson learned as a young lad, sleds can be fun to go on a rip without doing 100mph+
Hit the secret third speed only once. Got to a straight stretch riding with my old man when I was maybe 12, he was on a 04 polaris fusion 900, I was on a 94 indy 440. He suggested we swap sleds and I give his a try on this part of the trail, I'd be buggin him all day to try the bigger sled. I bet he figured it was safer on the straight stretch, it didn't like to turn at speed. I hopped on and almost immediately barred it, took off like a bullet. Before I knew it the speedo was creeping past 70....80.....90. I watched it hit 97, I looked up to see a right hand turn. I knew I was going too fast. I let off the gas and cranked the bars all the way, and I just kept going straight. Swung my leg over the seat and stood on one running board, kept the bars turned and leaned back and pulled. Stood the sled up nearly on its side and just barely made it around the corner. I was off the trail on the left side, almost in the trees. I'm pretty sure the real secret to taking a corner that fast is just to say fuck about 300 times as fast as you can while shitting your pants. Its the first of two times in my life something that happened really really quickly felt like it took minutes. Never had quite the same need for speed after that. Been somewhere around 140 in a car but I'll never fuck around on something without a seatbelt like that again. Still scares me a bit to this day.
Last winter we only barely had a few days with snow now and then, scooter tracks everywhere. This winter 25 year record snow levels and barely any tracks anywhere. I think the longing for snow is what make most people drive, when the snow is there all the time they stop waiting and then dont build up the required excitement.
Reminds me of my first time on a raggedy Arctic Cat. Hit the throttle and cut full left, bars locked the throttle wide open, full throttle locked the bars. Spent quite a while making little circles very rapidly. Shame nobody had movie cameras in 1977.
I have a 73 firebird chaparral. Rides like a bulls cock and rough as sand paper. Nothing like 2 inches of suspension travel as every part of the exhaust wafts in your nose as the snow goes perfectly over the windshield into your already frozen face! No reverse is a beauty to pull it in to the shed after 4 hours of beating your back to death on that workout bench seat. Best $150 sled ever bought
That's is an accurate portrayal of every single run in I've had with any sled that wasn't new. Which was all of them. All you missed was the part where you attempt to restore one, and then realize it's more valuable in pieces.
Very true bought a old John Deere , thought it was a steal...... 1 year later and $600 in work I sold it for the same price I bought it for. Live and learn 🤠
Nope, same thing with my lawnmower, I RU-vidd it, lol! And yes, every video goes on and on, but I got it fixed, she lasted another two summers and we finally got a new one this last summer
I have an 89 Arctic Cat El Tigre I call Frankenstein cause the hood is held on with zip ties. I gotta get er in the garage for a tune up, but she'll run like a bat outta hell when she's done. Good for a buck on a straight haha. Love the videos man, keep em up!
Came home from work couple years ago and neighbour had an enticer 340 on the curb picked that ol girl up and ended up selling it to larry the denim danger himself
Grew up snowmobiling with my folks' SkiDoo Bombardier n have a TON of GREAT memories!! 💛🧡🖤🤍 We first rode behind it in a pull behind sled, that looking back was like a mushers sled only on metal runners, complete with one of those plastic covered, flowery lawn lounge chair cushion to sit on n covered up with a coupla old wool blankets. 🌼🌻🏵😍 Then dad got a cool lil fiberglass pull behind unit that looked like a oversized snowmobile hood in front, but with low sides we'd climb into to sit on the molded seat. 😎 It too was on skis n even had a windshield, and boy was THAT nice!! 👌♨️ Especially cuz our faces n legs weren't exposed n the snow didn't fly back and cover us n get us wet n cold. 🚫🥶💧❄ Us n the blankets stayed nice n dry we had tucked around the 'zippers everywhere' snowmobile suits n snowmobile boots. 😄 Of course they were complete with bread bags!! 😂, n those went over dads old wool socks, that were pulled up almost to our knees 😅, and before the felt boot liners. 😆 Gosh we were bundled up like crazy, but we'd be riding for hrs sometimes n rarely got cold thanks to all the stuff we moaned n groaned about mom making us wear. 🌡🧣🧤🧦🥾🧥👖 Gosh, what I wouldn't give to relive those days again. 😏❤ Then as got older, we finally got to drive them! 😃 But the rule was we had to be strong enough to pull it to start it on our own n turn the skis if we had to get unstuck, etc. 😉 Then the fun really begun cuz we could whiz around the neighbors fields...yes, we had permission, and ride the trail, which ran right behind our house or go to the big sledding hill a cpl miles up the road! 💟 Ohhh gosh, those were some fun times!!! 💗 This brought up a lot of memories, some bittersweet though, as it made me think of my younger brother who just passed away in November. 😪💔 He LOVED snowmobiling 💙 n rode til just a cpl yrs ago when he couldn't any longer due to his health issues. 😥 Still had many very fond n cherished times we shared while growing up in the 70s n early 80s. 🤗💘 Thanks for the ride down memory lane Charlie!! 🥰💝🙋♀️
Just sold my Lynx Cobra from 1993. First I cleaned the dust off it and it looked so beautiful with blue, turquoise and red colors. I caught myself wondering if Charlie Berens would have fallen in love with it... 😍
"Have you ever tried mice tho" LOL...Snowmobiles are all fun and games until you get stuck way up in the mountains and the sun is starting to go down.🤥🥶
Loved the video I have a almost identical sled and talked about it in the video I made: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9LAXhdY49YY.html It was my first sled back in 2002 and put many miles on it. Still runs great
I started out with a 62 bombadier...bombardier... a 74 articat puma 440 , finally , at 16 bought a blizzard 9500. All of them had all of those beautiful issues.....lol. Now I live in florida.... boat issues....😂🤣🤬
No. Way. Haven't seen one of those bad boys since my high school days. I remember when that was new. And yes, if I saw that for $400, I'd probably stop too.
We actually had three snowfalls last month, which is more than usual for Tidewater Virginia. Still not enough to go snowmobiling, though I imagine there was some sledding at Fort Monroe. What I really dig about your videos is how much they remind me of my Wisconsin relatives. Do you know any Bonins, Sobels, or Sierackis?
I moved from Norfolk home to PA and started snowmobiling this year. Last big snow in VA for me was in 2013 and i was the only guy who showed up to work hahaha
You flatlanders crack me up, something like that might leave the parking lot to the groomed trails around here. Utah. You need at a minimum a 136 track, 600cc motor and a mountain bar. If you have at least that you’ll be working your ass off to try to keep up. To lead you’ll be running at least a 155 3” track and 850cc’s. (turbo optional) Old sleds are for old times! We go places where our grandfathers only wished to go.
You're correct, but are missing the fact that in those days we all wanted to do those things too. But we had to deal with the technology at the time, with the available family cash, tools, primitive clothing, and parts availability... Still, some brave souls kept pushing the limits and got things to where you and your precious mountain sleds actually became viable, years later!
68 Scorpion Stinger was my first, and only sled. A. Working outside in the weather my whole life the last thing I wanted to do after work or on weekends was get on a sled. B. We don't get enough snow or cold in Iowa anymore. 12/27/23 and don't have one snowflake on the ground all year yet.
dam, my brother had one of those in 76 or 77' . he had to ride it home on 1 ski at 1AM after running into a stop sign post that didn't move too far. At least that's what he remembered after they doubled the value of the shack with all the returnables.
That is an antique there now. I had a Polaris 440 about that same vintage in Valdez, Alaska. It rode like a brick. I'm not sure it even had a suspension. I got brave and jumped it once. It hit so hard I knocked a couple of teeth out when my lips kissed the handle bar. Best thing I ever did was sell it.
Oh man, if that wasn’t my youth experience with snowmobiling, I don’t know what is lol! Thankfully, being older, wiser and having more $$$, I can roll with a brand new sled that has given me zero trouble for 8 years now
"Get to the part where you grease them!" That hint is for the informational RU-vid channels. I love you and I thank you but for the love of Science get to the point.
from my experience stage 4 is shoving it in the back of the garage for 10 to 20 years then putting it out for sale and talking some young wipper snapper into 450 for it.
Omfg my uncle heinz and cousin Alex but man havent see nmy uncle in awhile so happy hes doing good is in here omfg I'm so jealous because ment him Midwest is the best baby
