Tip Up Town 2018 - Vintage Snowmobiles

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Back when sleds were coooool.... I only recognize the whip.These are before my time. When I was a kid we used to get a lot of snow and concussions from my step dad smashing us into the sheds on a tube tied to a 440 Rupp . I still have an 84 SRX 440 and and a 1979 electric start Enticer.......Man the fun......
Ohhhhhh and thanks for the song that's stuck in my head now....:D.....
 
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Back when sleds were coooool.... I only recognize the whip.These are before my time. When I was a kid we used to get a lot of snow and concussions from my step dad smashing us into the sheds on a tube tied to a 440 Rupp . I still have an 84 SRX 440 and and a 1979 electric start Enticer.......Man the fun......
Ohhhhhh and thanks for the song that's stuck in my head now....:D.....
I was about to ask which song, but I bet it's the same song that's in my head... Big John Deere...
 
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I was at Tip Up Town in Houghton Lake, MI this weekend. The vintage snowmobiles are my favorite part. The new snowmobile freestyle event is a close second.

Great music selection. We had an Arctic Cat Lynx (0:14?) and a Cheetah (3:35) back in the 70's.
I didn't see a Bolens Diablo (front track drive) or Ski Doo Alpine (single ski and dual track) in the clip, but there sure were some other strange sleds back in the day.
 
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Great music selection. We had an Arctic Cat Lynx (0:14?) and a Cheetah (3:35) back in the 70's.
I didn't see a Bolens Diablo (front track drive) or Ski Doo Alpine (single ski and dual track) in the clip, but there sure were some other strange sleds back in the day.
there weren't too many choices for snowmobile songs on YouTube. Glad you liked them.
@swsebek that's a good song to have stuck in your head. You're lucky!! :D
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I owned a few of those. Ski Doo Nordic, Arctic Cat Lynx and the Massey Ferguson Ski Whiz. A geared 440 Rupp Nitro was the scariest machine I've ever ridden, broke traction every time you hit the throttle. Nothing compared to nowadays speed but you just couldn't control it. Thanks for the video Piston! :cool:
 
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Ah yes...da Yupers! I had 2 Yamaha inviters 300. Nice little sleds but a real pain with the water pumps!
You need to play “my rusty Chevrolet” there Eah! :)
 
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You're not from MI, so you wouldn't know, but it's Yooper... Just in case you ever run into one. They call us trolls (below the bridge) but we don't care. :)
No were not were called Cedar Savages! Hahaha the rough ones are called Ridge runners!
 
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You're not from MI, so you wouldn't know, but it's Yooper... Just in case you ever run into one. They call us trolls (below the bridge) but we don't care. :)
Trust me I used to be a road warrior. I worked up in Iron wood for a year cleaning up a PCB spill at a sawmill.Going south ain't in my blood. If it were me I would live in the Alaska Wilderness By my self.I loved Michigan and used to race stand up super jet-skis on Lake Huron and the Marysville river..Mi-Oh-pa are the only States for me...No Offense to you southern boys but I hate the heat...The people in the ""YOOPER"" were great Too.I had a Skidoo blizzard back then....I was amazed when I seen the locals driving their sleds to bars:D
 
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