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Crashes!
- Lets hear your stories and pictures.
started by mmiller491
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February 11th 2009 at 11:20 PM
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garett87
Starting Member
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33 Posts
Group: Members
Member Since: February 12th 2007
Location: Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada
Current Sled: 03' 700 xcsp
2008-2009 Miles: 1100+
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Quote originally posted by supersportrider16
i was one of those kids who thought that i was invincible and that it would never happen to me it would happen to the other guy. but 3 years ago my life changed. i use to dirt bike every day with the group of kids on the same trails in the same fields but on june 27 2006 i had just gotten out of school 2 hours before for summer break i was riding in a field about 2 miles from my house surrounded by a river and the only way to get in was from the train tracks i was with a group of about 6 kids i went for my last lap around the field and then we were going to leave. well my friend steve dident hear me when i said i was going for a lap and he started to leave, i was coming up to a hill that i had to go down (it was a blind hill about 20 feet down) when i came over the top of the hill all i saw was steve about 10 feet in front of me first instinct hit the breaks and turn the bars well steve was on the left side of the trail and i was on my right and we ended up side swiping at about 30mph my right knee shattered on impact sending my tiba and fibula through the skin i passed out. when i woke up about 5 min later steve was screaming that his arm was broken. so my instinct was to get up and see what happened i tried to stand and i couldn't so i started to panic and started screaming (take into consideration i was 12 at the time) it took the police and firemen an hour and a half to get us to the ambulance i had been bleeding out for about a half hour before they even wrapped my knee i had lost 2/3 my blood the next day the doctor came into the hospital room and said that i had a chance of never walking again if my knee didn't heal right and that if i was in the field for another half hour i would have died. now im walking around with a 10 inch scar on my knee and 4 screws in it.
The same thing happened to two of my friends, but on sleds. It was dark and the lights were pointing in the air. They met at the top of a hill and hit head on. I don't know how, but it was dead on. Not an inch on either side of the sled. I took them to the hospital b/c one had a cacked knee and the other had a bad concusion and couldn't remeber a thing. I didn't really see it happen. I was turning around on the other side of the hill, and when I turned around i seen no lights. Right away I feared the worst. It was a scary scene coming over that hill. I have two pics in the crashes gallery titled 'Two friends head on crash.' I'm not sure how to put pics on the forum.
2003 Polaris 700 XCSP
-mbrp race can
-3 inch riser
-low chrome windshield
1997 Polaris 488 Stupidsport
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February 11th 2009 at 11:36 PM
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KingPrat
Destroyer of Trailers
KingPrat thinks that Shooter is one of the better movies from the last 5 years.
Updated Over 2 hours ago
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1032 Posts 
Group: Members
Member Since: September 13th 2008
Location: Saugerties, NY
Current Sled: 2000 Polaris XC 700 SP
2008-2009 Miles: 200
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Quote originally posted by mmiller491
What happened to the suburban picture? It doest seem like anything is broken.
No back window on the Suburban and the sled is hanging off the trailer. Got a little gas happy and put the skis through the rear window! 
2000 XCSP 700: Edge rear suspension, 1.25 Ripsaw, 144 Accord Racing Warthog ZXP studs, Sportech Decals, Stripped Tunnel, 3" Riser, Gutted Airbox, Boyesen Rave Valves
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February 12th 2009 at 1:41 AM
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95XCR600
is hiding in your girlfriend's closet!
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3409 Posts 
Group: Members
Member Since: December 23rd 2002
Location: Mason City, IA, USA
Current Sled: '03 Polaris XC 600 SP
2008-2009 Miles: 0
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My first sled. Tree @ 40 mph
 Wrecked My current sled. Culvert @ about 20 mph
I'm in my 2nd season without seriously breaking anything (knock on wood). I did barrel roll it coming off a snowdrift last season and smashed up my windshield, but nothing major.
Not so long ago, a deranged, ranting person's audience was limited to how many people happened to be on the same street. The Internet, however, has certainly allowed "crazy" to go global...
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February 12th 2009 at 7:04 AM
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mmiller491
Adrenaline Junkie
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688 Posts 
Group: Members
Member Since: February 6th 2009
Location: Where ever the snow is, Michigan, USA
Current Sled: 1998 SRX 700 Triple
2008-2009 Miles: 500
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Quote originally posted by KingPrat
Quote originally posted by mmiller491
What happened to the suburban picture? It doest seem like anything is broken.
No back window on the Suburban and the sled is hanging off the trailer. Got a little gas happy and put the skis through the rear window!
Oh! haha i thought the window was just open on the suburban. yeah gas happy might be an understatement for that one bub [LOL
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February 12th 2009 at 9:28 AM
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mmiller491
Adrenaline Junkie
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688 Posts
Group: Members
Member Since: February 6th 2009
Location: Where ever the snow is, Michigan, USA
Current Sled: 1998 SRX 700 Triple
2008-2009 Miles: 500
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I just want to thank everyone for looking at my thread, as a new member and having such a popular thread as my first thread makes me really happy. I appreciate all the feedback and keep those stories coming!
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February 12th 2009 at 4:55 PM
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garett87
Starting Member
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33 Posts
Group: Members
Member Since: February 12th 2007
Location: Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada
Current Sled: 03' 700 xcsp
2008-2009 Miles: 1100+
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 Two friends head on crash  Two friends head on crash Here are my two friends and their sleds. Lucky to be walking if you ask me. They think they were doing at least 40mph each.
2003 Polaris 700 XCSP
-mbrp race can
-3 inch riser
-low chrome windshield
1997 Polaris 488 Stupidsport
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February 12th 2009 at 6:30 PM
[ Modified February 12th 2009 at 6:32 PM
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mmiller491
Adrenaline Junkie
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688 Posts
Group: Members
Member Since: February 6th 2009
Location: Where ever the snow is, Michigan, USA
Current Sled: 1998 SRX 700 Triple
2008-2009 Miles: 500
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dang garett87, thats a gnarly crash... what happened to the two of them? like what type of injuries... thats a serious crash! Quote originally posted by arcticcatmatt
2 broken ribs, one rib went in and cut my spleen in half and hit my lung. Got pnemonia from not being able to use my lungs well 1 week later.. 1,000 black and blue marks to go with it and a 20,000 dollar hospital bill from being in the ICU for a week then reg. room. Hypothermia, severe lung contusion.
Snowmobile crash in march 2005
Before
after
i just realized why your sub name is "spleen splitter" lol clever man
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February 12th 2009 at 6:39 PM
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supersportrider16
had a good season
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218 Posts 
Group: Members
Member Since: November 11th 2008
Location: clown town, mass, USA
Current Sled: 1997 polaris supersport
2008-2009 Miles: 803
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Quote originally posted by garett87
Quote originally posted by supersportrider16
i was one of those kids who thought that i was invincible and that it would never happen to me it would happen to the other guy. but 3 years ago my life changed. i use to dirt bike every day with the group of kids on the same trails in the same fields but on june 27 2006 i had just gotten out of school 2 hours before for summer break i was riding in a field about 2 miles from my house surrounded by a river and the only way to get in was from the train tracks i was with a group of about 6 kids i went for my last lap around the field and then we were going to leave. well my friend steve dident hear me when i said i was going for a lap and he started to leave, i was coming up to a hill that i had to go down (it was a blind hill about 20 feet down) when i came over the top of the hill all i saw was steve about 10 feet in front of me first instinct hit the breaks and turn the bars well steve was on the left side of the trail and i was on my right and we ended up side swiping at about 30mph my right knee shattered on impact sending my tiba and fibula through the skin i passed out. when i woke up about 5 min later steve was screaming that his arm was broken. so my instinct was to get up and see what happened i tried to stand and i couldn't so i started to panic and started screaming (take into consideration i was 12 at the time) it took the police and firemen an hour and a half to get us to the ambulance i had been bleeding out for about a half hour before they even wrapped my knee i had lost 2/3 my blood the next day the doctor came into the hospital room and said that i had a chance of never walking again if my knee didn't heal right and that if i was in the field for another half hour i would have died. now im walking around with a 10 inch scar on my knee and 4 screws in it.
The same thing happened to two of my friends, but on sleds. It was dark and the lights were pointing in the air. They met at the top of a hill and hit head on. I don't know how, but it was dead on. Not an inch on either side of the sled. I took them to the hospital b/c one had a cacked knee and the other had a bad concusion and couldn't remeber a thing. I didn't really see it happen. I was turning around on the other side of the hill, and when I turned around i seen no lights. Right away I feared the worst. It was a scary scene coming over that hill. I have two pics in the crashes gallery titled 'Two friends head on crash.' I'm not sure how to put pics on the forum.
dude u dont know how scary it is to try and get up and you cant i thought i broke my back
Cats have 9 lives, you have one...Make it count!
1979 arctic cat jag 340 (old sled for the past 2 years)
1997 488 super sport
2" powermadd riser
(new sled 7 more inches of suspension then the jag :))
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February 12th 2009 at 7:28 PM
[ Modified February 12th 2009 at 7:32 PM
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garett87
Starting Member
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33 Posts
Group: Members
Member Since: February 12th 2007
Location: Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada
Current Sled: 03' 700 xcsp
2008-2009 Miles: 1100+
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Quote originally posted by supersportrider16
Quote originally posted by garett87
Quote originally posted by supersportrider16
i was one of those kids who thought that i was invincible and that it would never happen to me it would happen to the other guy. but 3 years ago my life changed. i use to dirt bike every day with the group of kids on the same trails in the same fields but on june 27 2006 i had just gotten out of school 2 hours before for summer break i was riding in a field about 2 miles from my house surrounded by a river and the only way to get in was from the train tracks i was with a group of about 6 kids i went for my last lap around the field and then we were going to leave. well my friend steve dident hear me when i said i was going for a lap and he started to leave, i was coming up to a hill that i had to go down (it was a blind hill about 20 feet down) when i came over the top of the hill all i saw was steve about 10 feet in front of me first instinct hit the breaks and turn the bars well steve was on the left side of the trail and i was on my right and we ended up side swiping at about 30mph my right knee shattered on impact sending my tiba and fibula through the skin i passed out. when i woke up about 5 min later steve was screaming that his arm was broken. so my instinct was to get up and see what happened i tried to stand and i couldn't so i started to panic and started screaming (take into consideration i was 12 at the time) it took the police and firemen an hour and a half to get us to the ambulance i had been bleeding out for about a half hour before they even wrapped my knee i had lost 2/3 my blood the next day the doctor came into the hospital room and said that i had a chance of never walking again if my knee didn't heal right and that if i was in the field for another half hour i would have died. now im walking around with a 10 inch scar on my knee and 4 screws in it.
The same thing happened to two of my friends, but on sleds. It was dark and the lights were pointing in the air. They met at the top of a hill and hit head on. I don't know how, but it was dead on. Not an inch on either side of the sled. I took them to the hospital b/c one had a cacked knee and the other had a bad concusion and couldn't remeber a thing. I didn't really see it happen. I was turning around on the other side of the hill, and when I turned around i seen no lights. Right away I feared the worst. It was a scary scene coming over that hill. I have two pics in the crashes gallery titled 'Two friends head on crash.' I'm not sure how to put pics on the forum.
dude u dont know how scary it is to try and get up and you cant i thought i broke my back
Yah its some pretty scary stuff. My friends were lucky to walk after that, but i seriously thought the injuries were worse when I rode over the hill. I jus froze. Like i said they are lucky to be walking. Quote originally posted by mmiller491
dang garett87, thats a gnarly crash... what happened to the two of them? like what type of injuries... thats a serious crash!
Quote originally posted by arcticcatmatt
2 broken ribs, one rib went in and cut my spleen in half and hit my lung. Got pnemonia from not being able to use my lungs well 1 week later.. 1,000 black and blue marks to go with it and a 20,000 dollar hospital bill from being in the ICU for a week then reg. room. Hypothermia, severe lung contusion.
Snowmobile crash in march 2005
Before
after
i just realized why your sub name is "spleen splitter" lol clever man
One cracked something in his leg and the other had a bad concusion. I really don't know how they are still walking.
2003 Polaris 700 XCSP
-mbrp race can
-3 inch riser
-low chrome windshield
1997 Polaris 488 Stupidsport
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February 13th 2009 at 6:37 AM
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mmiller491
Adrenaline Junkie
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688 Posts
Group: Members
Member Since: February 6th 2009
Location: Where ever the snow is, Michigan, USA
Current Sled: 1998 SRX 700 Triple
2008-2009 Miles: 500
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yeah they were truly bless garett, if thats all that happened to them going head on at each other
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February 14th 2009 at 6:23 PM
[ Modified February 14th 2009 at 6:24 PM
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This is what a sled looks like when your cruisin doin about 50mph on a lake and get hit from another sled thats doing about 80. awsome.
00 xc/rmk... the new frankinsled.
98 xc 700
79' camaro Z28
77' silverado. old trucks are pimp!
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February 17th 2009 at 8:51 AM
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mmiller491
Adrenaline Junkie
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688 Posts
Group: Members
Member Since: February 6th 2009
Location: Where ever the snow is, Michigan, USA
Current Sled: 1998 SRX 700 Triple
2008-2009 Miles: 500
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crdude did you get hit from the side?
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February 17th 2009 at 12:03 PM
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duece
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227 Posts
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Member Since: February 26th 2007
Location: brookfeild, ma, USA
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I hit a tree with my yamaha phazer so bad it bent the entire machine it would take off as soon as it started the pulleys were off so bad ,rode it like that the rest of the day
gerald j sullivan
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February 17th 2009 at 12:10 PM
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mmiller491
Adrenaline Junkie
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688 Posts
Group: Members
Member Since: February 6th 2009
Location: Where ever the snow is, Michigan, USA
Current Sled: 1998 SRX 700 Triple
2008-2009 Miles: 500
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lmao deuce, so the throttle was stuck open from the crash? how fast would it move when you first started it?
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February 17th 2009 at 4:03 PM
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duece
Junior Member
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227 Posts
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Member Since: February 26th 2007
Location: brookfeild, ma, USA
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no it wasnt stuck the pulleys were pulleys were off so bad it was pinching the belt it would walk away at a good pace when running .a friend just wiped out a new polaris up in canada he put a set of guanlet hand warmers on ,you know the kind that attaches with tie wraps ,he cut it hard coming out of a convience store and the wrap pulled over the throttle and he smacked a phone pole in front of an audience it was a total loss but no injury.
gerald j sullivan
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February 17th 2009 at 9:10 PM
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sedz
Junior Member
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242 Posts
Group: Members
Member Since: May 10th 2006
Location: burlington, ont, Canada
Current Sled: 07 IQR 440, 08 Fx Nytro
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I didn't exactly dial the landing on this one 
Lesson learned don't hop on a new sled for the first time, ride for 30 seconds and right away jump it 70ft.
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February 18th 2009 at 8:47 AM
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mmiller491
Adrenaline Junkie
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688 Posts
Group: Members
Member Since: February 6th 2009
Location: Where ever the snow is, Michigan, USA
Current Sled: 1998 SRX 700 Triple
2008-2009 Miles: 500
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dang deuce yeah those gauntlets work but ive seen that happen before to up in canada. my dad had a set of them and managed to try and turn a corner and wnet right over the top of the the corner and into a ditch. it was wicked.
and sedz your picture isnt working... and yeah that might not be the greatest idea lol. i seen a snowmobile case the front of a jump with its hood and do a front flip. i dont know if that makes and sense but my friend had hit about a 60ft kicker and nailed the brakes at take off. it threw his snowmobile forward to the where he was practically facing the ground. his hood hit the front of the landing and his snowmobile went ass over tea kettle and did a front flip. it actually landed on its skis but the hood was f**ked.
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February 18th 2009 at 12:25 PM
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sedz
Junior Member
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242 Posts
Group: Members
Member Since: May 10th 2006
Location: burlington, ont, Canada
Current Sled: 07 IQR 440, 08 Fx Nytro
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Quote originally posted by sedz
I didn't exactly dial the landing on this one
Lesson learned don't hop on a new sled for the first time, ride for 30 seconds and right away jump it 70ft.
Heres the crash picture that doesnt work
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February 18th 2009 at 12:29 PM
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mmiller491
Adrenaline Junkie
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688 Posts
Group: Members
Member Since: February 6th 2009
Location: Where ever the snow is, Michigan, USA
Current Sled: 1998 SRX 700 Triple
2008-2009 Miles: 500
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what the hell lol. did you try and general lee theme your snowmobile? thats awesome hahaha. so thats not how you landed was it? that seems kinda.... nuts i guess.
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February 18th 2009 at 12:53 PM
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scott240
Junior Member
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155 Posts
Group: Members
Member Since: January 16th 2009
Location: Ontario, Canada
Current Sled: 1998 Arctic Cat zr600 EFI
2008-2009 Miles: 200
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Quote originally posted by garett87
Two friends head on crash Two friends head on crash Here are my two friends and their sleds. Lucky to be walking if you ask me. They think they were doing at least 40mph each.
holy ****! Glad they both walked away, that looks nuts!
[1998 Arctic Cat zr600] * Powermadd riser * 96 Woodies * Sno-stuff Can * Ripsaw * Fox clicker shocks * Modified Cobra windscreen * Fishbone tunnel supports
[2003 Polaris Pro-X 440] * V-Force 3 reeds * Studded * Walker-Evans all around
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February 18th 2009 at 7:45 PM
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sedz
Junior Member
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242 Posts
Group: Members
Member Since: May 10th 2006
Location: burlington, ont, Canada
Current Sled: 07 IQR 440, 08 Fx Nytro
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Quote originally posted by mmiller491
what the hell lol. did you try and general lee theme your snowmobile? thats awesome hahaha. so thats not how you landed was it? that seems kinda.... nuts i guess.
The company that owned the sled went with the general lee theme I had no say in it. I bailed off, sled nosedived and cartwheeled. Not what I had in mind for my first woodchip jump.
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February 19th 2009 at 9:36 AM
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mmiller491
Adrenaline Junkie
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688 Posts
Group: Members
Member Since: February 6th 2009
Location: Where ever the snow is, Michigan, USA
Current Sled: 1998 SRX 700 Triple
2008-2009 Miles: 500
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yeahhh that does suck... what company do you ride for?
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