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Ride4MS:
Three days of snow in southern MN and I think I need different tires or get a snowmobile. Last week was in the 70's and now the last few days has not been above 35F, and down as low as 4F, with more cold on the way.

STLTHMSTA:
A little better here but I'm not likin' it.  I'm surprised you don't already have a sled.   TM

Ride4MS:
The snow is heading east. The news tonight said some areas in Ohio could have over 20 inches. Now that would not be fun even with a sled.

I had several different sleds through the years. I also raced when I was much younger. Gilles Villieneuve was someone that I looked up to at the track and was in his pit area many times. He was as I like to say, the inventor of the independent front suspension on snowmobiles. I talked to the crew many times, but Gilles did not talk, as I think he did not know English, only French. It was a sad day when he died.
After talking to his crew and then being drafted into the US Army, going to school as a Hawk Missile Technician and serving at Ft. Bliss/El Paso, TX and White Sand Missile Range I came home and put my plans together.
I built a snowmobile from 3 different brands and 5 different years of parts. 1st race entered, garnered 2nd place in Modified. Then made several more improvements. It was called, the JD Pol-Cat. Parts from John Deere, Polaris, and Arctic Cat. And of course, a Stars and Stripes hood, red, white and blue.

STLTHMSTA:
Don't most MN'ers have 4 major toys?? MC's, boats, sleds and ice fishing huts!  From what I have seen in MN everyone lives each season to the fullest. ;))  TM

Ride4MS:
Yes you are right on everyone living each season to the fullest. Well, most everyone.
We had a few MC's at a time, including Denise had her own many years ago. Honda 350 4cyl that I installed a 400 kit, Hooker 4 into 1 exhaust and carb work, and had to install stronger clutch disc springs it would not slip, to name a few upgrades. Then was faster than stock 750's in quarter mile.
We also had a fishing boat.
Then we sold the MC's when I worked at Mankato Honda as Service Mang., and bought a house and was able to to take a used one from the Sales Floor after they closed for the night. That is where I rode my first V-4 Sabre, the model that was the reason for the Honda V-4 Club, then HSTA and now MSTA. We loved that one and rode it more than others. Loved it more than the CBX 6 cyl.
Gee, I should have bought a few of those and kept them.
Never had a ice fishing hut, because I had a friend that had one on Lake Mille Lacs, the lake that is so big they plow roads on it in winter, and have villages on the lake.

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