These two snowmobiles were spotted on a truck deck in Cranbrook BC. One is a Arctic Cat 8000 and the other is a Polaris Matryx 850 FXR. Both are equipped with serious paddle tracks for mountain running. Enjoy.
A couple more sleds for 2026
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But where is the snow?
Love it! We have some friends that have some serious mountain sleds for their trips out to the Rockies. It was pretty neat to see the engineering used for these things. Whatever weight can be shaved, etc. I think they were polaris..... used a cogged belt instead of a chain case and while not unique nor new, I really liked the flex drive off the starter motor.
Pretty much everything in this subforum is something I find very cool and cannot afford to do 
I got priced out of snowmobiles years ago decades ago. $10,000 to $22,000 each is just to rich for my blood!
If you have/want to learn some mechanical skills, an older lighter sled can be fun to go ditch banging anywhere there is snow.Pretty much everything in this subforum is something I find very cool and cannot afford to do
And if your old sled breaks down, its easy to recover it, since you are right beside the road!
I'm too old for the steep and deep now. Trail riding for me now, just trying to get a balance between sleds and the groomer.
Here's a pic of a unique 1985 Manta that I sold a few years ago. Need 3 buddies with you to turn that tank around on a trail.
Here's a pic of a unique 1985 Manta that I sold a few years ago. Need 3 buddies with you to turn that tank around on a trail.
I have a co-worker that dirt bikes/sleds a LOT. He and his girlfriend buy new bikes and sleds every year and feels it's the cheapest way to go about it. Their old bikes/sleds still have significant value and they're always running a new vehicles. He's well north of 50yo and is out 80% of the weekends year round.
It doesn't have to be that way. If you are handy at all, older sleds that just need a little TLC can be had pretty cheap. My son bought these two machines, each for only a few hundred. And the second one came with a snowmobile trailer.
They recently used them to visit their newly acquired mountain property. Have any of you heard of a shabin? It is essentially a large storage shed that can be used as a crude and simple cabin. This one on my son's property has no water or electricity. The previous owners never used it in the 18 years that they owned the property. But my son is intending on using it as a base camp storage shed, when spending time on the property.
I can't imagine that's the cheapest way to go, but you certainly aren't wrenching on them or having them breaking down too much.
If he can swap into new a sled losing less than $3k I would be impressed.
I traded up back when suspension tech was getting better every couple of years for ride quality not handling. and 4 stroke engines. I'm still on my '09 and '13 sleds now, retired and nothing has made that big of a difference for the money now.
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