It depends what you want to do. For the amount I'll ride the Wankel Panther specifically I don't bother. NH, VT and ME have antique snowmobile registrations where you pay a one time fee to ride for life. The idea is with these old classics with no suspension you're not going to ride a million miles a year. For a newer sled like my '78 I'll register, its like $40/yr plus my club membership (another $40 or so) which pays for grooming the trails and maintaining the bridges and whatnot.
I didn't register last year because of no snow, same thing this year, its too late now, we won't be riding for more than a month now... We can ride on private property with no registration, I know some people so I've got some places I can ride to satisfy my need to get out. -Curt Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:38:56 -0600 From: Randy Bennell <rbenn...@bennell.ca> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] BLIZZARD!!!! AHHH!! Message-ID: <51192cb0.6070...@bennell.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed On 09/02/2013 8:00 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: > 1971 Arctic Cat Panther 303W, powered by a Sachs 303cc Wankel Rotary engine. > About 19hp, 2 stroke, single rotor. Not a real high top speed, I had it up to > maybe 20 today, it might make 40, but its real smooth and has lots of torque, > a real good machine for pulling a load. > > Some pics from today: > http://i.imgur.com/66IFIGE.jpg > http://i.imgur.com/T0rRZo9.jpg > http://i.imgur.com/87qa6gf.jpg > > Its missing the seat in those pics as I'd replaced the gas line in > troubleshooting. I've got a seat, its got an awesome leopard skin pattern on > it. > > Some engine shots, these are old but it still looks mostly the same: > http://deadsledwrenchers.net/projects/303engine.JPG > http://deadsledwrenchers.net/projects/303engine2.JPG > > -Curt > > Do you have to licence and insure the snowmobiles where you are? If so, what does that cost you? I would sort of like to obtain a couple of old and fairly inexpensive machines but am reluctant to commit to more annual ongoing costs. How is parts availability for the old Arctic Cats? I would guess that Arctic Cat, Ski-Doo and Polaris should be as good as it gets with older parts. They sold lots of machines and still exist so the odds are probably better than the ones that disappeared. Randy _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
