"100,000 Miles on Spyder" Club

[sledmaster]

Now maybe this isn't a big deal for you riders down south, but up here in Minnesota we can only ride Spyder for something like six+ months in a typical year. We spend almost five months a year riding snowmobiles, with a few days in-between the two riding seasons.

So it is a big deal for me to finally be able to join the "100,000 Miles on Spyder" club. At least I thought so! I just added up the miles on the four different Spyders I have had and it is at 100,400 miles, good for an 11,155 miles per year average over nine years.

Still a long ways to go to catch up to my miles on snowmobile though. Been riding sleds since 1969, but only started keeping track of miles since 1995. Since 1995 I have 152,625 miles on snowmobile for a yearly average of 7,268 miles per year over the last 21 years.

Between Spyder and snowmobile combined that is an average of 18,423 miles per year the past nine years.

I realize there are many of you who have more miles than I do on Spyder, but I doubt many of you have more miles on a snowmobile.

Just a bit of trivia. I like burning fossil fuels and seeing what is around the next corner and over the next hill, time and time again.

 

[ARtraveler]

:congrats: And...keep burning those fossil fuels. :yes::yes:

 

[Bob Denman]

:congrats: on reaching this Milestone! :clap: :firstplace:
Sledding since 1969? I started a couple of years before you, and would love to reminisce over some of those great (and not so great!) early machines! nojoke

 

[sledmaster]

1969 Sno Pony

My first sled was a 1969 Sno Pony. Blew the drive clutch right off the damn thing.

 

[Chupaca]

Congratulations. ...🎖

Always a great feeling to achive milestones and that is a big one...:2thumbs: and by adding the sled miles seems you were never home....:roflblack:

 

[Bob Denman]

My first sled was a 1969 Sno Pony. Blew the drive clutch right off the damn thing.
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I started on a 1967 Ski Doo Olympique... about 10.5 rompin' stompin' horsepower! :roflblack:


Got it brand new for the '67 riding season! :thumbup:

 

[Crisis]

Congratulations! That is really an achievement. Very curious why you only kept the F3 for 2000 miles?

QUOTE=sledmaster;1179699]Now maybe this isn't a big deal for you riders down south, but up here in Minnesota we can only ride Spyder for something like six+ months in a typical year. We spend almost five months a year riding snowmobiles, with a few days in-between the two riding seasons.

So it is a big deal for me to finally be able to join the "100,000 Miles on Spyder" club. At least I thought so! I just added up the miles on the four different Spyders I have had and it is at 100,400 miles, good for an 11,155 miles per year average over nine years.

Still a long ways to go to catch up to my miles on snowmobile though. Been riding sleds since 1969, but only started keeping track of miles since 1995. Since 1995 I have 152,625 miles on snowmobile for a yearly average of 7,268 miles per year over the last 21 years.

Between Spyder and snowmobile combined that is an average of 18,423 miles per year the past nine years.

I realize there are many of you who have more miles than I do on Spyder, but I doubt many of you have more miles on a snowmobile.

Just a bit of trivia. I like burning fossil fuels and seeing what is around the next corner and over the next hill, time and time again.[/QUOTE]

 

[M109Dreamer]

Man, I used to have that very same helmet. Was my first one in a 3/4. Thought I was Evil Kenivel on my Honda Elisinore MR50. Man I miss that bike.

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[JP58]

I've rode over 100,000 miles on my 10 bikes I've owned in total but only at 6k on my 15 RT-S. Only took 35 years to get there.

 

[Ron2andia]

Congrats to all who accomplished this feat!

 

[rcturner]

My first sled was a 1969 Sno Pony. Blew the drive clutch right off the damn thing.
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I had a matched pair of 1969 Sno Ponys just like this one. I went over to the factory and had them made from the parts I selected from their parts bin (motors). Those were the days. Junk by todays standards but lots of fun.

 

[PrairieSpyder]

:congrats:

 

[sledmaster]

Congratulations! That is really an achievement. Very curious why you only kept the F3 for 2000 miles?


The F3 was an excellent machine. As much as I liked the 3-cylinder engine and the corner-hugging handling, I found that I preferred the riding position of the ST-S (for where and how I ride).

It is a better fit for me (6' 4") and most similar to riding a ski-doo REV XP/XS snowmobile. I also ride dirt bike and adventure bike and both of them are a more upright riding position. It's what I like.

And the wind protection, or more accurately, bug protection, for long rides.

 

[missouriboy]

Half Way!

Congrats on 100K miles!

54,100 miles in 3.5 years on 2 Spyders, so I'm halfway there, I guess. No snowmobiles, buts lots of 4-wheeling in there too.

 

[GOZFST]

My first sled was a 1969 Sno Pony. Blew the drive clutch right off the damn thing.
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I too had a Snow Pony, what an evil handling machine. Somebody did me a favor and stole it.

 

[ARCTIC]

Congratulations! That is really an achievement. Very curious why you only kept the F3 for 2000 miles?


The F3 was an excellent machine. As much as I liked the 3-cylinder engine and the corner-hugging handling, I found that I preferred the riding position of the ST-S (for where and how I ride).

It is a better fit for me (6' 4") and most similar to riding a ski-doo REV XP/XS snowmobile. I also ride dirt bike and adventure bike and both of them are a more upright riding position. It's what I like.

And the wind protection, or more accurately, bug protection, for long rides.

We need to meet up this winter. Hopefully we have a good winter. I'm not sure the trails around Alexandria even opened up last year. I got a new 2017 ZR 8000 RR 137 that I want to rack some miles up on. I think the QS3 shocks are going to be handy. Can't wait for the snow to fall. Out west has been getting unseasonably early snows. :yes::yes:

 

[Firefly]

Congrats... I'm just over 100,000 as well between my 3 Spyders. About 80K of my miles were on my 2008 GS premier edition...

 

[Bob Denman]

Hi Dan!

:congrats: :firstplace:

 

[Mr. White]

Good riding for sure. I don't get to ride my snowmobile very much. The last snow we had was in 1984. We got 2 inches. In the small town 2 miles from me, we had 13 die from exposure, 29 broken hips from slipping on the snow, 164 auto accidents and general panic. This was all before noon, when it melted.......fall is coming, I can tell, as it was only 87 yesterday.

:yes:

 

[R FUN]

Started riding snowmobiles in !965, a 8HP ski-doo, they also had a 6HP 165CC. I raced for ski-doo {BRP} in !968,69,70. with Jon Luke Bombardier. Still ride
snowmobiles. Am 78 and forgot to grow up LOL.
Roger