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Posted by Boaski
- October 18, 2013, 16:28:19 PMYes, my helmet has been cinched a little tight.
I used to have fast & newer, but I just like the old stuff. My dream "sled" is actually a Model T with the White snowmobile conversion. So far the price has been out of my budget.
I have no shortage of projects. I have a tried and true restoration plan.
1. I see something
2. I convince myself that I need it really bad.
3. I find a way to acquire it.
4. I bring it home and stare at it in the bar.
5. I decide to restore it.
6. I take it apart...
7. See step #1
Posted by greenbarn
- October 18, 2013, 16:21:30 PMBoaSki - those are pretty cool, I must admit. Not cool enough to get me started on another hobby, but I can see you have some cool stuff.
BTW, I found a picture of one of Ratman's early snow machines....
Posted by CDNRatMan
- October 18, 2013, 13:53:42 PMyour problem is what your helmet is too tight?
nothing wrong with snowmachines, they are really a part of life up here and even when I lived farther north they are a really important part of daily life. I cannot ride on properly anymore due to my knees, I can do the old man thing and sit on the seat and idle along but anyone who knows they are meant to ride like a dirt bike the weight on the knees and used as shocks, or in really deep snow to kneel on the seat and balance as you pound through the snow....so I just don't ride one anymore.......however I do remember someone taking a 750 CB Honda engine and dropping it in their old beat to snot snowmachine and man did that sucker fly............
Posted by Boaski
- October 18, 2013, 11:10:32 AMYou just kicked off a major off topic rabbit trail!
My dad and 2 other guys went together and bought a left over 1973 Boa Ski Mark 1 292 from Campbell Supply in Marion. Since it was the first motorized thing I had access to that went fast I was hooked.
Since 3 families were beating the crap out of it the thing gave up the ghost in the winter of 1978. A year or two later I bought my first snowmobile; a (well) used 1974 Boa SS 340. I usually rode it an hour and worked on it 4. I ended up trading it for a Yamaha 125 Enduro (it wasn't much better). We went a year or two without a sled after that.
Since 1980 I've always had a snowmobile, usually more than one. Some where around 1997 I found a couple Boa Skis for sale up in Grand Rapids. Things have steadily gone down hill since then. At last count I've owned over 100 sleds in the years since. I think the most I've had at any one time has been somewhere in the 30's.
Right now my focus is Boa Ski and anything odd, heavy ugly and slow (kind of autobiographical).
This a 1970 Boa Ski Mark 1. It's what I take to vintage snowmobile rides.
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Here are some other Boa Ski's that are in the barn:
A 1974 Mark 1 project for a trip down memory lane:
Here's a 1963 Polaris Sno Traveler. I found it in western South Dakota. I thought my wife was going to revoke my Ebay privileges after that one.
This one is a 1961 Polaris Sno Traveler project. It came from up around Herkimer, NY.
1970 Super Snowbug with my son on it.
1968 or 69 Innovar SnoCoupe. I sold this one along with a parts sled to fund the Drifter.
Here's a 1979 Ski Doo Elite. I found it in a barn close to Upper Sandusky. The guy that had it bought it the year of the blizzard. They put 201 miles on it and parked it in the barn. After having it for 14 years I decided to send it down the road this summer - time to fund a different project...
Yep, it appears I have a problem...
Posted by greenbarn
- October 18, 2013, 06:48:11 AMNow that's asking for trouble. I can see Ratman, being from the Great White North, AND having his great fondness for vintage machinery going to this swap meet, and leaving hooked on modifying and riding his newly acquired vintage sled collection, getting hooked on these.... Maybe even getting a Boa tattoo or something... The Drifter may get long forgotten...
On a serious note, though, I had never even heard of Boa Skis, until now. Those are pretty cool. How did somebody in OH get into collecting vintage snow machines, with our annual average of 2" of snow?
Posted by Boaski
- October 18, 2013, 06:19:45 AMAnother option on getting them to you would be to see if any of my fellow Boa Ski collectors live anywhere close to you.There is a vintage snowmobile swap meet coming up the first weekend of November. Usually a few of us meet up there.
Posted by dakuhosu
- October 17, 2013, 21:27:21 PMThose would look epic as really long duals on a lowered 1500. That's probably my favorite Harley Exhaust.
Posted by CDNRatMan
- October 17, 2013, 20:55:45 PMNope was thinking of leaving them chrome.
Option 1 You order them, you pay for them once they arrive you try them on your bike till I get there and then I buy them from you for $100.00.
Option 1A you order them I pay for them, you store them for me in a safe dry place as a favour to me, then I install them prior to going to DI 14, and figure out how to get the old pipes home.
Option 2 You order them, Chilli pays for them. When they get here, you give ChiliDrift a ring, and he can swing by on his new H-D, show it off to you and brag a bit, then he'll be the mule to getting them to me. That would be a decent ride on his new H-D a good break-in run anyhow. And customs would just think it was spare parts for a H-D rider and he would be passed.
Boaski could you take a couple of close ups of your bracket for me please. Thanks
Posted by Boaski
- October 17, 2013, 20:29:16 PMLoud enough to sound good, but not cause me to regret having them. I know I'm biased, but I have yet to hear a small displacement metric cruiser that sounds as good as the drifter with those pipes. I would call it a small block chevy with hints of HD.
Posted by greenbarn
- October 17, 2013, 20:25:11 PMLooks great on the bike. How loud are they?
Posted by Boaski
- October 17, 2013, 20:22:16 PMThose look pretty similar to the ones I have on my bike. I like them. The only issue I have is the front pipe tends to crud up the rear pipe.
Posted by greenbarn
- October 17, 2013, 19:54:11 PMHey those are pretty sharp. What are you wanting to do? Black powder coating??
It's not out of the question, you know. Here's how I see it... I'll order them on Ebay, and have them shipped here. You wire me the money. When they get here, I'll try them out on my 800. Then when you come through for Drift in 14, come a day early, and we'll switch them over on your 800. Off you go. OR strap them on the luggage rack on your way back home.....Option 2: order/ship/pay same as option 1. When they get here, I'll give ChiliDrift a ring, and he can swing by here on his new Indian Chief, and he'll be glad to mule it up there for you. He'll be wanting to give that new Indian a good break-in run anyhow.
Posted by CDNRatMan
- October 17, 2013, 17:53:32 PMnow if I had a way to get them to Canada and I could make them fit my Drifter I would have these on there in a heart beat......
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cobra-Fishtail-Exhaust-Vulcan-VN800-/331044183111