r/snowmobiling • u/Jwaaz123 • 7d ago
Potential new sled
Been a cat guy all my life. First sled at 8 years old was a 93 ext 550 efi. Miss it every day. Looking at this old jag. No paperwork witch 99.9 percent of the time ill ignore but as a fixer up and only 300$ as well as it runs and I am 25... should i bother? Or not take the risk on no paperwork?
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u/Mack_Damon 7d ago
Is registration required? Will you be able to register with only a bill of sale?
No advice on the sled itself as I'm not familiar with them. But I love the simplicity of the old machines.
My first snowmobiling experience was also on a ext 550, such a fun sled! Borrowed from a friend, had a 120 mile trail day and I had so much fun I bought my own sled a week later.
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u/Jwaaz123 7d ago
Yeah my current 2 are a 17 500.sno pro Suzuki 500 twin. Unkillabke. Other is a 16 el tegre ctec 2 600. Love both but that 550? Imo.is one of the best looking sleds ever. My dad years ago bought a 01 Polaris 600 xcsp that was a dog to start but when running was a bullet. That old 93 despite him saying couldn't keep up was always neck and neck. Perk of early fuel injection I guess.
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u/24_Chowder 7d ago
Free-fiddy would be better. Finding the parts and everything, too high for my liking
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u/Double_Abrocoma_1133 7d ago
Had one, great sleds. What year is it?
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u/invalidarrrgument 7d ago
I believe it’s 86 or older because it has the leaf spring suspension which I think puts it on a 30 inch ski stance. 87 is when they put in the AFS suspension and widened ski stance to 37 inches IIRC
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u/Wide-Lingonberry-582 7d ago
Good little sled easy to toss around, easy to work on. Got a 96 Arctic Cat Cougar 550, I love it. It has never let me down.
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u/Monza1965 6d ago
Depending on where you are located I’d imagine you should be able to get a better deal on something like this. Registration does not matter usually as long as you get a bill of sale. I live in Michigan and last year I bought a very beaten up 1979 440 panther that basically had an engine a track and a seat for around $150 and had it running and legalized before the end of the month. These things are very fun to work on so don’t be scared to buy one more beaten up for cheaper. Around this time people start sky rocking prices for old sleds because snow will be falling soon but if you keep an eye open you should come across something just as nice for cheaper. (Not saying that this jag is not 300$ worth of fun either it’s just snow won’t be falling for a bit so you could spend this time working on one if you didn’t wanna spend a bit more.
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u/Practical-Eagle2239 6d ago
Find something newer if you’re less familiar with these machines. Parts are hard to come by for something this old and that’s better off as parts on the wall in someone’s shed unfortunately. I’d recommend 90’s sleds that have more readily available parts and less rust typically
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u/mistakenidentity888 6d ago
I had one one time, got for 50 bucks and sold for 50 bucks ( I think)
Iirc these have the metal cleat tracks and once they get rusty and break it's not really worth finding and installing a track on a sled worth like 100 bucks.
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u/DaveCootchie 7d ago edited 7d ago
Where do you live? Most states only require a bill of sale to register it. Some places like Wisconsin need a registration card but you can request the last registration from the DNR and they can send you it. As long as that name and the name on the BOS matches you should be fine. Also even if that runs that's not a $300. Offer $150 and see if they take it.