Seems about right, only forgetting the part where you sell it next year for $500 while continuing the claim of "Runs like a charm"

@jackerthesnacker1568

Жыл бұрын

He put that there

@Roddy556

Жыл бұрын

@@jackerthesnacker1568 yeah that was definitely in the video.

@ChromeArty

Жыл бұрын

@@Roddy556 no boys, he uses the same sign and lists it for $400

@Roddy556

Жыл бұрын

@@ChromeArty oh yeah you're right, but the original sign was funnier. That said sleds are stupid expensive right now and could probably be flipped for profit so asking for more money isn't really a joke.

@stacybuchkowsky6376

Жыл бұрын

Lol

I dont know how many times I've said, "Just get to the part where..." while watching KZread repair videos...

@cindyknudson2715

2 жыл бұрын

1.5 speed 👍

most relatable part: youtubing how to do a specific maintenance/repairing task and impatienly skipping around. Also getting sidetracked and watching Charlie Berens videos... wait...

@themadscientest

2 жыл бұрын

Get back to wrenching.

@them8tysibulba

2 жыл бұрын

@Jesus is coming. Read the Gospel. ah yes random commenter, You just sold me your bullshit by spamming every other comment with your mindless crap. Seriously, does this ever work?

@SilverStarHeggisist

2 жыл бұрын

He left out the part where you check the forums and someone asked that exact question and the next 50 people to reply have no idea but give completely unrelated instructions.

Nothing like riding an old sled from the 70s or 80s, and you pretty much nailed the experience.

@davidbrennan5

2 жыл бұрын

70's yes 80's had some decent sleds.

@jj-eo7bj

2 жыл бұрын

I dont like the style of new sleds no windshield small seats just look stupid

@alphachad6626

2 жыл бұрын

@@jj-eo7bj agreed but the old sleds have zero ride to them and destroy your back my 97 triple has the same problem but my 02 mxz rides like a dream.

@who_cares848

2 жыл бұрын

The old sleds looked cool but they really suck to ride. Most of them have pretty much no suspension and if the trails suck in your area like they do where I live, it's a really shitty experience.

@richardwolf6027

2 жыл бұрын

got me a 74' scorpion whip

The distraction into watching old packer highlights was icing on the cake with this one, good job Charlie, you make Wisconsin proud.

@ZooomaCW

2 жыл бұрын

Fuck the Packers. Signed, A Bears Fan

Those GS 340s were extremely reliable. Riding a leaf spring sled is a great workout. I own nine sleds all between 1971 and 1976, bogey wheel suspension and the engine in my lap is how I roll!

@MrNater41

2 жыл бұрын

Nothing like having a carb with the wire mesh air cleaner right in your gut lol

@Gehajjs62727

2 жыл бұрын

@@DJNefarious447 you can report them when you see them, 99% of the time they will block or ban them.

@DJNefarious447

2 жыл бұрын

@@Gehajjs62727 thank you!

@goldencreekfarm7261

2 жыл бұрын

My 76 GS 340 had an exhaust leak that would make your eyes water. I kept that throttle wide open all the time to keep up with my friends who had much newer sleds.

@MrNater41

2 жыл бұрын

@@goldencreekfarm7261 had an old snojet that had a Kohler 340 rigged in it with flexpipe exhaust. If it started you better hold on cuz it would start and instantly hold 25 mph at idle. Messed with tvs every time you got within 50 yds of a house

Ahh yes, the old sleds..... ride em one day, fix em two days....repeat. We loved em!

@flat-earther

Жыл бұрын

Hi coppersworld have you become a flat earther yet? If not I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

Just like a boat...two happiest moments are: the day you buy and the day you sell

@mikehunt4797

Жыл бұрын

A boat is a hole in the Ocean you pour money in to.

@dand33911

5 ай бұрын

Bust Out Another Thousand

Cooking a dead mouse in your snowmobile is honestly the most genuinely mid-west gag you've had. And you're the king of them. Pure honest humor.

You missed one crucial stage...dealing with a stuck/buried sled (ditch, deep snow, etc.). It's a crappy day when that happens, haha. Keep up the great vids Charlie!

@wickedmetalclown

2 жыл бұрын

Put all your weight on the back of the sled, pull up on the handlebars and try to get the sled a little bit more vertical and try to tread Walk her outta there, it works 70% of the times, but otherwise she gets stuck worse lol

@zennyfieldster4220

2 жыл бұрын

@@wickedmetalclown also, if you have a buddy, have one on the back of the seat and the other pulling a ski. It works every time eventually.

@nybergsgarage

2 жыл бұрын

@@wickedmetalclown not on these vintage sleds. no sir. if they're stuck deep, they aint moving till you dig them out.

@nickbrevitz6747

2 жыл бұрын

I bought a new to me XC 700 in 2020. We didn’t get snow until December 23rd, and we got absolutely dumped on. I got that 90s iron stuck so badly in a drift, I almost threw up yanking it out. Buried 3 feet deep down in the ditch. And I’m 6’7 and around 260.

@bomber767

2 жыл бұрын

@@nickbrevitz6747 That sucks man! I totally get it. You know you hit ‘rock bottom’ when you start throwing things like your helmet, etc. out of frustration. 🤣

The helmet slap off the tree was my favorite. 😆

@shockcoach

2 жыл бұрын

Only took seven takes to get ‘er done.

@countyseatadventures

2 жыл бұрын

#donteatyellowsnow 😆😅😂🤣

Reminds me of my first time on a raggedy Arctic Cat. Hit the throttle and cut full left, bars locked the throttle wide open, full throttle locked the bars. Spent quite a while making little circles very rapidly. Shame nobody had movie cameras in 1977.

@evercuriousmichelle

2 жыл бұрын

🤣

Oh Man, all of that is absolutely spot-on! Take away the football helmet and use a different brand sled and I have literally lived EVERY. SINGLE. THING. in that video!

A wise man once told me "when buying used sleds, be prepared to spend on it what you paid for it".. I laughed and then cried when he was 100% spot on.

@petertoth3477

Жыл бұрын

I heard the same thing about used cars. Well, older ones especially, I guess. Or probably any motorized toys a kid in grown man disguise can have :D

They should offer "Impact Maintenance" certification programs.

@rabbi4skin666

2 жыл бұрын

I like the term brogan adjustment

@isthatasupra9569

2 жыл бұрын

Already certified

That's is an accurate portrayal of every single run in I've had with any sled that wasn't new. Which was all of them. All you missed was the part where you attempt to restore one, and then realize it's more valuable in pieces.

One of the first things I wondered my first winter in the South was how do you get to the bar in a snowstorm if you don’t have a snowmobile? Spoiler alert, when it snows in the South, nothing’s open.

@dustyak79

2 жыл бұрын

I’m from Missouri people say well you have a 4 wheel drive truck I’m like screw you there’s 3 inches of ice on the road 4 wheel drive gives you only a slight chance of getting out of the ditch if you haven’t jacked everything up .

@duhsunnyday8590

2 жыл бұрын

Being from the South and reading this I'm like..."that's a thing ?" 🤔 We don't even sell alcohol on Sundays...

@p_campbell

Жыл бұрын

Pro tip for you northerners. When it starts to get cold you buy your libations a week-or two in advance . And you keep it up it's called 'aged' 🤠

@K.J.Ray421

Жыл бұрын

Oh god that sounds just horrible. Why would anyone want to live somewhere there's no snow, or for that matter winter. I shudder even thinking about such things.

@Kyle_Spivis

Жыл бұрын

@@duhsunnyday8590 Minnesota just made Sunday’s legal! The local bar gives us a discount if we arrive on a sled or a horse lol.

Snowmobile‘s only have two speeds: probably too fast and definitely too fast. But you can forget this secret third speed which is just the word fuck!

@xrevitalizex

2 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment, my first experience with God and the secret third speed was on 96 Arctic Cat ZRT 600. My dad plopped me on it at the age of 13 in the middle of a corn field, and told me "open up the throttle". I never felt skis land until I came to a stop on the other side, I came back doing half throttle maybe doing 30 mph, hopped off the sled got back on my 440 twin cougar looked him dead the eye and said "fuck you, im not driving that ever". He laughed his ass off, called me a pussy in front of all of the guys but then later pulled me aside and said "it was only running on two cylinders, when that third one comes alive I about shit my pants every time." Lesson learned as a young lad, sleds can be fun to go on a rip without doing 100mph+

@Hellsong89

2 жыл бұрын

Just get new springs to clutch and you should be golden. Probably going to do that to my sled since its not going to be used in high speeds much.

@michaeldaigle7207

2 жыл бұрын

Hit the secret third speed only once. Got to a straight stretch riding with my old man when I was maybe 12, he was on a 04 polaris fusion 900, I was on a 94 indy 440. He suggested we swap sleds and I give his a try on this part of the trail, I'd be buggin him all day to try the bigger sled. I bet he figured it was safer on the straight stretch, it didn't like to turn at speed. I hopped on and almost immediately barred it, took off like a bullet. Before I knew it the speedo was creeping past 70....80.....90. I watched it hit 97, I looked up to see a right hand turn. I knew I was going too fast. I let off the gas and cranked the bars all the way, and I just kept going straight. Swung my leg over the seat and stood on one running board, kept the bars turned and leaned back and pulled. Stood the sled up nearly on its side and just barely made it around the corner. I was off the trail on the left side, almost in the trees. I'm pretty sure the real secret to taking a corner that fast is just to say fuck about 300 times as fast as you can while shitting your pants. Its the first of two times in my life something that happened really really quickly felt like it took minutes. Never had quite the same need for speed after that. Been somewhere around 140 in a car but I'll never fuck around on something without a seatbelt like that again. Still scares me a bit to this day.

As some one who just recently started snowmobiling the feeling like you ran 3 marathons but only burning 2 calories is one of the truest things I have heard all day.

@dustinpollard6237

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, its my very first year on a 90 Jag Deluxe and all so familiar. Fires right up at home, drive to the trail and pull until you drop, she won't go lol. I figured it out, but it still gets frustrating.

@SexyLilSeaOtter

2 жыл бұрын

@@dustinpollard6237 I have an 04 Polaris 340 classic. It has electric start which I kind of didn’t think was that big of a deal at first. I then switched for a little bit with a nice couple I met on a service road that gets like 2 or 3 feet of snow every year in the winter, their sled has some serious back country studs on their track and wanted to know what it’s like to ride without such an aggressive track. They had a newer Polaris with no electric start and MAN having to pull that cord every time you stop to talk or help your riding partner get unstuck/get yourself unstuck makes you get worn out 2x faster than if you just had to turn a key and have it fire right up. Theirs also didn’t have a reverse when mine did. I have no idea how they can stand having to get off and lift the back end up any time they need to make a sharp 180 or when they don’t have enough room to make a sharp aggressive turn.

@dustinpollard6237

2 жыл бұрын

I thought having newer stuff made it easier hehehe my Jag Deluxe with electric start and reverse is still a pain but im new to 2 strokes too. i just have much better luck with pull start than electric, so i use it. Then when im pissed off and in pain i use electric start, mostly because its the first season after restoring and i still have a minor fuel issue and electric start helps prime the carb. Enjoy your trails, our winter is over but it was enough motivation to sell my house and finally move to a camp in northern Pennsylvania like ive always wanted to do.

@Trad-Am

2 жыл бұрын

That's only true for flat landers. In the mountains, we feel like we wrestled a bull for 8 hours, but actually burned 8000 calories. There's no replacement for the steep, and deep boys!

@K.J.Ray421

Жыл бұрын

@@dustinpollard6237 I was gonna say I hope you didn't get rid of it, because it's one of the most reliable sleds from that era. Hell, my 84 Panther and my 2000 Panther have pretty much the same 440 FC engine as your 90 Jag.

“I got a snowmobile for my wife for Christmas” it’s a good trade if you can get it….”

@chrisstancer5857

Жыл бұрын

Well you probably get to ride the snowmobile more, and with less maintenance.

This guy doesn’t miss… always perfect!🧀

For those living in southern states substitute a riding mower for snow mobile and grass for snow. Everything else fits perfect including the end😁

@MrCODEmaster00

2 жыл бұрын

*dirtbike or motorcycle chap. This is the same thing as older motorcycles with carbs

@p_campbell

Жыл бұрын

Very true bought a old John Deere , thought it was a steal...... 1 year later and $600 in work I sold it for the same price I bought it for. Live and learn 🤠

You just reminded me I need to buy cheese curds

I'm proud to add the term "impact maintenance" to my vocabulary. Another one I find useful is "slug-justment".

@NinjaofApathy

2 жыл бұрын

Percussive Maintenance has been the variant I've heard haha

I’ve been on stage 2 for 11 years now. Can’t wait for stage 3.

Just sold my Lynx Cobra from 1993. First I cleaned the dust off it and it looked so beautiful with blue, turquoise and red colors. I caught myself wondering if Charlie Berens would have fallen in love with it... 😍

@lukasn6791

2 жыл бұрын

The Cobra's are some really nice sleds!

Pops had a 340 cheetah, I rode the ‘76 puma. I miss those times. Not much use for sleds down in Texas. I miss the rides up in Eagle River!!

The Monet on the sleigh, the Van Gogh of the snow!

Get that old man in more videos !!!

Haha my dad is a snowmobiling Yooper 🤣 and he's 73 years old!

This made my day. I wish I knew somebody like him in real life

@guardrailbiter

2 жыл бұрын

If'n ya move to Manitowoc, _everybody_ you know will be like Charlie. 😀

@petertoth3477

Жыл бұрын

@@guardrailbiter Now I know where to go, if I ever was to move in the States :D

@Emilythematerialgurl

9 ай бұрын

​@@guardrailbiterlmao not that Midwest talk I love it

It IS the sound of the '80s! That and three-wheelers!

I have a 1978 444 everest, and part three of this was the most relatable thing I've seen today

Grew up snowmobiling with my folks' SkiDoo Bombardier n have a TON of GREAT memories!! 💛🧡🖤🤍 We first rode behind it in a pull behind sled, that looking back was like a mushers sled only on metal runners, complete with one of those plastic covered, flowery lawn lounge chair cushion to sit on n covered up with a coupla old wool blankets. 🌼🌻🏵😍 Then dad got a cool lil fiberglass pull behind unit that looked like a oversized snowmobile hood in front, but with low sides we'd climb into to sit on the molded seat. 😎 It too was on skis n even had a windshield, and boy was THAT nice!! 👌♨️ Especially cuz our faces n legs weren't exposed n the snow didn't fly back and cover us n get us wet n cold. 🚫🥶💧❄ Us n the blankets stayed nice n dry we had tucked around the 'zippers everywhere' snowmobile suits n snowmobile boots. 😄 Of course they were complete with bread bags!! 😂, n those went over dads old wool socks, that were pulled up almost to our knees 😅, and before the felt boot liners. 😆 Gosh we were bundled up like crazy, but we'd be riding for hrs sometimes n rarely got cold thanks to all the stuff we moaned n groaned about mom making us wear. 🌡🧣🧤🧦🥾🧥👖 Gosh, what I wouldn't give to relive those days again. 😏❤ Then as got older, we finally got to drive them! 😃 But the rule was we had to be strong enough to pull it to start it on our own n turn the skis if we had to get unstuck, etc. 😉 Then the fun really begun cuz we could whiz around the neighbors fields...yes, we had permission, and ride the trail, which ran right behind our house or go to the big sledding hill a cpl miles up the road! 💟 Ohhh gosh, those were some fun times!!! 💗 This brought up a lot of memories, some bittersweet though, as it made me think of my younger brother who just passed away in November. 😪💔 He LOVED snowmobiling 💙 n rode til just a cpl yrs ago when he couldn't any longer due to his health issues. 😥 Still had many very fond n cherished times we shared while growing up in the 70s n early 80s. 🤗💘 Thanks for the ride down memory lane Charlie!! 🥰💝🙋‍♀️

Everything about this checks out...still love my scorpion

I have an 89 Arctic Cat El Tigre I call Frankenstein cause the hood is held on with zip ties. I gotta get er in the garage for a tune up, but she'll run like a bat outta hell when she's done. Good for a buck on a straight haha. Love the videos man, keep em up!

@derekbernhard9191

2 жыл бұрын

I was riding my 88 el tirgre today and the hood flew off, guess I need stronger zip ties and more of them. Those el tirgres are fast though.

Comic genius, well filmed, edited and acted.

I died at "sorry, Mickey." Oh my gosh. Hahaha!

You forgot the part where there is zero snow 5 years straight and as soon as you sell it you get 3ft over night bud.

@pflaffik

2 жыл бұрын

Last winter we only barely had a few days with snow now and then, scooter tracks everywhere. This winter 25 year record snow levels and barely any tracks anywhere. I think the longing for snow is what make most people drive, when the snow is there all the time they stop waiting and then dont build up the required excitement.

2:13 to 2:20 That landscape is the definition of the Midwest (maybe less traffic).

Sucks when you get older and beat up. You start at stage four just looking at the machine. 🤣 Watch out for deer out there. 😎

And that's why you buy a Ski-Doo, Charlie🤣🤣🤣

You forgot the part where you get bored because you only have one sled so you have to buy another so your buddies can ride

"Nothing like impact maintenance"

Lmao the subtitles are extremely broken, the clip is fuckin right as hell though. Almost too accurate. Keep up the great work!

The crowd roars. "And Touchdown, Green Bay!!"

Literally watching this while eating curds and also on a snow day! #Keep ‘er Movin!

I had a 1980 Yamaha Exiter 440 that i bought new. That sled was a blast to ride and it never let me down. Fill the gas and oil before a ride. Change the belt and sparkplugs at the start of the season. Just go. Had two other Yamahas after that and they were equally reliable.

Nope, same thing with my lawnmower, I KZreadd it, lol! And yes, every video goes on and on, but I got it fixed, she lasted another two summers and we finally got a new one this last summer

I can totally appreciate this video.... I have a '96 sled, which runs beauty... but she's had some bumps along the way like any machine of that age.

"Let's see if this cheese will curd." Indeed. 😂🤣😂

This is hilarious. Loved it

If it snowed in South Texas this would be me.....except Step 4 I ain't no quitter.

This is so accurate, as an owner of a 85 enticer this is spot on

@joemueth4077

2 жыл бұрын

Right there with you. Owner of a 78 John Deere Spitfire. Lots of fun 40 years ago though.

So accurate, picked up a 93 mx this year... I feel this video in my soul

Wisconsin look a lot like Quebec, curd cheese, snowmobile etc

@TKOfromJohn

2 жыл бұрын

You spelled Canada wrong

I always love a Charlie video

One thing you can do to keep the two stroke running good is getting ethanol free pump gas. You can find stations online.

You forgot the stage where you buy a brand new one and then it doesn't snow that winter! True story bro!

One of your best. Love it

A Rupp nitro 440 was my first sled, the thing was pretty quick. Learned a lot of what not to do's on that sled.

Too funny. That old fella drove a hard bargain! All that work on it probably burned some calories tho.👍 🤣

My sled project just fell through and I'm not going sledding this year.. This cheered me up a bit

Those ol Yamies are selling up here in Canada for $1500-$3000! Classic beauties 😋 love the videos!!

@Hermit.Crabbe

2 жыл бұрын

$2000 Saskatchewan dollars is basically $400 American so it's pretty accurate 😄

@commonsensewisdom

2 жыл бұрын

@@Hermit.Crabbe haha 😄

@blueleafy7167

2 жыл бұрын

I got one from my uncle for $700 I'm assuming he didn't know what it's worth and it runs really well

My dad bought our first sled brand new in 69. I love those 70s sleds. Had some nice ones & fast. 3 are still in the family.

I like the longer videos. You represent the Midwest for the lads that we are

Glad you got the tags sorted out before the repairs. That takes balls.

I love you Charlie! So much fun

Right on the mark, and absolutely hilarious. I thought I was the only one 😂😂✌🏻

My uncle had an old GP440 ... that thing was so much fun to ride. New sleds are cool, and they have fancy features like "reverse" and "electric start", but, nothing beats a vintage sled to me.

Charlie is sooooo funny. Why am I not seeing more of him in sitcoms and Movies???!!!!

"Born to be Wild!!" I sing that shit _every_ time I'm on a snowmobile or quad.

@american_patriot1776

2 жыл бұрын

I sing "aint no rest for the wicked"

Started out with a Yamaha GP396. The carbs used to suck in my suit if i riding hard. Fun sled.

That's the same model I rode in the 2000s! And they really are a workout.

Nailed everything about it, plane an simple dere.

I had a 1970 Herter's Husky (the pride of Waseca, MN). I have to say, it never left me unexpectedly stranded anywhere (I expected to be stranded every time I rode it). It featured a terrible Tillotson carburetor that sat upright right under a bend in the handlebar, so any condensation or melted snow on the handlebar ran directly into the carburetor. Dangit, Herter's should've stuck with decoys.

Excellent, excellent, excellent. Super f---ing excellent!

I have a 73 firebird chaparral. Rides like a bulls cock and rough as sand paper. Nothing like 2 inches of suspension travel as every part of the exhaust wafts in your nose as the snow goes perfectly over the windshield into your already frozen face! No reverse is a beauty to pull it in to the shed after 4 hours of beating your back to death on that workout bench seat. Best $150 sled ever bought

You explain it very well!!! Very entertaining. I agree with Red Dragon. But I do love my 1997 Polaris Indy 500

going snowmobiling this weekend like always still so stoked tho

Thank you. ♥️

Can we all just take a moment to appreciate that helmet flip at 2:11?

68 Scorpion Stinger was my first, and only sled. A. Working outside in the weather my whole life the last thing I wanted to do after work or on weekends was get on a sled. B. We don't get enough snow or cold in Iowa anymore. 12/27/23 and don't have one snowflake on the ground all year yet.

My first sled was an 87 tundra, it was a basket case but it got me hooked and I haven't been able to get away from snowmobiling since

Jerkysplaining 😂

Great, now I want a snowmobile, even though it never snows here

Had a 71 Panther 400, loved it so much, I found the wife one... she not so much.... you nailed this.

YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY, no forced subtitles.. thankyou thankyou thankyou der guy! watch out for deer with that snowmobile.. OPE

LOL! We had that exact model of Yamaha when I was a kid. Great times...Sore backs!

🤣 It's the camouflage pants with the flannel shirt for me 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Nothing like Midwest Walmart Fashion

I remember those days on my old 74' TNT F/A 400,fast and light but that leaf spring suspension though.

lol, I can totally relate to this video. Only mine was a 78 Kawasaki Intruder I bought for a 100 bucks. It ran like a banshee, and originally I was going to use the motor as my thruster for my hovercraft. I just couldn't dismantle the sled, so I used it for another 3 years, had to re-weld the frame 3 times because I discovered how fun it is to make jumps between hills at 70mph. lol

I had two snowmobiles, one so old you couldn't get parts, it topped out at 35 and spit the track constantly, the second was a Yamaha exciter, biggest lemon I've ever had, one issue after another, traded it for my pickup 10 years ago, best deal ever, haven't had a sled since 😅

I lived the break down scene just the other day, 1978 ET340

Almost a perfect re-enactment of my 1981 Jag 4000 experience... Except I was dumb enough to keep buying parts. I did sell it for 2x what I paid for it... then noticed it back on marketplace a couple years later. :)

dam, my brother had one of those in 76 or 77' . he had to ride it home on 1 ski at 1AM after running into a stop sign post that didn't move too far. At least that's what he remembered after they doubled the value of the shack with all the returnables.

We don't get enough snow in East Texas for this but it looks fun!

*Of Course I'm Gonna SEND IT*

I love riding our family's 340 around the farm. It jumps well.

Goody post needed to laugh today thanks