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Here are the only pictures I could find of the hood rebuild. Both sides were bowed out badly. I had to make a series of cuts from front to back going almost through each side. That allowed me to clamp each side to a flat surface and then I applied two full layers of sheet fiberglass and resin to the...

The handlebars were broken on each side by the dash panel so I cut the welds away to loosen the panel. I then cut the tubing on both sides and removed the bars and dash panel. I trimmed up both sides near the firewall and bent new handlebars. I machined alignment bushings to tightly go inside the tu...

Here are a couple more pictures of the muffler. After smoothing the welds and painting it looks great.

I didn't have a muffler so with the help of Bruce's specifications, I built one. Knowing that the od was 4 1/2 inches and 4 inch pipe is the same od, I cut off the proper length and chucked it in the lathe to bore out the center so as to get the proper wall thickness. This is a bit extreme but i try...

It's been a long process but I have recently finished restoring a 600 single track. I will post some pictures of the process, but I somehow lost some important ones. The machine was stripped down completely and the metal parts were suspended in a 300 gallon electrolysis tank for rust removal. It is ...

Just noticed this post. Did the $849 cost of the 600 single track include the seater?

I'm going to check out the Snow Dogs in a couple of days just to see what improvements they made. As for my 600, I will probably join a vintage club around here and ride on groomed trails to various events. That is not to say that I won't try it in deeper snow. From what I hear from guys with newer ...

Thanks Barrie. I figured that you or Bruce would reply. I'm still trying to figure out why the singles were so dangerous. I know that they were narrower than the twin track (tank) versions that most people were used to but I would think that if you kept in mind that they were tippier and rode them a...

Does anyone know how many single track 600's were made before the recall? Somewhere I was told that 200 were originally produced before that happened. Is that number correct? And also I think I read somewhere they were made in 1964 and sold as a 1965?

Just letting you know that I searched the archives and found specs and pictures of Salsbury clutches. Mine is a 700 series and I found a NOS spring kit for it and it is on it's way.