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The Outlaws from the Princeton Area will again be having their Summer Grass Drags and associated events August 24 - 26.

I plan to make my first visit to this event on Saturday the 25th. Is anyone else planning to attend?

If anyone from the area is looking for parts or Diablos, I can bring them along.

Bruce

bruce@gogodiablo.com

The trip to Minnesota was a success.

Thursday started with a drive up to the Duluth area where I picked up a number of Diablos and parts from a fellow enthusiast. Lots of good projects on this truck and trailer load.

Friday, I spent the day in Center City with a couple of Diablo buddies. Matt, Jessie, Joe and I spent the day working on and talking about Diablos. It was a good preview of what the workshop will be on September 22nd.

Saturday was spent walking miles through the large swap meet at Princeton. This was my first visit to Princeton and I was very happy. It was a typical large swap meet with venders selling a variety of items ranging from ATVs, newer snowmobiles and parts, vintage snowmobiles and parts and then a splattering of other odds and ends. The event was well organized, parking was easy, plenty of porta-potties around and I waited in line only a few minutes to get food.

In the meet, I found some good buys on recoils, a motor, a good number of Tillotson HR carbs we use on the Diablos, Salsbury clutches and other supplies we use. It was not the most productive swap meet I've been to in regards to good purchases, but worth the trip.

Let the season begin!
Anybody looking for a Diablo?

Ever wonder why there are so many Diablos for sale and so few HUS-SKIs? ...just a thought.........

Bruce, I'm always amazed at the amount of Diablos that you drag home. Do you know how many that you have hauled home since you started collecting them?

Yes it is quite the load he has there. in my area you are lucky to see one.

Good question Frank. Someday, I should sit down and add up all the Diablos and Hus Skis I've bought and sold. Certainly, I've bought more than I've sold which explains why my shop is so full. But if I had to guess, I've purchased between 60 and 80 of them since 2008. That is a crazy number of Hus Skis and Diablos.

So why do I do it?

Because so many people contact me looking for them and I often get to make people very happy when they drive one up on the trailer to bring it home. More fun than selling them is when the owners contact me later and tell me the stories, memories and fun they are having with their Hus Skis and Diablos. It warms the heart for sure.