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

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

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...

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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!

The helmet slap off the tree was my favorite. 😆

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.

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!

They should offer "Impact Maintenance" certification programs.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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!

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

This guy doesn’t miss… always perfect!🧀

You just reminded me I need to buy cheese curds

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... 😍

Get that old man in more videos !!!

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

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!!

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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!! 🥰💝🙋‍♀️

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

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

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

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!

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

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

Nope, same thing with my lawnmower, I KZfaqd 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 have a 1978 444 everest, and part three of this was the most relatable thing I've seen today

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🤣🤣🤣

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Nailed everything about it, plane an simple dere.

going snowmobiling this weekend like always still so stoked tho

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

Lol, just fixed up a 1983 and 84 Skidoo. I am still in phase 3... Thanks for including the joke about the mice. It is as if airboxes were actually designed to be a mouse house.

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

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

Comic genius, well filmed, edited and acted.

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

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

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

"Nothing like impact maintenance"

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.

I always love a Charlie video

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.

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.

That is an antique there now. I had a Polaris 440 about that same vintage in Valdez, Alaska. It rode like a brick. I'm not sure it even had a suspension. I got brave and jumped it once. It hit so hard I knocked a couple of teeth out when my lips kissed the handle bar. Best thing I ever did was sell it.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

This is hilarious. Loved it

One of your best. Love it

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

This is everyone in rural Atlantic Canada........ And in summer its the ATVs always breaking down

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

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

I love you Charlie! So much fun

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

From a Yooper, that was awesome and I feel your pain!

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

I started out with a 62 bombadier...bombardier... a 74 articat puma 440 , finally , at 16 bought a blizzard 9500. All of them had all of those beautiful issues.....lol. Now I live in florida.... boat issues....😂🤣🤬

Came home from work couple years ago and neighbour had an enticer 340 on the curb picked that ol girl up and ended up selling it to larry the denim danger himself

Hilarious. I want a emoji for comedy presentations.

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

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.

*Of Course I'm Gonna SEND IT*

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.

That sled looks familiar, I had a GP 440 I bought it after hearing it run. it was in excellent condition or so I thought. when I got home with it I went to take a spin on it. and that's when I found out that the previous owners had been riding it on the grass. and it wouldn't even move because the drive cogs were melted and so were the hifaxes. and most of the bearings had to be replaced on the boogie wheels. so my friend that I went sledding with introduced me to a guy. that used to take care of all his needs on the Yamaha Phaser and Enticer that he had. this guy had been a Yamaha mechanic for over thirty five years. and retired from the Yamaha dealer and had a business at his home. he no doubt recognized it right away, when I took it to his place. I worked on it myself which he didn't mind because he was busy as hell at that time. he couldn't get the original drive cog set up for it anymore. so he set me up with a little bit more modern interloop drive cog set up. and a newer track, and hifaxes, and bearing, and everything else I'd need. and the instructions on how to move the suspension back two inches under the tunnel. because the newer track is longer. so I went home with my pile of parts, and R&R all the parts and moved the suspension back. and about a day later I was really to try taking it for spin again. and everything worked perfectly not a single problem. I rode that sled for quite a while and never had a single problem with it. and then I bought two Yamaha SRV sleds, the V is for the Roman numeral 5 because they are 540cc sleds. I had to buy the two of them because it was a package deal. I rode them for a while and eventually after saving up enough $. I bought a 1997 Yamaha Mountain Max 700 triple and I really liked it. the only draw back with it was it was little bit heavy. and it all started with the GP 440, the guy I got everything to fix it from. told me that back in their day the GP 440s were unbeatable. and sounds about right the one I had wasn't lacking in power for a 440cc sled. but with not much for suspension it would beat a person to death. and after all these years I have to say Yamaha makes the most reliable dependable sleds there is. at least the ones I had were.

This was great SOOOO TRUE

We had a winter from hell 10 years ago, stupid deep snow early on and it just kept coming. Bought an old sled that was 2 steps above barely running. Had a blast for a couple of years running the dog shit out of it. Found a super nice one with electric start AND reverse for the next winter AND IT NEVER SNOWED AGAIN.

I legit did everything in this video last week😂