This sled has been around long before "day one". Having passed hands from Mr. Sooley to crew member Paul Sooley (later the founder of www.sledsooley.com) this tired old beast was in need of some major work. The machine ran well and was actually pretty quick. Unfortunately a run in with a tree by Mr. Sooley meant the frame was bent and everything out of alignment. This was the first major sled project undertaken by our crew, most of it took place in Maffer's back yard and often into the wee hours of the night.

We completely stripped the Enticer right down to the frame and tunnel, and then we separated the two to replace the bent front chassis Acting on a tip, we all headed to the Horse Chops Dump to search for a bravo frame rumoured to have been discarded there. Being similar to the Enticer frame, we could use one for parts. After picking out a good Bravo frame, I happened to spy a familiar shape peaking from under a washing machine. Low & behold sitting there was a nearly perfect Enticer Frame!!!

Upon arriving back to Maffer's Sled Restoration Facility (we hadn't thought of the Area51 name yet!) we cleaned the new frame, welded on a new belly pan, and attached it to Sooley's tunnel with proper steel rivets. Now the reassembly could finally begin.

By far the funniest part of this saga was when Sooley went to paint the hood in Maffer's shed, in his choice of Tremclad Blue. Since there were no witnesses, we can only speculate the procedure used in the application of this paint, but at the end of the day the hood was painted, along with EVERY SINGLE surface inside Maffer's shed!!! The whole place was coated in blue paint!

Since the days of the old Enticer Sled Sooley moved on to bigger and better sleds, more so a 1997 Bombardier Mach1, 700cc triple cylinder 2 stroke. Unfortunately that sled met its demise at the peak of Mt. Peyton, just outside Grand Falls, NL (which is ironic since the Mach did make a Grand Fall-thankfully the rider did not!)

After this incident the Enticer was brought out of retirement for a few months until Sled Sooley's wonderful wife bought him a dandy sled, a 1994 Bombardier Mach 1, 670 twin.

Cheers, MIKE