About 10-11 years ago, I was riding my buddies xlt triple, we called it Barney" when it blew the motor. My buddy wasn't feeling well and he offered it to me for the day. Everything was fine until the trail crossed a lake, we all fanned out and I cracked open the throttle Barney just got quiet and coasted to a stop. I checked the kill switch, yep still in the ON position. I knew it was bad when I grabbed the starter rope, gave it a mighty tug and the whole sled moved forward a few inches. I felt like crap, but my buddy was cool about it, it was fixed under warranty and I think he still has Barney.
