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We had an '82 when I was a kid. That low range selector is a must. Can it ever tow.

Thank you So many wonderful memories

Do the handlebar controls need adjusting after you do this ?

Thanks a bushel, I need to move my mini apes about 1 inch forward...now I know how...lol❤

Music video👎👎👎👎💩💩😬

What’d you need to get the trail sticker? I just bought one with no title .

McDonald’s, why did you do this???

Thank I have to do this to mine

This was terrific, I was there in the early seventies and then whoosh it was closed, in Long lake the Western Hennepin county historical society museum is open on Saturdays and has a plethora of displays regarding the history and surrounding areas. Wonder how many people self-identified themselves from seeing the kids in this video. I moved back to Minnesota in 84, bought a motorcycle and got lost in Minnetonka and decided this is where I will live, which I did and it is most likely where I will die.

Does it move you forward at all or about the same as stock ?

Looks like a fun time

Nice broo 😝🤟

Nice bike! Does the sundowner sit you higher than the stocks? Im looking between the Sundowner and the Reach seat

I had a 1977 XL80 back in 1977 I was 10 years old the speedometer read 60 MPH and it went 60 mph speedometer buried

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I was there!

We were there in 2023, be back in 2025

It must have been the nicest amusement park being on beautiful Lake Minnetonka in quaint Excelsior and what a wholesome time!

0:33 I have a picture of me on that ride from 1970. I was 3 years old. Same with the boats at 2:00. I also remember the ride at 1:18. My dad and I also did this thing where you talk into a microphone and it cuts a small record of what you said, around 3 minutes long. My dad asked me about some of the rides we went on. I still have that record. These are some of my earliest memories.

So awesome finding old footage of this. I was at this event. My dad helped build one of the mud drags. I think it was called something like the Baby Buggy. The only other racer I remember is Psycho Babble

Brings back old memories

Looks like the Sunbowl and Mt Valhalla ski hill!

Hi, nice enjoyable video. I'm having trouble with mine and took it to the dealer after I loosened those bolts and couldn't move the handlebar. The dealer also had a very hard time, the mechanic needed another 300lb+ mechanic to sit on the bike, only to move the bar a small fraction, which helped a bit. The mechanic said he thought the layer of black paint was keeping it stuck. One guy in the chain of command I'm appealing to, to make this workable so I can routinely adjust this myself by a couple inches (my wife rides, too, and would like to take the bike on some long trips)....said he thought there was a pin that held the Road King Special handlebars in place, allowing them to hardly move. Do you or someone reading this have some more experience? Thanks!

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Hey man i have the same one i finally just got it running but when i start it up it max revs and when i push the gas it doesn't rev it cause its already max and when i put it in gear nothing happens just sits there throttling any ideas on what it could be just figured id ask

Please can you tell me where I can get a manual for this bike , as we are working on one , Alaska

Thanks so much for making this video! I've been needing to make a simple adjustment to mine and will do anything to avoid paying an hour+ at the dealership for labor. I knew there had to be an easier way besides removing that damn nacelle and you made life a whole lot easier and less intimidating. Thanks a million! 🤘

Very useful... thank you!!

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Where you are from you need plates on your ATV?

My favorite ride of all time at 1:16!

I grew up on Selby and Snelling. 1967-1980. My wife and I spent the day in the conservatory just yesterday. I remember Seal Island, Sparky, The Wild Mouse and the horror of building one where they imprisoned the Giant Tortoise and the large cats pacing their cages.

The bigger floats came out of Dad's shop - Gordon Displays. The rearing horses were the Dayton's float, which I do not have a single photo of.

Thanks

I remember! We didn't have a movie camera but took a lot of pictures. Lots of trips to Hinckley state park,Mn.

Good old days looks like RUPP country to me. Old Rupp rider Tom

Great video. Love the old sleds

I love this video. My family went there for the Minnegasco company picnics. Thank you for posting this. It brings back so many memories. I remember the spook house where you rode in on a car on a track. It was dark and things jumped out at you. Not sure if it was part of the fun house or not.

I went to Excelsior Amusement Park many times when I was little. The last time was just a short while before the park closed, although we didn't know that at the time. The church I attended took all of the altar boys to the park for a free day. It was a BLAST! The roller coaster was made of wood and it was like a living thing. There were seams and joints that expanded and it was just so wild! I also remember a room with a bunch of slides and burlap bags for riding down the slides on, as well as a big wooden cylinder you had to walk through as is spun. Now the parks are all plastic, vinyl and steel, no personality compared to the Excelsior!

Had one, if it had front shocks...would have been perfect

Man who needs dogs when you have the Nitro 2 to haul a dogsled!!!! I’m so happy so many people got so much enjoyment out of Rupps!! My dad was a dealer (D&D power equipment in Holcomb NY (now Bloomfield) and many sleds went thru the shop!! I loved getting first rides on a freshly uncrated and assembled Rupp machine!!! I’d give my left nut for a sweet Nitro 2 440!!! Love it!! Thanks for sharing!!

I owned the 1972 Yankee 440. It came equipped with a cigarette lighter 😅

You know the name of the girl at 3:16. My girl and I got a picture with her last 2 years but never got her name.

Where is this?

Good camera work!

I always saw the pictures of this place at the mcdonalds in excelsior when i was growing up. It was before my time, but i loved those pictures and always wished it was still around.

Just added these same exact tires to my son’s CRF23M. They look great! Haven’t really tried them off road yet. Thanks for the inspiration!!

As a kid, I jumped out of the little boats and jumped into the lake. Also took a ride in the front seat of the roller coaster and nearly fell out the front!. My older cousin pulled me back in....oh the memories!

What camp ground lot is this? We have never been and we are looking for the best spot to set up our roof top tent site

Thank you for the memories. Now i just wish someone could recreate the pronto pups they had.