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Title: Too much snow to ride?
Post by: Kopfjager on December 25, 2010, 07:36:51 PM
Get out and go......................


Powder Dreams - Revelstoke, British Columbia - www.tahoefilms.com. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af5PPbGx9Gc#normal)
Title: Re: Too much snow to ride?
Post by: Speedbag on December 25, 2010, 08:05:00 PM
Picking up a new sled this coming week. I can't wait.

Check out these wackos:

Snowmobile water skipping (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wM-K63hGgo#normal)
Title: Re: Too much snow to ride?
Post by: Kopfjager on December 25, 2010, 08:13:19 PM
Quote from: Speedbag on December 25, 2010, 08:05:00 PM
Picking up a new sled this coming week. I can't wait.

Nice, but I thought you were looking for a Duke?   [evil]
Title: Re: Too much snow to ride?
Post by: Speedbag on December 25, 2010, 08:14:36 PM
I would love one, but up here the winter is almost as long as the summer. Have three bikes, no sled since '05.

This must change to maintain sanity.
Title: Re: Too much snow to ride?
Post by: Kopfjager on December 25, 2010, 08:18:33 PM
Quote from: Speedbag on December 25, 2010, 08:14:36 PM
I would love one, but up here the winter is almost as long as the summer. Have three bikes, no sled since '05.

This must change to maintain sanity.

[thumbsup] [drink]
Title: Re: Too much snow to ride?
Post by: Kopfjager on December 25, 2010, 08:22:23 PM
Chris Burandt - Backcountry (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJHSZ2K7K4g#normal)
Title: Re: Too much snow to ride?
Post by: sno_duc on December 25, 2010, 10:10:06 PM
unreal  [bow_down]  [bow_down]  [clap]
Title: Re: Too much snow to ride?
Post by: Kopfjager on December 25, 2010, 10:15:42 PM
Quote from: Speedbag on December 25, 2010, 08:05:00 PM

Check out these wackos:


[evil]
Title: Re: Too much snow to ride?
Post by: Punx Clever on December 25, 2010, 10:17:13 PM
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs764.ash1/165571_10100238676602108_13735265_57731129_5722274_n.jpg)
[moto]

Oh wait, this is about snow mobiles....   [coffee]
Title: Re: Too much snow to ride?
Post by: Kopfjager on December 25, 2010, 10:23:17 PM
Quote from: Punx Clever on December 25, 2010, 10:17:13 PM

Oh wait, this is about snow mobiles....   [coffee]

....and certainly not pics of frame stickers.  :D
Title: Re: Too much snow to ride?
Post by: Punx Clever on December 25, 2010, 10:24:18 PM
Havn't laid it down on that side yet to rub em off.  [thumbsup]
Title: Re: Too much snow to ride?
Post by: Speedbag on December 26, 2010, 05:34:23 AM
Quote from: kopfjäger on December 25, 2010, 10:23:17 PM
....and certainly not pics of frame stickers.  :D

[laugh]

I pick up the beast Wednesday:

(http://i367.photobucket.com/albums/oo118/Speedbag/rmk1.jpg)
Title: Re: Too much snow to ride?
Post by: Kopfjager on December 27, 2010, 06:13:19 PM
Quote from: Speedbag on December 26, 2010, 05:34:23 AM
[laugh]

I pick up the beast Wednesday:

(http://i367.photobucket.com/albums/oo118/Speedbag/rmk1.jpg)

[evil]
Title: Re: Too much snow to ride?
Post by: Speedbag on December 29, 2010, 03:49:30 PM
[evil] indeed.

Just got home, in the dark, after riding it home from the dealer through a billion feet of snow.

Holy shit, does this thing rip. Good thing for the long, big-lugged track too (and reverse) - I almost got it stuck coming up a deeeeeeeep hill near a road intersection.

They dump oil in the first tank of gas (in addition to what it injects), so it's pig rich on oil for break-in. I can only imagine how much fun it'll be after that tank is burned up.

And after I do a little clutching magic.  ;D
Title: Re: Too much snow to ride?
Post by: Monsterlover on December 29, 2010, 06:55:53 PM
That thing looks bad-fn-ass!
Title: Re: Too much snow to ride?
Post by: Speedbag on January 03, 2011, 02:51:22 PM
Aren't there more sledders on here?!?

The new machine is decidedly badass. Got 100 miles on it this past weekend.

How badass? Well, you can be cruising along minding your own business at 55, pin the throttle and - BAM - up go the skis, leaving a rooster tail of snow in the wake. Wheee!!  [evil]

I was crossing a driveway yesterday while on the way cross country to a marked trail, which meant I slowed to a crawl to traverse. While I was doing so, a car went by on the road parallel to me at highway speed. I nailed it, swerved over to get into the adjacent snow-covered field, and passed said car in about the distance of about a city block, hitting about 80 or so before I let off and they crept by. The kid in the passenger seat was taking pics on his phone out the side window.

This thing is a rush. I thought about gearing it up a tad for more top end, but the bottom end and midrange are truly addicting.

[evil] [evil] [evil]
Title: Re: Too much snow to ride?
Post by: lethe on January 03, 2011, 05:15:03 PM
snow season here isn't long enough to justify such a purchase

I have too much crap and not enough time as it is anyway
Title: Re: Too much snow to ride?
Post by: redxblack on January 03, 2011, 08:09:50 PM
I'd love to go riding w/ someone or rent one, but it's only 3 months of reliable snow here. I used to live down the road from a guy with a pair of modest sleds and we'd go ride through fields and wooded trails. I miss it.