hell im coming up.

so rerun of topgear bbc, the episode with tom cruise and cameron diaz. there is a snowmoblie challenge. pretty cool. have you seen it?

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Slap some wheels on the front of that thang. :D

nope, what season and what episode. they are on netflix so ill watch it


jaja dont need wheels to ride it in summer. but its bad for the hyfax, it needs to be lubed or it will wear out super fast

See that? I just learn't sumptin new today, never heard that term. I used to make steel ones for my buddy's old sled, that was 20 years ago, chripes i'm getting old....

even on some trails, if the lugs on the track are to big it can overheat. need that loose snow to cool it down.

Ahh, so it acts as coolant too, even lube.

yep. they have what they cal ice scratchers that will toss up snow into the track area for people who have overheating issues. they work great. ill probably grab some for this winter if i plan on riding trails at all.

Man these things came a LOOOONNNNGG way since I sat my sorry ass on one, lol. Like 20 years ago I rode on a 600cc one with leaf springs on the front and I think that unit was a 70's model.

yep its amazing how far they have come. and the price came with it haha

my old sled i was riding up until last year was a 1983 moto ski. with the leaf spring front like you mentioned. it blew my mind hopping on my new 2012 for the first ride

I remember that thing roosting snow and spinning track with two of us on it. :)

we had another old one, i think an 82, and it was a beast i tell ya. thing just flew. pin the throttle, and it would spin for a few seconds then take off like a rocket ship once it hit some hardpack

This one was a pull start 3 cylinder. None of us ever wanted to start it, lol.

i havent ever used a sled with electric start. i coulda had them put it on mine, but its not to bad starting it.

6.2's scrawny little ass yanking on a pull cord............ gotta be a funny sight.....

The pull cord on this was actually a metal cable instead of rope and it always broke.

I aint scrawny, you noob.

yeah i cant see metal lasting that long in the form of a pull start cord lol.
our old 83 is rope, but the recoil is so screwed up when you pull it, you gotta whack the canister its in to get it to recoil back so you can pull it again.
that thing is soooo messed its not even funny lol

Yup, this one always hung up and you had to kick it to retract, lol.

so i take it you two have been out together

negative

it sounds like you guys have been riding together, by the way you were talking

Nah, just sharing stories of mine 20 years ago with stories of his 5 years ago, lol...

lol, grab two sledders from across the world, and it will sound like they've known each other for years, to a non sledder. :D

well fuck me......... i need to join......... but i dont get more than 1 inch of snow here. about once a year when we get a really cold storm it will snow, but cant do shit with it.

you need to move north then

i want to buy an igloo in the north pole.......... wife says no....

I am STOKED for winter. The wait is killing me! The sled is more or less ready to go and I want to ride NOW!

mines almost ready. just need the damn shock fixed. but other than that, good to go. and if it snows before i get it fixed, don't matter its still rideable haha

....if you didnt quit your job..........

i didnt... yet lol
ill never quit a job till i have another one lined up. i aint dumb lol

still raining up there?

stopped midway through the day yesterday.
sposed to get colder the next few days. im looking forward to that

so you going to have ice first.......... do you steel stud your tires (sorry.... tyres)

lol, tires, an no, i don't stud my tires.
and ice first is good.

you gotta post some vids of people slidding down the street mashing their brake pedal

lol we dont do that here. we dont have drivers that are THAT dumb lol.

damn, i love watching those videos

oh me to man. they are hilarious.

its funny watching people keep mashing the brakes while sliding on the ice. like thats going to really help. mash the gas instead you idiot, but i guess its peoples natural reaction to try to stop, rather than go when they are sliding

ha yeah they have no idea what they're doing so they panic and stomp on the brakes.

ive never gotten in an accident, or been in panic mode while driving in winter. only went in the ditch once, and was on purpose. people just need to learn how to drive lol