Any Snowmobiliers on the forum ??
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cabinover
Dazed and Confused
Bought my first sled last year one month before the rain came. 1999 Skidoo Touring SLE, 500 fan with 1900 miles on her. Comfortable plush seat with back rest for the passenger.
Spent two weeks trying to get a voltage regulator so the lights would stop blowing.
My kids drove a hundred miles around my house in that time.
The following week I took a day off and went on a thirty mile ride with my wife on the back and her father/stepmother. Crashed into stepmother, going backwards down an icy spot in the trail. Lost a taillight but no one got hurt.
The following day it started raining and killed all of our snow.
Really hoping this year to do a lot more riding. Maybe even find the wife her own sled. She wasn't that comfy on the skidoo and seemed to like the ergonomics of a Polaris better. Then again maybe it was the constant correction needed to steer with worn out skegs.
Spent two weeks trying to get a voltage regulator so the lights would stop blowing.
My kids drove a hundred miles around my house in that time.
The following week I took a day off and went on a thirty mile ride with my wife on the back and her father/stepmother. Crashed into stepmother, going backwards down an icy spot in the trail. Lost a taillight but no one got hurt.
The following day it started raining and killed all of our snow.
Really hoping this year to do a lot more riding. Maybe even find the wife her own sled. She wasn't that comfy on the skidoo and seemed to like the ergonomics of a Polaris better. Then again maybe it was the constant correction needed to steer with worn out skegs.
mikeybc
Listener
Nice...I would love to upgrade to a newer 4 stroke machine someday, that BRP oil isn't cheap.
Any pics of the Cat?
twitch54
Super Member
Not yet, it's still @ my dealer up in Eagle Bay, NY, I'll be keeping this year @ my buddys place on Big Moose Lake.
here's a pic or two of previous rides.....my 800r Ski-Doo and my '94 Polaris Storm that I rebuilt into a 1000cc drag race sled (118.7 mph in 1000')
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I'm the one in the foreground...
It's at around 8,500 feet outside Steamboat Springs, Colorado. It's been an annual skiing trip with friends for several years.
Those are very heavy mountain sleds, and we went on a trip that was, well, an experience of a lifetime. We each had our own, nobody rode double, and the three of us plus the guide was the whole group. The guide said that his company was going to branch out from the usual tame little cruise around the flats, and instead give you something to remember. It included 70 mph++ down groomed trails, enormous big looping turns across mountain meadows, had one roll over on top of me and damn near broke my leg. The guide said: "Yeah, I've never actually been on that slope before."
Almost went down into a stream hidden 10' down under the snow. I'm an experienced skier, regularly ski the black diamond runs, and we took the sleds down slopes I would never try on skis. Seriously, all you could do was point it down and keep it going straight.
After one run we asked the guide if he had secretly taken out life insurance policies on all of us. He laughed and said: "Trust me, I've been watching all three of you all morning. If I had any reservations at all, we wouldn't have been doing what we've been doing. Y'all are doing just great. Ok, enough talking, let's go!!". 100% of the day was ungroomed remote mountain sledding.
We sort of agreed that we wouldn't do it again, because if we tried to top this trip, we might not survive the next one. Seriously.
You can see trees in the foreground, and trees in the distance, and that giant bare spot. That was due to a freak microburst of 100 ++ mph winds several years ago. Just flattened that entire area.
Not just first tracks...no tracks:
That is NOT a ski run on the side of that far mountain, it's an avalanche shute!
Those are very heavy mountain sleds, and we went on a trip that was, well, an experience of a lifetime. We each had our own, nobody rode double, and the three of us plus the guide was the whole group. The guide said that his company was going to branch out from the usual tame little cruise around the flats, and instead give you something to remember. It included 70 mph++ down groomed trails, enormous big looping turns across mountain meadows, had one roll over on top of me and damn near broke my leg. The guide said: "Yeah, I've never actually been on that slope before."
Almost went down into a stream hidden 10' down under the snow. I'm an experienced skier, regularly ski the black diamond runs, and we took the sleds down slopes I would never try on skis. Seriously, all you could do was point it down and keep it going straight.After one run we asked the guide if he had secretly taken out life insurance policies on all of us. He laughed and said: "Trust me, I've been watching all three of you all morning. If I had any reservations at all, we wouldn't have been doing what we've been doing. Y'all are doing just great. Ok, enough talking, let's go!!". 100% of the day was ungroomed remote mountain sledding.
We sort of agreed that we wouldn't do it again, because if we tried to top this trip, we might not survive the next one. Seriously.
You can see trees in the foreground, and trees in the distance, and that giant bare spot. That was due to a freak microburst of 100 ++ mph winds several years ago. Just flattened that entire area.
Not just first tracks...no tracks:
That is NOT a ski run on the side of that far mountain, it's an avalanche shute!
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bowtie427ss
Lunatic Member
Now you know what that grease fitting is for.
My XC gets a couple pumps after every ride.
The few minutes it takes to pop the driven off is a walk in the park compared to dealing with those bearings during the riding season.
Having gotten over the big numbers games and who's sled is the fastest, i've gone back to just plain old riding. Got a wild hair to put together a deep woods/trail machine a few years back so i cobbled together this beast from a dead and unloved '93 440 Cougar. It's really a blast to ride, short, light, and very nimble. It's clutched and geared for aggressive woods riding. I don't care much for trails, i'd rather break my own and watch those who try to follow suffer.
tobyj17
Comfortably Numb
Here's my ride:
2002 Polaris edge XCSP 800.. Stock..except for raised handlebars and 144 studs..
I also grease everything after every couple rides. Use a thin grease meant for cold weather applications.
Around where I live I rarely use all the available power.. most of my riding is done on the trails, but our trails are almost like breaking your own. Bluff country.. up and down and around just about every tree in Buffalo county.
2002 Polaris edge XCSP 800.. Stock..except for raised handlebars and 144 studs..
I also grease everything after every couple rides. Use a thin grease meant for cold weather applications.
Around where I live I rarely use all the available power.. most of my riding is done on the trails, but our trails are almost like breaking your own. Bluff country.. up and down and around just about every tree in Buffalo county.
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whoaru99
Epic Member
Now you know what that grease fitting is for.
Yeah, I hear you. Unfortunately I wasn't the responsible party for maintenance during the first 95% of the miles put on it.
