TB Snowmobile Club!

Ripper · #1 12-20-2008, 02:23 PM

anyone else here ride?

my personal sled is a 2006 MxZ 600 SDI which is nice for around here (WNY).

i can't wait to get on the old man's... brand new e-tec...

anyone else share the love for the snow?

KeithBMI · #2 12-20-2008, 02:50 PM

I have a 2000 Yamaha something-or-other. I forget what it's called.

It's fun to goof around on.

My sister has a Ski Doo that drives like a tank.

username n/a · #3 12-20-2008, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by KeithBMI

My sister has a Ski Doo that drives like a tank.

Pics?

JT_bassman · #4 12-20-2008, 03:12 PM

don't you mean "snowmachine" ?

HollowBassman · #5 12-20-2008, 03:37 PM

I've taken over my dads old seventy-something Kawasaki 440. The skis are worn out and the brakes don't work, but put it in a straight line and it'll bring tears to your eyes.

gold_member_321 · #6 12-20-2008, 03:51 PM

A couple production shots of my 08' Yamaha Apex RTX. Mine is exactly the same as this.

FL Knifemaker · #7 12-20-2008, 04:04 PM

My Bud in Utah buys the newest fastest SOB every year. I ride the one from the previous years

FL Knifemaker · #8 12-20-2008, 04:08 PM

A Florida boy out of his element

Mike N · #9 12-20-2008, 06:48 PM

I've got a 94 Ski-Doo Formula Z. It was free so I can't complain.

In the past I had a 89 Ski-Doo MX, an 80 Moto-Ski Supersonic (basically a Ski-Doo Blizzard) and a 72 Ski-Doo TNT.

I also had some old roach Chapparal firebird with a twin cylinder Polaris engine rigged to it. It ran and moved but it was a pile of crap.

Mike N · #10 12-20-2008, 06:54 PM

Hey Ripper, you ever run the grass drags in Marilla NY? I ran there from 89 to 93. Good times. Not sure if they still do them there anymore or not.

Chad Michael · #11 12-20-2008, 07:26 PM

Rode snowmobiles from 1982 thru 2002. Sleds owned:

1976 Yamaha GP246f
1979 Arctic Cat El Tigre 5000
1991 Arctic Cat Prowler 440
1996 Polaris XLT 600 RMK

I miss snowmobiling... in the winter time it gives you a good excuse to get out and do something with your friends. Today, a ride would have been amazing: fresh powder, clear blue skies, 15 degrees, that delicious 2-stroke smell... mmmm

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Ripper · #12 12-20-2008, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike N

Hey Ripper, you ever run the grass drags in Marilla NY? I ran there from 89 to 93. Good times. Not sure if they still do them there anymore or not.

no... never ran there... they put a tractor pulling track in instead 2 years ago... i ran up to perry last year, but got screwed on the lights... they didn't have a timer... i wasn't the only one that got screwed either.

was definitely fun, but now i'm sticking to dragging my truck and maybe my car now.

and those of you with older sleds... they've changed a ton in the last few years... just took someone out for the first time in 15 years... his last sled was a 74 panther... hes now re-addicted to the sport after being on a rev

tplyons · #13 12-20-2008, 10:23 PM

Never been on a snowmobile, but I love any manned machine that can go fast enough to kill me.

GregC · #14 12-20-2008, 11:02 PM

I don't own one, but I've ridden three times--twice in the Rockies outside Denver, and once at Lake Tahoe. What a blast! I'm jealous of you guys, I wish I could go more often.

Anthbass · #15 12-21-2008, 02:10 PM

Snowmobiling is great. I have a 1990 Arctic Cat Cougar, pretty antiquated by modern standards, but I was king of the high school hill at the time. When school was cancelled on account of weather, all the local kids would meet up to ride. These days, there isn't much snow where I currently live, so I leave my machine with my parents. Last I saw my dad's dog had eaten the seat off it.

Ripper · #16 12-22-2008, 09:36 AM

i just got in... we got a ton of snow last night.. and its all powder.

i'm sad to say, but these ripsaw tracks absolutely suck in deep snow

FL Knifemaker · #17 12-22-2008, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Ripper

i just got in... we got a ton of snow last night.. and its all powder.

i'm sad to say, but these ripsaw tracks absolutely suck in deep snow

Last year in Utah the powder was deeper than I ever experienced. Off trail you had to be on the power and going fast, otherwise you were stuck in chest deep snow. I couldn't imaging riding a lesser powered sled. After several times getting stuck and learning the hard way, I kept my speed up and planned my turns far in advance!!! At one point, I slowed up just before I got back on the trail. It was a big drop down to the road and I didn't want to land hard. The sled was about 5 feet from the trail and it took me about an hour to dig it out and get going again

Jeff Martinez · #18 12-22-2008, 09:56 AM

I love to ride snow-mobiles (-machines), but I've never owned one.

The fastest speed I have ever attained on a ground-based vehicle was on a snowmobile. When I was a teenager, my family had friends who owned a cabin near Wyocolo, Wyoming. Their cabin was in a community that was only accessible by snowmobile/ATV in the winter. It was near lake that was frozen solid every winter. I was riding on the back of my friend's brand new Yamaha (I don't know what model). He had that thing full out going across the lake and I thought we were going to be airborne. I peeked over his shoulder and saw the speedometer pegged at 135 MPH (not KmH). It was awesome.