carving through the curves

[Guest]

...not on the bike, since we got 10" inches of snow yesterday, but rather on the ski trails. Nice view of Lake Winnipesakee, NH and good use of the snow, since I sold both of my snow machines.
Now if I have good conditions on the road, maybe I'll consider strapping the skiis on the bike and taking it to the mountain next time!

[lordcannon88]

....strapping skis to the bike. youre giving me ideas....

[80GS1000]

Yeah buddy, skiing and snowboarding make winter lots of fun.

It's been looking like this around here lately, lots of sweet powder.

http://www.snowbird.com/video/mobilrider

[rudy]

Here's some pics from last weekend's shenanigans.





It was a very fun afternoon of vintage sledding. This was how the day went: Get a sled running, get it out in the back 40 where it would start bogging down or all out die (likely running out of fuel in the carbs), limp it back to the shop where everyone else is trying to get their sled going. If you had an electric start only sled, you were SOL. Clutches were sticking and had to be hit with hammers to release, belts shredding, throttles freezing wide open, spark plugs flying out suddenly.

There was a max of about 2 sleds "running" at any given time. Usually none. Was lots of fun, scary, cold, smelly (but who doesn't like the smell of 2 smoke??), and had it's breif moments of speed.

That's me on the blue/white "Snow Loser". It died a few times, then didn't start again. I'm sure it has many problems, but it's a "luxury" model. Reverse and electric start on a 1950's something ancient old relic that was bought for $50 (not my $50 either).

Something came to mind as I was flying down the narrow trail on the best running sled of the day, the JAG. I thought, "Hmmm, this steering is pretty loosey-goosey. If I were to hit something funny, I wonder what would happen at this speed on a rickety old sled." AMAZINGLY nobody got hurt, or died.

Now I've got my eyes on a few old beasts that the grandparents have sitting around. Oh, boy, like I need more projects.


EDIT: Just for the record, this isn't my shop. I wish it still was. I used to rent there before they renovated it this summer and made it nice and heated. My 650 was built in that shop back when it was still just a dimly lit shed. The guy that lives there now had a 78 KZ650 that he sold because tires and brakes were too much money to get it on the road. I think he was just sick of me telling him to get it going.

[lurch12_2000]

Here's some pics from last weekend's shenanigans.





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Amazing you still have a windshield on that old blue sled. With the narrow spaced skis, I used to inevitable roll my old yellow tank Skidoo Nordic when pushing it on the turns. Then I got smart and upgraded to newer Arctic Cat and Yamaha sleds before selling those too.