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posted January 05, 2003 12:15 PM
SNOW again :-/
Once again the Northern VA area is covered in SNOW. THIS SUCKS! 
  
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ZHooligan
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posted January 05, 2003 12:38 PM
You need to get into snowmobiles! 200 at Maxton on a Snowmobile! Now that's scarey!!!
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Hells Dark Lord
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posted January 05, 2003 12:51 PM
hey Z, my brother has a long track 1000cc Artic Cat, has it piped and tweaked out, played with the clutch gearing...with inch long studs in the track, man is that a rush........scared me to death....
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ZHooligan
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posted January 05, 2003 01:53 PM
I have seen some serious racing with snowmobiles. Especially in Alaska. And the speed is extremely high for the conditions and they can get real unstable! I crashed one about 15 years ago as I went through the traps at just over 145. It was a nasty head banger of a crash. Snowmobile racers have my respect.
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Hells Dark Lord
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posted January 05, 2003 02:06 PM
same here......and my brother doesnt have a lick of sense about him or it either...same brother that went to the hospital after he hit a car head on on his new 1K.......
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ZHooligan
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posted January 05, 2003 02:37 PM
Some people would be better of collecting butterflies!
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deathpulse
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posted January 05, 2003 05:40 PM
SCREW snowmobiles - GET ME MY QUAD!  'moibiles may be faster - but sliding around on the quad is REAL FUN!
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TurboBlew
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posted January 05, 2003 06:01 PM
I saw a exhibition of dragrace snowmobiles in the springtime once.
Those things were going 9.50s or so unsorted. One guy said they were even quicker in the snow!
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Hells Dark Lord
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posted January 06, 2003 03:02 AM
am telling ya turbo, figure 1000cc's puttign almost 150hp to the ground through metal spikes, imagine if you could, getting that much traction with your bike.....imagine how fast you could go.....man its crazy, and ya will never miss a shift either....loljust gas and goooooooooooooooooooo.......lol
hey Z, i think he has taken up collecting screws.....but he is putting them in the wrong places......they arent suppose to go in you arms and legs......lol
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Scooter
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posted January 06, 2003 02:15 PM
HDL is correct, can you say holeshot? Either you get it right or you miss every shift. It's all in the clutching, weights, ramps helix angles all must match the torque curve of the motor. Then you got the weight transfer on the rear suspension. Tricky at best. One of my buds consistently beats much larger sleds because he is good at clutching. I will try to get some pics up sometime this winter. And yes they are much faster on snow/ice.
I am smitten with the new Yam RX-1, R-1 motor in a sled. The Redline is a sweet unit also.
http://www.yamaha-motor.com/products/models.asp?lid=6&lc=sno&cid=26
http://www.redlinesnowmobiles.com/
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DaveInDaytona
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posted January 06, 2003 02:48 PM
Snowmobiles can be fun http://www.vidbay.com/video/files/vidbay-com_snowmobilebackflip.wmv
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DaveInDaytona
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posted January 06, 2003 02:51 PM
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ZHooligan
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posted January 06, 2003 03:05 PM
In Snohomish, WA they have some grass fields that they run snow machine drags on/ That looks pretty fun too.
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