Official Snowmobile thread

[Van Westervelt]

My family has a grip of sleds, no pictures though. My dad actually has a modded '05 Polaris, 900 somthing I believe. Its bananas.

[JeffRR]

I rode out of Gaylord, MI last Monday.

Only had 1 day to ride but it was great, some of the trails were a little thin but the groomers were still running so they were flat.
Only 15 of the 220 miles we rode that day were on beat trails. I was good rid'n. Even trail #7 the main north / south feeder was flat, 70~80mph for the 30 miles between Indian River and Gaylord.

Oh ya, we were renting. 2010 skidoo 500SS's. very nice sleds. I really like the XP chassis. That's the 3rd time I've rented an XP since they came out. Compared to the Rev chassis the XP has more leg room, its lighter and more nimble. Its a great sled. Jumps nice and flat too.

[hoseklamp]

i want to punch this douche right back into the ice age

C'mon, give him and his brother props for the Two-up Indian air Backflip, it was pretty sick, haha


Hmm... how does this youtube embedding thing work... Nailed it

[evandael]

i want to punch this douche right back into the ice age

[AndrewBird]

Used to ride from the 3rd grade through highschool, but haven't been since. I miss it. My first sled was a 1970 Yamaha 250, then I went to a Polaris Indy Lite and then a 1998 Polaris 440 Indy. Here are some pictures (not mine).

[hoseklamp]

Specialized trick bars, most new models come with the center hanger for off sled riding.

Think what the guys who ride trials bikes bars look like... It's for multiple hand placement options...

Yeah, I watched it a few days later and one of they guys did a "superflip". He used them to get his body back around to catch up with the flipping sled. I googled superflip bars and found some info on them. It was just weird to see them flipping all the time and I didn't see them necessarily used for just this one trick.

[Farbin Kaiber]

Specialized trick bars, most new models come with the center hanger for off sled riding.



Think what the guys who ride trials bikes bars look like... It's for multiple hand placement options...

[Morrison]

I just got a chance to go riding for the first time this winter. I rode in Dane County, which is in southern Wisconsin and the trails were pretty good since the blizzard came through last week. I've got a '98 Polaris XC700. It's got basic upgrades from the previous owner including reeds, B&B silencer (oxymoron), 192 studs, etc. The thing has more power than I am usually comfortable with and can't imagine needing anything more. I paid more a few years ago, but I have seen these things pop up for around $1500 recently.

[hoseklamp]

I award you both half points for being able to tell me they were flipping "snowmachines". What I was really after were the things attached to their handlebars, just inboard of their grips that they would reach over and flip up or down in between tricks.

This is the only good photo I have found which looks like what they were using:

[5Toes]

Its a snowmachine broski

[hoseklamp]

Machine.

^ yup

Wut?

[5Toes]

^ yup

[Farbin Kaiber]

Machine.

[hoseklamp]

I was watching the freestyle competition on the X Games tonight and I saw the competitors flipping up and down these things on the handlebar and I could NOT for the life of me figure out what they were!! It never looked like they were used as extra handles or anything and they were constantly flipping them up and down between jumps. I spent about 2 hours searching all over the internet and came up with nothing. Figured this might be a good thread to try and appease my curiosity.

Thanks

[Vince30]

Holy shit! That thing is to cool!