Any Snowmobilers in here ?

After taking 6 years off the sport, I've decided to get another machine and burn as much fuel as possible this comming winter. My last sled is considered a "classic" by some, and still drop's jaw's every time it's fired up 1997 yamaha V-max 4 (the same motor that brought Kenny Roberts world titles) and what a motor it was, 4 cylinder 2 stroke 180 HP on pump gas and up to 230 HP on race gas, but it being a little long in the tooth by todays standards, I just purchased a 2005 Yamaha RX-1 turbo sled, with just shy of 300 HP under the bonnet running pump gas at 14 lbs boost. Needless to say, rididng is going to be a bit different this year with that much HP at hand.

One of my old riding partners has kept at it and now is a national star/hero in the community of sledding here and anywhere theres mountian riding, and although I've raced motorcycles with this guy (Randy Swenson) he's at a whole new level of mountian riding, and I must admit ,I'm not that interested in doing what he does on his 400+ HP machine. but I am interested in getting a front row seat to watch all the action on the hill.

If ya got a minute , spend some time on this site and watch some of the trailers for the videos they shoot www.bigskyx.com they calll themselves Team Thunderstruck, I'm thinking on getting a decal for my sled with the same graphics as they use and calling myself Team Stunned & Stuck, anyway, just want to say hi to any sledders and look back here later and I will post some pics of some winnter madness !

Nice to hear from another enthusiast. You definately have the right user name for a mountain sledder.

I used to have a Yamaha mountain max all done up. I thought about a turbo, but hp is rarely my limiting factor in the mountains, so now I am riding an XP800r with a 163 track.

I was out on the SD today doing a bunch of redline runs. It made me think of the sled, both excellent ways to get the adrenaline flowing!!!

Thanks for the sled link and.............stunned & stuck, hilarious , do it.

hey Steve, i watched that... it took patience to do, but you may know I have much to spare, the HP # are impressive but we are a tarmac crowd,

sorry you get snowed in, I would like to spend a week in with yer weed but may never recover from it ... the asphalt stuff is a different story,

lets jamm sometime. just fly me up in the chopper...Eh?... (you got the balls my friend!)

joe

Is this Heaven? Do you fly your chopper...

Joe, that wasn't "my" chopper, it was being mocked up for a (if you can believe this) GUN on the bottom of it ? Not your regular gun, but a giant water pistol that shoot's a jet of compressed air and water at ........get this.......3500 psi

It's used for puttin out fires !

AHh?!.... "we couldn't stop the fire" sing it with me....

Hey BF, thanks for the info, gives me a new perspective. I thought you used it to get your mates out of a jam on the snowbuggies.

That looks SO AWESOME !!

their ridding sleds in golden we got six inches of snow in dc and now its freezing rain ? gonna be a soup hole in am

mine is the 800ho wearing all 600sdi skinz (sleeper ),running a exh can and a few tweeks ,goes good ,not a turbo hill sled but will climb some sick hills ,Its funny I forget the 600 decals are on it and get messing around in the hills and guys are like man thet six rips

finish insolating the wall's in that room and you $$$$ problems are over.....lol

Here is the kind of sledding I imagine when I think of you guys: