Snowmobiling

[slednecks1124]

Hehe, no you don't want to ride there, it sucks.:fawkdancesmiley:

There are some HUGE climbs, I'm talking 1000+ feet of verticle elevation gain.

Funny thing was, that video was shot around 1:30 in the afternoon, we didn't even get up there early and rode fresh all day!

But, Baker ain't a place to **** around on. Crevasses, huge drops that appear out of no where, huge climbs, and bad weather can make it a dangerous place. It gets white-ed out easy because your above treeline= no shadows.

Luckly, my guide (my padre) has been riding up there for about 20 years now, so he knows his way around.

After I seen those pictures I sent them to my dad and told him we needed to go riding up there. We are just timid to go riding somewhere we have never been because you can get turned around real easy and the mountains are not places to venture off by yourself.

Are there any local guides up there in the area that you know of? we would like to get together with someone who knows the area to show us around possibly.

 

[boardbysled]

I don't know anyone personally, and I'm out of state now and my dad's training my brother how to sled.

Maybe call Skagit Valley Polaris and see if they know anyone?

Your best bet would be to come up in the spring, as the weather generally sucks right now, but is a lot better around April-May Sure, you'll be riding spring snow, but its just as fun up there.

 

[dove'd85]

i know the south side of baker:cool:.

 

[slednecks1124]

I don't know anyone personally, and I'm out of state now and my dad's training my brother how to sled.

Maybe call Skagit Valley Polaris and see if they know anyone?

Your best bet would be to come up in the spring, as the weather generally sucks right now, but is a lot better around April-May Sure, you'll be riding spring snow, but its just as fun up there.

You live in Idaho now???

 

[slednecks1124]

i know the south side of baker:cool:.

Thats sick, is that a polaris dragon?

 

[greenie]

Pretty much, I think its geared too low, as I have stock gearing, but a 7 tooth driver to fit the 2.15" track, at lease thats what it feels like to me. Idk?

You can here it bauble a few times too, it doesn't breath well enough sometimes in fine powder and it was getting a bit fat as its jetted for right around 4,000 feet.

A question I had is on the rear suspension, the limit strap, how is the best way to set that for mountain riding, we messed with it a bit, but it didn't change it much I don't think...

do you run stock airbox? i ran a small indivudual filters, the stock 96 hood intake is easy plugged. i had great luck with kickass filters. underhood air is warmer, but more consistent, never had a problem w steam. jetted up one size to read same egt temp, which proved better flowing...

front limiter: suck in if you have troubles keeping skis down or ski pressure. let it out if it feels too heavy and hard to steer in the front.

 

[boardbysled]

You live in Idaho now???

I go to school at University of Idaho.

do you run stock airbox? i ran a small indivudual filters, the stock 96 hood intake is easy plugged. i had great luck with kickass filters. underhood air is warmer, but more consistent, never had a problem w steam. jetted up one size to read same egt temp, which proved better flowing...

front limiter: suck in if you have troubles keeping skis down or ski pressure. let it out if it feels too heavy and hard to steer in the front.

I run the stock airbox, but I put some of those 2.5" round filters in the top of it, and ditched all the foam, but I still don't think it flows good enough. Next upgrade is pod filters with 90* elbows and maybe a short piece of piping. That should get em right up next to the air intake on the hood.

Yea, I think it was too heavy on the front, I'll try letting them out all the way.

 

[greenie]

I run the stock airbox, but I put some of those 2.5" round filters in the top of it, and ditched all the foam, but I still don't think it flows good enough. Next upgrade is pod filters with 90* elbows and maybe a short piece of piping. That should get em right up next to the air intake on the hood.

Yea, I think it was too heavy on the front, I'll try letting them out all the way.

i would consider the cone filters over the foam. i heard from several people back in the day who got frustrated with foam pods. i think they hold the moisture in. the kickass ones were made for sleds/wet conditions.
when you pull out the stock airbox, that hood intake becomes an exhaust vent for heat/steam...
i stuck em right on the back of the carbs, and it would run great with powder piled high on the hood. i made a little alum. plate to keep them from rattling on the jackshaft, mainly just at idle.
have fun bro, i miss mine:beer:

 

[slednecks1124]

Went up to the Stampede snow park on Snoqualmie Pass, there was hardly any snow down near the parking lot but we managed to get a pretty good ride in.

I found a pretty big hill climb & my dads buddy was able to catch a video with my new camera.

[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PmMQFSWqJg&hd=1[/YT]

The video does not even do justice, the hill is really fawkin steep and the group of guys at the bottom didnt think I was going to make it:flipoff:

 

[slednecks1124]

Here are some photos from Saturday.

 

[slednecks1124]

Went up to Stampede on Saturday, It was 8 degrees out and there was lots of powder. We had a good day of riding until my throttle cable ended up braking and I had to ride back using a pair of vise grips to control the throttle :redneck:

 

[boardbysled]

Bump.:awesomework:

[YT]http://youtu.be/wek3AYXhmWI[/YT]

 

[woodsrat]

A few pics from this year and last

 

[greenie]

a couple from last weekend. lots of snow, like last spring:beer:

E-tec highmark

 

[woodsrat]

Where were those^^^ at?

 

[greenie]

Where were those^^^ at?

i dont kiss n tell:D
went back up there yesterday. a few inches of fresh:beer:

 

[slednecks1124]

is that by lake anne???

 

[greenie]

close.
that is a well known hill. couldn't believe nobody else was up there.

youguys think polaris or cat will ever get their hands on the e-tec technology? thats the best motor on the snow imo, wicked top end, just hard to get the hang of the doo chassis in some situations.
i know they have bought eachothers tech before with flatslide carbs, batteryless efi, exhaust valves, ect..
I want a pro chassis but would be hard to justify less h.p. and fuel economy...

 

[woodsrat]

The e-tec is a pretty solid power plant, but like you said the chassis can be hard to get the hang of. Cat's 800 is a proben power house and they seem to last forever so can't immagine them deviating from it. I do think it's dumb that they need 4 spark plugs to get it to meet emmissions. As for polaris, they sure got a bad rep with motors and poor quality control. And even though it is supposed to be stronger than a weld I still would have a hard time shelling out $$$ for a sled that is glued together. I would rather go back to ski doo (the 2013 looks promising).

 

[greenie]

interesting take.
im not impressed with any of the standard 2 cyl. 2 strokes anymore myself. I'll ride em all though, and have fun doin it!
not sure what to think of the '13 summit. two wheel kit sounds good, 2.5" track will dominate, but the tmotion suspension im skeptical of. i see the free ride doesnt use it...

 

[homeycat]

one of my riding buddys might disagree on how solid the top end is....2k to airlift it off of short n dirty last month.ski doo covered the top end but told no way on the recovery cost.

 

[slednecks1124]

one of my riding buddys might disagree on how solid the top end is....2k to airlift it off of short n dirty last month.ski doo covered the top end but told no way on the recovery cost.

Your right, skidoo has had some known issues with top ends and also cranks which were a huge problem with the REV's. My 07 Rev has over 3K miles on it with no issues (knock on wood) but ive read many horror stories about them failing very early. RK Tek makes some good fixes for both the REV & the E-TEC though:redneck:

 

[greenie]

i remember when the hot thing to do was drop a 670 rotax, or 809 triple into your polaris. some things never change. polaris chassis+doo power = win:D:beer:

 

[heep70]

09 800 Dragon 155"

My new/used toy. No where to winter wheel anymore that is fun so here we go. Just need snow :redneck:

 

[abe lincoln]

Nice sled, what's with the pile of parts next to it:eeek:

 

[TOPWOP]

Nice sled, what's with the pile of parts next to it:eeek:

Spares :awesomework::redneck:

 

[heep70]

Nice sled, what's with the pile of parts next to it:eeek:

I took the sled apart and can't remember were where all that stuff went back on the sled. Damn complicated contraptions. :redneck:

The PO is a sled builder. The pictures are from his place. Now that I own it, it sets next to another pile of parts.

 

[skinny_pedal]

I took the sled apart and can't remember were where all that stuff went back on the sled. Damn complicated contraptions. :redneck:

The PO is a sled builder. The pictures are from his place. Now that I own it, it sets next to another pile of parts.

I hope we get know snow this year:fawkdancesmiley:

 

[graysquirrel]

I took the sled apart and can't remember were where all that stuff went back on the sled. Damn complicated contraptions. :redneck:

The PO is a sled builder. The pictures are from his place. Now that I own it, it sets next to another pile of parts.

Nice! We will have to get together this winter, we go sledding just about every weekend. :awesomework:

 

[heep70]

Nice! We will have to get together this winter, we go sledding just about every weekend. :awesomework:

Let me know. I will be ready by then. :bananadance: