Recent content by Snowbound98

I was completely stopped and engine was at an idle before I shifted it or attempted to move forward. I don’t know how the chain could have been too tight, the adjuster bolt is only a back stop for the tensioner, the spring on the arm is the tension on the chain. I never actually checked the bolt...

If you ever find yourself up near Trout Creek/Kenton area just east of Bruce Crossing, Two Rivers Motel and Cabins is a great place to stay. They are right on the trail 8 and that ride from there up to Big Bay is a good one. Good people there. While we were getting all that snow in the...

That night it snowed like mad heading back to Two Rivers Motel and Cabins but by morning we woke up to maybe 4” at the motel. What a bust. We thought we would be riding from the motel that morning. So we decided to drive back to Houghton but park in Hancock on the other side of the bridge and...

A few weeks later, I still haven’t heard anything from the dealer so I called them and told them I was coming up on Friday and wanted to grab the sled to head back up to the UP and asked if it was done. They said it was but they had to wait for approval from Yamaha before they could release the...

The next morning I made an executive decision to drop the sled off at Yamaha of Antigo. I really hate having anyone put a wrench to my stuff but if I wanted to ride it on the next trip up I had to bite the bullet because I wouldn’t be able to get it done in time unless I dragged it home. So I...

That situation made me thankful that I still have the 2 place trailers. There’s no way we would be able to load onto the sled deck, which made me realize that we need to put a winch on the deck. I got back to the house, left the sled on the trailer and started working on finishing the Viper...

The same trip that we were in Wisconsin, I had another issue with he sled. The trail came to a road, turns to the right along the road, crosses over a small creek and then turns left off the road back onto the trail. I didn’t make the right turn and I went off into a ditch and was going to cut...

Let me take a minute to give a shout out to my local dealership where I bought the sled. More specifically, Misty who I dealt with when I bought the sled. After the incident where I lost my upper arm I posted about it on a FB group for sidewinders and someone who has a popular snowmobiling page...

Jack called last night after sending a photo to my wife via snap of him sitting in medical with an IV in his arm. He told me he wasn’t feeling great the last few days but pushed thru it for work. Night before last he was up all night throwing up and couldn’t make it to report for work so he had...

I appreciate that. My #2 son has decided to enlist now too. He was leaning towards the Marines like my nephew did this summer but Jack has now talked him into the AirForce. So Josh signed up for summer school to be able to graduate high school this coming December. He plans to head off to...

I believe the bigger lug tracks have a 7 tooth 3.0 pitch driver which is smaller in diameter allowing more clearance for the lug height. You can always measure the clearance of what you have to know for sure. The SE is a 38” front IIRC vs the 42” on the LE. Big difference on trail and off. My...

I get that. But keeping my IAT cool is higher on the priority list than having that emblem. I felt the same way at first but for what it’s worth, now that I have the guard on I notice the lack of ice on the intercooler more than the missing emblem.

On a side note, with Yamaha leaving the industry, I had to order a Final Edition. In March of 24 I ordered a 25 Sidewinder XTX LE 146. Has EPS and IQS shocks. I picked it up in October and brought it up north. First new sled I’ve ever bought. Probably the last too.

It was good having Jack home on RAP this past Christmas. While he was home we had an episode with Mulder. He went into a seizure for about 2 minutes and it was scary. I thought maybe he ate something or a bug bite caused it until his blood work came back as normal. The vet ran a bunch of...

September we flew down to San Antonio for Jacks graduation from BMT. Best 2 days of my life!!!! First day Airmen’s Run, first time we got to see him since he left. Gives me chills to this day watching it. Second day was the Parade Ceremony. I’ll spare you all the details and just share this...