Mountains Suck!

[Snow Fever]

Our whether here went from minus 36c to plus 5c and rain since Christmas. Our snow is going down like it was April. The wife and I went to the Mountains on Sat. The trail in was pretty good, there were several avalanched revenes to look at on the way in and the snow on top was like spring conditions. (Too set up for my liking) Any hill I hit you could start at the bottom with no run and build speed going up like you were drag racing on the flat. I was only making about a 6" trench and this was where there was no other marks. There were some guys from Alberta there riding Poo's, Doo's and Cat's and they were hitting the hills with me. After I made several passes they came over to chat and they were blown away at the speed this thing makes with no run. They said they had heard about Turbos on these things but hadn't seen one go. They asked what my track speed was and I told them I was not looking down at the speedo so I really didn't know but I'm sure it was at least 70mph. I was letting off the gas well before the top and still gettin a little air going over and the top was very graudually rounded. In these conditions this thing is stupid FAST. To be honest it scares the $hit out of me. If you peg a rock at this speed its gonna leave a mark for sure :shock:

 

[treewhacker]

I know what you mean about the snow sucking, same thing here. A friend of mine was in Spokane last week end, he said Lookout Pass is bare ground and the ski area is closed.

I glanced at my speedo once on a big hill and was spinning 80 mph. I haven't found a hill it won't go up, and yes, it gains speed like crazy on most any hill. There was a bunch of guys beating on a hill when I came out of Surveyor, they had only scratched their way about 3/4 of the way up. There were some big hot set ups there too. I couldn't resist, parked at the bottom and didn't take a run at it, blew over the top doing about 40 mph. They all swarmed around my sled when I came down. They asked if the engine was stock and I said "Yep"
One guy said "I have heard these RX1's work good, but that thing is stupid fast"

 

[Thrusted Vector]

At least you can get to the snow,most of the access roads were taken out by the rain.I've found one that I think is still doable,but I'm keeping it to myself,gotta go try this new turbo we just built.

 

[treewhacker]

Did you turbo a Vector? I found a perfect place to go right now too, it's up "No tell um" Creek.

 

[Thrusted Vector]

We've done a Vector but we just did an RX-1,We'll post some pics soon.

 

[FastAction]

Snowfever ,treewacker I assume you guys are running 9 tooth drivers so what did you change so the speedo would be acurate.Did you guys go to a shorty speedo gear thing.I don`t know what its called

Having the same problem as you thrusted not able to get into any area .They say the interior /Sicamus area is ok

 

[Thrusted Vector]

You have change the speedo itself in order to make it right.

 

[Snow Fever]

Hardcore, I have 8 cog whal brothers, 2 reasons, one my track is 2.31" tall and the other is the 05' suspension works great NO RACHETING AT ALL, EVER! I have run the track as loose as hanging 4" when you lift up the back end. It just never rachets?

 

[treewhacker]

I put those 8 tooth extraverts on too Snowfever, you're right, they never slip.