errol said:
I was on the team site and it is their sponsor under the blackout.
Superman
TY 4 Stroke Master
What you guys are doing looks fun as hell. Good Luck and make us proud. 
First off thanks for the words of encouragements for this race.
Even tho we have quite a few legs of this race over 100 miles between check points. I think our fuel concerns will be address with the larger fuel tank from Seth @ www.creationcomposites.com .
If I remember right Cains Quests is right @ 2000K (1250 miles) and the IronDog is 3160k (1976 miles) The rules of the races are very simular. This year will be the 25th Irondog and 3rd Cains Quest. Other than distance I would guess they could be comparable to each other. But having never attempted Cains Quest I'm not for sure. Both are endurance races where you have to insure you sleds are able to make it to the finish line!
rightarm said:
Even tho we have quite a few legs of this race over 100 miles between check points. I think our fuel concerns will be address with the larger fuel tank from Seth @ www.creationcomposites.com .
nodoo_s said:
If I remember right Cains Quests is right @ 2000K (1250 miles) and the IronDog is 3160k (1976 miles) The rules of the races are very simular. This year will be the 25th Irondog and 3rd Cains Quest. Other than distance I would guess they could be comparable to each other. But having never attempted Cains Quest I'm not for sure. Both are endurance races where you have to insure you sleds are able to make it to the finish line!
rightarm
TY 4 Stroke Master
Thank you for the update much appreciated.
Cool thread! Are you going to run that larger aftermarket tank that was advertised on this site? I'd be curious to see it mounted on the sled.
Any more working updates that can be said about the sleds? Progress pictures?
Well we got 6" of snow today and I guess the real question is do we ride or wrench???
Progress:
Thought this was a funny pic
This sled has zero miles on it
Deciding on a pattern
Progress:
Thought this was a funny pic
This sled has zero miles on it
Deciding on a pattern
Two down two to go!
Starting to go back together
Is that a snowmachine or a snow hawk?
Starting to go back together
Is that a snowmachine or a snow hawk?
rightarm
TY 4 Stroke Master
TMOAIDS
Is there anything left to ride,looks like you guys are hard at it.You have gone with 96 studs up the middle ?Thanks for the update much appreciated keep up the hard work it will pay off in the long run.
Is there anything left to ride,looks like you guys are hard at it.You have gone with 96 studs up the middle ?Thanks for the update much appreciated keep up the hard work it will pay off in the long run.
#1 FX Nytro
Newbie
Deciding on a pattern
[/quote] Hi I wanted to know is that the stalk track and if it is what size stud did you go with style of stud what backings or if you can please let me know were you got them and part numbers.thank you
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How has everything been going for the race?
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The pictures are great, keep them coming. Good Luck!!
Many hours of wenching an fabricating went into our sleds. (I credit nytro23 for most of this) Some times we had to take one step back to make two steps forwards, but that is the case when one tries this type of race with a new model sled.
We went for our last ride on the race sleds yesterday. We will be hitting the starting line with somewhere between 420-425 miles on the ol girls.
Suspension is set pretty much where we want it and will add compression dampening and reduce rebound dampening IF springs start to fade.
We ended up not running a Ti spring on the front track shock but all other springs are Ti and the shocks are custom valved Ohlins by one of the best tuners in the bussiness. He is local and has ran this race 4 times. So he knows what the shock will be put through. We made final adjustments to the headlights, track, chain, and bags. Gathered our tools, gear, and supplies list.
We got to play with a couple other teams while out on the river and I'm very please say none of the teams we saw were able to just walk away from us. (not knowing if they were going 100% as no one likes to wad up days before the big race, but our Yamahas did well and even got a few comments)
Temps are very cold in parts of Alaska right now! Tok, Alaska (not part of the course) was recorded @ -70F! While 4 or 5 check points have been colder than -45F the last few days!! (what were we thinking!!) It's hard to gear up correctly for tight trees and bumps AND river running in temps like these!! Your either chilled or sweating! And getting sweaty and then chilled is a BAD thing!
We went for our last ride on the race sleds yesterday. We will be hitting the starting line with somewhere between 420-425 miles on the ol girls.
Suspension is set pretty much where we want it and will add compression dampening and reduce rebound dampening IF springs start to fade.
We ended up not running a Ti spring on the front track shock but all other springs are Ti and the shocks are custom valved Ohlins by one of the best tuners in the bussiness. He is local and has ran this race 4 times. So he knows what the shock will be put through. We made final adjustments to the headlights, track, chain, and bags. Gathered our tools, gear, and supplies list.
We got to play with a couple other teams while out on the river and I'm very please say none of the teams we saw were able to just walk away from us. (not knowing if they were going 100% as no one likes to wad up days before the big race, but our Yamahas did well and even got a few comments)
Temps are very cold in parts of Alaska right now! Tok, Alaska (not part of the course) was recorded @ -70F! While 4 or 5 check points have been colder than -45F the last few days!! (what were we thinking!!) It's hard to gear up correctly for tight trees and bumps AND river running in temps like these!! Your either chilled or sweating! And getting sweaty and then chilled is a BAD thing!
akdavo
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Good Luck, I'll be rooting you on from the starting line. I'll be the guy with a beer in my hand.
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