Random Posts (An alternate to side discussions)

[Hornless.Rhino]

That's a bit different to the Australian version (found on flickr).

[SnowMule]

What about birds of the electronic variety?

This guy puts together a bunch of snowmobile videos... ran into him in the parking lot, gonna go play with his new toy.

And it turns out sleds aren't the only toys out here with tree magnets.

[SnowMule]

There was some sleddin done too

[SnowMule]

And some snow-biking

[Ray.R]

Snow-biking!!  That's gatta be awesome!

Does it have a transmission like a motorbike?

[SnowMule]

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@Ray.R wrote:

Snow-biking!!  That's gatta be awesome!

Does it have a transmission like a motorbike?

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Yep. 

Front wheel comes off, bracket and ski go on that. 

Front brake comes off (obviously won't do much good), front brake master cylinder replumbed to operate a brake on the track.  The rear brake is removed entirely along with the swing arm (which took some getting used to, the first half hour I kept trying to step on a rear brake )

Rear wheel, swing arm, and shock comes off, then their whole system mates up to it.

Engine, transmission, clutch, carb, steering, exhaust are all still "dirt bike".  Shifting was a little weird to get used to.  The MX bikes (these KX450F's) are a bit peaky to really make good use of the powerband with the track on it... but they did okay. 
The wider-ratio gearing on the Husaberg and KTM were a lot better ride (and the hydraulic clutch helped too). 

Buncha more shots here: http://mule.smugmug.com/Snowmobiles/20130406-2/

[joaopam]

Oh, snow... Oh, the winter.

I surely don't know what is that.

Unfortunately.

[Hornless.Rhino]

Snow biking?

Didn't alpha say something about not disturbing the animals?

[altenbach]

I think the armed horses can defend themselves just fine if the need arises..

[SnowMule]

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@altenbach wrote:

I think the armed horses can defend themselves just fine if the need arises..

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