Snowmobiling

[TheBlizzard]

Just wondering if anybody other than Nash and I snowmobile on a regular basis. I plan on doing a bunch of local rides by my house and the surrounding metro areas as well as some trips to Hayward, Mighigan, and surrounding areas.

We already went up to Hinkley for a ride from there to Duluth (75 miles each way) since my parents live in Duluth. We also went to Hastings to Nash's buddies house and rode out to Farmington and Lakeville areas (about 104 mile round trip). I am assuming the trails are groomed by now, when we went it was bumpy as hell but the ditchs were pretty decent.

I am planning on going this weekend from my house up to Cambridge.

Let here who has them, maybe we can get together and go and rip around. Also what kind of sled or sleds do you have with pictures if you have them.

I currenly have a 1999 Ski Doo MXZ HO Toni Haikonen Edition and a 1998 Polaris XC 600.

Heres the Polaris I am riding this year mostly.

[Onefast99gsx]

I was a HUGE snowmobiler up until about the years we had to worry about whether we'd get snow at all. My record year for snowmobile mileage was 3,400 miles. I went 5-6 days a week. I still have my Mach Z 800. Looks like I probably won't be able to ride it this year again. We have probably around 6" of snow here in central Wis. They groomed the trails last week but that was just to make a packed base. By no means are they trailable. Probably need another 8-10". Generally back in the day, trails were open around Dec. 15th. I think last year was around Jan 15th.

I'm the type of guy who if, you can't just open the garage door and drive the sled to the trails then screw it. Piss on trailering it around to ride it.

[Jana]

We already went up to Hinkley for a ride from there to Duluth (75 miles each way) since my parents live in Duluth. We also went to Hastings to Nash's buddies house and rode out to Farmington and Lakeville areas (about 104 mile round trip). I am assuming the trails are groomed by now, when we went it was bumpy as hell but the ditchs were pretty decent.

We, we, we... are you two married? ;) :D

Actually, we don't own any, but we were thinking of going up north sometime and renting. I've never been a big fan, but maybe it wouldn't be so bad if I was the one controlling how fast (or slow) I go. lol

[Onefast99gsx]

if I was the one controlling how fast (or slow) I go. lol


Riding 2-up sucks :D

[Nash]

We already went up to Hinkley for a ride from there to Duluth (75 miles each way) since my parents live in Duluth.
Which we made all of two miles before my sled blew up.

[Matt D.]

Which we made all of two miles before my sled blew up.
Since when did sleds wear DMS badges? :confused:

I owned a sled for a few years between 1997 and 1999 until it blew up and I moved to the Cities. If I lived in a more rural area I'd definitely have a snowmobile, but the fact that I have no where to store it keeps me from buying another. I'd hate to own a sled again if I couldn't just hop on it in the yard and ride it straight out of town.

[Nash]

Since when did sleds wear DMS badges? :confused: Since I'm the one that owns it? It just give me a reason to buy a new one.

[A//// Guy]

We keep ours up north near Hayward, so we usually dont trailer them around. We just like to go riding around on the lake and local trails, never been on a super long ride, just a few hours here and there.

Cant really bring them in MN because they are both studded, one for trails and mine has 60 degree daggers. They do Ice runs on our lake so we get a nice path every winter ;)


Dads- 95 Yamaha VMAX 600
Mine- 97 Yamaha 600SX

Heres a pic I guess...

[JET]

You can use studs in MN, just gotta get the little badge. I am still kind of looking for a sled, but I just bought a new car. Hmmm... more toys!

[TheBlizzard]

You can use studs in MN, just gotta get the little badge. I am still kind of looking for a sled, but I just bought a new car. Hmmm... more toys!
You can only use studs on certain trails. For example the Willard Munger State you cannont use studs no matter what sticker you have. They use to have a stud endorsment where you would pay 15 dollars more to have them and you could use them on any trails you want. I don't think they do that anymore though.