well sledding season has come and gone...
i never rode my sled

however we made it official that winters over by getting mrs zaps falcon out of storage today


wash..wax..clean engine and engine compartment..
vacuumn rugs ..the works
took it out for a nice long ride this afternoon
got lots of

i'll wait and get my car out in a few weeks

...zap!

 

I hear ya man. It hasnt snowed decent in Iowa since ive bought my sled 4 years ago! I didnt even get to go out west to wyoming this year.

This is a picture from last years trip. I hope to get a newer and bigger sled for next year if i go out west again.

 

there's nothing like it is there...going breakneck speeds thru snow thats just perfect
nice sled..what is it?

...zap!

 

1999 Yamaha Mountain Max 600

Its loaded with performance mods. Power shift kit, pipes, and many other exterior mods. It has the smart carbs that automatically adjust to elevation and temperature. It was a great sled to get into...but its just not big enough for out west to do the riding i want to do. It has a 136" track with 1.5" paddles. I was going to try to sell it on ebay but didnt seem like sleds were bringing much so i didnt waste my time.

 

maybe next year we should try to hook up and go to marc's house in colebrook...
take a cruze to canada!

thats the real deal when it comes to snow

no speed limit and the trails are "one way"
nobody coming at you like on the interstate

...zap!

 

Trails...what are those??

When we go to either Laramie, Wyoming or Bighorns, Montana we ride trails about the first few miles from the cabin and go off to the back lands. It can be scary at times when you get lost or go over a mountain and get caught in a bottom of a big bowl and cant get out. But usually we head back before 1 or 2 so we have plenty of time before it gets dark. Ive never been a big fan of riding trails. Too many crazy people doing 100 mph just flying around. We just go to do some high marking or boonedocking. Its great. Nothing beats the scenery!

 

i tried the "off the trail " into the deep powder last yr

we were crusing near dixville peak and decided to go "up there"
i got 3/4 of the way up the hill and had to go between 2 trees
got off the throttle for a split second and that was that
what a mistake

at least i shut my sled off when in started to sink..
harry was'nt so lucky

we were stuck for 2 hrs

marc and his F-7 was having a blast riding around us..
till he sank too!

up to your ball bag in powder is no fun to dig sleds out
i think i lost 5 lbs by the time we got all 3 sleds out

but it is a blast

...zap!

 

Ah hell.....it sucks highmarking when you get up so far its so steep and you get stuck. The first couple times i did it i didnt get the sled turned around once my track was slipping and i learned shortly after. Nobody else could help me dig out. As soon as they got up to the top then would either roll their sled or slide back down. That will make a person loose some weight haha. If i knew i was going to get stuck i backed off right away. I didnt spin till i just sank in. Thats when you get in trouble.

 

Yea it's official....

I pulled the motor out of the boat last week to tighten a couple of bolts that you can only get to with the engine out. Yet they had to be tight. So did that and everything else I could possiably find that might need to be done soon, but could only be done with the engine out. Tinkered around with it today and got it all finished up, now got a friend coming over tomarrow to help me drop the engine back in. If all goes well then I'll be speeding around the lake tomarow afternoon on the test run. Then if weather holds, I'll be cruising/speeding/racing around the water ways next weekend.

I can't wait!!!
Also can't wait till the water warms up so I can take my new jet ski out.

 

You just had to derail the thread didnt you??

Well its about time haha...enough talk about snow....iiiiitttssss BOATING time

 

aren't you lucky-- we've still got the sleds out on the lake with the ice fishing huts... will be about another 2 weeks before full thaw, and 2 months before i dare pull the jet ski back out on the lake without a dry suit...

 

Hey Matt...does your engine look like this

 

Guys have been going out with wet suits for about a month now.
This is my first ski, I dont have a suit and water temp is still 47°, the air is still only 79°.
So I will wait til air and water are both a little warmer before I dump myself in it. I have rode wave runners but never rode on one of these stand ups. So I am confident that I will spend as much time in the water as I do on it the first several times.

 

Hey justin, no mine says Mercruiser Marine!
Plus right now mine is sitting sideways in the middle of the floor between the lounge seats and my engine gulley is cleaner.

 

LOL.....bet that was fun getting it out. Ahh i need to get back to work. Im waiting for the fumes to clear out of the shop so i can keep spraying lacquer.