Spring is coming...

[madmax-im]

68*

[DGXSER]

It was 70 here on Thursday, upper 50s today. And tonight and tomorrow we may get more white fluffy stuff.

[MPittma100]

Spring

Supposed to be 70 here today. Time to dust off the Special and put some heat in the motor.

[MindWebs]

Hmm, the highest temp for this week is going to be +16

and the lows dipping down to -15

spring? What spring?

snowmobile territory..

some day i'll figure out pictures and post the pictures of a machine i've seen.

you attach a motorcylce to the top of a twin track assembly and a ski mounts to the forks. the tracks a driven by the chain drive on th bike.

the only thing i didn't see was a way to stop, i didn't find any sort of brakes.....

maybe that's why it never caught on...

[GLoweVA]

Hmm, the highest temp for this week is going to be +16

and the lows dipping down to -15

spring? What spring?

snowmobile territory..

some day i'll figure out pictures and post the pictures of a machine i've seen.

you attach a motorcylce to the top of a twin track assembly and a ski mounts to the forks. the tracks a driven by the chain drive on th bike.

the only thing i didn't see was a way to stop, i didn't find any sort of brakes.....

maybe that's why it never caught on...

Was it something like this:


Do snowmobiles have brakes?

[Jerry]

Do snowmobiles have brakes?

Yep. Pretty good ones, too. Hydraulic disc that will lock up your track pretty quickly. Just as in other scenarios, though, you want to avoid lockup if you can. You get shorter stopping distances if you don't lock up.

[fredintoon]

In Saskatchewan spring is a coiled metal thing.

68*

Hi Max,
that's 20ºC.
We have that here too, except that ours has a minus sign in front of it.

[ScottP]

yes Fred.. and -36c for the weekend..... Spring is coming, but don't open that garage door just yet.

[Crusty Snippets]

Spring

I was in Cuba for two weeks. Got back early Tuesday morning. 30C in Cuba, 11 inches of snow at Mrs snippets place. Minus 30C for the folks that got off in Calgary. That is a 60 degree swing in temperature.
Minus 6 C when I rode Yami just before I left.

Unkle Crusty.

[MindWebs]

Was it something like this:


Do snowmobiles have brakes?

Yes, my sled has good brakes (studded track) (99 ski-doo mxz 500)

th old conversion i was talking about, similar to the above picture, but a "twin track" circa 1973

http://thekneeslider.com/snowjob-twin-tracked-motorcycle-conversion-kit/

i love sleds, all the power, all the speed, more air-time, less pain if you botch
the "manuver".. snow is a softer landing then pavement.

[Tat2demon]

Spring is a myth. The next 4 days here in Sioux Falls - 7, 17, -1, 1.

[mack]

Winter

I am so sick of this winter, record snow falls and extreme cold temps. In my heart I want a fast thaw and early spring but with the snow we have on the ground, everthing will be flooded. Guess thats the price we pay up here for not having our yards full of alligators and snakes year round. LOL

[Tat2demon]

We have great drainage here in town. I say bring on the heat and to hell with the flood!

[ViperRon]

Snowed yesterday, snowed today, gona snow again soon I bet. For i can not remember how long usually after mid Feb here it has warmed up not this year.

[tcoop]

It has been spring here 65* but stuck inside working. Normally about this time of year it only 45*.