we were testing his new LYNX RCG skid on that thing. That LYNX skid worked great. It just eats bumps and just asks for more. Just awesome!
Weather here has gone pretty mild. + celcius temps, but now it´s starting to get colder again. We didn´t lose any of the snow , but all the peatlands are pretty much filled with water under the snowcover, so one much take great caution when riding there.
Weather forecast for the upcoming week... don´t like the -28c. Like last season I had to park the V4 for 6 weeks due to the -25c to -35c temps...
Tested today on a short ride my new headlight bulb. Osram Nightbreaker. A really good upgrade from a ordinary H4 bulb. Lights up pretty good the trail compared to the old bulb.
I was out today. Finally. Had a really bad flu (once again) + my Öhlins were taken to be serviced. I´m scheduled for an nose and throat surgery later this year. I hope it will help this. And the rising fuel prices are also affecting my sledding... 1,50 € / litre here now for prem fuel. (liter = 0.26 gallon or 1 gallon = 3.78 liter so when 1€ is 1.46$ this makes it 8,27 $ for a gallon)
We got tons of snow on last 3 days here.
I went today to a local snowX track to see local guys in training there.
Nice pics again. Pretty rediculus gas prices. I guess I dont have it that bad. I live in Maine and just did a 2 1/2 day trip. Gas prices were around 3.45 per gallon. Overall the trails were perfect with a lot of fresh powder. It was my first real ride of the year totaling 465 miles
Been really busy at work lately, so no riding for a while.
Got me a fresh set of pistons for ole Vmax-4. Wiseco made a special patch (Hauck Yamaha Vmax 800) for a group of Vmax4.com guys. Skinner was the man behind the order and he took care of all the paperwork for us. Thank´s again!
Been really busy lately, so not too many km´s this season.
I was out riding last saturday with a friend of mine. We just cruised around at our families forests for a day (83 km´s to be exact). Just checking how things were there.
Did 180km´s today. My brother and cousin came to visit me, so I rode to meet them half way.
Averarage fuel consumptiom was today 22 litres / 100km´s so it makes 172 km ( 38 litre tank ) per full tank of gas. Just over 100 miles with a tank of fuel. Not bad for my old sled!
My brother and I taking a leak on trail side. LOL
On a snowmobile bridge. Samueljackson´s Exciter MOD , Jari´s SRX and my V4
winter goes by and I´m not riding enough... Too busy at all sections of my life, way too busy.
Anyway, got a chance to take my V4 out today. Rode with my sons today. One at a time ofcourse. Half a tank of gas later darkness was coming down and we went back home.
Today´s ride was unique to the other times on my sled this season : trails were groomed! First time this season that I got a chance to ride on a groomed trail.
I fitted the low black windshield from Skinner to my sled. Had to adjust my handlebars too ( I have 1 inch rider on it ) since my hands were pretty exposed to the wind with the previous handlebar setup. I hope this is not too cold...
I was riding on my easter holiday today. I´m off from work for an 1 1/2 weeks.
Next thursday I´ll leave for my annual sledding trip with my friends. This year we are going to Kuusamo area. 3 days of riding from fri - sun. But on that later. Now todays pics (110 km today).
Map of the trails we rode today.
On top of Kaarestunturi. Need to change the stock windshield back for my upcomig trip. WAAYYYY too cold / windy to ride with that low black one...
My older son on my sled. That thing behind him is a reindeerfence overcrossing.
This year it will be the Kuusamo area. In Kuusamo there is a famous winter resort called Ruka ( http://www.ruka.fi/winter_eng/ ) World cup cross country skiing and ski jumping takes place there.
we are riding from fri - sun. Should get about 600 or more km´s again to mileage.
Here are some maps for you guys, so you can see roughly where we are going.
I´m the only one in our group to ride a 2-stroke. My friends have a 06 RS Rage and Rs Vector Mountain sleds. So, it´s not going to be a surprize who is going to use the most fuel...
Sadly our annual trip is behind now. We had great time, again. Did 727 km this year ( 330 km first day, 250 on second day 147 km on the 3rd ). My V4 used average 25 litres of fuel to 100 km´s. Not bad IMO. Two of my friends rode RX Warrior and RS Rage (both 2006 sleds), They got way better fuel mileage than my sled LOL
Big thumbs up to Hossa, Taivalkoski and Suomusalmi area. They had great, mostly groomed trails.
pics...
Warming up on the first morning
My friend roosted me with his RX Warrior...
Our cabin for two nights at Hossa.
we also visited Raatteentie battle area. There finnish troops stopped the advance of the Red Army in WW2.