Is Bear Brook Open?

["Dangerous" Dan K]

If conditions are gona be tough she will have to stay home. Deep snow is no place for a beginer on a 125. Keeping it on the pipe in the snow will be a rough job.

EDIT: and im sure we will find out who brought the biggenest gun about 40ft from the lot.

40'? That'd still be going straight, I'm sure I can out-drag a dirt bike for 40' on the sled. It's the handling I'm worried about. I've never ridden groomed trails, just backwoods shit and fields.

[Kurlon]

Did you figure out if that thing has runners or not yet?

[6 Fingered Man]

1. within 40' we will hit a turn.

2. Maybe you could out drag my bike on it, maybe not.. This thing is prety brutal fast. Much faster than the 250's and 426, shit it makes more outright power and tq than my racebike and weighs 115 lbs less.... We will see.

["Dangerous" Dan K]

Did you figure out if that thing has runners or not yet?

Yeah, it does. From what I can tell from our convo and looking anyway.

1. within 40' we will hit a turn.

2. Maybe you could out drag my bike on it, maybe not.. This thing is prety brutal fast. Much faster than the 250's and 426, shit it makes more outright power and tq than my racebike and weighs 115 lbs less.... We will see.

1) Damnit.
2) I'm thinking traction more than power. I'd be surprised if your dirt bike will grab snow as well as my track. Ice would be a different story, but we're hearing the trails suck for bikes, and we're getting another snowstorm Sat. No idea what'd happen if we hooked up equally.

[6 Fingered Man]

Yeah, it does. From what I can tell from our convo and looking anyway.



1) Damnit.
2) I'm thinking traction more than power. I'd be surprised if your dirt bike will grab snow as well as my track. Ice would be a different story, but we're hearing the trails suck for bikes, and we're getting another snowstorm Sat. No idea what'd happen if we hooked up equally.

PArking lot is usualy solid ice, trail head is usualy soft powder. Right hander is the big variable...

["Dangerous" Dan K]

I guarandamntee ya you'd crush me there. If I've learned anything about sledding so far it's to keep plenty in reserve until you know the trail and have run it. These things can get out of hand in a real hurry, I don't see myself going balls out into the first groomed turn I've ever been through. Especially at a place I don't know.

OTOH, once we've done a trail once or twice...

I'm hoping I can make it.

[6 Fingered Man]

If i have learned anything about riding a dirtbike in the snow its that the more the tire is spinning the more grip it seems to get. Lends to my riding style well, when in doubt gas it..... Strange huh?

[obsolete]

My money is on the winner...


and that will be the nearest ER surgical staff.

["Dangerous" Dan K]

If i have learned anything about riding a dirtbike in the snow its that the more the tire is spinning the more grip it seems to get. Lends to my riding style well, when in doubt gas it..... Strange huh?

Who would have thought that'd work for you?!

My money is on the winner...


and that will be the nearest ER surgical staff.

Don't you put that evil on me!

[obsolete]

Who would have thought that'd work for you?!



Don't you put that evil on me!

You guys put that on yourselves, I'm just playing the odds. lol

[Kurlon]

Don't you put that evil on me!

This has the makings of Turn 6 all over again...

[Stoneman]

I guarandamntee ya you'd crush me there. If I've learned anything about sledding so far it's to keep plenty in reserve until you know the trail and have run it. These things can get out of hand in a real hurry, I don't see myself going balls out into the first groomed turn I've ever been through. Especially at a place I don't know.

OTOH, once we've done a trail once or twice...

I'm hoping I can make it.

Good to hear. Some groomed trails turn to shear ice by the end of the day, making navigating on a sled real tough...

[Kurlon]

Good to hear. Some groomed trails turn to shear ice by the end of the day, making navigating on a sled real tough...

CARBIDES for the win!

[Stoneman]

CARBIDES for the win!

Trust me when I tell ya not near enough people run 'em. As evidenced by the front of my Raptor...

[Kurlon]

Hrmmm... this has entertainment potential, and it's only 60 miles from me...

Do I:
A) Screw up my existing shot knobbies (More like mild speed-bumpies)
B) Find the cheapest set of new knobs locally and run'em as is
C) A + B with a plan of pulling the screws once the snow is gone for Southwick

[Stoneman]

Hrmmm... this has entertainment potential, and it's only 60 miles from me...

Do I:
A) Screw up my existing shot knobbies (More like mild speed-bumpies)
B) Find the cheapest set of new knobs locally and run'em as is
C) A + B with a plan of pulling the screws once the snow is gone for Southwick

D) Walk the giraffe & pitch to the elephant...

[Kurlon]

D) Walk the giraffe & pitch to the elephant...

I thought it goes the other way around?

["Dangerous" Dan K]

Hrmmm... this has entertainment potential, and it's only 60 miles from me...

Do I:
A) Screw up my existing shot knobbies (More like mild speed-bumpies)
B) Find the cheapest set of new knobs locally and run'em as is
C) A + B with a plan of pulling the screws once the snow is gone for Southwick

I'm not sure if removing the screws messes with the knobbies. If not, I'd go with C. If it's loose powder you'll want the knobs, if it's icy you'll want the screws.

[6 Fingered Man]

You can remove the screws but it leaves holes in the Knobs. What size tires do you run? I have a set of dunlops you can have but they aint great, just enough tread to stud and not poke through the other side.

I'd say stud what ya got. get a new set for summer.

[Kurlon]

18 rear, 21 front. I'm thinking I'm going to get a box of cheapie screws and just muck'em up so I can at least toodle around the yard this weekend.

[Stoneman]

I thought it goes the other way around?

Depends who's at bat and what the line-up card looks like...

[Stoneman]

18 rear, 21 front. I'm thinking I'm going to get a box of cheapie screws and just muck'em up so I can at least toodle around the yard this weekend.

If you route your trip through Barnstead, I have a bunch of 7/16" screws you can have. They were given to me, but couldn't possibly hold up to the torque of the Raptor...