[MBZ] Snowmobile, snowmobile, snowmobile, snowmobile, snowmobile
Some of you were interested the last time I talked about snowmobiles so I thought I might give you an update on today. Thursday/Friday we got a solid 6-8 of snow so I figured today I'd get out and ride. We usually don't get any riding in March so this is a gift. I took the Polaris I'd talked about before and my '78 Arctic Cat Pantera. http://i.imgur.com/uF2JKq9.jpg The trailer tilts but its tough to hold it tilted and ride on when you're by yourself so I stuffed it into the snowbank to make loading easier. The snow is pretty much like cold mashed potatoes, soft and sticky which is poor for riding, I did a lot of this: http://i.imgur.com/djBeEyz.jpg because its sticky I couldn't get up on top of it at low speeds (say under 15mph) so it would plow in front until I lost traction. That pic is when I tried to head out to the big trails but couldn't get much out of my friend's yard. That was actually the second time I got stuck... Another view: http://i.imgur.com/79R4sUL.jpg you can see my friend's house in the upper left of the picture. Looking backward: http://i.imgur.com/G0U5VTF.jpg you can't really tell the snow is up to my knees. Of course I'd forgotten my snowshoes, what I really needed to do was snowshoe a path and then ride it, oh well. I gave up on riding to the big trails and eventually made a figure 8 about 100 yards long in my friend's backyard and then I tried to make one end a smoother curve and http://i.imgur.com/KShGuHD.jpg found an old maple stump which impeded progress... Anyway even though I didn't get out to the main trails and probably only traveled maybe a tenth of a mile total I consider it a real good day. I had fun and got some exercise. I'm gonna hit it again tomorrow morning early. Hopefully the snow will harden up good overnight tonight so I can get a couple hours of trail building before it falls apart again. Its supposed to be very warm this week so we'll probably drop the snow pretty quick. -Curt ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Snowmobile, snowmobile, snowmobile, snowmobile, snowmobile
Last time I went snowmobiling in March, I was whipping along at bout 50 mph in sparse woods west of The Soo, MI, and suddenly came upon a LARGE clear area (NO trees); saw Coast Guard icebreaker breaking a channel not terribly far out in front of me and turned parallel to 'im, thinking, of course, Obviously, he's on Lake Superior. I'd best stay back here. 'Began to realize that the undulations I was feeling were not from little wind-blown ridges of snow but from waves UNDER the snow and ice on which I was riding. 'Kept throttle wide open at about 55 MPH as I made a slow, skidding turn to the right to get back in the trees and get the hell off Lake Superior. Wilton - Original Message - From: Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com To: Diesel List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2013 5:31 PM Subject: [MBZ] Snowmobile, snowmobile, snowmobile, snowmobile, snowmobile Some of you were interested the last time I talked about snowmobiles so I thought I might give you an update on today. Thursday/Friday we got a solid 6-8 of snow so I figured today I'd get out and ride. We usually don't get any riding in March so this is a gift. I took the Polaris I'd talked about before and my '78 Arctic Cat Pantera. http://i.imgur.com/uF2JKq9.jpg The trailer tilts but its tough to hold it tilted and ride on when you're by yourself so I stuffed it into the snowbank to make loading easier. The snow is pretty much like cold mashed potatoes, soft and sticky which is poor for riding, I did a lot of this: http://i.imgur.com/djBeEyz.jpg because its sticky I couldn't get up on top of it at low speeds (say under 15mph) so it would plow in front until I lost traction. That pic is when I tried to head out to the big trails but couldn't get much out of my friend's yard. That was actually the second time I got stuck... Another view: http://i.imgur.com/79R4sUL.jpg you can see my friend's house in the upper left of the picture. Looking backward: http://i.imgur.com/G0U5VTF.jpg you can't really tell the snow is up to my knees. Of course I'd forgotten my snowshoes, what I really needed to do was snowshoe a path and then ride it, oh well. I gave up on riding to the big trails and eventually made a figure 8 about 100 yards long in my friend's backyard and then I tried to make one end a smoother curve and http://i.imgur.com/KShGuHD.jpg found an old maple stump which impeded progress... Anyway even though I didn't get out to the main trails and probably only traveled maybe a tenth of a mile total I consider it a real good day. I had fun and got some exercise. I'm gonna hit it again tomorrow morning early. Hopefully the snow will harden up good overnight tonight so I can get a couple hours of trail building before it falls apart again. Its supposed to be very warm this week so we'll probably drop the snow pretty quick. -Curt ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Snowmobile
Wasn't someone looking for a vehicle that would be good in the snow? This might do the job. http://westernmass.craigslist.org/cto/847977.html No affiliation, etc. Tom SE Conn 1975 300D W115 and some BMWs ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Snowmobile
Does it have a heater? I like the oil can under the hood. --R On 2/19/2011 5:28 PM, toms cat1 wrote: Wasn't someone looking for a vehicle that would be good in the snow? This might do the job. http://westernmass.craigslist.org/cto/847977.html No affiliation, etc. Tom SE Conn 1975 300D W115 and some BMWs ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Snowmobile
Heater? It apears the engine is in the cabin. There is your heater, I imagine. Besides, what snowmobile has a heater??? Real men wear long johns. ;) Tom SE Conn 1975 300D W115 and some BMWs Message: 6 Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 17:46:52 -0500 From: Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Snowmobile Message-ID: 4d60485c.8000...@constructivity.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Does it have a heater? I like the oil can under the hood. --R On 2/19/2011 5:28 PM, toms cat1 wrote: Wasn't someone looking for a vehicle that would be good in the snow? This might do the job. http://westernmass.craigslist.org/cto/847977.html No affiliation, etc. Tom SE Conn 1975 300D W115 and some BMWs ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] snowmobile - was autodimming mirrors
The Evinrude, Johnson and OMC were all the same sleds, all made by OMC. Theres another in that group that I can't remember the brand of, it was green though, maybe OMC made rotary motors for Scorpion... Curt Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:29:01 -0500 From: Mitch Haley Subject: Re: [MBZ] snowmobile - was autodimming mirrors To: Mercedes Discussion List Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Fmiser wrote: Of course if its really bad here I'll just take a snowmobile. My '71 Arctic Cat 303 rotary powered snowmobile will go lots of places a jacked up 4x4 won't...Rotary, as in like a Wankle cycle engine? I didn't remember an Artic Cat wankel, but I know Evinrude made one, and there was probably a Johnson equivalent. If you want a rotary bike that didn't get Guigario'd to death (I hate the instrument cluster and tailight housing on the RE5, thanks to Guigario - ItalDesign) Hercules made an air cooled wankel bike. - Need a quick answer? Get one in minutes from people who know. Ask your question on Yahoo! Answers. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Dec 02 20:43:12 2006 Received: from web32804.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([68.142.206.34]) by server8.arterytc8.net with smtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GqbhX-0006Ea-Vh for mercedes@okiebenz.com; Sat, 02 Dec 2006 20:43:12 + Received: (qmail 28423 invoked by uid 60001); 2 Dec 2006 20:39:51 - X-YMail-OSG: 9HaVH7kVM1kRACWOh4sUFcMWOGX68qVwXExg6sfmuSZ2HGEB5AHmg6wDjE1WxmEwq3ZjJ00sIl_VNXy98xlqcAv7O.Hqjw2qVrUAOyMPBtgdSmGHN55ReLxnYf49_Z7TfE7r6ACBOIR0TMs- Received: from [63.209.233.131] by web32804.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 02 Dec 2006 12:39:50 PST Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 12:39:50 -0800 (PST) From: Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Diesel List mercedes@okiebenz.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.9.cp1 Subject: Re: [MBZ] Gumball Rally X-BeenThere: mercedes@okiebenz.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9.cp1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com List-Id: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes_okiebenz.com.okiebenz.com List-Unsubscribe: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] List-Archive: /pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com List-Post: mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com List-Help: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] List-Subscribe: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2006 20:43:12 - It wasn't so long ago I picked up the Gumball Rally at Wal-Mart for like $9. Its a double feature with Cannonball Run II. CBR II sucks but the Gumball Rally is worth the $9 all by itself. -Curt Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:03:25 -0500 From: LarryT Subject: [MBZ] Gumball Rally To: The FerrariList , 911/993/996 digest [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mercedes Discussion List Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; reply-type=original The movie Gumball Rally will be shown on SpeedVision Fri at 8PM (ET) and again at Midnight - in case someone has missed this cult classic it has something for all of us - Ferrari Daytona, Porsche 911, Cobra and a Mercedes Gullwing along with a crazy motorcylce, van, police car, etc all racing from NY to CA. The sound effects of the cars as they leave an empty NYC and travel thru the concrete canyons is amazing! The V12 Ferrari and Cobra are 2 I remember well. Enjoy - Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs Porsche Road Test http://members.rennlist.com/roadtest/ - Need a quick answer? Get one in minutes from people who know. Ask your question on Yahoo! Answers. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Dec 02 20:53:42 2006 Received: from web32807.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([68.142.206.37]) by server8.arterytc8.net with smtp (Exim 4.52) id 1Gqbrh-0006Ts-Aw for mercedes@okiebenz.com; Sat, 02 Dec 2006 20:53:42 + Received: (qmail 844 invoked by uid 60001); 2 Dec 2006 20:50:20 - X-YMail-OSG: W.Zi6hkVM1lbDL8YXhap4FfcSWcAb3x_i7Z9Lp_lMvv47PQVzHLHhqronmNgkbqn9BSly2P3dK7J1whlCEJqtbMdChUCLoitAidLNMQ9ZfO5dadIYgdxkOQXZ4A7YBGpJQzqy6X.UcWK3Jc- Received: from [63.209.233.131] by web32807.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 02 Dec 2006 12:50:20 PST Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 12:50:20 -0800 (PST) From: Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Diesel List mercedes@okiebenz.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content
Re: [MBZ] snowmobile - was autodimming mirrors
rumor has it that Mitch wrote: Fmiser wrote: Of course if its really bad here I'll just take a snowmobile. My '71 Arctic Cat 303 rotary powered snowmobile will go lots of places a jacked up 4x4 won't... Rotary, as in like a Wankle cycle engine? I didn't remember an Artic Cat wankel, but I know Evinrude made one, and there was probably a Johnson equivalent. If you want a rotary bike that didn't get Guigario'd to death (I hate the instrument cluster and tailight housing on the RE5, thanks to Guigario - ItalDesign) Hercules made an air cooled wankel bike. Sweet! I'll have to look into that! In my spare time, of course! --Philip
Re: [MBZ] snowmobile - was autodimming mirrors
Fmiser wrote: Of course if its really bad here I'll just take a snowmobile. My '71 Arctic Cat 303 rotary powered snowmobile will go lots of places a jacked up 4x4 won't... Rotary, as in like a Wankle cycle engine? I didn't remember an Artic Cat wankel, but I know Evinrude made one, and there was probably a Johnson equivalent. If you want a rotary bike that didn't get Guigario'd to death (I hate the instrument cluster and tailight housing on the RE5, thanks to Guigario - ItalDesign) Hercules made an air cooled wankel bike.
