To help people dial in better Lynx ride characteristics for the trails on which they ride, we interviewed Janne Tapio, a former snocross phenom who is now the manager for Lynx’s R&D department. He explained the “why” behind the design and then gave practical tips on how to dial it in for North American-style trail riding.
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As winter rapidly approaches, Arctic Cat’s commitment to return to racing is on full display, and Team Arctic riders and their teams are actively preparing to chase checkered flags on bumpy snocross tracks across the Snowbelt.
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There have been advancements in shock absorbers, intense geometry changes to make sleds handle better and more in the evolution of the front end of a snowmobile. But one fact still remains: The two skis on the snow are separated by a case-specific distance – the ski stance.
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Chaparral was definitely riding high heading into 1972. One of the more technically advanced sled brands of the day, the upstart from Colorado was beginning to be recognized as a builder of quality product that offered serious performance combined with above-average reliability.
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Collin Pawloski describes receiving his first snowmobile, and why it’s such a precious gift, in this exciting article.
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Located in a beautiful, lake-filled part of east-central Ontario, the Twin Mountains Snowmobile Club has served snowmobilers with a healthy bit of fun for 50 years.
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If you’d like to fix or even diagnose anything involving electricity – whether it’s the energy that surges through a car, snowmobile, boat or even a wall socket or a random AAA remote control battery – go buy a multimeter. You won’t regret it.
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Attention all snowmobile racing fans! Want to own a piece of snowmobile racing history? Pick up your copy of the recently published “XC: Ten Years of Cross-Country Snowmobile Racing History” book!
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We all pass on opportunities—but the best ones rarely come at the perfect time. Don’t wait, or you might miss out.
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Thank heavens for the Washington County Star Trail Snowmobile Alliance! The 51-year-old club has done an amazing job of keeping the county’s 140-mile groomed network as intact as possible. That gives residents and visitors alike a chance to enjoy Minnesota’s great outdoors in the winter while exploring the county’s many hidden gems.
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History is filled with stories of continuing efforts that eventually paid off. Except sometimes it doesn’t. There are few better examples of a bad ending than the Guidetti snowmobiles and its nearly a dozen off shoots that were all unsuccessful and consequently are rarely seen today.
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Many veteran, mechanically minded snowmobilers will hear or feel a certain symptom and will know from past experience exactly where to start looking for a solution. We’re going to share a few circumstances we’ve encountered out on the trails in recent years when riding with relative newcomers.
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Humans today are constantly bombarded with screens. Whether it’s a cell phone, a computer or tablet, a TV, an automobile’s interactive dash, a scrolling billboard, an LED sign indicating the highway is closed over the mountain pass, etc., modern digital displays are everywhere.
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Call them cutters, sleighs, cabooses, tow-behinds or tag-a-longs, it doesn’t matter. They were an important part of the sport’s development as both a means of utility and as a family activity. And there are still a lot of them around today.
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Sometimes the sleds that are the most fun to ride are the light weight little ones that can get out of the hole quickly and be tossed around at will. A fine example is the appropriately named 1973 Polaris Colt.
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