Maggot snowmobile thread

Nice cat B11. She will get you where you need to go!

Here is my ride for the year. Just got to say that I love the MG (m1000). When they are set up right they just kick ass. I am a big guy and we ride at 11kish most of the time this along with 2uping things most sleds cant climb keep me on the MG!

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In action.

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any utards wanna meet up and do some ridding this week send me a pm

jahve, what's that m1000 weigh in at?

I also own some other sleds to compare but I have never had her on a scale so I am not sure.

I have a m7 and a 07 - m8 as well all have the 153" track anything larger it too much track imo... The MG I think cat says is 20 or so more pounds than the m8. For me I only notice it when on trail. This Mg went on a diet and lost about that so it should be or is about the weight of a stock m8. It eats dragon 800's and xp's. Only sleds that I have seen that will hang with it are turbo's or mod engine sleds.

The MG is the best sled skiing snowmachine that I have ever ridden..... Next year cat is going to have the m8 rtr (ready to ride) turbo. Only sled that I would look at changing to.

I change out my machines about every year or so and this 1000 is for sale and when I sell it I will get another cat MG or turbo a m8. This one is a sno pro, with extra's, 4" risers, can, intake, and y - pipe. 1800 miles. $6500...

Check out this vid .

Tandem stoke.



They rip.

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'06 RMK 900. Currently out of commission needing a new right suspension not to mention being stuck in cold hard dry Wisconsin.

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Thats Karma, you put that much effort into cosmetics and you are running stock shocks and a-arms?

I bet you have a pierced tongue

It is a sexy hood though :smile:

well finally got pics of the sled... just made the rig for the skis took like five minutes, 4 screws, two little straps, and 2 other straps for the skis at the end stole the idea from a sled i saw at ads in ogden, way easier and cheaper then a xrack or any of those things.
sled
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ski rig
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my main man, Don Chico.

http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/a...1&d=1234165058

'04 AC KC 900. Picked it up last night. Going to rig the ski racks tonight over some beers.

http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/a...4&d=1234477322

Ill be moving to Nelson this coming September, any sled skiers around this area or the Kootenays. This is my first season with my sled but I would hate to not get to use it next season!

Well Im waiting on ankle surgery and cant ski until next season it seems, in the meantime ive been sledding when I can. Still a jong but learning.

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Here are a couple of shots from the BC around Monarch.... The resort reported 60+ in in the past 2 weeks.

Late season sled stoke!!!


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BRAAAAAAP BRAP!

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I think I'm gonna try to ride more this year finally getting a crew together maybe .

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You had better adjust your clickers cause my 700 made it just fine.:fm:
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bumpin' the braaaaap!!!!!! stoke. New track on the way! w00t!

Btw-any of you guys running the challenger, extreme or powerclaw?

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bumpin' the braaaaap!!!!!! stoke. New track on the way! w00t!

Btw-any of you guys running the challenger, extreme or powerclaw?

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I'm putting a 162 powerclaw on my Nytro for this season. Don't have any direct experience yet but from what everyone says it's a great track.

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I'm putting a 162 powerclaw on my Nytro for this season. Don't have any direct experience yet but from what everyone says it's a great track.

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What's the best price you've found on it?

I can't wait to get down like this. Here is my brother in what was the longest face shot I have ever seen:

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lets hope for a big winter!!!:yourock:

That's a beautiful photo...

And yes, sled faceshots are as good as skiing faceshots. But you get oh so many more on a sled in a day, and you're sitting on 160+ hp of fury.

So what would I be able to get for around 900-1000$? Not much in Kijiji for less than 2500$.

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So what would I be able to get for around 900-1000$? Not much in Kijiji for less than 2500$.

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Maybe a piece of shit roller (no motor).

Blurred-
Ran a camo challenger on my last sled. Great track and really durable. We trench to the rocks around here early season and I still didn't tear a lug. Found it (slightly used), on snowest. Paid 250 and it was already ported and fully clipped. Cheap upgrade IMO.

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What's the best price you've found on it?

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500 but that was through a local tractor shop that also happens to carry random AC parts. There's a thread on snowest about where the best prices can be found.

pretty sweet i guess....

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Man o man all this talk of sledding is giving me a semi. Only about 6 more months till we see snow this year in Whistler at this rate. It's 30 degrees today. Zoot allure!!!

Bout to pull the trigger on a "new" 2009 summit everest 800/154. Going to be my first sled, will be used for sledskiing in AK. Any words?

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Bout to pull the trigger on a "new" 2009 summit everest 800/154. Going to be my first sled, will be used for sledskiing in AK. Any words?

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"More throttle"



That's going to be the answer to most of the questions that pop up in your head.

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"More throttle"



That's going to be the answer to most of the questions that pop up in your head.

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so true. got my first day out on the new sled and i need stop being a puss and grab some throttle when im trying to make a move.

GoNads - All that jumping is no way to show respect for your machine. Treat it like a lady, son.

FutureHermit - I just orgasmed in my pants a little bit.

I wish I knew how to put pictures on the computer. I would show up all of you little shits.

Dooood...

GoNads ain't no son...:fm:
Stick around a while, you'll figure out why.

Loon, throttle is your friend, it'll also be your worst enemy if you are ham fisted with it. Trenching an 800/154 is easy to do. Stuck sucks.
Just give yourself plenty of opportunity to just to go out and ride and figure the thing out. It's not as easy as some people make it look.

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Bout to pull the trigger on a "new" 2009 summit everest 800/154. Going to be my first sled, will be used for sledskiing in AK. Any words?

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If your new to all this, find a good crew to show you uprouts, teach you how to get unstuck solo and get an idea of the best riding techniques and learning how to keep the sled on "edge"

From your TRs last season it looks like you've got a solid hookup in that area that shall not be named, but he never leaves that valley so find some more folks to schralp with and try not to reinvent the wheel. I have a few buddies that are on REV's and new this season that I'll be showing around a bit. maybe PM me and I'll let you know when were headed out. also I would highly suggest getting a night and weekend job because being a weekend worrior around here can get a little insane with giant trucks/trailers, stupid parking and clueless rednecks. on the other hand weekdays alot of times are just you and your buddies with miles of terrain and freshies.

Sold my 04 RMK and picked up an 08 Dragon 700 155 with only 580 miles. All it needs is a little clutch work and I am set.

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IQ Chassis = Goodness
Nice sled.

more stoke for ya!


The stable (minus the freestyle sled)

mine, Abby's, spare
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Abby

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killin it on an M1000
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this guy

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BTW, nice shots JV, I need to get back down to your area again this year.

Blurred, PM free agent on SW for the power claw if you don't already have one..

Nice pics, C.

Found this on the interwebs with afternoon...

http://www.boiseweekly.com/boise/mar...nt?oid=1283089

If these guys have their way, we wont be using our sleds for ski access on forest service land either. :cussing:

I was also disappointed to see a long list of corporate sponsors that represent products that I currently purchase, have purchased and own. :mad:

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Found this on the interwebs with afternoon...

http://www.boiseweekly.com/boise/mar...nt?oid=1283089

If these guys have their way, we wont be using our sleds for ski access on forest service land either. :cussing:

I was also disappointed to see a long list of corporate sponsors that represent products that I currently purchase, have purchased and own. :mad:

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That link redirects to their home page. What's the article about?

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This pic makes me sweaty....did y'all send it or what?

Blurred...
Fixed it.

Mark Menlove
Advocating for the peace and quiet of winter
by Nathaniel Hoffman


Mark Menlove is the executive director of Winter Wildlands, a national group that advocates for "human-powered winter sports" on behalf of 34 grass roots winter recreation groups in 11 states. Menlove worked in the ski resort industry before moving into public lands activism. His 9-year-old organization has been involved in a high-profile dispute over snowmobiles in Yellowstone National Park for years, but is also working with many National Forests, including the Payette and Clearwater, on managing winter travel to provide "places of quiet and places to really rejuvenate and recreate, in the truest sense of that word, which is to re-create," as Menlove put it.

You worked at ski resorts before this gig?

My background is in the ski resort industry. I worked for the U.S. Ski Team for a while in the late '80s doing communications and media relations stuff. And then I worked for Park City Resort for a number of years, still tied in closely with the U.S. Ski Team and what they were doing with World Cup racing and things. And then I ran Ski Utah and the Utah Ski Association, which is the trade organization and marketing arm of the ski resort industry in Utah. You know, a lot of it was really great, but it also seemed like the farther up I got within the resort industry side of things, the less it seemed to have to do with skiing and the more with, you know, the bottom line, and I got kind of disillusioned with the whole growth for growth's sake mentality that was really rampant at that point in the mid-'90s. So I just dropped out and went back to graduate school, actually in creative writing, or as one of the Ski Utah board members put it at my last meeting, "Mark is leaving us to pursue a degree in poverty," which turned out to be prophetic.

Are you a really good skier?

I like to ski. I ski a lot. It's been a passion of mine since as long as I can remember. I grew up right at the base of the Wasatch in the Salt Lake Valley and skied a lot growing up. I still enjoy ski resorts, but my passion these days is backcountry skiing and that has added a whole different realm in terms of my enjoyment.

What is the status of your Yellowstone snowmobile case?

It is our highest profile issue, and it's also interminable. We're actually making real progress. The National Park Service announced [recently] a two-year rule that limits the number of snowmobiles to 318 a day. They all have to be the best available technology, which is a four-stroke machine, and they all have to be commercially guided. And that's less than half of what the daily limit was up to this point. We still think it should go farther. The situation on the ground in Yellowstone is night and day from what it was eight or 10 years ago.

Do you think they should be eliminated from the park?

I'm not sure I'd go that far. We're a lot closer to striking a balance now. The bottom line for us is the park needs to be protected. It's a magical place in winter. It's our first National Park and one of our icons as far as a sanctuary, and we need to treat it as such. And to their credit, I think, the snowmobile industry has come closer to being able to do that and certainly, this guiding requirement and the best available technology requirement are helping.

Would you say the majority of the issues you deal with are snowmobile-skier related?

Yes. We're making headway. One of our biggest issues right now is the Forest Service travel management plans, which prescribe where motorized vehicle use is or is not appropriate. There was a new rule that came out in 2005 that sort of directs all of this, and it limits off-road vehicle use to designated routes and trails or areas. It's been great in controlling wheeled ORV use, ATVs and dirt bikes and whatnot, and eliminating cross-country travel, but the rule excludes snowmobiles, or their term is "over-snow vehicles." And so it allows each forest, if they choose to manage winter use and snowmobiles they can, but they don't have to, and so that's one of our biggest issues right now is trying to convince the Forest Service at the national level to do away with that loophole for snowmobiles. And also to work at the forest level to convince each forest to choose to manage winter use. The Clearwater National Forest right now is putting together their travel plan. They have chosen to manage winter use and their draft plan is a really good, well-balanced plan, leaving a lot of area open for snowmobiles, but also protecting other large areas for non-motorized use.

What are the impacts of snowmobiles?

Treetop damage. There's soil compaction, especially when they ride them on low snow levels. And the issue for us that really comes to bear is quiet. We believe that the natural sights and sounds of winter, and especially quiet, that's a resource that the Forest Service should be managing. There needs to be places where we can go into the backcountry and find quiet, get away from all of the city noise. So that's an impact that clearly snowmobiles have. And then there's the air quality issue, which in a place like Yellowstone, where you have snowmobiles confined in one area, it can be a huge impact.

Do you have plans for the winter?

We do an annual hut trip with my family. The kids ski in and haul their own stuff in. We'll do that for sure in February or March. I'm hoping to get back over to Yellowstone again with our family. I'll do at least another hut trip in Idaho with probably grown ups. My kids are both in the ski program at Bogus, which by the way I think is just a fantastic resort. With my background in the ski industry and that disillusionment that I talked about, when I look at Bogus, it's everything a ski resort should be and none of the things that it shouldn't be.

Just an FYI:

Rock Maple Racing (http://www.rockmaple.com/pages/schedule.shtml) is starting off their season December 12 & 13 at Hickory Ski Center http://www.skihickory.net in Warrensburg, NY.