USXC – MANVEL 2020 POST RACE
Story and photos by Emily Wicklund The sun finally decided to shine for a USXC event this year. On Saturday, February 22, teams made their way to Manvel, North Dakota for the Turtle River Rough Rider 100; the fifth USXC event this season. This is our only one day event of the 2019-2020 season making the weekend fly by. Racing...
NEVER REST! THREE MOUNTAIN SLEDS THAT ARE NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART. THE 2020 HARDCORE ALPHA, FREERIDE, AND ALL NEW KHAOS GO WHERE OTHERS DARE NOT! By Mark...
The freedom of being the alpha dog means that you can create your own personal brand of Khaos! These three sleds allow their pilots to do whatever maneuvers they want, and conquer any terrain, whenever they put boots on the boards and gloves on the bars. The new 850 RMK Khaos 155 from Polaris, the newest version of Ski-Doo’s 850...
USXC – 500 RECAP
After four rounds of racing action in the USXC circuit, this marks the halfway point of the 2020 USXC season. This past weekend’s racers made their way to the Goodridge/Grygla area for the coveted I-500 race on February 8th& 9th. This event is a favorite for a lot of the racers that compete on the circuit. It is also...
2020 ARCTIC CAT – LESS IS MORE LINEUP GOES ON A DIET, ENTER THE RIOT!
Going lean is all the rage, and I guess the folks at Textron (Arctic Cat’s parent company) are jumping on board. We are not knocking it one bit. Many dealers and consumers alike have asked for less weight for years, but recently they’re also asking to curb the confusion and seemingly duplicate models. Cat has cleaned up their plate...
CLEAN SWEEP IN THE KAWARTHA CUP
The first weekend of February brought us the first week of the Canadian Snowcross Racing Association (CSRA) season. The CSRA came to Lindsay, Ontario bringing racers of all ages and abilities. The feature event is the Pro Open Division the winner claiming the Kawartha Cup. This year Dayco Canada sponsored all 3 on the podium. Ryan Hunt of Bailey’s...
2020 TIMBERSLED RIOT – MORE MANEUVERABLE, WAY MORE FUN!
All new for 2020 from Timbersled is the Riot snow bike kit. With this release, the engineers were aiming to make the bikes more playful and nimble, and this design seems to be spot on to their Highmark. Boasting a completely redesigned rear skid, they have eliminated one of the rear suspension arms, making the chassis more compact, and thus...
USXC – TRF POST RACE
Story and photos by Emily Wicklund The 3rdround of the 2019-2020 USXC season brought racers to Thief River Falls Minnesota; the hometown of Arctic Cat. Mother nature was mostly on our side this weekend with above zero temps and no blizzard conditions. However, the flat light made it hard for riders to see approaches on the course. Slush on the...
YAMAHA 2020 – NEW SLEDS. NEW REFINEMENTS
Model year 2020 has arrived for Yamaha, and the OSM/STV crew was on-hand to ride the new expanded line-up this spring, at Snow Shoot in West Yellowstone Montana! Starting with the most interesting news, Yamaha has added a whole new category to their lineup with a Grand Touring, or GT series to the mix. The GT class sleds are focused...
2020 POLARIS DOIN IT, AND DOIN IT RIGHT! EVOLUTION, INDY EXPANSION, IT’S ALL PLANNED KHAOS!
Polaris is creating its own kind of anarchy in the snowmobile biz… and it’s welcomed! Polaris has continued its upward trend for another year with hot sleds in all categories, and they are offering new options each year… not just BNG (Bold New Graphics). But like all the other OEMs, there has been consolidation of total offerings in their...
2020 SKI-DOO THE AVERAGE IS NOT AVERAGE, BRP IS PADDING THE LINE-UP WITH EVEN MORE 850’s!
You don’t get to the top of the class by being average. Ski-Doo is still the #1 sled-maker in the world, and for 2020, Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP) has injected their state-of-the-art 850cc DI 2-stroke E-Tec motor into even more market segments. The Gen 4 chassis is hitting its peak this year as well. Plus, the Summit mountain line...
