Just in Time for Spring – AMSOIL Reformulates Synthetic Greases
The lube crew based near the big lake better known as Lake Superior in the port city of Superior, Wisconsin has sent us a few samples of their latest synthetic lubricant in the form of synthetic multi-purpose grease and synthetic water-resistant grease. Perfect stuff for lubing your skid-frame and front suspension prior to summer storage. Check out their official...
Hibbert Injury Update…Road to Recovery
UPDATED 4.2.12 - Just got the latest update from the Tucker Hibbert camp on the "Train's" injury. After the injury Hibbert sustained in Wisonsin (see below) all appeared to be going well for the multi-time snocross champ, but a set-back last week sent Tucker back to the hospital. Hibbert started experiencing complications from the injury and was hospitalized again...
INDY AGAIN – CAN LIGHTNING STRIKE TWICE?
Those who have even a hint of knowledge regarding the history of the snowmobile industry will undoubtedly know Indy is a nameplate synonymous with Polaris. Perhaps more importantly, the Polaris Indy is directly responsible for the success and dominance of the Roseau maker during the late 80’s and the 1990’s. First appearing in production in 1981, the TXL Indy...
Yamaha 4-Stroke Crests Jackson Hole
While they didn't win, Yamaha was plenty pleased with the results of their first ever factory attempt at putting a four-stroke powered snowmobile over the top at the legendary Jackson Hole World Championship Hillclimb. Yamaha pilot Kody Malmborg Jr. was the man behind the bars who not only put the Nytro MTX over the top of the insane grade,...
Clarkson University Wins Clean Snowmobile Challenge
Ski-Doo was happy with the young adults at Clarkson University who won their second consecutive Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Clean Snowmobile Challenge. The 2012 winning team utilized a Ski-Doo MXZ 600 ACE model as the foundation of their winning sled. Here's the official release from Ski-Doo. Valcourt, Québec, March 30, 2012 – A BRP Ski-Doo snowmobile was selected and...
TEAM ARCTIC IS KING OF KINGS
The kids at Arctic Cat were stoked after capturing the King of Kings crown at the 2012 Jackson Hole Hill Climb... here's their post race release: It was a beating of epic proportions at the World Championships of Hillclimbs in Jackson Hole, Wyo., as Team Arctic racers out-climbed the competition to score 10 victories by six different riders, including two...
NO SNOW? TRY DIRT AT CSRA YEAR-END PARTY
With the warm weather and a shortage of snow the CSRA has had to unfortunately cancel the last two events of the race season, but few are ready to say goodbye to the racing community quite yet! Motopark is owned by 5 time CSRA PRO Champion Iain Hayden, and the CSRA crew would like to get everyone together the weekend...
Conceptualization Take 1 – The Husky SXC
From the early sketches and fabrications of Eliason, Sikorsky, Bombardier and Hetteen, dreaming of the next snowmobile is quite possibly an inherent trait of snowmobilers the world over. While as engineers and riders, we often box in our ideas into a small corner of what we know or can rationalize. For the true dreamers however, the future holds no...
Time Machines – ’73 Ski-doo Blizzard 340
One snowmobile journalist called it the most exciting race in snowmobile history. It was the Eagle River World Championship in 1971 and young Yamaha racer Mike Trapp was set to race the 15-lap final on a 433 Yamaha. The odds-on favorite to win was Ski-Doo racer Yvon DuHamel - he had won the race the year before and was...
2013 Yamaha Nytro – Tuning It Up
After much hope and hype, the original 2008 FX Nytro with its true “rider-upright” ergonomics for the Hamatsu crowd became the last one picked in gym class in just a few short seasons. Picked on by the jocks and considered a fashion faux pas with the drama queens, the blue tuner continually wrestled with its four-stroke weight penalty. But...
