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Wow, one season huh? Who knew the amateur ditch banger class tore up so much equipment. Must be from how you magically levitate and skip over the tops of even the biggest whoops, right chief? How many miles you putting on your “race” sled in a season? 1,000? 2,000? The Iron Dog is over 2,000 miles long and I hear that many racers who enter are never seen again. Something about their bearings not lasting long enough, breaking down on the side of the course and getting eaten by wolves and polar bears.

How am I a faggot, exactly?

You’re mistaking me for someone who gives a shit.

And yet Polaris went with a 136” skid on their Cross Country 600 and won everything. Still waiting to read your enlightened reply why Herf was hitting the bottom of the whoops in this video. Come on buddy! It’s common knowledge that the general riding public holds the opinion of an unknown, amateur class racer like yourself in the highest regard.

The stock Pro-S can’t handle deep whoops. That’s a fact. Total garbage rear suspension system that Polaris could never get to work and gave up on. But, you ride an overpriced, 1950’s technology Harley so it’s obvious you don’t give two shits about performance. Who’s your favorite character in this movie?

Do you have dementia? You were the one who laughed at the concept of bridging bumps with a longer track. You want sled OEM’s to stay with shorter rails because the industry is wrong about ride quality. So, define your bump height as opposed to whoop height. Feel free to draw more diagrams or post more dirt bike videos to try and prove your point.

It’s kind of you to be fighting his battles. Since you shot term memory seems to be slipping along with your eyesight I quoted your original idiotic post below. I just linked to the types of whoops I’m talking about Your hero Herf isn’t even able to stay on top of the whoops like the (nothing to do with conversation) dirt bike video you posted. So… I’m left really confused. You and your crush MStang posted diagrams, he races at an amateur level and can’t stay on top of the whoops as proven by the exact video you posted. So, still waiting for you two rocket surgeons to prove me wrong. Show me where the entire sled doesn’t fall down into the bottom of a big whoop? Waiting…..

Still waiting for you to prove your point. You video shows the exact opposite of what you are claiming. Maybe you need a new set of reading glasses or a bigger screen. 🤔

So I texted my buddy Herf, you know the guy who actually races? Anyways he sent me what’s called a “link” showing him ride whoops. I immediately noticed he was falling to the bottom of many whoops and riding up the face to jump into the next whoop. I let him know that Tony the amateur racer could give him some pointers of how to ride.

So where’s the part where he’s skimming the tops of the whoops? All I see is the entire sled dropping to the bottom of each whoop. Post up the minute/seconds of the segment of the video that shows Tony the Unicorn amateur racer skimming the tops of the whoops.

Oh, so he’s the first racer in the history of ever that doesn’t promote himself. Seems like it’d be difficult to obtain sponsors that way but you guys are teaching class here. Should I do a Google search for “random snowmobile forum user who says he races”?

Have you heard of this new thing called a “link”?

I want to see this “footage”. Is it grainy old VHS footage from the 80’s? Or Super 8 film from some oval race in buttfuck nowhere in the 70’s?

You ride groomed trails in Vermont, wow. Groomed trails are tough. Do your arms get super tired or does your ass get cramped from sitting ALL the time? Used sleds are really great for people who can’t afford to buy new ones.

I never said you should be at the bottom of a whoop, however, in huge deep whoops that’s what happens on a rough XC race course with deep snow. I take it you’ve never ridden in those conditions either? It must be super fun riding around in a corn field or a ditch with a whopping 4” of dry snow in the pancake flat terrain in the Midwest. Surely you have a photo of this menacing terrain or can find one on the interweb? Help me to understand your mythically good riding skills at navigating such challenging trails.

Why are you posting dirt bike videos? The guy swapping out in that section of chop has nothing to do with big whoops either.

Uh huh. Post up a link to your badass whoop riding techniques. I’m sure many USXC and Iron Dog racers are looking for some pointers in the huge, sled swallowing whoops that form in a rough XC race with deep snow. Seriously, I want to see your super human ability to ride those kind of whoops at speed. 🙄

How many terrain domination hats did the dealer have to give you to pull the trigger on that rowdy Pro-S? Did you choose the Pro-S because you needed the softer suspension or was it because you didn’t have the money to get the Pro-X or the XCR?

So it sounds like you get all sensitive and emotional that your Pro-S didn’t live up to the hype?

A 136 rides noticeably different than a 121 through the whoops. The difference between a 128 and a 136 isn’t as noticeable. I think the concept of “bridging bumps” is flawed but makes for a good mental image. The biggest difference I’ve noticed with a 128 and especially the 136 when compared to a 121 is the length of time the track stays in contact with the ground propelling you forward through big whoops. The longer track can dig into both the bottom of the whoop and up its face to help get you over the next one.

They might bridge bumps a little better for a year or two until the majority of sleds are the 136-137 length and then the bump spacing will become wider. At some point the 121 will ride better as it can be jumped from bump to bump. Probably when 144-146” becomes the new thing because “it offers even better off trail capability and the ride and handling on the trail isn’t compromised by the slightly longer skid’s bump bridging ability”.

Whoa there little buddy! Calm down… it’s okay, it’s okay. I used some big words in my posts and discussed some difficult to comprehend concepts. You don’t need to lash out, I can go slower and maybe draw some pictures. I can tell your PTSD from feeling like the dipshit in high school is roaring back. Skipping class, smoking out and failing tests probably wasn’t the best path to take now was it? Well cheer up pal! You bought a terrain dominating, game changing sled that’ll turn your life around and make you the envy of your underemployed friends. Maybe you can finally live the dream and hook up with that single mom in the double wide with the 4 kids you’ve been crushing on.

Well that’s easy…. Ummm, you see it costs $32k because it has not one but TWO chains and not 4 or 6 but 8 wheels. EIGHT fricking wheels! That’s like double of a quad or side by side. And…🤔 it’s got like a front and back bench seats, roll cage, CVT, modern styling and 4 headlights, giant lawnmower engine and….and… it’s amphibious. It floats like a boat. That’s $10,000 worth of waterproofing wizardry right there. My production snowbike request is a way simpler machine that doesn’t need to float, has one chain and a small seat. A mild tube steel frame like used in an ATV isn’t rocket science, exotic, expensive or particularly difficult to manufacture. Some of the guys on here are overthinking the build of a snowbike and envisioning it using expensive materials and parts.

Oh, poor baby, still upset you pissed away your money on a FTS bottoming Pro-S. You should’ve sold it last winter when people were desperate to buy sleds. Now your stuck with the obsolete piece of shit.

WTF are you talking about? I ripped on it because it was all hype and didn’t work as advertised. If it was so fricking good why isn’t it available anymore?