My first ride on the speeeeed!
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2003 3:11 am
I now know where the bike got it's name!
Here's the line up...
A piped, jetted and K&N filtered 400EX
A red late model 500 snowmobile
600 Artic Cat
350 Warrior stock..
We rode snowmobile trails in upstate New York. The 400EX, I abused him! I would be hundred's of yards behind him in the big hard packed open fields and catch up and go right by!
The warrior... He should have stayed home!
The 500 sled... Would you believe I could outrun the darn sled from 30 to 70! He was beside me coming off a wide trail into a large rolling field and we both stabbed it at the same time and ran side by side down the field I actually outran the darn thing by about 10 feet until I hit top speed... His legs were just a tad longer than mine and the his higher top speed helped him to edge out. But the killer was that by the time he could use the higher top speed... We were out of room. It was great!
I ran even with the 600 artic cat. I was amazed! I couldn't get over how fast the Speed was through 3rd 4th and 5th it was simply unbelievable...
On the trails it had great manners and was more than nible enough to tame the loopdie loops and straighten all the curves.
I'm just in awe. The few times I got after it I would sit way back on the seat and put my head down and I thought the thing was going to leave the ground...
Uhm, if you don't own one... You wouldn't understand.
Now I know why I bought this thing. I need life insurance... BAD!
Here's the line up...
A piped, jetted and K&N filtered 400EX
A red late model 500 snowmobile
600 Artic Cat
350 Warrior stock..
We rode snowmobile trails in upstate New York. The 400EX, I abused him! I would be hundred's of yards behind him in the big hard packed open fields and catch up and go right by!
The warrior... He should have stayed home!
The 500 sled... Would you believe I could outrun the darn sled from 30 to 70! He was beside me coming off a wide trail into a large rolling field and we both stabbed it at the same time and ran side by side down the field I actually outran the darn thing by about 10 feet until I hit top speed... His legs were just a tad longer than mine and the his higher top speed helped him to edge out. But the killer was that by the time he could use the higher top speed... We were out of room. It was great!
I ran even with the 600 artic cat. I was amazed! I couldn't get over how fast the Speed was through 3rd 4th and 5th it was simply unbelievable...
On the trails it had great manners and was more than nible enough to tame the loopdie loops and straighten all the curves.
I'm just in awe. The few times I got after it I would sit way back on the seat and put my head down and I thought the thing was going to leave the ground...
Uhm, if you don't own one... You wouldn't understand.
Now I know why I bought this thing. I need life insurance... BAD!