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Machines were totally junk, most of them anyways , I remember him buying a Bombardier ski- doo after the Boa-ski , a tnt 440 wich was at the time the top sled from Bombardier...he could never get futher than a 1/4 of a mile from the house before the engine would explode...after 3 explosion one right after the other , the local dealer gave him his money back ...lol...

Lol...hahahaha , im just rembering when my father hit that half buried tree stump and the machine broke in half...lol...everyone wore open face helmets, no broken bone but the impact was such that he broke his upper dentures in half in him mouth...lol,...took time in those days to get a denture made...so he glued it with crazy glue but wasn't glued straight....lol...he had to grind on one of the front theeth to make it straight...lol.

Till to this day, there's and average of 60 fatalities during the winter around here , mostly from riders coming from the south , Nova Scotia, below the snowbelt...they go completely insane , heavy drinking and riding and most don't ride has offen and they are not accustomed to trails , they don't know half of the time where they are going...

My father had two machines, a 440 ss boa-ski and a 440 snowjet sst...his favorite was the Boa-ski , the entire body and frame was made from fiber glass..it was light and fast for the time , he wone many drag racing weekends with it....he scraped the machine by hitting a tree stump , it literally broke in two piece...lol...he patched it up and sold it...lol. Im on the right...on the snowjet..we use to ride those things without helmets most of the time...lol. Think the pic was taken in 1973...

I remember the days of the snowmobile hay days...there was such a thing has a hay days back then ( golden years ) for snowmobiles , from the time I was 5 years-old and up....hundreds of snowmobile manufacturers..with name none have heard before...lol...it was like a literal boom for the place during the winter, races every weekend, oval and drag racing...with exaust so loud it would make you're ears bleed...lol....that's when clubs were formed and trail systems...

This is a stack of snowmobiles magazines from the late 60 all the way up to the early 80 wich was mostly collected by my dad....don't know why I still have those in my closet, maybe im thinking they might be worth something later down the road...lol

I change of over the track in the process of buying it , think it came with 2.5 inches of padles..wich isn't any good for trail riding..I opted for 1.5 inches full block track...in perfect snow condition, the acceleration wasn't even close to any motorcycles ive owned during the years....insane !! I wonder at times why Im still alive , after loosing two close friends in accidents wich I witnessed....I gave up the sport...

Me and the boys were talking about are old snowmobile years this pass weekend with the qwads , dam those things were fast , from corner to corner it would blast any super bike from 0 to 100mph..and if you fucked up , it was basically a death sentence, hitting trees at those speeds ...not a pretty sight...lol....the last sled I owned was a ski-doo summit 800...it was a 140hp machine...was checking this ..new sleds are over 200hp now since they started with the turbos.... crazy!!!!

I still remember this one time , must be at least 30 years ago when I use to snowmobile...we were dum and stupid , and would go out in extreme cold , the temp dropped dropped to - 31 c after nightfall , ive never experienced anything similar before , by the end of the ride we were about 30 km before reaching the shelter ...the colder we got , the faster we pushed the machine to reach the shelter, speed in excess of 60 mph , i remember not my skin feeling cold but my inners , lungs , heart, chilled down to the core , a few buddies had there tip of there nose turn completely white...white like paper....took hours for me to stop shivering after I got home...even by being buried under blankets... these are the exact same gloves I was wearing at the time...I still have them...lol.

Vodka.

Ever tried these?.... I've used these a handful of years....they work pretty good & are affordable.

How exactly do they withstand that temp on a common basis?

I was amazed at how fast the cold went through my gloves, hurt like hell warming my fingers up again. I've never experienced that degree of cold before, the humidity is generally quite low but it does get windy. Without the right clothing you could be in serious trouble very quickly.

These scooter guys are fucken metal...- 6 c at the moment..lol.

There is if you're doing it in a public library

Most days it hovers around -10 to -20 , think the record stand in the -30 , but humidity and wind really affects how you feel it....it's a humid place here even during the summer..

Im in Finland at the moment, -39C a few days ago, my hands in heated gloves were frozen in 3 mins. Don’t know how cold it gets where you are.

So there is such of a thing has a line ..?

It is -1c and it feels mild. I've been in Scotland too long.

You have been way over the line for decades.

Obviously, the sheep don't want to live there, in case you lot rape them.