Greenwood Lake NY ice racing

[ChrisD]

I'm up for that. We used to go back there with the trikes years ago. Are you going into the woods by the cove between Awosting and South Shore Marina?

[riverrat]

I need a sled

[JohnR.]

Yup. We go in there and can get wherever we want.

Anthony, you can get back there with your quad and ride the trails. We beat them in pretty good, I had no problems going on them with my quad.

John

[ChrisD]

One time we went back there before they put the new road through and I went down the big hill by Jungle Habitat on Bill's Big Red and couldn't get back up through the deep snow and had to ride the roads back. It was a long ride on that thing with a top speed of like 45 mph. Good thing there were no cops.

[riverrat]

Getting there will take some doing, and if we get more snow, I may not even make it out on the lake. I already had to plow a "superhighway" out to the track. I mean I can drive across the lake, but it is just beating on my machine.

[ChrisD]

Well, I was at the hospital all night with my daughter. She had a rash and swelling in her legs that made it painful to walk. She will be OK. I got home and finished putting a new bearing carrier in my 330. I had a tapered bearing carrier in there that would not take enough slack out of the chain. It was fine with the TRX swingarm, but not the Westcoast. For the past 2 years I have been sweating a slightly (2 inches of slack) loose chain....well not really, but I don't want it to bite me, so I just put a double row carrier in. All fixed! I also ditched the O ring chain for a non O ring for less drag. Nothing like working on your bike until 11:30PM. I am going to be dragging at work tomorrow.

[riverrat]

I hope your daughter gets better!

Should I skip work this morning and maybe take the last ride on the lake before the storm? I hope it all froze last night, it is like 12 degrees here. This storm looks like it is going to be a real mess. They are saying 3-6 now, with a possible 1/2" of ice accumulation to end it. The ice scares me.

[ChrisD]

Thanks Anthony, she should be fine. That sucks. I have been watching the weather and it doesnt look good for GWL or icefest. I would get some riding in if I were you. Keep me posted as we plan to be up there Saturday morning.

[Bryan Raffa]

callin for a foot here tuesday.. man I hope we dont get it...

[riverrat]

So I went to go out, but my flooding* trick didn't finish freezing. It looks awesome though. Maybe tomorrow before the storm starts. Putting on the pt pipe now, I wanted to try it. Hey Chris I bought a set of Billy's ss exhaust hangers.

[riverrat]

Well I went out on it anyway, just stayed away from those areas that weren't strong. I had to try that PT pipe. Seemed like it had more bottom, and more top than my pipe, I loved it. I could pull some awesome wheel stands. I was actually hitting 5th down the straights....AND I have all the correct pipe hangers on my exhaust now. Next is to do the front fork seals. My forks are bleeding all over the place. I think I learned something today about tire pressure too, as it relates to tuning for the turns.

[JohnR.]

Good to hear she is OK Chris. Hopefully we can get out there again. If there's a lot of snow at IceFest I might end up bringing both sleds, the trikes, and the plow quad.

Its a little rough riding all the way down there right now Anthony but if you follow the main "path" that the snowmobiles have made down the lake its not that bad. After this storm the trails might be done though. Glad that pipe worked for you, the "Hi-Rev" name is a bit of a misnomer IMHO. It works all around, I used to love mine even in the woods.

John

[ChrisD]

If theres a lot of snow at Icefest, then I'm bringing more beer. Are you bringing Mike's R out there? Are they going with you? I hope to hit the lake with my stocker to break it in but wont stud the front tire in case I end up breaking it in on east shore road instead.

[JohnR.]

The plan is to bring Mike, Colleen, and his R with us. I might be out there with you on my T3.

[ChrisD]

ESRRA! I still have the card. Do you remember that?