What did you do to your non-G body project today? [2022]

[81cutlass]

1. Blasted the coating of salt and brine off the Rainier and vacuumed a good amount of dust and gravel out of the carpet. Also found the random clunk in the suspension when I hit a bump was just a loose swaybar endlink.
2. Buddy and I took an 80 mile snowmobile trip around western WI Saturday. Trails were in good shape and the only complaint was the wind and cold. Was supposed to be in the 20's but hovered in the 5-10F range and when your going 45mph across a bean field it's a bit blustery!

After not being on a sled for 10 years had a good time though. Man I was sore this morning though! 80 miles is a long trip especially on 25+ year old sleds.

3. Hung the last of the rock board in the bathroom. Next up, seal the board and mud the ceiling drywall.

 

[Supercharged111]

1. Blasted the coating of salt and brine off the Rainier and vacuumed a good amount of dust and gravel out of the carpet. Also found the random clunk in the suspension when I hit a bump was just a loose swaybar endlink.
2. Buddy and I took an 80 mile snowmobile trip around western WI Saturday. Trails were in good shape and the only complaint was the wind and cold. Was supposed to be in the 20's but hovered in the 5-10F range and when your going 45mph across a bean field it's a bit blustery!

After not being on a sled for 10 years had a good time though. Man I was sore this morning though! 80 miles is a long trip especially on 25+ year old sleds.

3. Hung the last of the rock board in the bathroom. Next up, seal the board and mud the ceiling drywall.

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45 on a sled? Even a wee 340 can top that, what was the holdup? I remember the last time I rode, years ago, and it had been years since then as well too. I went 100% for like 10 or 15 minutes and then was forced to back it down to 70 so I could survive the rest of the ride. I don't remember needing to hold back like that when I was younger. My sled is a 98 Yamaha VMax 700, so I get the old sled thing. Especially having ridden a Yamaha Nytro back in 2009. Yamaha brought out all their stuff and let folks sign waivers and ride for free. That Nytro was night and day different than my old dinosaur, I couldn't believe the difference and I'd ridden a Rev at that point. Me and the guide got way ahead of the rest, so he told me to go play in the woods while he waited for the rest of the slow asses. Talk about a cheat code to sledding.

 

[81cutlass]

45 on a sled? Even a wee 340 can top that, what was the holdup? I remember the last time I rode, years ago, and it had been years since then as well too. I went 100% for like 10 or 15 minutes and then was forced to back it down to 70 so I could survive the rest of the ride. I don't remember needing to hold back like that when I was younger. My sled is a 98 Yamaha VMax 700, so I get the old sled thing. Especially having ridden a Yamaha Nytro back in 2009. Yamaha brought out all their stuff and let folks sign waivers and ride for free. That Nytro was night and day different than my old dinosaur, I couldn't believe the difference and I'd ridden a Rev at that point. Me and the guide got way ahead of the rest, so he told me to go play in the woods while he waited for the rest of the slow asses. Talk about a cheat code to sledding.

I mean I ran it up to 80mph once and 55 from time to time but the wind was gusting 25-40mph for most of the day and 80mph gusts to your face isn't that fun. The plastic visors on these sleds bent over past 45mph and you got air blasted to the face.

My buddy that I went with actually works at Polaris doing spark and fuel tuning. He says the new sleds will go 130mph stock. Good God I can't imagine 130mph in snow.

 

[Built6spdMCSS]

Took my Z06 out with some buddies for lunch. 😎

 

[Supercharged111]

I mean I ran it up to 80mph once and 55 from time to time but the wind was gusting 25-40mph for most of the day and 80mph gusts to your face isn't that fun. The plastic visors on these sleds bent over past 45mph and you got air blasted to the face.

My buddy that I went with actually works at Polaris doing spark and fuel tuning. He says the new sleds will go 130mph stock. Good God I can't imagine 130mph in snow.

I've never seen a wind screen call it quits at 45, but to be clear we're referring to the speedo AKA lie-o-meter. I assume sleds year for year lie similarly, fastest I've been is about 118 indicated. My windscreen never laid down there. It's funky, the sled gets somewhere north of 105 indicated and the clutch just dumps the RPMs down around 8100 and the thing is done. Prior to that it hangs in the 8500-8700 range. Coming from a triple, it's music to the ears.

 

[Wageslave]

Took advantage of a 60 degree day to take the Goldwing out for a shakedown run. Other than a panic-inducing moment when my coat sleeve caught the choke lever and made it idle at 3500 RPM at a stop light, it rode out perfectly.

 

[joesregalproject]

Got it washed just in time for it to rain tomorrow.

 

[CopperNick]

+100 on that Nova in the first pic. Like the way it sort of hunkers down and sits low on its suspension. The angle kind of shrouds what is being run for meats but thinking here that the rears have some serious rubber attached to them. Couldn't get away with having that around here; the cops would put a tow hitch on it so they could follow you very closely. The few from that era that did get built kind of disappeared. Salt likely had a lot to do with it as the local roads dep't is always overly generous with the salt and calcium and our roads get neglected most of the time due, I suspect, to an off the books agreement with the cops to keep them rough and pot-holed as a way to slow down traffic. Mow-rons.


Actually did E-V-A the house briefly this PM for the express purpose of unburying my S-10. Normally I would have let nature do it but I have a Cardio-Clinic Appointment tomorrow and will need it for that. If this keeps up I will have to put a lift kit on my snowblower to get it high enough to loft snow over the existing banks!

Miserable way to kill an AM but I do need them to retard the timing on this pacemaker a little. Probably will have to argue the point with whoever but that is just bureaucrap in action.



Nick

 

[Wraith]

Public Service Announcement: Do not mount your Holley ECU up to the top of the dash of your 69' Camaro in case you blow the 40 amp main fuse that is mounted close to the ECU, you have to pull the glove box and dash pad to find and replace.

Follow me for more tech tips as I find out why the alternator decided to stop charging all of a sudden. Along with the Lingenfelter crank sensor converter meeting death and needing a replacement.

😡

 

[Clutch]

Public Service Announcement: Do not mount your Holley ECU up to the top of the dash of your 69' Camaro in case you blow the 40 amp main fuse that is mounted close to the ECU, you have to pull the glove box and dash pad to find and replace.

Follow me for more tech tips as I find out why the alternator decided to stop charging all of a sudden. Along with the Lingenfelter crank sensor converter meeting death and needing a replacement.

😡

Sounds like a bad time