Does it work? Yep. It feels like riding a motorcycle on snow. Turning is a little different, but experienced motorcycle riders will figure it out in a few minutes.
God help us
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Is it like riding a snowmobile? Not really. Of course, both ride on snow, but a snow bike feels more like riding a motorcycle ...
Now there's a surprise
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What about gas mileage? About 10 to 15 percent less mileage than you would get when dirt riding ...
So that's a plus for the environment
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Two wheels on snow? Only one way to go:
(Courtesy Graham O'Hanlon of SnowBikers)
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
I'd like to be dropped by helicopter on Mt McKinley with one of those.
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
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I'd like to be dropped by helicopter on Mt McKinley with one of those.
I say we drop 'em all on Mt McKinley
After all it is free
After all it is free
I'm with Masque,
I've never even ridden a motorbike and i'd still love a go on one of those
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grotesque anti-social monster
Ski the Net with snowHeads
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fastandicy, Masque, Count me in - looks great!
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
David Goldsmith, I dedicate this link to you and I offer the first sprog of Spawn of Masque in grateful thanks for bringing this marvel of technology to my attention
As an alternative to the gross, fat, over-engined plastic crap that is the 'snowmobile' this is a better use of resources in reducing the need for two vehicles, lesser materials inherent in a multi use mode of transport and the noise issue is just one of personal choice as to exhaust design. If the same vehicle can be used year round with only minor equipment differences then it is far more eco friendly than needing separate vehicles.
Let's not forget that this is just a drive-train modification and is independent of the motive force. As we develop alternative sources of motive power to drive us around on two wheels, there is no reason at all that this may not be electrically driven and completely sustainable.
Eat my rooster
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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And one would want a completely empty mountainside to play on.
Don't need a mountain. Any old field will do!
So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much
So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much
Masque, Plus it looks Sooooo much more fun!
You know it makes sense.
You know it makes sense.
Yeeehaaaaa!
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
If I had a bike, and we had snow in Blighty, i'd be clicking on the "Buy Now" button soooo many times...
Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead
that looks ace fun
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
I've decided to discount all comments by petrolHeads and noiseHeads on this thread, and anything by Hell's Angels etc.
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
David Goldsmith, Sorry Dave, were these not quite the responses you were looking for?
Liking the info on their website claiming speeds (albeit from GPS) of 90+Mph. Having had a bit of a blatter about on a snowmobile before, these look much less cumbersome.
David Goldsmith, if everything with an engine in his world was bad, you'd be writing with a stylus on clay and shovelling ox dung in Samaria and I'd be living off fermented mare's milk and deflowering your daughters . . . progress happens . . and just sometimes it makes human existence a bit more fun than survival
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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David Goldsmith, if everything with an engine in his world was bad ... I'd be ... deflowering your daughters
What a horrific thought (it doesn't help that I saw an Arthur Miller play on that theme last night, with a very bloody ending). Whatever engines they need to avoid that fate are theirs.
David Goldsmith, selective editing isn't helping you here out of context quotes are only effective if no-one else can see the context. Let's face it, we do have to consider that life is so short that sometimes it's right to have fun
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
Looks like fun
After all it is free
After all it is free
Oh lordy-momma, that snow bike thingy looks excellent. Haha. Just think, if the engine was quiet to fit in with the mountains people would then complain that they can't hear it coming before it mercilessly mows them down and the riders would be forced to wear cow-bells as a warning - or a snowbike-buddy would have to walk infront of them carrying a red torch or something...
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Forget those little toys... these are the bikes you want on ice.
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Ski the Net with snowHeads
Scarpa, perfect for those hard, compacted pistes after a month without snow. Forgot mixing with the plebs in the gondolas and queueing for the chairlifts - jump one of those and head on up the hill. Liking those boys' style
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I'd like to be dropped by helicopter on Mt McKinley with one of those.
Why that particulat mountain ? They're not crevasse proof ! Anyway, you mean Denali, I presume.
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out of context quotes are only effective if no-one else can see the context. Let's face it, we do have to consider that life is so short that sometimes it's right to have fun 
