That sounds insane. Rode my Knucklehead 100-120 mph plenty of times, but that’s on smooth pavement and never for very long either because those “would if thoughts” would start eat’n away at me.
Never been on a snowmobile, but I’m sure if I’d have grown up around where they were prevalent I’d of been all in. All but for the cold it looks like a blast. Goin’ 100 mph can get you a long ways from any sort of help pretty quick should a problem arise! Not to mention in harsh winter conditions. I’m a pussy when it comes to cold now, wasn’t when I was young in CO & WY. Farmers and ranchers and some hunters used snow mobiles in the winter, but I don’t recall it being a big thing in a sporting sense there in the seventies. By the 80’s I was in the deserts. Dirt bikes, mtn bikes and quads were the thing. Now it’s side by sides.
All your ridin’ buds must think you’re a crazy sumbitch! And that ain’t a bad thing!
My buddies aren't usually far behind me, we are all seasoned fast riders. We usually wait up at the intersections to make sure no one misses the turnoffs. Most trail riding speeds on decent trails are probably ~40-80, the longer relative straightaways are best for the 100+ stuff. One of my favorites near my camp is "Piston Alley", a ~20mile stretch of logging road that has long straightaways and gradual turns. Many a sled has blown up on "Piston Alley"! The trails in northern Maine are mostly unused logging roads and Maine has an plus local trails not shown on this map. Lots of logging roads and connecting woods trails.
Back when gas was cheap ... and riding into Canada was no big deal we used to ride from my camp with saddlebags, gear, and ride all the way through Northern Maine into Canada up into and around the Gaspé Peninsula. Some trips we also took the ferry across the St. Lawrence seaway and rode further north. These trips entailed about 7 days of riding 1500-2000 miles round trip, stayed at hotels, motels or cabins nightly. My girlfriend at the time called them "Power Trips", lol!
Lol, look’d up Piston Alley, it do look fun! Man that’s such a different environment than here. It’d take a hundred lifetimes to experience and taste all of what this country has to offer.
I would think anywhere else would look dull compared to the beauty of AZ! Yeah, we have trees, water, mountains, etc ... with mosquitos, black flies, deer flies, moose flies, minges etc most of the summer. And we have hot humid days in the summer.
We have 4 real seasons here, always something different to do about every 13 weeks. Many of these snowmobile trails double as ATV trails in the spring/summer/fall.
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