anyone ever feel like this?
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Lol!!!
Yup! Still happens to me!
Last spring I figured out the spring snow sticks in the ski for a few seconds and down you go when you expect to turn. Always in front of a bunch of two skis who just asked you how you like the hawk!
Thanks for the laugh Roo!
Yup! Still happens to me!
Last spring I figured out the spring snow sticks in the ski for a few seconds and down you go when you expect to turn. Always in front of a bunch of two skis who just asked you how you like the hawk!
Thanks for the laugh Roo!
east coast troubles....
im sure all you guys in the west with your unbeleivable amounts of snow dont have that issue too much!lol
on the east with the low snow conditions and many many paved road crossings we have another issue....rocks getting caught between the carbide and snow tracker! that will put you down faster that a dirtbike with a front flat riding on ice!!!! i now carry a small screwdriver (aka rock picker)in my pocket every ride!
thanks for helmet cams!!!!!
im sure all you guys in the west with your unbeleivable amounts of snow dont have that issue too much!lol
on the east with the low snow conditions and many many paved road crossings we have another issue....rocks getting caught between the carbide and snow tracker! that will put you down faster that a dirtbike with a front flat riding on ice!!!! i now carry a small screwdriver (aka rock picker)in my pocket every ride!
thanks for helmet cams!!!!!
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snowhawkaddict
Banned
Simmons ski.
He should have invested in the newest snowtracker/carbide from AD Boivin since 2006 and this episode could have been avoided. It's tough to shell out so much money when you might see a different value from the aftermarket, but the only thing the Simmons 10" is good for is deep powder.
Those of you who understand French should comment on his vid, find out if he understands English so he can join us here. Would be a shame if his was the next machine some noob on here buys because he gave up. I see a trail adapter, all he needs is a stock current Hawk/Explorer ski.
Notice his other vids are not of the Quad variety, but two wheels!
He should have invested in the newest snowtracker/carbide from AD Boivin since 2006 and this episode could have been avoided. It's tough to shell out so much money when you might see a different value from the aftermarket, but the only thing the Simmons 10" is good for is deep powder.
Those of you who understand French should comment on his vid, find out if he understands English so he can join us here. Would be a shame if his was the next machine some noob on here buys because he gave up. I see a trail adapter, all he needs is a stock current Hawk/Explorer ski.
Notice his other vids are not of the Quad variety, but two wheels!
T
TLKDPROD
Well-known member
Ok Guys, very interesting video !
First, if you ever have to push a Hawk back up when it's down you should do it that way especially on ****ty crutsy spring eastern settled snow like on the video (that's near my hometown so I know how it feels!) : your back & butt facing the hawk, bend your knees, grab the handlebar with one hand and the fender of the back section with the other, back straight. use your LEGS to push it up. I've screwed up my back once on my first season and came up with this technique. Think i'll make a 'lil vid when the season starts because I see too many people do it the wrong way, makes the sport looks terrible !
Second, That 10" simmons ski without the Snow-Trackers is NOT the way to go on that type of snow. Damn I know how it is and I'm so glad I don't have to ride it anymore... With the proper stock ski on that type of snow you can lean all the way 'til the ski lifts off of the ground and the corner of the bellypan hooks up (see 3:04 on my first video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDs_D-dyfcY). Nobody in Qc needs a Simmons Ski ! Might use it one day every 2 winter when there's an 18" dump !!!
Third, this rider looks to me like quite a new rider who needed a flat field with a little more & softer snow, not an obstacle course with trees and snowmobilre tracks like he's on.
Third and a half : everybody will agree: you CAN'T go that slow with a Hawk anyway ! Unless you learnt to steer it with your feet and have, prior to anything, have to have a very good sense of balance and quite a bit of Hawk seat time...
On the comments and what they're saying on the vid, they're blaming it on the ski which totally make sense.
First, if you ever have to push a Hawk back up when it's down you should do it that way especially on ****ty crutsy spring eastern settled snow like on the video (that's near my hometown so I know how it feels!) : your back & butt facing the hawk, bend your knees, grab the handlebar with one hand and the fender of the back section with the other, back straight. use your LEGS to push it up. I've screwed up my back once on my first season and came up with this technique. Think i'll make a 'lil vid when the season starts because I see too many people do it the wrong way, makes the sport looks terrible !
Second, That 10" simmons ski without the Snow-Trackers is NOT the way to go on that type of snow. Damn I know how it is and I'm so glad I don't have to ride it anymore... With the proper stock ski on that type of snow you can lean all the way 'til the ski lifts off of the ground and the corner of the bellypan hooks up (see 3:04 on my first video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDs_D-dyfcY). Nobody in Qc needs a Simmons Ski ! Might use it one day every 2 winter when there's an 18" dump !!!
Third, this rider looks to me like quite a new rider who needed a flat field with a little more & softer snow, not an obstacle course with trees and snowmobilre tracks like he's on.
Third and a half : everybody will agree: you CAN'T go that slow with a Hawk anyway ! Unless you learnt to steer it with your feet and have, prior to anything, have to have a very good sense of balance and quite a bit of Hawk seat time...
On the comments and what they're saying on the vid, they're blaming it on the ski which totally make sense.
how awesome would it be to have more than 1 snowhawk video producer out there? kind of like 2scs series,slednecks,bondockers etc etc....when is the tlkd production video gonna be released????
Adjustable stance ski adapter
Does anyone out there have one of these for sale? Might put it on one of my Hawks....along with a 'Snow Tracker' kit.
Cheers
Does anyone out there have one of these for sale? Might put it on one of my Hawks....along with a 'Snow Tracker' kit.
Cheers
Hi guys ... I'm the guys on the video ...
Well .. first, it was the day after a big night ....
And it was march 28 ... Here in Quebec, its very late for Snowhawk, Absolutely no deep Snow ...
And if you think we dont need Simmons Skis Here well .. Come ride with us in the end of January ..
This day, the Hawk was impossible to drive with the Simmons and no carbide. Add 6'' of fresh show and its now the same Story .
Also, you cant see it on the video but its really hard to go up this hill. ( well you can imagine if you see the hawk going donw the hill on the side loll, and that is why I put it on youtube, not to show how I drive loll ... )
But keep in mind , this spring day was horrible and 1 kilometer before there is a Little Stream, and if you are not new to Hawk, you should know what happened when the front bushing on the axis are frezzed .... Its undriveable ..... !
Thath its !!
Bottom line, I cant wait the snow ..! Its time now.. !
Well .. first, it was the day after a big night ....
And it was march 28 ... Here in Quebec, its very late for Snowhawk, Absolutely no deep Snow ...
And if you think we dont need Simmons Skis Here well .. Come ride with us in the end of January ..
This day, the Hawk was impossible to drive with the Simmons and no carbide. Add 6'' of fresh show and its now the same Story .
Also, you cant see it on the video but its really hard to go up this hill. ( well you can imagine if you see the hawk going donw the hill on the side loll, and that is why I put it on youtube, not to show how I drive loll ...
)But keep in mind , this spring day was horrible and 1 kilometer before there is a Little Stream, and if you are not new to Hawk, you should know what happened when the front bushing on the axis are frezzed .... Its undriveable ..... !
Thath its !!
Bottom line, I cant wait the snow ..! Its time now.. !
we all know how you feel man! ****ty snow makes for a crappy dayof riding when your machine isent set up for it!
yep ,and , change my Ski before the ride ( because I Still have the Twin axis adBoivin ) I'm not this kind of guys I better like Riding, even if its a pain in the @ss anyway, this day was good for my health lollll
I better like Riding, even if its a pain in the @ss anyway, this day was good for my health lollllTooked it the same day ... Not a day for a begginner ( I repeat , I'm not loll) And a 2 skis here will not be really happy too ..
WTF?
Nuff said !
Nuff said !
T
TLKDPROD
Well-known member
Hi JIMO, welcome to the forum, that other guy with the yellow Hawk seemed to do ok with his stock ski, right ? It's hard to ride that type of snow too if the ski doesn't bite.
I'd like to try that 10" Simmons ski on my machine to see how it's really doing. I was Hawking in hood to handlebar deep snow all day quite a few times last year and it never even came to my mind that I needed more floatation from the ski. Longer and WIDER track, yes, but wider ski... I don't know. As soon as I hit the gas the ski would stick out of the snow and away I'd go, maybe I had too much ski lift on my setup. One sure thing is it never held me back from following 154" mtn sleds in the very deep stuff all day. And I know it's been done by other guys (and these guys unfortunately never posted any feedbacks on it) but I'm going to try a ski widening kit I've designed on the stock ski, which should have the flotation of a Simmons and the traction of a Stocker, the best of both worlds.
I know you got a good winter in Quebec in '08, about 20 feet in total snowfall for the season in the Stoneham, Mont Ste-Anne and Massif du Sud area right ? Well, that's about one-third to half of what we get annualy in the mountains around Revelstoke, BC! You should come and see but you might not want to ride in Qc ever like it happened to me ! We're spoiled here out west...
I'd like to try that 10" Simmons ski on my machine to see how it's really doing. I was Hawking in hood to handlebar deep snow all day quite a few times last year and it never even came to my mind that I needed more floatation from the ski. Longer and WIDER track, yes, but wider ski... I don't know. As soon as I hit the gas the ski would stick out of the snow and away I'd go, maybe I had too much ski lift on my setup. One sure thing is it never held me back from following 154" mtn sleds in the very deep stuff all day. And I know it's been done by other guys (and these guys unfortunately never posted any feedbacks on it) but I'm going to try a ski widening kit I've designed on the stock ski, which should have the flotation of a Simmons and the traction of a Stocker, the best of both worlds.
I know you got a good winter in Quebec in '08, about 20 feet in total snowfall for the season in the Stoneham, Mont Ste-Anne and Massif du Sud area right ? Well, that's about one-third to half of what we get annualy in the mountains around Revelstoke, BC! You should come and see but you might not want to ride in Qc ever like it happened to me ! We're spoiled here out west...
hey Jimo. i want to see some more videos! post them up. im dying for some more hawk youtube videos.
Ok I,ll try to find something else, I only use my GoPro 1 time last Winter ... Its gona be different this season, The GoPro HD batch are coming in TOMMOROW !! yahooo !!
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