Some pics from Cooke 12/1/07

[Sheepdog]

Cooke was a blast as always. Good snow, 1-2 feet of fresh stuff in the trees and probally 10 inches of fresh every where else. Had a very diverse group with us this weekend, ( 2 revs, 1 XP, 1 900 MC, 1 M6, 1 M1000, 1 M8, 1 800Poo, and my dragon) Very big group so riding in the trees was interesting to say the least.

The XP ran very well, we geared it down to 19 on the top. And we didn't have belt problem like last weekend (67 miles blew the first belt). Overall the XP was a great performer. Held 8200-8300 all of the weekend, so no problems there.

This was the first ride on my Dragon with SLP's performance package, and it ran like sh!t. 7400 was about all she could pull in the snow. And on the trails around Cooke I could only hit 8000, from what SLP tells me this motor should run around 8250 so the dragon felt like a 550 fan this weekend. I did put a Mountain fit hood on the night before we left, and couldnt figure out a way to get his air box shelf to work with his hood. SOOO that could be the problem. Do you guys think that just leaving the top of the air box open would cause almost 850 RPM lost from last weekend??? It was very cold out and the hood is vented very well. I also put some side panel vents on so that would decrease under hood temps as well. Plugs looked fantastic so its not pig rich on top or anything. Any suggestions???

 

[Sheepdog]

some more pics

 

[JSun]

Sweet pics!! I felt like we had a lot of snow here in minnesota until I saw those!

How'd the XP do against the M1000??

 

[turboDS1300]

Man, looks like a blast! How deep is the base at elevation?

 

[Sheepdog]

How'd the XP do against the M1000??

They never really went rounds with each other....The M1000 is far from stock so I would assume it would hand the XP(stock) it a$$ in a climb. But the XP is no slouch...

 

[mountaincat68]

awesome pics john, wish i could have made it

 

[Sledsniper]

Sweet pics thanks for posting.
I hope to hit Cook at the end of the month!

 

[CanDoo]

nice pics...looks like fun..
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[gasgzlr]

Looks familiar! Oh, yeah, it was yesterday. Good pics, man! You guys are missing out on the 60+ others he took, though.

 

[cookecity]

Babbit I like seeing that M1000 ,Only cause I have one!! But Very interested in the Doo XP next year, unless cat does something great next year????????????? Stop in over NewYears and BS with us we have the place next to Miners

 

[Sheepdog]

Babbit I like seeing that M1000 ,Only cause I have one!! But Very interested in the Doo XP next year, unless cat does something great next year????????????? Stop in over NewYears and BS with us we have the place next to Miners

I'll PM you the next time I come into town....which will probally be in a week...and the week after that...and most likely the week after that.lol

 

[fsrcn]

Cooke was up to 64" on 12/4 and that is at about 9100ft

 

[On a Doo]

OUTSTANDING pics dude!! Looks awesome

 

[wuzup]

Great pictures,jealous down here in cali

 

[Twisted Boost]

Sick and wrong.. Nice pic's

 

[reloader]

Awesome pics, thanks for posting!

 

[Mtnboondocker]

Thanks for the pics.

 

[VTMTcowboy]

Yup, that looks awsome! Cant wait to hop on my sled in a couple weeks. Even we have snow out here too, although not that much, but any snow is good snow.