Brock Hoyer threads the needle on the 2023 Yamaha Mountain Max 800.
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SnoWest Test Rider Rhett Clark carving on the 2023 Polaris 9R Khaos RMK.
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Rider: Adam Thomelius
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Registration is now open for the fifth-annual snowbike ride in the rugged Idaho mountains. Join KLIM, Timbersled and Trail Tech for the KLIM Frozen Cow Tag Snowbile Ride March 11.
KLIM takes pride in building riding gear for dedicated snowbike riders who thrive in winter conditions. To celebrate the winter riding season, KLIM is inviting snowbike riders to participate in a one-of-a-kind event set in its own backyard – the Island Park area inside the rugged Caribou-Targhee National Forest.
This unique snowbike-only event will have riders spend a full day in some of KLIM’s favorite local areas, guided by GPS, in search of valuable Cow Tags. Finding these Cow Tags will earn raffle tickets for drawings of more than $10,000 in awesome prizes. Further, individual riders will be challenged to find Cow Tags and post photos next to the cow tag from which a winner will be awarded a $250 KLIM gift card! Even more additional prizes will be announced at the riders meeting.
Performance
Rock Your World
Each of the five snowmobile manufacturers (in case you were sleeping last winter, Lynx entered the North American market) produce a top-of-the-line turbo trail sled that delivers an incredible ride … but for a pretty hefty price—they average about $20 grand each. But then, these sleds also produce in the neighborhood of 200 horsepower and are equipped with the latest snowmobile technology.
The five sleds are the Arctic Cat ZR 9000 Thundercat, Polaris Indy VR1 Boost, Ski-doo Renegade Enduro Turbo R, Lynx XTerrain RE Turbo R and Yamaha Sidewinder SRX-LE EPS.
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FXR
It all started at Hay Days in Minnesota last fall when I got my first glimpse of the Maverick Lite Monosuit. I know this is not true, but sometimes I think if I buy snow gear in September it will somehow make the snow fall sooner. So in an attempt to usher in winter, I decided to go all-in with FXR from head to toe and it started with the Black/Inferno monosuit.
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Rider: Ryan Thompson
Rider: Ryan Thompson
