Ice Racing in Minnesota

[EngelstadFQX]

I was wondering what needed to be done to get your quad ready to race flat track on ice, Im somewhat close to Daryl and Jen Rath and I know they've done ice racing in the past so they would be able to help me out I think. Have any of you raced on ice before? Is it fun? I was wondering how the studs worked and if it was even worth trying out. If you have any pointers let me know because I want to ride this winter.

Thanks guys,
Bartman

p.s. If any of you hear of any races in MN this winter let me know

[Toadz400]

Basics are to lower the front and rear usually by a lowering kit. Otherwise I know a buddy of mine used a ratcheting strap to lower his front end a few years back. Get some tires with a harder compound so that the screws won't pull out of the tread that easily. Turf tamers in the rear and Razr's in the front usually work best.

For ice screws I usually pick up a few packs of them from Bob's Cycle. A few hundred in each rear tire gets the job done and on the fronts I usually put a line down the outsides and the middle.

I have not tried studs because typically it makes it harder to corner and with ice screws you can get quite a bit of traction if you set them up right.

Ice racing is a blast and I'm sure there are plenty of lakes that hold events in MN. The only lake I've ridden on in MN was Lake Washington down in St. Peter a few years ago.

[patrickj75]

For tires in the rear get Cheng Shin's. Everybody runs them. Run 5/8" length screws, one per knob in the rear tires. Yep, lower it down because you can get a ton of traction on ice.

Check out these websites for ice racing schedules.
www.mniceracing.com
www.pro-ice.com

[Blue250X]

Is there a website to buy the screws from?

[Toadz400]

I'm sure you can get them off of Bob's Cycle's website.

[hotrodbelair]

http://www.magicracing.com/Ice-Racing_c_68.html is where i buy all of my ice racing stuff.
what front tire setup you goin with? alot of people run the fast treckers i run maxxis razors 20x6 i also see some people run holeshots 19x6

[Davids440ex]

hey brother bart, i got some ice racing tires want me to mail them to you?

[EngelstadFQX]

what kind are they dave??

[Wired]

bart lets just race the un-studded class. i've done them before, its way more fun cause its like bumper cars with no crashes :devil:

[Davids440ex]

that is so true watching the amateurs makes you want to race that class. you should race a on 250ex and you will win!

kendas i need to put more studs in the rear tires,

[Toadz400]

Originally posted by Wired
bart lets just race the un-studded class. i've done them before, its way more fun cause its like bumper cars with no crashes :devil:

You guys should come over to Wisconsin for some winter riding Jon and/or Bart. We've got some lakes to mess around on over here and there's always great trail riding up in Hayward during the winter. We're only a few hours from ya'!

[yfzrider310]

Originally posted by Toadz400
You guys should come over to Wisconsin

haha good one

[Toadz400]

Originally posted by yfzrider310
haha good one

Psh, we have way more lakes than Minnesota. We just didn't want the lame name of Land of 10,000 lakes.

[2001-400ex'er]

Originally posted by Toadz400
Psh, we have way more lakes than Minnesota. We just didn't want the lame name of Land of 10,000 lakes.

We have over 15,000 if I am correct.

[bluebaron]

Bart you should come race the Indoor MX in Fergus Falls in January

i got a set of ice wheels for sale $150 OBO takes it. located in West Milford NJ. studds are razor sharp.

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[zack400ex]

hey nice ? There holding ice races down at barkers in superior wis also I'm going to give it a try it's fun get yourself extra pear of tires an stud your old ones or try getting a deal on a studded pair from eBay

[Toadz400]

That's good to know that there's going to be races up in Superior. Do you know when they will be holding the races? I'm not too familiar with Superior and have no clue where Barker's is but I'm sure it wouldn't be too hard to find a bunch of quads and bikes on the lake.