Skis project complete

[killed300ex]

well worked some of the afternoon today painting the skis and they finally came together still more work to be done but dont have to be done for them to work cant wait to get my new tires hooked up and trythim in the snow. here are a couple of pics

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[Honda2003]

looks sweet. let us know how they do on the test run. if they work good i see skis in my 250ex's future.:p

[Live2Ride300]

That looks awesome man, so did you just use some snowmobile skis? What kind of metal did you use for the bracket to mount them to the hubs? Nice job man

[killed300ex]

yea all i did was take a peice of 1/8 inch peice of stainles steel and bend it cut the holes and then counter sunk them so it centers themself on the wheele studs.yes it is just bolted to the hub it makes it alot harder to steer but not unbealable once you get moving. Also it takes alot to get moving but wont once i finish with the skis. im ganna mold a new bottom to them so they glide on the snow better and i should have an update on how they work after tom night cause we are suposed to get some serious snow woohoo lol cant wait hope they do workas good i i hope lol alot of work gone to waste if they dont
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[killed300ex]

and i forgot yes those are stock snowmobile skis
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[Live2Ride300]

Thats cool, ya I hope we get that snow that they are forecasting, that would be awesome. Good luck with them. If you dont mind me asking, about how much do you think it costs to do this?

[Live2Ride300]

Hey Killed, where in New Hampshire are you from? Did you get ur 300ex like 2 or 3 months ago by any chance? Just wondering because I have a friend who just sold a 98 a few months ago.

[killed300ex]

no i bought it a year ago november so iv had it for a while but i live in southeastern nh town called rochester lol samll lil town. But the cost was 30 just becasue i can get all the metal work for free and the spray paint i had in th house the brackets are gonna get painted rede though lol make it bling bling!!! lol but i think the nh iders need to get a ride going somewere? justa thoguhts though if we were to plan now we could get everyone to cone do it early spring maybe justa n idea though
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[Live2Ride300]

Where do you ride in Rochester? Any good spots?

[killed300ex]

no tehre are not any good spots i think the best place to ride form what iv heard is newdamn in sanford havent gonae since i cant drive ad the only time my group went was when my wheeler was in 1000 peices
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try and protect those rotors!!!

[RytM1]

How are you locking the hubs in place? By this I mean, how are you making sure that if you get enough air to get the skis high enough off the ground, the tips won't pivot down, then dig into the ground when the front end comes down?

[Live2Ride300]

Thats a good point, that would really suck if that happened. Maybe he should zip tie his front brake lever down, that might do it, lol.

[Ralph]

lol that would suck, yeah ziptie those breaks

[QuadTrix6]

WHOA thats sick, let us know how it rides

[killed300ex]

well its snowing right now :D so in a couple of hours it will be test time but what i got to do is my dad broguht some steel square rods home a foot prolly weighs like 3 pounds im gonna weld that on the back to get the skis to ballence front to back when they come out of the air. It should work zip tieing the brake wouldnt work becasue when i was driving around last night the skis go up and down alot and that movement would be lost if i ziptied the brake. I definitly still have work but its at least still ridable. lol tonight is gonna be fun
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[killed300ex]

well right now it looks as if i bought a snowmobile lol my cousin has been trying to convince me to and hes coming over so i put a blue tarp on it anly showing the skis lol its gonna be great hes gonna run in and be like you bought a snowmobile! lol ill be like nope its my wheeler!:D with a lil modification. Ps if anyone wants all the dimensions let me know and ill scan them and post it im just to lazy to do it right now lol
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[OutlawEX]

Nice job...Are the ski set up strong enough to wheelie and comback down and still take the force?

[killed300ex]

yes they are strong enoguh to take wheelies ect but i first have to ballence them so they dont fold under and kill my plastic lol
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[DEAL]

when you jump hold in the front brake lol
Might not be a great habbit to get into once them wheels go back on it tho.

[killed300ex]

well we got about 2 inchs as of right now just got in took it out in the yard looks like its gonna work the thig is kick *****$ lol i love it its so gofyy bu ti think its gonna work aot better than the tires
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Strongly suggest this combo for anyone that does aot of snow riding

[Live2Ride300]

Its 11:55 pm, still snowing and we have around a foot and a half maybe more so far. :D

[killed300ex]

Originally posted by Live2Ride300
Its 11:55 pm, still snowing and we have around a foot and a half maybe more so far. :D

Thats about all we got mabe a lil less depends on the drifts cause it was reallly really windy heree all night.
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[Live2Ride300]

How much snow did we end up with about 2 feet?

[HondaChris]

I am in the process of doing a project much like this one. What I have considered to keep the ski's from folding under is a short piece of rubber coated cable. If your skis are set up similar to what I have (they look like it), there should be someplace on the ski to either loop and bolt it, or otherwise secure it somehow. From your pics it looks like there is a pair of eyes that is just in front of the leaf spring mount. What I considered doing is putting a bolt through there and looping the cable around that and looping the other end around a place on the a-arm. How much slack is needed, for travel I dont know though, because you want enough to let the ski front travel up and down with the terrain.

[L.Vegas400]

here is what i suggested a while back for a project like this. 4 bungy chords stratigicly placed.

[RIDE RED_159]

Ya i am doing something similar to your guys' project also. The bungee cords are good ideas, it may look a lil' goofy but it saves the plastics. lol...i've heard that they work good, is this true?

[Honda#4]

I think it would save you some weight if you had put on plastic skis instead of the steel ones.

[redrunner]

Probably won't get an answer 5 years later..but carry on.

[JW450R1]

good job.looks good

[brokenmike]

I did something totally diffrent.on mine the skis cannot go completely around.this took some time on the lathe and using the welder

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and this pic