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Ep9 - Snowmobile Fore And Aft Balance Point

Bret Rasmussen
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In this episode of Back To Skool™ Bret teaches where the fore and aft balance point is on the snowmobile and how staying forward on the machine is almost always best. Back to Skool is a snowmobile-rider education series hosted by professional instructor Bret Rasmussen. Learn how to ride a snowmobile better, from beginners to experts. To find out more about Bret and Ride Rasmussen Style Schools and book a guided instructional clinic, click here: Like these videos and want to see more? Subscribe here! http://www.youtube.com/c/RideRasmusse... Proudly sponsored by: Ski-Doo | http://www.ski-doo.com Fox | https://www.ridefox.com/subhome.php?m... Boondockers | http://www.boondockers.com Backcountry Access | http://www.backcountryaccess.com Renton Coil Spring | http://www.rentoncoilspring.com ArticFX | http://www.articfx.com Skinz Protective Gear | http://www.skinsprotectivegear.com Produced by: Jon Cracroft | http://www.joncracroft.com In this vi …...more
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Ep9 - Snowmobile Fore And Aft Balance Point
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35,665Views
2018Dec 5
In this episode of Back To Skool™ Bret teaches where the fore and aft balance point is on the snowmobile and how staying forward on the machine is almost always best. Back to Skool is a snowmobile-rider education series hosted by professional instructor Bret Rasmussen. Learn how to ride a snowmobile better, from beginners to experts. To find out more about Bret and Ride Rasmussen Style Schools and book a guided instructional clinic, click here: Like these videos and want to see more? Subscribe here! http://www.youtube.com/c/RideRasmusse... Proudly sponsored by: Ski-Doo | http://www.ski-doo.com Fox | https://www.ridefox.com/subhome.php?m... Boondockers | http://www.boondockers.com Backcountry Access | http://www.backcountryaccess.com Renton Coil Spring | http://www.rentoncoilspring.com ArticFX | http://www.articfx.com Skinz Protective Gear | http://www.skinsprotectivegear.com Produced by: Jon Cracroft | http://www.joncracroft.com In this video we want to talk about the fore and aft balance point of the sled. This is really more about where the handlebars place the rider on the sled, then where the actual balance point is because the rider is limited to where he can go on the sled by the handlebars. In order to understand where this balance point is, first we have to understand that the sled will always respond quicker and with less rider input if the rider is near the weight mass of the sled, the engine. That’s where all the weight is. And because of the where the handle bars are, it puts the rider behind the weight mass. Good riders will always grab the handlebars, stay up on the sled, and they have more control of the sled because of their rider positioning. I prefer to actually more my handlebars forward. You can’t accomplish this by simply rotating the bar riser because this affects the handlebar geometry when you’re in a countersteer such that it pulls the rider weight over the center of the sled and puts him at a leverage disadvantage when he’s trying to roll the sled to it’s edge. And so the proper way to move the handlebars forward on the sled would be to relocate the steering post. This we’ll address in an equipment section, but I want to just mention it for the simple reason that forward is good. You can’t get too far forward on a sled in most situations. Of course the fore and aft balance point will change depending on if you’re descending or ascending and we will talk about that in a forthcoming video.

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Bret Rasmussen

11.9K subscribers