Australasian Dirt Bike Magazine

DASHING THROUGH THE SNOW

Snow bikes however are a combination of a dirtbike with wheels and a snowmobile mashed together

Snowbikes, snowmobiles, ski bikes, Timbersleds, the machines designed to ride in the snow are pretty well like talking in another language to us Aussies, as we essentially have nowhere that we can ride them. The concept is simple you need a wide footprint to not sink in snow, hence most of these machines utilise some form of ski up front and a belt out back for a wide footprint. It’s not dissimilar to a rubber version of a bulldozer track. The wider and longer the track is, the more stable and less prone to sinking the bike is, however it’s also less inclined to want to turn.

The concept of a Snowmobile is not new. They are large, heavy and generally have two

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