TIMBERSLED
FIRST RIDE
P84
bike to find an incredible
level of traction in powder
up to three to four feet deep.
The convex shaped paddles,
much like the paddles on
a sand tire, act like mas-
sive shovels on acceleration,
scooping the snow out of the
way and finding traction in areas
that would have a normal dirt
bike sinking to its death.
The Long Arm Convex Pivot-
ing Suspension on the track
was developed with super steep
slopes and uneven terrain in
mind and essentially flexes to
given the company the resourc-
es to develop new product lines,
as well as vastly expand their
international customer reach.
The company produces four
separate kits—the Short Track
Raw, standard Short Track, Long
Track and Snow Cross 120"—
there's a conversion kit for pretty
much every motocross and en-
duro bike on the market dating
back over 10 years, giving riders
across the globe the ability to
ride their bikes all year round.
the rear of the bike (swingarm,
rear shock and links, chain, etc)
must be removed to fit the parts
making up the Timbersled track.
Timbersled has developed its
own Fox Zero coil over pneu-
matic rear shock and Timbersled
Suspension Strut (TSS), which
gives you 20 inches of suspen-
sion travel and helps the bike
retain more of a dirt bike feel
when cornering. Combining
that with the 12.5-inch deep
convex track, this allows the
Wow! Twenty
inches of rear
wheel…err
track travel.
A Timbersled
conversion will be
about a $6,500
investment but
well worth it.
It's a booming sector of the
motorcycle market that's gone
largely unnoticed and after riding
a Husqvarna FC450 equipped
with a Short Track kit, I can
promise you, once you give
this style of riding a go, you'll
never look at dirt bikes the same
again.
CREATING A
TIMBERSLED
As you can see, a Timbersled
still retains the majority of the
standard dirt bike. You still use
the standard fork, fuel tank, main
chassis, engine and plastics, but
