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Our second chance are the White Road

That was at Hotel du Havre last year.i agree no studs here

If you have studs its probably a heat exchanger. We met you folks in Motel Fraser I think. We had two Cat Turbos and it had snowed about two feet

Hey MR Gutz; Thanks for the review of the Oxygen helmet. My friend and I both bought them this year and were excited to get them. Here are our observations; 1) They fit tight but pulling the straps to spread the helmet so to speak aids in donning this beast. 2) Ear cups for noise abatement are down right painful. There is no way else to describe it. After two days of fiddling and adjusting we both gave up and removed them- Alas freedom! the next years version should have different sized earcups as options. 3) The peripheral vision is terrific and much appreciated when crossing road ways. The shield seems optically correct. When in the up position be careful when moving around as you can bump in to things and other folks with Oxygen helmets! My friend and I had dueling shields more than once! 4) The neck warmer is too short . It needs to be at least two inches longer all the way around. Lots of wind goes down our backs and makes us feel cold . To fix this you need a very thin balaclava with Gore Windstopper material around the neck. . Zip up jacket and leave helmet neck warmer outside . This seals all wind. 5) At high speeds the helmet shakes and makes vision somewhat harder. I believe it to be the odd sculpted helmet shape and the wings on the lower sides. 6) Light on back of helmet is a great safety feature and is operated by the machine electrical system and not a battery. 7) Magnetic proximity sensor heated shield cord is a nice feature. We disconnect at the helmet when we get off the machine. Its easier than disconnecting at the machine. 8 The drop down fighter pilot sun visor is optically correct is very easy on the eyes but hits your nose when looking to either side. It should have minor down ward stop adjustments . 9) The heated shield cord has memory and will remember settings when machine is shut off. The highest setting keeps the inside way warmer but glasses still fog up under certain conditions. 10) If you remove the breath deflector you can eat and drink with the helmet on. 11) Ventilation thumbwheel works well and there is sufficent air that comes thru. 12) I lay bets that version 2 will have these issues addressed.

Thanks for the great grooming effort . Even though we did not experience the trails in the gaspe t h is year our trips to sept isles and woodrunner. Trail were superb!

GT rider has the best pictures for sure. Home now and back to being a keyboard racer!!!!! Hey GT rider.we had great trails today hope you had the same Made it to the White road . Went down about a mile and there was so many feeder trails couldn't tell where to go but just wanted to say we really went to the end of the world!

Rode from Port Cartier to Godbout on Friday. Stayed at the Q'artier Thursday night. Great place people were very Nice . Trails were a mixed bag because of the snow and high wind . Storm Quinn I think . Wonderfull wide open stretches ruined by drifts , Flat light ,poor visibility and high wind! Just goes to show that the region can be very tempermental weather wise. Sun came out later in the day and Godbout area did not receive any snow so it as awesome down there. Loadedd the trailer and headed for home . 700 miles total and both Thundercat and Turbo ran well.

Left Havre St Pierre today over cast skies..... Trail was great leaving town but hard to see with no sun..... Groomed real nice 8 out of 10. NeXT 60 miles tight and twisty. ...power line almost impossible to see sticks because of flat light...sept iles to port cartier a magic carpet ride. ...9 out of ten. Staking at Q,artier hotel.... very nice... tommorow on to godbout. ...

Heading to baie Johann betz today.going to the end of the groomed trail. Hope there is a sign there.... Ok here is the sign Sorry wrong one! Moose carcass on trail.... there was blood on the trail for about a quarter mile..... first thoight the groomer was losing tranny oil

Heading to baie Johann betz today.going to the end of the groomed trail. Hope there is a sign there.... Trail was groomed to a "T" 9.5 out of 10. Only reason it wasn't a ten was because it hadnt been packed down by sleds. Judging by how many sleds we saw today it won't happen any time soon! Some really great stretches to let the little Kitty stretch her legs! Lol

Rode from Sept ilse to Havre St Pierre today. Bright sunny day. ... very good grooming conditions for part of the way....most of trail is groomed about one to one and a half width wide....some water bars and some corners are off camber...rider beware.....102 miles between and gassed up at garage Poulin. Worried about making it but got 14.5 mpg and was happy with that....crossed 10 bridges on the road so wheels a must have for this trek....scratchers a must have on this trip as well because the snow is real grippy and crusty......very tight corners with some u turns...... crossed about 6 rivers ...solid and no open water despite above freezing temps.... Lots of panoramic views and stark scenery makes for some great picture spots. Stunning views of water and some mini icebergs floating by..Honestly if there was a place for a UFO to land it would be there.....

Had a great meal at Chez.Julie with GT rider and his wife . Tonight

Took the ferry today to godbout an then on to sept isle. Although it was somewhat warm the snow was grippy and groomed most all the way . Probably 40-50 miles of some really great open running. Staying at comfort Inn and heading to Havre st pirrelevant tommorow. Bought some gas cans for the 102 mile run.

Hey GT rider we are in the comfort inn well

Excellent hope to meet you......We are shooting for Sept Isles but may end up in Port Cartier.

Thanks for all the replies. Looks like we are heading to Matane to take the ferry to Godbout so will miss those hills. We are heading to the Havre St Pierre with good luck and weather with us.

We are heading there on Monday taking the ferry from Matane . Will try to upload some pics. Might try for Havre St Pierre if all goes well. I really want to see what the end of the world looks like!

Planning a trip to Sept Isles from the ferry at Godbout. Heard that there are some really steep hills . How steep are they? Would there be problems if fresh snow or icy spots? How to prepare? Call ahead? Avoid if bad weather? Thanks, Teamgreen

Went from forestville to sacre cour trails still not groomed on Thursday very disappointed. Broke trail for about 30 miles zero tracks. PowerLine engulfed in snow. Need grooming soon or will lose trails for the season. Was going to go to km 31 for the night bUT trails to the coronet on sacre cour beat to hell. Rode 93 for about 20 miles. Flat groomed and a super highway. Wow that was the best we had seen all week. Packed itin and heading home on friday Many thanks to all the Canadien people for their hospitality and generosity Everywhere we went we were made to feel welcome. Our Google translater worked great and helped bridge the language gap. Also a big heartfelt thank you to our new found friends from Maine who helped get us out of some monster snow drifts . We will be ever grateful for your help and stimulating connversation. We are talking about plans for next year. Teamgreen

Stayed in baie Comeau Tuesday night at the boreal.nice clean place hard fought miles all the way there. Wednesday big storm dumped at least a foot to 18 inches with drifts of three to four feet at the open fields and power lines. For sure no grooming that day. Wednesday back to forestville broke trail for half the way. Met some nice folks from maine and they saved our bacon by getting us out of snowdrifts. We hit drifts 4 to 6 feet right over the windshield. Our four stroke sleds weren't made for this. We love our machines but we could used mountain sleds that day and would have loved every minute. Iceman you still with us? Teamgreen

Iceman thanks for breaking trail for us. We could not have done it without you Got stuck once yesterday at the PowerLine right outside of forrestville.both of us got it good.thought then this was going to be a long day. If it wasn't for the sticks and your track it would have been much tougher we are in.baie comeau now weednesday morning riding out the storm debating what should we do? Heading home Saturday so our next move is back to forestville. We saw about six sleds yesterday one had team iceman sticker. Go figure Breakfast at tim hortons. Where are you heading today?

Greetings Went from sacre coure to forrestville. Trails have monster amounts of snow . 10-12 inches new to day broke trail all day. Needs grooming Sleds ran good and we got tons of pictures If we are to go to sept isle we need grooming! Hey iceman you out there? Teamgreen

One tip I found over the years regarding trailer axles and springs that are not galvanized is to spray paint them with cold galvanize in a spray can. I've done this with my dexter torsion axles in my previous clamshell which lasted for years and when I sold it it looked almost new. The trailer manufacturers are just getting on board with the galvanized axle thing as just about all your rust collects on the axles and springs if you have any. You can buy those spray cans just about any hardware store and it contains about 90% galvanizing compound inside. I just bought a 7x14 inline with leaf springs and steel axles.As soon as it turns warm they will get the galvanize treatment. Once you do it a couple times it will stay for years. Best time to get it done is before the salt hits it . Hope this helps, Teamgreen

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