quebec bob

Here too in mass...but there is a threat of Sunday being nice...may take the day off and ride my bike in the AM and mow lawns in the afternoon

I can't express enough how much I miss the trails from 30 years ago...when you could spend a day riding anywhere 250 miles away and find a place with a full staff ready to cheerfully do or get you anything you needed...and they really cared...a time when we all made a lot of friends...many people sent out Christmas cards...and everyone had plenty of help...driving North and hitting the trails felt like going home for the holidays...it made Quebec my favorite destination...and most of all that was the norm...not the exception...it was the very best hospitality on the planet

Wow, is this the 3rd or forth team in there… it’s a great spot… something must be tough there to keep changing management .., and it’s one of the most strategic locations and very important to trail infrastructure… hope they make some good improvements.. it will be interesting to see what happens…

Very nice to see new blood and passion still coming into the game...rather than another go around or closure...they will do well there

Rain has finally stop… summer sled is out!!

Must be quite a system .. but I always found pretty bar tenders brought in more money

Sorry , it belongs to one of my friends..she has had it for 30 years...32000 miles ...convertible , big block ...4 speed...she will never let it go...1974

It just doesn't end

that can certainly destroy a car very quickly

This one was sitting 45 years….302 4barrel dual exhaust power bench seat power window 4 on the floor… duals 4x4. 2000 original miles I put 1000 on it this year .., tough decisions this summer

This was sitting next to it

Bought this car when I was 30 years old and just lost my storage building so I’m going to drive it after 38 years…63 corvette… still 100 percent original with 41 thousand miles…300hp…4 speed… I only put 400 miles on it … been waiting for this my whole life

300 for a week is expensive...but nowhere else is even close to Quebec...and I bet a lot of USA riders come for a one week vacation and it drives a lot of revenue...which is desperately needed...I can't think of any or many other vacation activities that only cost 300 a week...just consider what a single bridge on the trail costs...a fishing guide on a salmon river in Quebec is near 1k a day...quickly puts it in perspective...it's been said here before...snowmobiling is no way to save money

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...I owned a few cats in the early 2000's...they were very good...the brand has a good loyal following....they are now in good hands...and will do well... competition and choice is very good for our sport...

We use a lot of NTN bearings at the shop with good results...as well as BCA and FAG.... trying to do our best to stay away from inferior Chinese bearings...very disappointing to see these bearings wearing out this fast

Me too

I broke a secondary clutch roller on a 2020 backcountry that was a year old with 1 2000 mile ride on it...and it needed shaft bearings ...I couldn't imagine it at that mileage ...but they were bad...and 4year BEST warranty considered the whole repair not covered ...wearable parts...I was happy to have it fixed ...and not trail side....but it was pretty disappointing....never had that issue in 35k miles on 3 different yamahas

60002RS...part number....at first I thought it was mileage...just checked my suspension...everything is still good

I started in 66 on a skidoo olympic…so long ago I can't remember the cost but it was bought will a paper route and lawn mowing…other than our own home I didn’t shovel snow ….I rode on it…I bought plenty of sleds when I was young for a few hundred $’s and gas was 30 cents a gallon. Like Steve said the world has changed and young kids play on their phone when we went hunting, built tree forts and went fishing or rode dirt bikes, and dreamed about our first car, none of this appeals to that generation today, coupled with the new economy and a total change of everything after Covid, which I still don’t understand, we are at a crossroads, economically, socially, and environmentally, and any group who for whatever reason they can conjure knows this and continually tries to throw a curve ball at this sport …trying times for sure…ride whenever you can and lend a hand or donate…and if you have a spare sled…invite some young guy on your next trip…most of the time it’s only 1 trip to get them hooked!!

Hard to think about, many of us know that it just hasn’t been the same since Covid, the best is probably behind us and articles like this won’t help, along with the weather, economy and smaller numbers coming behind us as well as dealers struggling to move product, even motorcycle participation is way down, and they don’t have to deal with weather or trail maintenance.

Great adventure...your narrative , humor and humility make this one of the best write ups I've read in quite some time...looking forward to your next trip...great way to end the season, my 154 Lynx also had about 2mpg better fuel economy after break in as well.

Real intel boots on the ground... RDL to Squawtech and Edmonston...trails mint...

As always, thanks for the great info Don...really helps getting fast correct information from a good local source

Yes I'm trying to get some better intel as we speak...don't want to get there and have no way to get out or back to my truck at RDL...would really be nice if they had a web cam...sounds like it went from super to solid ice in 2 days...not interested in seizing hyfax and overheating which is what it sounds like...if it's really a foot of frozen rain soaked snow....it isn't good ...maybe heading to forestville area as an option...guys went for trucks early in the week from RDL to go west

amqui, matane, albertville area trails closed due to tremendous amount of new snow...a lot of area east of there is now frozen like a rock...not good