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mikerider

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  1. NSHM: I can change the ratio but they immediately change back to the old ration of 50/50. I can't get the new ratio to hold, like thee should be one more step I don't know about. (4.5 gauge).. There is one switch on the handlebar that controls both warmers at the same time, (a tiny button that I can't find half the time with gloves and gaunlets . But I am getting better at it: turn em up when my hands get cold and down when my thumb starts burning. Trails nice again, late lunch at RDL club house and out for another loop. Big gang of us at hotel day room for an extended happy hour. Great time. mike
  2. Made the St. Pamphile loop today. Trails totally mint, every inch. Lunch at Hiboux and saw Big Lake there. A few new reroutes this year but all good. Jak and Jack arrived today. Great happy hour with Paddy O and wife joining us. New sled should break 1,000 miles tomorrow. Blueblood. After 50,000 miles on 900 Aces I needed a change. Wanted something sporty so got the 129 600R, The Polaris 650 is by far the finest sled I have ever driven, but 30% of the time I ride solo and I trust the SkiDoo. The Polaris may be dependable but I am just not sure yet. mike
  3. Great reporting Mark! Remind me, where is Jasmin? I forgot to mention we stopped at the club house on the power line just before Rimouski. They were closed. But they turned part of the club house into a Refuge for when they are not open. The big room is partly partitoned off with metal locking curtains and has a separate entrance. It stays unlocked, is toasty warm, tables and chairs for about 30 people and vending machines for coffee etc. Really well done.
  4. Rode to Rimouski and back today with PADragon and his dad. Tried to use as many orange and green trails as possible over and back, and they were fantastic. Even trail 5 great. Lunch at Tim H as nothing else open. Winds late afternoon were unreal. Watch for trees down tomorrow. Hoping to hear Big Lake's report on Cabano.
  5. Wonderful pictures Alain. Conditions look great. Are you totally happy with your SkiDoo now that you have had it for awhile? mike
  6. Trails again just awesome Very, very low traffic for a Sunday. Only complaint is some dirt plowed roads have some gravel mixed in that the plow pulled up. I was wrong about Explorateur Club (one arch), it is open this winter. Haven't yet been out to the farther reaches from RDL like Rimuski, Squatec, and St. PaImphile. 3 days and 450 miles, friends start arriving tonight, much bigger miles ahead. Eastmark, It is always a delight to have you up here. If I am still the mayor, you and Lisa are Mr. and Mrs. Universel. Hope to see Big Lake and crew over the next few days. mike http://quebecrider.com/forums/uploads/monthly_2024_01/DSCF0019.thumb.JPG.d660599d88f80e9fa6aa3c40750ab08d.JPG
  7. Hi Mark, Trails were mostly excellent, lot more traffic but nothing like a normal winter. Some track spinning in some places brought up a little gravel in a few places but overall really great conditions. 3 or 4 inches of fluff overnight just in town and maybe 10 miles south. Lots of flurries all day. New sled goes really nice. Quiet for a two stroke, G5 chassis has lots of sound insulation. Engine pulls very strong. Sled pushes a little in the corners if top layer of snow is soft. When the Doo 6 inch carbs wear out I have Shaper bars ready to install which should help a lot. The 2 stroke has a taller narrower seat that I am liking, very soft and cushy. Sips oil, believe I am getting at least 18 miles a gallon. Trails very smooth but suspension seems very good. When you coming up? Old bar at hotel is almost empty every night. New bar in restaurant really great, but no room for friends to stand next to you and talk. Food much improved. I'm betting next project will be a redo of the old bar. Hope to see you soon. mike
  8. Thanks everyone. I'm almost there on the warmer problem after playing with it on today's ride. I have 5 buttons on the handlebar. 1 . T (believe trip reset 2. start 3. hi beam 4. WARMERS (one button to control thumb and Hand) 5. MODE There are two buttons to the left of the gauge: 1. MODE (seems to be same menu as mode on handlebars 2. Trip (gets me in time, temp, engine hours, Steven's bank account etc). ******* So I hit MODE several times until I get to 'Settings" screen. Then I hold MODE button in for a few seconds and up comes THUMB CFG. I hold MODE button down a few seconds and now I can use Warmer button on handlebars and change the thumb warmer to where I want it ( thumb 2 bars less than hands). Drive away and try it, Yes you can adjust warmers on the fly but one button adjusts hand and thumb together), ONLY TO FIND my new setting did not take, I am back to bar and thumb warmer at same lever, not two bars difference like I wanted. I tried a few more times, trying to get the new settings to stay. After making new settings, I tried holding in mode button, drove off and still bars and thumb aren't at new settings. Also after setting, tried holding handlebar warmer setting button in for sever seconds. no dice. Seems like there needs to be one more thing or step to do to get my changes ACCEPTED. Another idiot thing about the warmers. You hit the warmer button on the handlebars and you can only lower the temp of the bars and thumb.. Once all the bars on the gauge disappear, it then goes to full hot and you scroll down to what you want. That is what you go thru to increase the temp. Jack, Sandi's MXZ X probably has a different gauge, though I have heard its somewhat on the same foolishness. I have the MXZ Adrenaline.
  9. I think you can change the percentage so to speak. You should be able to get the handlebars at 4 bars and the thumb warmer at two bars. (this is the setting I can't find). Once you get that setting (4 & 2), each time they will both go up or down together with one touch of the warmer button. Mine are currently both at the same level. You actually, as far as I can tell, need to come to a stop just to get into the menu for the grips. Nothing you can do on the fly.
  10. Thanks for the video. The video shows where I get to on my gauge, but when I hit the heat button, the thumb and handlebar adjust in unison. I can't seem to adjust just one at a time.
  11. Thanks Dave. The manual just doesn't explain it so that I understand it at my extremely low level of tech ability. Nor can I find anything on the web. Have you hit your 1/4 million sled miles yet?
  12. My new 600R MXZ has the 4.5 gauge. I can't for the life of me change the percentage difference between the hand and thumb warmer. They are currently set at 50 / 50 and my thumb is burning and my hands are cold. When I adjust, I can get both (at the same time) to go up and down in temp, but can't lower the thumb and up the hand. It is not a touch screen. I JUST noticed there are two buttons to the left of the screen, manual says one is trip and one is mode. But I also have a mode and trip button on the handlebars. Any suggestions. mike
  13. Today's ride was awesome, great midwinter conditions. Two very minor washouts and a couple trails not groomed yet this year. Lunch at Frontier's (2 arch) clubhouse. Unless I was daydreaming, the one arch clubhouse no longer has an arch. Groomers still at the clubhouse. Not sure if they are still in business.
  14. Important things first. The new bar is pretty nice. It is in the new restaurant, and the bar seats about 25. Mega big TV and the restaurant looks pretty impressive. Open style kitchen. I would say they spent a fortune on the re do. Food is mostly pub food with a few high end meals. My meal tonight was excellent. Whole new menu. I thought the prices were more than reasonable. Food was slow coming out of the kitchen. The old bar is still open but the attached restaurant is gone, just a big pool table there now. It was getting dark when I went out for about a 25 mile ride. While the snow certainly is not deep, it seems to be plenty and everything was groomed and silky smooth. And it looks wintry out with all the trees snow coated. I will know more hopefully after tomorrows ride. New G5 600R 129 goes some sweet. Makes me look and feel 20 years younger. mike
  15. 25 mile ride tonight trails awesome see you soon mike
  16. Well folks, it looks like Bas St. Laurent is open and waiting for us. If you go to SledMagazine.com, click on 'Services and Tourism, then click on Bas St Laurent, scroll down, and it lists all the clubs and conditions. Few hours ago it was all red from every club. It is now green for all clubs except one. Gotta go pack up. See you all at RDL tomorrow. mike
  17. Just throwing this out there: When you head north, consider bringing a couple Covid Test Kits. My wife the nurse says her hospital is filling up fast with Covid patients.
  18. Neither would be dependable.
  19. Wishful thinking and I would have a young wife and a Polaris Matryx.
  20. I stopped getting it a couple days ago and also showed RDL freshly groomed. Go figure.
  21. Congrats Shooter, it looks great. I finally picked up my 600R today from the dealer also. I am horrible at anything tech, not sure I will ever figure out the hand/thumb warmer controls. What was Doo thinking??? mike
  22. Hi Jack and Sandi, Jack, wishing you well and hope you are back to riding shape soon. At our age, riding is just a way of earning the late afternoon happy hour. Hope to see you both at RDL. I can't stress enough when buying vehicles, appliances etc. A membership to Consumer Reports on'line is your best friend and can help make a wise decision on an expensive purchase.
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