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10 hours ago, PLAYHARD said:
And what a difference a few hours makes on the way back down
Tons of great riding up here! And it's beaucoup cold now!
No snirt there!
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Sounds like this has changed from Fun with Dick and Sam to ...There is no joy in Mudville.
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Been hearing about this trip since December.The suspense is worse than it was waiting for Hillary to concede.
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St Zenon is in the Lanaudiere area.Try that forum.
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What about the rest of the trip report?How did it finish?
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The Gaspe claims another 2 stroke victim! I have lost 2 there myself.First was a DNF and the second was repaired but then had to turn tail and try to beat the rain that took out all the snow. Only made it to St Ulrich just south of Matane til we ran out of snow.Had a local give a couple of us a ride back to berniers to get the trailers and go back to get the rest of the crew .The first one I took a 10 hour bus ride from Rimouski to Sherbrooke and then a taxi to Stanstead to get my truck and trailer.Talk about a long boring ride.
We should start a Gaspe 2 stroke Mort post.
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Did you find out what it was?
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20 minutes ago, iceman said:
With his four gallon can.
And gallon of oil.
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I know years ago that radar detectors in the truck were illegal.Used to be on the sign crossing into Canada.I think it may even have said possession was illega.lUsed to unplug it and put it in the glovebox.Don't remember seeing it recently,but maybe I'm just not looking cause I'm not packing anymore since they came out with laser.
So anyway ,if it is illegal on a vehicle I would think it's also illegal on anything else.
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Wow,the sled did that??Looks like a local sled with a license plate on the tunnel.Maybe a rental?
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10 hours ago, Trailblazer said:
Love the rabbit story JG, you have a wilderness way with words.
Pic of the older times is a true reminder of the pioneers that have carved out the trails we follow today.
I wonder in 20-30 or so years will we be thought of as pioneers as well, turning over from 2 strokes to 4 strokes, riding trails that are today and will not be tomorrow. Will we have the stuff our precedents had?
We think we are at the top of our game today with sleds and trail groomers but in the yester years they thought the same and in 20 yrs from now they'll be thinking the same too.
Will our generation be the next generation of pioneers?
Not unless more younger ones get involved.
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The link says nothing until the 6th but then they show closures already on the 1st.No one knows for sure where or when.
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Well we called a couple hotels in different areas and they know as much or less then the rest of us.Some said nothing will happen until the 6th.I told them there was already closures in at least 2 areas I read about on here.So with this being the first weekend of the "movement"and all the uncertantity we will spend our dollars in Maine this weekend.Don't want to travel to Quebec for a weekend saddlebagging and find out that as this gathers steam that there are more and more farmers closing their access which will equal dead ends and limited or no grooming.The clubs also can't say for certain what will remain open.I would have thought that the buisness owners would have called their govt.rep and voiced their concern about losing business to add some substance to the farmers argument.Hopefully the farmers get their point across quickly and the govt begins to realize that the taxpayers pockets are not bottomless and they need to stop spending what they don't have and we can quickly get back to normal riding in Quebec.
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.Matane and L'Islet on 5.not good.
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1 hour ago, Catmandoo said:
Coming up tomorrow and the "wait and see" scenario does not bode well on a 5 day backpacking trip. The map that shows the trails closed along the St Lawrence is better than nothing? I've called a couple clubs and they say.. yeah so far the trails are open.
It's the "so far" part that makes it difficult.Could go out and have a hard time getting back.
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We have a trip starting Friday and will be watching where to go.Kinda sucks with the weather and conditions being so good.This will just consolidate the riders and make traffic and trails not so good.Hopefully the two sides kiss and make up! Soon!
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Getting to be zero hour.............????
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I quart in 800 miles?sounds like a 75 Ford!
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5 hours ago, NHTOM said:
Bernard charged the nites you were gone, if you were in the Safari for the nite, no charge. Plus the 1st Heck and Ringi Dang Doo were free.
Right.That was what the op was also complaining about.We just moved and gave our business elsewhere.And for 100.00 bucks a night to sleep on a matress on the floor I wouldn't call the 1'st beer free. Not to mention his over exaggerating about how good the conditions were.
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Surprised that there is not one word about this on the FCMQ website....at least that I could see.
Maybe they are trying not to start a panic with people cancelling rooms and vacations.
If I remember correctly,last time they were posting updates on the status.
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Found this on another site.
In 1968 Polaris was sold to Textron, a diversified company holding E-Z Go golf carts, Bell helicopters, Talon zippers, and Schaefer pens. The company kept Polaris in Roseau and continued snowmobile manufacturing, but also began limited research and development on watercraft and wheeled turf vehicles. Herb Graves of Textron became president and Johnson stayed on as vice-president to oversee production.
During the 1970s Polaris began to solidify its reputation for high-performance snowmobiles. In pre-Textron years, Polaris had purchased its snowmobile engines from a number of suppliers. With the entry of Textron, Polaris was able to bring on Fuji Heavy Industries as its sole supplier. Fuji engineers went to Roseau to work on building a high-quality engine specifically for Polaris. Increasingly, the Polaris product lines were being noticed. The TX Series set a standard for power and handling in racing and gained popularity with recreational riders. Introduced in 1977, the liquid-cooled TX-L was a strong cross-country racing competitor. Polaris also introduced the RX-L in the mid-1970s, which carried the first Independent Front Suspension (IFS) and produced winners on the racing circuits shortly after its debut. The 1970s also marked the opening of corporate offices in Minneapolis, with product development and production staying up north.
The sport of snowmobiling grew by leaps and bounds in the early 1970s; enthusiasts in the snowbelts of the United States and Canada now numbered more than a million. The growth rate for the industry was 35 percent per year, versus 20 percent for other recreation industry manufacturers. In 1970, 63 companies manufactured snowmobiles in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Japan. Bombardier held 40 percent of the market, with an additional 40 percent shared by Arctic Cat, Polaris, Scorpion, and Sno Jet. About one-third of the machines manufactured in North America in the early 1970s were made in Minnesota.
Factory-backed racing teams found Polaris support in the days of Allan Hetteen and Textron, but the death of a Polaris team member in 1978 effectively ended the program. From 1981 on the company sponsored a modified racing program with independent racers. Hill climbs, stock and modified oval racing, snow and grass drag racing, and cross-country endurance racing tested the limits of the machines and appealed to customers. Racing was an important part of engineering research and development as well as public relations and product marketing.
Yet in the late 1970s, despite everything that favored the industry--including regular improvements in safety and an expanding trail system that would eventually rival the U.S. Interstate Highway System in total miles--the snowmobiling boom was about to go bust. Companies began shutting down or selling off their snowmobile divisions in the face of declining sales. Names such as Scorpion, AM, Harley-Davidson, Johnson & Evinrude, Chaparral, and Suzuki would no longer be seen on snowmobile nameplates. By 1980 even Arctic Enterprises, the number one manufacturer, was in trouble. High energy costs, economic recessions, snowless winters, and overexpansion eventually drove all but three manufacturers of snowmobiles out of business. Industry sales slid downhill from 500,000 units annually in the early 1970s to 316,000 in 1975; 200,000 in 1980; 174,000 in 1981; and 80,000 in 1983.
Management Buyout in 1981
Textron wanted out of the snowmobile business, too. Textron president Beverly Dolan, who had been president of Polaris during its first years with Textron, told Polaris's then-president, W. Hall Wendel, Jr., to sell off the company. A deal to sell the Polaris division to Canada's Bombardier fell through, however, because of the threat of antitrust action by the U.S. Department of Justice. Liquidation was on the horizon. This opened the door for a management group leveraged buyout led by Wendel, who believed that there was a market for snowmobiles and that seasonal snowfalls would rise again. Polaris Industries was created in July 1981, and a shutdown of the Roseau plant was avoided. (Still, the company began production with just 100 workers after the buyout.) Also at this time, plant workers voted the union out and Polaris proceeded to establish a Japanese labor model of worker participation, with a crew that had firsthand knowledge of the machines and their capabilities. Times were still tough, though: the 1982 product line consisted of the 1981 model with some detail changes, and barely more than 5,000 machines were built that season. The same year as the buyout, Polaris attempted to purchase Arctic Cat. When the deal failed, Arctic Cat shut down, leaving Polaris, at least for a while, as the only American snowmobile manufacturer."
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Enjoy your trip!
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1 hour ago, Low Rider said:
My speedometer says 2,071 for a trip total, I will have to get that fixed.
Yours isn't the one that needs fixing.Yamahas are known to exaggerate the mileage.Our experience with our group is about 4 or so extra per 100 miles.Doo to Doo to Polaris are within 1 mile after 600.
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That was when we moved upriver to Richards then below at the Coconut .Do you know if the shuttle still goes there?We may try the Drakkar someday when we launch from that side of the river.
Quite a few times.Much nicer to get to now that they finished the highway on the southside.Always a nice view behind the bar and the fishtanks are nice to look at too!
Iceman and Friends head east.
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Congrats Guys! Hope for Safe and Easy on the rebound! Probably gonna be some new belts put on soon.