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    GSX800 got a reaction from MrGutz in Team Vermont.. Rolling again   
    Time for a heated seat and remote start.
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    GSX800 got a reaction from PLAYHARD in Who ordered the pizza?   
    I’ll take the groomer for the win!
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    GSX800 got a reaction from iceman in Who ordered the pizza?   
    I’ll take the groomer for the win!
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    GSX800 got a reaction from dooright in Team Vermont.. Rolling again   
    Time for a heated seat and remote start.
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    GSX800 reacted to NSHM in Who ordered the pizza?   
    Obviously, these drivers didn't take the pledge?
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    GSX800 got a reaction from PLAYHARD in Say it aint so, Joe.   
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    GSX800 got a reaction from markusvt in Team Vermont.. Rolling again   
    Time for a heated seat and remote start.
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    GSX800 got a reaction from MrGutz in Say it aint so, Joe.   
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    GSX800 reacted to iceman in Team Vermont.. Rolling again   
    Damn my wife got her own stickers. She likes it. 
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    GSX800 got a reaction from MrGutz in Team Vermont.. Rolling again   
    We have one of those too.  Growing up around three dogs the cat comes when he is called, sits when he’s told, shakes when told.  The gets a treat just like the dogs. We aren’t cat people but ours is one cool cat.
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    GSX800 reacted to Muskoka2 in Wanted: 3-day Quebec Saddlebag Loop Recommendations   
    Day One:Temiscamingue to Val d'O/ Day Two:V.D. up to Amos-over to La Saare down to Rouyn-Norand/ Day 3-Rouyn back to Temiscamingue 865 km. total=540 easy miles!
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    GSX800 got a reaction from dooright in Fire Lac Repos   
    Can’t beat a Honda generator!  Darn things are amazing.  
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    GSX800 got a reaction from Je me souviens in Team Vermont.. Rolling again   
    We have one of those too.  Growing up around three dogs the cat comes when he is called, sits when he’s told, shakes when told.  The gets a treat just like the dogs. We aren’t cat people but ours is one cool cat.
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    GSX800 reacted to Je me souviens in Lost Saddle Bag   
    I did not see anything on Sunday after lunch between Fer a Cheval and Sainte Anne by way of the west side of the Mitchimaneceus reservoir if that helps narrow down the search. 
    I have a set of those bags I don’t use anymore if you end up needing a replacement. Just send me a message.
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    GSX800 reacted to doo4adoo in Lost Saddle Bag   
    You might call the outfitters up that way as well. Often riders if they find these will bring them to the next stop. Say Fer Cheval, Parent, 100 Lacs etc. as well the Resto bar in St Anne if that's the route
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    GSX800 reacted to Signfan in Fire Lac Repos   
    We were into Manawan for gas last winter.  No real issues.  The west trail is better but both work.  The town really was looking better compared to past years.  New community center under construction and a lot of the houses had new siding.  
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    GSX800 reacted to towing in Joliette/St-Zenon/ Lac Blanc Auberge photo ride-report 20/1/2024+video   
    Finally, here's the report of our first ride of the season did yesterday January 20, 2024

    We could have ridden last Sunday but it was an after a foot snow storm day with mild weather and we knew well that the trail conditions would not hold and be hard for us 2up so we waited until yesterday and were not disappointed . The cold of the last few days has been very good for the trails and the ice... it's about time!
    We were able to start directly from home in St-Thomas near Joliette, the trails are open and there is more than 2 feets of snow and it increases over 3 feets in some spots on the route that we did. Here in the fields near St-Norbert. The sky was very gray with a little snow at times which makes the pics less attractive but it still allows you to see what it looked like.

    We strategically chose to do the wooded northern section to start the ride and to return via the fields to the south which remain nice for longer under the effect of traffic. Here north of St-Gabriel de Brandon.

    And here at #23/#63 junction in St-Damien

    5 km north of the Renard Bleu outfitter, the trail turns 90 and takes a new route to connect to #350 this year due to logging in this area.

    there are a couple of kms to go on a plowed road but it ride very well

    Then we are on the road path which is snowy for a long section it ride really great, I really appreciated this new path groomed wide

    After the #350 west junction there is 1km where the trail passes either next to the plowed road or a new path in the woods that the club is at finishing but it is very short

    then we return to the usual #350 path which was really very nice and fast

    We quickly passed in front of the Koubec

    And we went up #345 towards the north which was as nice and fast

    And we continued on #23 towards the east which was just as beautiful, just the last 2km which goes up the mountain before reaching intersection #350 which seemed to still be on the first dozer pass...
    This #23/#350 junction(Gaston's trail towards Lac Blanc) was our expected meeting point with our friend Snowcruiser who was leaving from Trois-Rivières airport to meet us with the plan to eat together at Lac Blanc. It's a bit ambitious to arrange meetings in the middle of the woods like that... especially on the first season's ride. We had 140km to go and he had around 70km to get there but we had agree that we would wait a little and at worse we would crossed each other while riding, but we were lucky with our estimates that were spot on. I was stopped for less than a minute when he showed up! After a bit of chatting we got back in the saddle to try to get at Lac Blanc before noon to beat a bit the lunch crowd.
    The #350 going back down to Lac Blanc was still very beautiful, just a little worn in its big hills and very panoramic in terms of snow, it's impressive


    We arrived at the Lac Blanc Auberge at 11:40 a.m. with 165km done from the morning. We obviously weren't the only ones who had this idea!

    Given the size of the crowd we wondered how things would go for the meal inside but I have to take my hat off to their extremely quick and efficient organization which was ready. We didn't wait a second to be seated in the dining room and we had our meals in front of us less than 15 minutes later! I was impressed.
    After this good meal break and a refueling we left under the snow a little after 1:00 p.m. towards the southeast on trail #350. The view from the lake when we left!

    This trail was starting to get pretty beaten up by traffic but was not that bad on our side of the trail heading south. We tested our suspensions up to the #63 junction where we took a break. I was able to chat a little with Jonathan Doucet from Randonnée Motoneige au Québec on Facebook, whom I had recognized and briefly meet as I left Lac Blanc auberge

    The trail condition came back nice on the #63 and we were able to ride good trail all the way back home. Snowcruiser left us to return to his trailer via St-Léon/St-Sévère and we continued on #63 and #3 for the return


    The Bayonne River is already solid and the trail passes over it without problem near Berthier

    We got back home early around 3:45 p.m. with 272 km for the ride, very happy with this season's opener which had been a long time coming.
    The trail network is pretty much open and connected in Lanaudiere and Mauricie minus some rivers that are not ready yet. The cold we just had in the last days helped alot for this and I hope that mother nature will continue to cooperate in the next days to complete the puzzle.
    Have a  great riding season!
    Alain
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    GSX800 got a reaction from Pipeman in Team Vermont.. Rolling again   
    We have one of those too.  Growing up around three dogs the cat comes when he is called, sits when he’s told, shakes when told.  The gets a treat just like the dogs. We aren’t cat people but ours is one cool cat.
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    GSX800 got a reaction from NSHM in Say it aint so, Joe.   
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    GSX800 got a reaction from iceman in Wanted: 3-day Quebec Saddlebag Loop Recommendations   
    As a former Rochestarian I will tell you that Mont Laurier and Saint Zenon/Saint Michele des Saints are two of the easiest/shortest drives you can make.  Our group of 6 really likes starting in Mont Laurier due to the easy drive.  A couple years ago my wife and I drove up to the Forestel in Val d Or late in the winter.  Yeah, it’s a longer drive albeit easy driving.  What you described as your past trips I wouldn’t consider West. More central and east.  Many on QR will say west is best.  I would suggest to start in Val d Or at the Forestel.  Nice place, good food. No worries about leaving your trucks/trailers there.  Day 2 to LaBannik south of Ville Marie. Day 3 to Villa Mon Repos in La Sarre.  Day 4 back to Forestel.  The trails out west are truly worth the drive.  
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    GSX800 reacted to Je me souviens in Wanted: 3-day Quebec Saddlebag Loop Recommendations   
    How about heading further west for option B, base camp style.   Drive right up to the Forestel in Val D’Or and do loops, can’t go wrong there.
    Or head out eastbound to the Roquemont in St Raymond and run up 23 to the Saguenay region.  Either base camp out of the Delta in Jonquiere, or loop out to the coast of the St Lawrence via 83 day two. Then south on 3 back to st Raymond.  Add or subtract miles as you like, but I would opt for the longer route east via the north side of the Saguenay river using 93 or the Pelchat local trail north of 93
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    GSX800 got a reaction from PLAYHARD in Who ordered the pizza?   
    Brings back a memory. Back in 2013 our group of 6 decided to give the Michigan UP a try for something different.  On day 2 of our saddlebag trip we rode up on a ridge overlooking Lake Superior with the city of Marquette across the bay.  We look back down on the trail and see this Jeep Grand Cherokee struggling down the trail.  The guy pulls off the trail, game over STUCK! We come down off the ridge to help him.  No way, the 6 of us can’t budge it.  Luckily the groomer comes down the trail and yanks him out.  Why was the guy even on the trail? He was going to park his Jeep where he got stuck and walk a short ways through the woods to sneak into ski hill to snowboard.
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    GSX800 reacted to mikerider in 2024 Rivière-du-Loup trail conditions   
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    GSX800 got a reaction from iceman in Parent to St Raymond   
    You will enjoy 100 Lacs.
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    GSX800 got a reaction from MrGutz in Who ordered the pizza?   
    Not uncommon.  Have seen it a few times.  
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