RoadRunner Posted February 6, 2018 Report Share Posted February 6, 2018 Well, we had a great Super bowl meeting at Barrage Gouin with Trailblazer, 603 Backcountry and Yours truly. Many of the White road crew were in attendance. Today we separated, TB headed south limping home on a bad track. While RR and 603 headed north. The Backcountry single track ride to sawmill 54 was an awesome 80 mile ride on single track non groomed riding . Than we rode groomed trail from the sawmill54 to Lebel sur quevillion. a nice 330 mile ride of ...off and ...on trail going. Which , after all, .. is what 603 and I love the most. A great combo day of riding. lots of snow in northwestern Quebec and the trails were to perfection! gotta love it RR mikerider, doonali, Florida Snowman and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dooright Posted February 6, 2018 Report Share Posted February 6, 2018 Looking awesome ! RoadRunner 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikerider Posted February 6, 2018 Report Share Posted February 6, 2018 Keep up the stories and pictures, the more remote the better! mike RoadRunner 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neksledr Posted February 6, 2018 Report Share Posted February 6, 2018 Trailblazer, what up? That last run through Gaspe burn your track off? Come on, looking for your report! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hparaptor Posted February 6, 2018 Report Share Posted February 6, 2018 7 hours ago, neksledr said: Trailblazer, what up? That last run through Gaspe burn your track off? Come on, looking for your report! Trying to get a story out, not much luck. He should be back home by now. Wonder if he kept the original track??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikerider Posted February 6, 2018 Report Share Posted February 6, 2018 Crap, I ran out of wine, I mean my track broke, and I gotta go home! Trailblazer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadRunner Posted February 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2018 (edited) Yesterday we had great going in the Abitibi region. Running down to Sennetierre over to Amos and than the boys continued on up to Matagami for a good 275 mile run. The 93 out of Lebel was flat, fast and fun, we skipped in on some of the green and orange trails on our way into Amos for lunch. We had a few gremlins developing that caused some replanning .603 Backcountry had the engine light come on in his 650,sled ran fine, but the light was on so we figured we would pull into Accent Plein air, the brp dealer in Amos and have them check it out. Well as we are rolling into Amos at a nice clip, I started noticing In the RR 850 a vibration at the higher end. Thinking maybe the track had loosened up a bit, I figure to take up a couple of turns on the track at lunch. At lunch, upon further inspection, I got that sinking feeling that Trailblazer had earlier in the week, noticed several lugs and sheets of rubber missing, hum, looks like the operator might have failed to deploy.... any .....of those 4 scratchers that he had on the sled to keep the heat of the track reduced at times of high speed low lube running😉. Note to self, you put scratchers on , use them! Meanwhile 603s engine light had cured itself but we had another issue to deal with, run this track another 1000 miles back to Maine or find a new one. The dealer, right across the street now from lunch, was all over it. He did not have a track but there was a 2.5 in la Sarre, he will send a pick up over or get it, have a mechanic stay last night to cut the lugs down to 1.75, install the track and Be ready in the morning. Let’s hope all went well last night. Your truly got a room at the Amosphere, 603 and the gang headed north to Matagami, with a return back to Amos for mid day reconnect. Steve, the service manager was exceptional , the sales manager dropped me at the hotel, and was heading to pick up the track. Can’t beat that service! its always an adventure heading towards lac Fallon tonight, further east on Thursday RR Edited February 9, 2018 by RoadRunner 182ray, snowfarmer, dooright and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadRunner Posted February 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 The boys found me 25 miles north of Amos today, the track came out awesome, new Good year sneakers under the Freeride! We now turn and burn for a downtown tour of Val d or, than onto Lac Faillon lodge. Great going, the boys that did the matagami run logged in 280 for the day. Once we landed at faillon, we were pleased to find iceman stickers and a round of beers for all. Thank you Ice! Still discussing destination tomorrow, on or off trail??? Happy trails RR Trailblazer, Florida Snowman, mikerider and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailblazer Posted February 8, 2018 Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 On 2018-02-06 at 8:09 AM, neksledr said: Trailblazer, what up? That last run through Gaspe burn your track off? Come on, looking for your report! Well Terry it’s like as though I wanted it to happen, when I saw that 1.6 Cobra on Molly’s Renegade XRS 850 I was kinda jealous, so I had to go rip up the road from Parent to Gouin to do her in for a new one. Looking at a 1.6 Ice Cobra replacement, this time with Duponts. RoadRunner 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailblazer Posted February 8, 2018 Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 Happy to hear you boyZ are all together again and the track repairs worked out. RoadRunner 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadRunner Posted February 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 Tb, the new sneakers worked out nicely, , great meal tonight at the Faillon. Get your new sneaker on and those Dupont’s, you will be ready for the white road😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted February 8, 2018 Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 Trail riding with Freerides that have 2.5 or 2 inch lugs sounds crazy to me. No doubt your blowing lugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadRunner Posted February 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 8 hours ago, Fozzy said: Trail riding with Freerides that have 2.5 or 2 inch lugs sounds crazy to me. No doubt your blowing lugs. Fozzy, we have pretty good luck generally, many of us run the 2” lug on the 154 Freeride. Our riding style is both on and off trail so a combo track works great for us, however , we should change the tracks, because of the combo riding style, after 7 or 8 thousand miles or you will begin to increase your odds of track delamination. that’s just our opinion😉 Happy on and off trail riding RR Phil 1, Fozzy and dooright 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadRunner Posted February 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 Today, we had a fun day of groomed trail and breaking open 30 miles of trails and another 30 of single track trail. A total of 250. Leaving lac faillon and arriving at Barrage Gouin .. again, we love this place! A chewed up belt and lots of powder made for a fun day onto lac St jean tomorrow, on and off trail😉 Florida Snowman, iceman, doonali and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadRunner Posted February 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 On our adventure ride yesterday, Once we got thru the old logging road, where the snow was deep, we got into a burn and fresh logging area, where the road system opened up and the going was good. A full variety of riding for us yesterday put smiles on our faces we brought new “younger” recruit with us this trip, and he has done awesome, we have been testing him out front on both the trail and adventure riding with the GPS, he has passed the test with flying colors! dooright, mikerider, doonali and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadRunner Posted February 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 Only a couple more days left on this adventure run, yesterday was a blue sky day and a retrace of our 85 mile ride to sawmill54 on single track trails, than groomed over to Dolbeau. A coupe of long cuts and we were in to Auberge la difference with 230 on. A visit to the Skidoo dealer for some hi fax on our new recruits sled and a drive belt purchase. A very nice seafood dinner last night at la difference. Very nice stop here. onto to Quebec City tonight Happy trails RR 182ray, Florida Snowman, mikerider and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadRunner Posted February 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 We busted out of Dolbeau around 8:30, heading for 4 points Sheraton QC on a Saturday, we knew what to expect....... We think we encountered somewhere in the area of 750 sleds on our run down. That’s great for the snowmobile industry! Trails were remarkable good-as far as L’etape After that it was downgraded significantly. Had to to be 50 sleds at Mt Alicia and a long gas line😉 Into QC at 3pm a nice run with a variety of conditions. Trail 3 in from Saint Ann was a Goat Run, pick up the speed and try to just hit the tops! We split at l’etape with our two group members that Backcountry and I meet in St Raymond last Saturday night we have on 2060 for this trip with another 180 tomorrow back to Maine A fun ride, of 400 miles of adventure riding and 1800 plus of groomed trail riding. Our next big adventure will be the White Road on the first of March. Happy trails RR PLAYHARD, groomer, dooright and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikerider Posted February 10, 2018 Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 Thanks for posting RR. A great adventure and I enjoyed following your posts. Interesting as always. mike RoadRunner 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailblazer Posted February 10, 2018 Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 “Up the speed and hit the tops” I like your thinking, have you sledded though MTL? The norm on Saturday evenings. RoadRunner 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadRunner Posted February 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 15 minutes ago, Trailblazer said: “Up the speed and hit the tops” I like your thinking, have you sledded though MTL? The norm on Saturday evenings. Not sure I want to try that .....unless I have to Jean guy😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadRunner Posted February 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 The 2018 Freeride, Oh, what a difference a week makes, from powder and fun, to a 5400 mile , mid season, check up, which it did not pass very well😉 The clutches were in need of some TLC, fuel draw issues, and shock change in the skid, plus a few other odds and ends. Should be back on the snow soon.😁 Happy Trails RR dooright 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 On 2018-02-10 at 5:52 PM, Trailblazer said: “Up the speed and hit the tops” I like your thinking, have you sledded though MTL? The norm on Saturday evenings. I did that when I was 14 years old. Was arrested and watched my 1972 Skiroule RTX being put on a flatbed towed to the impound. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadRunner Posted February 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 (edited) The fuel pick up issue seems to have been resolved. Prior to disassembly, I had been running out of fuel at about the 7.5 gallon mark, most of the time, Leaving an already smaller 9.4 gallon tank ...2 gallons shy. Not good when you are in the bush counting on every ounce😉. The brass pick up screen was missing from the end of the fuel line, this caused it to float around and get into unfavorable positions. The screen acts as a line weight as well. One mystery solved👍 Edited February 16, 2018 by RoadRunner dooright and Florida Snowman 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailblazer Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 Good news we can pound more drifts. RoadRunner 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrGutz Posted February 25, 2018 Report Share Posted February 25, 2018 On 2/16/2018 at 11:07 AM, RoadRunner said: The fuel pick up issue seems to have been resolved. Prior to disassembly, I had been running out of fuel at about the 7.5 gallon mark, most of the time, Leaving an already smaller 9.4 gallon tank ...2 gallons shy. Not good when you are in the bush counting on every ounce😉. The brass pick up screen was missing from the end of the fuel line, this caused it to float around and get into unfavorable positions. The screen acts as a line weight as well. One mystery solved👍 Last week while in LSJ a guy had a similiar issue, the intank screen filter was PACKED with Crap! This was a 2016 1200, it would run for a little while fine (40 minutes), then die out and barely run. Dealer had him change a sensor. He purchased the filters from the dealer and tore it apart themselves. I was surprised how bad it was. So I'll be checking the pump filters this summer. Later GutZ RoadRunner 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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