Scranton1 Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 We rode two years ago at minus 32 c at the bank heading to valin. When we got on the mountains it had to be 10 degrees colder with high winds. Its hard to describe to someone that cold. Took my gloves off to take a pic and in 5 seconds hands were numb. If you got naked at that temp you would freeze solid in 5mins. My piss froze before it hit the ground? Crazy cold. What are the records up there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mid Range Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 We rode two years ago at minus 32 c at the bank heading to valin. When we got on the mountains it had to be 10 degrees colder with high winds.Its hard to describe to someone that cold. Took my gloves off to take a pic and in 5 seconds hands were numb. If you got naked at that temp you would freeze solid in 5mins. My piss froze before it hit the ground? Crazy cold. What are the records up there? february 5th,1923 in Doucet,Lac St-Jean -54 celcius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowmaster2112 Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Well, it looks as if we have a "tie" then........ If you look at this link to the current temps in USA & Canada it looks like somewhere north of Lac St Jean it is currently -54 http://vortex.plymouth.edu/uschill.gif Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sled Dog Posted January 17, 2009 Report Share Posted January 17, 2009 We were at Repos on Wednesday and their thermometer said -40!!! Very cold. Our 4-strokes would not start. Turn over...slowly but would not fire. With the help of a battery charger were were up and running though! Over 1000 miles in 4 1/2 days...Not to shabby for the temps we experienced! All part of the joy of riding in Quebec!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viper2 Posted January 17, 2009 Report Share Posted January 17, 2009 We were at Repos on Wednesday and their thermometer said -40!!! Very cold. Our 4-strokes would not start. Turn over...slowly but would not fire. With the help of a battery charger were were up and running though! Over 1000 miles in 4 1/2 days...Not to shabby for the temps we experienced! All part of the joy of riding in Quebec!!!!!!!!!!!! What kind of 4 stroke? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sled Dog Posted January 17, 2009 Report Share Posted January 17, 2009 2 Attaks and 1 Rage. Funny thing is while we were dicking around with them, the tour group that also stayed at the lodge came out to start their sleds. Ski Doo's 500ss and 550f I believe. Couple of pulls on the pull cord and then hit the starter and they were running! Oh well! Would not have been a good commercial for Yamaha! Gotta give credit where its due though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greasemonkey Posted January 17, 2009 Report Share Posted January 17, 2009 2 Attaks and 1 Rage. Funny thing is while we were dicking around with them, the tour group that also stayed at the lodge came out to start their sleds. Ski Doo's 500ss and 550f I believe. Couple of pulls on the pull cord and then hit the starter and they were running! Oh well! Would not have been a good commercial for Yamaha! Gotta give credit where its due though! I have to agree with you Sled Dog. I just got back from the LaTuque/ St. Michel area. Got down to -42. Out of 8 sleds in our group, the 5 Ski Doo E-Tech's started and the 3 Yamaha's didn't. I think the Yamaha's need some sort of decompression mechanism for cold starts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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