Had another great 2 day event in St-Donat. 310 Friday, 110 Saturday. Great trail conditions 90% of the time. St-Donat, Saint-Michel, La Macaza, St come, Notre Dame de la Merci, all in pristine shape. Check out the pics.

Great pic from Montagne Noire- Good to show all the anti sledders that the breathtaking scenery is just another bonus of our sport. Calling for snow this week so things will only get better.

Had another great 2 day event in St-Donat. 310 Friday, 110 Saturday. Great trail conditions 90% of the time. St-Donat, Saint-Michel, La Macaza, St come, Notre Dame de la Merci, all in pristine shape. Check out the pics.

Thanks for the post!! How did the new 4-stroke work / compare?

hey george mon nice to see you getting some use out of that new sled,before she goes skiboom on you!!!! we'll have to hook up and go great looking pics and senery

George mon how far away is this for us?

Tracy mon,

It is exactly 128 miles to the hotel/unloading spot, from my house. Two stop signs and 110 miles of interstate, then 18 miles of 2 lane highway. It took 2 and a quarter hours to get from home to trail. Hopefully no Ski-Boom this year, if so 3 year engine warranty will have to go into use.

Snowbound,

The 4 stroke is a renegade. My 800R got slightly better gas mileage, short track to short track would probably be about the same fuel consumption, minus the oil obviously. The 4 stroke doesn't seem to deliver the weight transfer that the 800 does, but it has such a linear power band that it seems to accelerate evenly throughout the RPM's. Where as the R feels like a caged gorilla trying to break free when you hammer down. On the lake we had a rolling start 25-30 MPH, they were ski to ski till about 80, then I pulled out on him a little, I repeat a "little", we let off somewhere after 80. We are both running the 2 per bar stud pattern, 84 on a shorty, 90 something on the gade. I think the 3 lunger has longer legs, i.e. top speed. But I didn't feel like having to change a belt first thing in the morning, so we never found out who has the most top end. The GPS said 104 top speed, and there was a little left to go full out. But I never usually want to do more than 75-80 anyway. For those of you who are thinking I am completely insane, the speeds I am referring to are on clear, straight runs where this is as safe as it will ever be. Like a groomed lake run in daylight with a clear line of vision for miles. In the woods, trail speeds hover form 40 to 50MPH. With all this in mind the 800R was keeping a 14-15 miles per gallon consumption rate. It's no E-tec, but it's way better than my 01 600 ever was.

TDI-HAM,

La montagne Noire, was a great spot to take some pics. As soon as we got to the summit and shut the sleds down, a pair of Canada Jay's stopped in for a snack, unfortunately, bird seed is not on my must carry on me at all times, list. Here's a few more from the summit.