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Great day today.

It was decent leaving temis, ville marie to la tulipe was thin but rideable, la tulip was sweet half way to la force was icey on lower route 63 and up. La force up 309 was minty to the shelter the whole length. Stopped for lunch at rapid 7. Malartic to amos on 83, 307, 93 was choppy but met the groomer just south of town. 400 clicks. Excellent day🫠

Have cash, ready to go. Best deals in years will be available very soon

Lets be honest, you would have to be on crack to buy a sled today. Prices are only going to fall on them from now until next season.

Amos back to temis today. Only one pic from lunch at rapid 7. The 309 and north of there was excellent. Still good enough on the rail line in temis. Getting tough in between but some really good mixed in there too. Anyone ever tried/found/know of good parking around la force to saddle bag from?

Was sledding around Dwight this weekend,trails were pretty decent .All things considered

I'm shopping harder now than all winter.. Got room for one more in the trailer..

Did you buy it?

its a cat!

You know she’s been riding with me a long time. Usually she just wrecks her sled….lol I forget how many times I fixed that F6 of hers. That thing was full of duct tape and hot glue. I had to trade it to a dealer. I didn’t feel right selling it privately.

I made a couple of calls after it happened. I decided not to follow the advise I was given, which was to hammer it back out as straight as I could and not get too far into it. Instead I took it all apart. I now understand why I was told not to. It’s not an easy job. The tunnel and all the parts are aluminum but most of the rivets are steel. Some I drilled out, some I hammered out, some I had to grind the head of. All the while trying not to damage any of the powder coat that would be visible. I ordered parts (footrest, roller, tierod, lower body panel), waited a week, Doo shipped the wrong footrest, ordered again, another week, got the right one this time. Lots of problems even placing the order. Technically, Doo doesn’t list a part number for the roller (the roller is the out edge of the runningboard) on any sled with Smart Shocks because the wiring runs through the inside. I ordered one for an MXZ 137. I also bought 30-6.4 mm and 20-3/16 rivets from Doo as listed in the parts diagram. The parts only come with a few predrilled holes so I fitted everything up using 1/4 and 3/16 stainless bolts. Then drilled the rest of the holes, cleaned all the holes. My buddy powder coated all the parts including the rivets for me in satin black. Another thing I learned. 6.4 mm is 1/4 inch and 1/4 inch rivets require a heavy commercial riveter. My buddy lent me his air riveter but 3/16 was the largest tip. I had to buy a manual heavy rivet gun from Princess Auto. It’s all back together again. I bought a detailing brush and painted the inside of the rivets. The 3 stainless screw heads at the rear are the attachment points for the Smart Shock wiring cover. It has to be removed to service the shocks. Someone had already replaced the rivets with raw ones.

My sled will probably qualify for a classic permit before I replace it lol

I seen they're offering 3 years warranty now on spring order 25' Doo's and lynx's.

I just received the bail out email from my buddy. My Wife(she who must be obayed) says I can't go alone. Will somebody heading north in the next 2 days allow me to tell her that I'm riding with them, in case she wants 'proof' that I am not riding alone? The ruse is more important than actual riding partners, but I would try to ride with another group, if available. I am neither fast, nor slow, and neither a party animal or a wall flower. I feel the season slipping away.

Thunderstorm? I am headed to KL Wednesday with a few buddies and we only see light rain forecast. 5-10mm Hopefully it’s very light rain followed by the 15-20cm they are calling for.

we are heading up to KL Tuesday night, staying overnight and hoping to sled to Cochrane Wed. night, Hearst Thursday, Friday Iroquois Falls, Sat back to KL. all Tentative at the moment. any idea how the trails are around Kap, as the OFSC is showing as yellow, just wanting to know what to expect. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Hoping the Tuesday thunderstorm does not wipe out trails.

Just got back from Quebec, trails better as you go east from Noranda..... friends who stayed longer said north of Amos was fantastic

We came down the 93 from La Sarre to Rouyn today we actually be were north of La Sarre from Amos. All good even yellow trails. The way south off and on some rough thin spots still was good running and as we got closer to Rouyn lots of stones and icy and thin. Traffic was heavy as well and now the warm up. Go east lol they can survive a warm up

I was feeling bad about derailing the Abitibi thread so moving my comments over here. After recommendations from Stoney and Used2, It went to Team Vincent today to check seats with one of their employees who understood what I was talking about. We went to their used sled section where I sat on a ‘22 XRS 850, an 850 Backcountry, ‘21 XRS 900 and an 23 XRS 850. The 900 was set up like my Mach bar wise, adjustable riser and 2 inch add on. So was the one 850. I agree that the seat feels taller, firmer so I bought the “Trail Narrow Seat” Part # 860202644. They had 2 in stock. Skidoo website said that they were the only dealer in my area that may have one. I’m not sure why Doo doesn’t know exactly what a dealer has in stock but the website only told me who didn’t? They had 2. I said to grab one for me. Online Price was $559.99, currently 20% off = $447.99 The girl said it was 25% off, price was $419.25. Even better. Those with a short I will see another mod I did last week.

That was the first thing I did at the scene. Ed rode the sled home 50 kms or more and said it drove fine. It didn’t pull or dart. It felt the same as it had all day. I realigned the skis after the steering parts were changed. I’ve ridden it twice now and no issues. 120 kph on the railbed and it tracks straight and stable. I ran a bar across the rear of the tunnel and measured back from the top and bottom of the spindle and it was within a 1/16.

I've been busy having motel meetings with the gang LoL. It's a short 3 day ride but 2 days and it's been great tomorrow we are still thinking about Amos to rouyan. Cold today for the mattagami ride but it was just an awesome

Left Senneterre this morning with a couple inches of new snow trails were perfect had lunch at Rapid 7 I think the sugar pie there is even better than moonbeam clubhouse.. Trails from LaForce back to Fugereville are starting to get thin and they are rock hard after the flash freeze last night but still very rideable . If i was coming up i would drive to Amos or Val -dor

Sure. We don't ride hard and we don't mind slowing our pace either. My wife keeps up and she rides like girl....LOL I will post here once we make a final decision. Its either Kirkland Lake or Kapuscasing. Leaning towards Kirkland Lake.