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Was anyone calling for a carbon tax then? Oh, oh, sorry! I didn't mean that!

Yep, and for that other reason, the sport is slowly dieing from a rider to a volunteer standpoint. Agreed, stupid money spent, that makes non-current left over that much more appealing vs. latest MY sled if you are so inclined to buy....but you are still taking a hit on selling your old sled for the "new one", if you sell that is. There will always be a cost for having fun, each person has a different threshold for that given their life situation, stupid part of spending the money is not being able to enjoy it......I think most in the sport today will be okay spending the $$, if it can be enjoyed - that was a big hurtle this year no doubt, which as you say, leads to considering other options instead to spend your money on. 2025 season will be better for riding option, it has to be! Maybe not for sled manufactures/dealers though.....

I rode my sons 550 Sport a little the day we got out. It is light, has decent jam, and if you are a good rider, riding Muskoka trails, ( not Quebec and up north), it will keep up with anyone. what I loved about it most was no temp gauge and scratchers non sense. Gas, oil, and go. You can still have a lot of fun w/o spending 25k plus on a stupid snowmobile. i have never not had a sled, 25+ is the end for me.

yes, but there is very little coming in behind those people - and even people with financial freedom - they didn't get there making stupid decisions with their money, and 30k on a sled in Ontario would fall into that category all day long - rich or not - it's just stupid lol. People will start finding other things to do with their time and money if things don't get better

It seems like a record that has been played the last little while over and over, but with this year under our belt, that affected ON and even QC a fair amount, might be a major change in the tides for sure. The sport I beleive is still mostly made up of folks between 45 and 65, and for most in that bracket, financial freedoms are looking pretty good......but how dedicated will this group continue to be with winters likes this.

The end of an era 2025 SRX

I truly believe that Cochrane will open up again before the end of March.

Best looking sled

Snows comin, I can feel it in me bones

It is early March and blasts of winter may still come in the north, but how much water will be flowing..... Close to preserve in hopes things can be salvaged. This was from the Polar Bears Club: We are going to be closing all of our trails today at 5pm due to the current warm weather with rain predicted overnight. Please note, we are not throwing in the cards for the season. We are ready to do what we can to reopen our trail network whenever/if winter decides to return! - Jesse

Funny how perspective does weird things.... Similar thoughts here, but now, not so much.

Yup, once sleds crept past the 20k mark - you lost a lot of people. The crunch for spare cash for a lot of people now is real - new payroll taxes, carbon taxes, inflation etc. - is eating into discretionary income. At 20k plus for a sled - that unless you trailered far this season- was essentially un-useable - you're into a small demographic of diehards. $ and weather will be the death of sledding as you knew it The system alone can't sustain itself on those diehards

Predictions??? How about an observation..... Anyone snow checking a 2025, is either, to quote my buddy Woodzi, f**ked in the head or, has waaay too much money. Observation is based on a two month season max, and hundreds of great new and used '23 and '24 sleds available. Off season toys are good for 6-8 months of the year, and in some cases, are less expensive than a new sled. WTF?

For fun built a Boost Indy VR1 137 Dynamix Package 2 and it comes to $30,328 😲, also noticed the heated seat option is $744 now, other than the dynamix shock system I didn’t notice too much new nice looking line up,

that looks horrible - I can get better conditions close to any arena in Ontario. Season is done!

Lots of reports on Facebook, 705 Snowmobiles. Here is one from this afternoon.

Especially gas stations👍

I have always been under the impression that restaurants, hotels etc. paid for being on the map. It would be nice if it just took the local club's passing the necessary info to their District office to get businesses added.

Thats only because you want to smell the exhaust......................

dito - I would run it on a stand until it reaches normal operating temp, spin the track up as well. Replace the gas with fresh while you are at it, needs to be done anyways and avoids running bad gas through it. I normally start my sleds every so often anyways and let them run for a bit on a stand, even in a normal year......2 or 4 stroke.

Start it up - run it on the stand - get all moving bearings etc. moving - then set it back for storage: Nothing should sit that long with turning/moving in my opinion - moving parts need to move