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For years, we used to just keep piling permits up on our windshields - as a badge of pride. Then we started breaking shields more and more frequently. Some of those should have (and were intended to have) been mounted on the wall (of shame?) in the garage, but I don't think any have ever made it. Now-days we don't run windshields at all, and the new sled didn't even come with one. Our permits are ... somewhere .... We can produce them if someone wants to see them. But I aint gluein' those things to my bodywork!

I'd still like to see a pic of the guards w/o the muffs to see exactly how and where they mount - if/when someone gits time. (not buying today)

Wow - those are some heavy duty muffs! That Top A (NCDN) equipment there! I have a heavy, wool (fake?) lined set somewhere, but those are too rigid for your riding. Would be fine on trail tho, and those won't flop fwd either! Are those guards in an option catalog somewhere, or are they std on some model that we can search online fiche for?

Well, I have seen Trail Wardens stopping sledders on Wawa Lake. I have no idea what they could possibly be checking for - other than impaired driving?

Speeding ticket on a lake? I'll take the chin strap ticket. Not likely gunna find me speeding or with loud pipes tho. Shouldn't need a pass to be on the lake.

Could I git'chew to take a pic showing the muffs and handguards in place - and with the muffs off maybe? Like - from the top down? I have some generic muffs that I use. I had a set of Doo muffs that totally wore out from the 90's before. I ride with Jersey gloves almost all the time. Only issue is that the muffs, mostly just the right handed one for some reason, want to pull fwd from air movement I guess. So I am pulling it/them back up with some regularity if stuck on a trail much. I am wondering how the combo - the muffs with the guards works. Would the guards keep the muffs from going fwd? Doo the guards mount so far inwards that the muffs can mount like normal? Then I wonder if I could roll the muffs up like this when I don't want them?

Extra 10.5" ???

Wait 'till you want to come down the mountain side with that block up front! Especially in powder, where the front end wants to sink to China! But going up will pull your arms outta your sleeves! That's a rush! (Chum has an M11 or two)

Typically that is a weather related need. Wet snow on a cold day or freezing rain. It's not something typically needed for frost on cold days, but it can happen - likely dependent [again] on humidity. OK, so can someone explain to me the whole MX biker visor thing? Isn't that historically for helping to keep mud roost from getting you in the face when you are riding too close to your bud? (or racing if you are into that) So, does the average trail sled rider have issues with roost chunks these days? Does the average trail sled throw chunks these days - like everyone was fussing aboot our paddle tracks 15 yrs ago? If I start to git those, it just tells me that it's time to back off, or run point. ???

"Commodity Surcharge $520"

Well I understand our Summit's (RMK's) coming w/o windshields, but you have trail machines coming in these days w/o shields?

Well I am thankful that Bombi didn't read that! I bought a 1 yr old 1996 Grand Touring from a dealer in the UP. The sled was a DNR machine. On Dec 31 1996 I had a shock replaced in Kap and they said that it was under warranty. (last day!)

Could you simply put the relay in your pocket for a while?

Well, on that "note", Little Miss Blue's (LeAnne Rimnes) One Way Ticket will forever be remembered by us for our first trip sledding in Canada. Every night when we would get a room, my chum would find the country music video channel, and that was the hottest ticket at the time I guess.... That doesn't come on the radio hardly that I don't remember that trip.

Sounds like starter, not battery.

Must be a 4 stroke thing?

Doo you let those signs fall through in the spring, or doo you try to go chop them back out before break-up?

I just got in some basic commodity alum tube yesterday that I ordered from a service center 3 or 4 months ago. My custom alum extruder at last note was out 56 weeks I think? (that's 56, not 5 to 6) I have 2" ETD150 on order, for March delivery, but I am not betting on it. I asked for a quote P&A for 70k# of 4140 a cpl months ago. It took me a month to get an answer from only 1 of 3 mills that I was pinging. Have never heard back from the other two and I gave up pinging. I am sure that plastic, electrical components, etc are all seeing the same problem. Yes, it sucks, but if you have some ability to doo better, you should see a payday right soon!

Tell me, what is it that you doo for a living?

That's a Purple only feature. I don't think anyone else has ever used that feature to date. I don't think I'd lose much sleep over that one.

LOL! I think that I finally got my '18 (hold-over 1 yr) through break-in last year.* But the Doo was 500 smiles I think. We can ride all day and only put 50 klicks on, so ... Not quite apples/apples.... No, my bad.... "last year" was actually the week before Wuhan lock-down at Halfway. Not rode much since .... We were planning on leaving Tuesday, maybe Wednesday. Then Thursday at the soonest.... To now we're looking at Friday. We'll get the truck pointed towards snow eventually ...

Fine print at the top:

Trees need to slow down! They run so close to the trail at speeds of 100 klicks sometimes!

1] You was saying a cpl yrs ago that you was in need of some riding buddy's as you was looking to git out more. It looks like you must have found someone to ride with? You have been out WAY more than I ever git. Been 20 yrs since I have gotten as much riding as you seem to be git'n. (2450 klicks of mostly off-trail and Rocky Mtn's - was a good year to be me!) Now-days, not so much. 2] It looks like a certain 440 is nose up and tail down. 3] Looks like your one buddy needs to learn to ride standing up in these conditions. (black sled)