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I have no idea how this would have NOT happened after this season. It would have been bad enough if they just left it closed up all winter, but then they went in to doo _ due diligence on keeping the trail open, even tho the border is closed. You take Yanks out of D north, and y'aint got much. Then doo the provincial wide shut down, and no snow, and .... Not quite understanding the donation thing? Not a go fund me? .

Mine is up most all the time, but I'm not seeing the speeds that y'all are. .. but I haven't ran a windshield very often in years.

Wore out an old Lazer SN45 (disguised as a Ski-Doo helmet back in the 90's) I bought a new HJC and hated it as it gave me ice cream headaches! Started buying up all the old Lazers like my old one on E-bay ever since. I doo NOT recommend that you follow suit - unless you are looking for a different size than I take.

I'm guessing that the "club sled" is a wide track with a hitch?

Yeah, you doo want to let it warm up, but starting regularly is good to keep the carbs fresh. I love the new machine with the fuel infection and all. I can go to the garage and fire it up and walk away. It shuts down in a few minutes if no rider input, so I might have to go fire it back up one more time. Rust inside the motor can normally be pointed to synthetic oil, as it has very little "sticky" to cling to surfaces. I wouldn't run synthetic in an older machine. I've never seen any rust inside any of my motors. .

The "club sled" eh? I wonder if there is some way that I can write off my sled/expenses?

Yeah, but the CK3 chassis went through 2003, and RER came out in 200.5 (?) on the Ser III Twin motors. So there was a 2-3 year overlap, but I don't think the trippples ever got it, but I could be wrong. There WAS sumpthing special aboot the last cpl year 800 blocks, but now I don't recall what that was. Maybe it was RER, but I don't remember any more.... I was thinking that it might be more like 780 / 800+ CC's or ???

Was the FIII mentioned prior? I missed it... When I was lookin' to fetch a new sled back in '01, I threatened to buy a used Mach1 - which I believe had the single pipe - and long track it, but I ended up splurging to the new Zx Summit. No RER on trippples either.... Hmmm, I guess RER is not possible on the 580/670 with rotary valves, but the trippples with reeds - should actually have been possible, but I don't think that they ever bothered? .

What trippple - where?

Well, it sounds like you've turned a wrench before. Did you take the old bottom apart to see if/what the issue was? "A rod knockin' " isn't normal on a 2stroke. Many times in automotive - those "rods" are actually wrist pins, and will clatter for years. Put front and rear main seals in it! (checking run-out is a good idea as well.) .

That sled had a gas shut-off valve on it, and if it was closed and the sled ran enough to run the carbs dry -then mayby the carbs are ok, but a dirty carb - especially on a multi-carb motor like yours, is very vulnerable to a lean burndown. I personally just never trust last years carbs, and we always tear them down to clean them. This is a WAY bigger deal then chaincase oil. Making sure there is enough oil in the case is good, but changing it not nearly that big'a deal. Also - round slides are notorious for gunking up. Way more-so than flat slides. .

You are asking or telling?

And you are just dragging it out that much longer is all.

Boy oh boy - look at those stats to help justify the %$#! mask wearing eh? I haven't worn one at all.

I directed a chum that likes to C/C ski there last year. I guess they won't be planning on making the trip this year ....

Is Black Creek open this year? I don't see any signs of life from Halfway yet.

Well, to be fair, how many trail riders have a saw or axe on their sled? They may have brought one if they knew it was like this, but if they knew it was like that - they likely would have stayed home. So that cuts both ways... There is a writ on this very subject in the front of the current issue of (I think) SnowTech. Me and my boy took a pass through - what I believe is known as "Trail 7" north of Wawa a few years ago and there was deadfall everywhere! We cut our way through quite a bit, but started running out of daylight, and Shirley someone with a chainsaw could make 5x the progress that we were. I don't know if we were almost through the worst of it, or just getting to the bad spot, but we did clear many fells. I later seen it posted that they had gotten that trail open - maybe a year later (?) for the first time in many years - because it was all fell in! LOL! There was this day in 12/99 that we did ride on through tho. I'm kind'a of the mind that much of it really wouldn't need cut down tho? With the guards on the groomers, I would think that it would knock the snow off of them and they could start to retract, usually after the sun comes out tho... ??? This was between the Cow and Montreal Rivers I believe. It was the only spot like this that I can recall. Actually - this pic may have been taken when we stopped for an oncoming groomer up from Searchmont. They were however cutting the sapplings too. Prolly better in the long run?