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  1. 36 minutes ago, Strong Farmer said:

    They are ok tire. Many better choices out there now? Light truck tires are better suited to trucks. 

     

    They were better than okay for us.

    Rode well, quiet, good grip and wear was excellent, always over 100k on them.

     

    are there better tires?  Of course there are, just like there are better vehicles than the ones I was driving with them too.

     

  2. 48 minutes ago, UsedtoSkidoo said:

    sounds like you know more than me but i get great miles out of the BFG. not as good as the michelin ltx but not far off either

    LTX are a great smooth tire.

     

  3. 59 minutes ago, scottyr said:

    Where are you?    We have a water access cottage in Port Severn and according to our neighbour, the lake is wide open as well.    Unfortunately the township has cement blocks across the public launches.     

     

    We still wont go up for at least a month though.    

    Huntsville

    Would normally be sledding all over the lake - stakes would be in etc.:

    It's gonzo

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  4. 9 hours ago, scottyr said:

    I saw new 2023 Indy 850s for $13995 + freight at the dealer in Timmins a few weeks ago.  
     

    Why buy a used sled when you can get brand new for that price?

    100%, see my post re:new dirt bike.

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  5. I used to replace every year or two - back then it wasn't much to do that and the cost was fair for the use/enjoyment I was getting.

     

    My sled now is a dinosaur - but I paid 9k for it - with less than 300 miles and 3 years of full warranty.

     

    I've gotten more than my money's worth on it - but now the replacement dollars are extreme and until the time comes when I can actually ride - it'll be in the garage

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  6. 1 minute ago, Sksman said:

    They do not want to take a bloodbath either. 
     

    Dealers are going to suffer.  12% on floor plan.  Plus reduced profit if they have to offer a discount.  
     

    I wonder if a dealer would prefer you buy a leftover 2024 at discount or Snowcheck a 2025?

     

    How firm will manufacturers be on forcing inventory on dealers?

     

    I would say the leftover 2024. They're paying interest on it.

    Also hurt new sales when left-overs are around.

     

    When I picked up my sons dirt bike - the dealer mentioned he was happy to see the left-overs go - but in the same breath said the massive incentives from the manu. were killing their ability to sell anything used - so he wanted the left-overs on that particular deal gone gone gone

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  7. 9 minutes ago, Baylaker said:

    Skidoo is offering $1k off 24’s right now, along with “special financing” or an extended warranty. Not enough to entice me…

     

    Not even close to enough.

    Now, the dealer could add on top of that - but not a lot - since they don't have a lot of room in them anyway.

     

    Manu's need to step up or they'll be following Yamaha within 5 years

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  8. I will use my sons dirt bike as an example.

     

    We were looking for lightly used cause I did not want to break the bank.

     

    found a non-current 2023 that the manu put a 3500 rebate on, plus dealer gave another 500.00

     

    It was a no brainer

     

    2023 got a lot of upgrades over the 2022, 2024/2025 very few changes from 2023.

     

    there was no need to go current model year or used at that point.

  9. 38 minutes ago, Sksman said:

    Is it worth buying a 2024 or 23 leftover with 1 to 2 years warranty vs a new 2025 with 4 years warranty and new tech?

    I would say that it completely depends on what incentives there are on the non currents. The rebates need to be pretty big.

     

    4 year warranty is nice to have.

    tech is meh

     

     

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  10. 12 hours ago, Strong Farmer said:

    That's a fan sled I assume? 
    All these liquid cooled high powered sleds, sure eat allot of our snow to keep cool 😆.  Maybe electric is answer to snow longevity 🙃

    Yup ,carbed fanner.

     

    Worked perfect

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  11. 2 minutes ago, stoney said:

     

     

    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.

     

    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

     

     

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  12. Just now, wrightonalan said:

    My buddy is looking at a sxs ,I always thought they way over priced.But at 23 plus tax and can use almost all year,compaired to sled at 25 grand for a couple of weekends ??

     

    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

     

     

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  13. 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.

     

     

     

     

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  14. 25 minutes ago, volunteer2 said:

    And still trailers heading north 

    Hey, at least they're not at work and likely to sit around, put a few back and find a way to have a good time and a few laughs.

     

    Wonder how many sleds will have "electrical fires' in the next week or so :)

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