Spiderman

Over 5 - less than 6. Can't recall exact #

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

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

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

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.

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

Yup ,carbed fanner. Worked perfect

Best looking sled

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

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

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.

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

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

March 4/2024 and the province is out of winter. What a crazy crazy winter

👍🏻 we got the electric pump/syphon, works great.

They'll move them - the interest isn't cheap and with nothing coming in the door........ Free up cash - get rid of them!

Not over till it's over!

Yard is fully snow covered here once again. wild 24-48 hours

Yes, the manufacturers will extend warranties because of poor weather and lack of riding - this get's richer every day....... Oh wait, I can see a way they could do it..........it will be built into the price of the new units. This new "warranty" will be automatically included - and the purchase price of the sled will be $75,000.00.......

lol - yes, the OFSC is operating at massive profits and sitting on mountains of money from all those permits purchased. Give your head a shake !

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

Just did some quick math on my season- excluding fuel: My sled = $19.38 per mile Sons sled = $93.15 per mile Probably won't pull the calculator out again lol

If you're there to ride - all you need is a place to take a dump and put your head down - on your own pillow though. Go ride if you can - who cares about the accomodations. We have people all over this country LIVING in tents!

Loss

What a thunderstorm we are having today - pouring rain - crazy lightning - and very loud thunder. Is it July?