Spiderman
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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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19 minutes ago, Sledguy74 said:
The end of an era
2025 SRX
Best looking sled
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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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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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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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that looks horrible - I can get better conditions close to any arena in Ontario.
Season is done!
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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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March 4/2024 and the province is out of winter.
What a crazy crazy winter
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5 minutes ago, UsedtoSkidoo said:
Stabilizer does not work long term with our modern junk fuels. Better to siphon it all out and then put fresh in when your going to run it
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we got the electric pump/syphon, works great.
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9 minutes ago, RAMSOMAIR said:
Dealers will have to do something real soon. Sell for less or sit on inventory and interest charges all summer.
These dealers are huge around Montreal and Valcourt. Many of the BRP employees from the factory deal with these guys.
They'll move them - the interest isn't cheap and with nothing coming in the door........
Free up cash - get rid of them!
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8 minutes ago, dirtybeacher said:
I'd say close to 1' this morning. Still coming down in collingwood
Not over till it's over!
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Yard is fully snow covered here once again.
wild 24-48 hours
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37 minutes ago, stoney said:
There are rumblings of poeple lobbying BRP to extend this based on the lack of riding this year - can't see it going anywhere.
Flip side, what about those that put on stupid or similar miles per year with the same warranty extension for them.
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.......
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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 !
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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
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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
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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!
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29 minutes ago, stoney said:
This year cannot be a good one for the ski resorts in the books - break even or a loss I would have to assume.
I do not see how the base on the hills is not going to survive the next few days/week.
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What a thunderstorm we are having today - pouring rain - crazy lightning - and very loud thunder.
Is it July?
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It’s over folks
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13 minutes ago, Strong Farmer said:
Yes and we don't get same weather as Quebec either. In a normal winter Ontario is nice. Hopefully winters return before everyone gives up on sledding here at home 🙏.
100% we need snow - and need it in areas not north of North Bay to make everything work.
OFSC can't control the weather
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Its apples and oranges, Ontario is not Quebec and can't be Quebec.
We have to deal with what Ontario has -and find better ways to deal with what Ontario has.
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8 hours ago, RAMSOMAIR said:
OFSC is doomed. They need to follow the FCMQ model with more provincial funding.
It’s insurance and liability legislation that needs to change first, then funding.
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My sled will probably qualify for a classic permit before I replace it lol
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2025 predictions
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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