manotickmike

Rev. did you butt-dial us?

My concern is not with restaurants. It's solely with our lords and masters deciding it will look good on them to shut the trails, like last March. Closing trails makes as much sense as closing roads. It's not the OFSC pass $. It's everything else I will, or won't be spending on in the next 2 months, while this shakes out. Insurance, pass $ and this year's pending maintenance and upgrades for both sleds will go towards a snow bike. Thanks to dirt biking, I know a lot of trails. That won't be shut down. By idiots.

Good thing the paper maps don't self-destruct.

Rock Auto, 4 days from California to Ottawa. Fedex. I spent longer waiting to ship from my local post office. Room for 3 staff up front, but...... Social distancing. One employee at the counter.

You do NOT need data on your phone (or tablet) to use the Imotoneige app. Or the OSFC excuse for one. Maybe they studied the PQ one and took some notes this year and fixed it. Who knows. Download it on WIFI and use the GPS in your phone. It won't update on the trail, but the OFSC one was so slow at that, my fingers would drop off before any change occurred anyway. Quebec has much more than a geographic advantage. The province does the math, and realizes that for every dollar they spend, they reap dividends. Ask anyone who has ever unloaded a sled in the province. My worry about the OFSC is my local club following the path of the Snowbirds. The stuff I hear would make you mad enough to spit.

As far as I know, no gas station ever shut down. Pack a sandwich if they close restaurants. Closing trails without closing roads? Ridiculous.

Your tax dollars at work.

Happy Happy!!

Put the trails on an actual map. Our local maps are beyond vague as to where they are situated. Useless in the event of a breakdown or emergency of any kind. It would be nice to see roads marked.

Just need politicians, lawyers, insurance companies and other fear-mongers and profiteers to stay out of the way. And the LUP department to get into the game. There are a LOT of P-O'd people in my neck of the woods after last years City property debacle. Many are in influential club positions. It's hard for them to keep swimming upstream without proper support. Especially when Quebec is SO close.

Here's a thought. Dirt biking totally BOOMED this year. ATVing too, I'd imagine, but I have zero interest in that, or participation other than at very casual level. Sales up over %50 at retail over last year. Dealers are sold out of everything. I personally sold 4 bikes this year, one I thought I'd keep forever. When they're selling for twice what they're worth, or more, it's time. This all happened without co-ordination, or an organization of ANY kind. It just HAPPENED. Imagine what organized group might accomplish.

Didn't they just waste announce an 18K investment into the "app"?

Dirt bike world is in a kerfuffle about this issue. They all dropped out of insuring kids and their bikes. Effectively destroying entry to the sport. Now they have stopped insuring bikes 150cc and under. It would truly suck to have a 125 right now. Government enforces insurance, does not demand the supplier provide it. Great way to teach kids that big business, government and lawyers all suck.

Lord, love a duck... This was all over FacePlant... 3.3 billion generator industry gets 18k. For an app. Spend it on law enforcement, or anything to keep the lawyers, politicians and insurance companies out of our pastime.

It's all going to be about the politicians, lawyers, and insurance companies this year. Sad. They all did their best to ruin things locally last year. One more year of their bullshit shenanigans, and no adequate pressure from the province and OFSC, and I'm done. Quebec is just too close. It's not about the piddly $200 or so, I just can't take the drama. It's hard watching my local club administrators, that work SO hard, and spend SO much time biting their tongues, instead of just loading the trailer, and driving 1/2 an hour or so to great sledding.

I suspect a fair # of people will hold off buying a pass after last year's debacle. I'll wait to hear about LUPS locally. I'm sure the band of lawyers, politicians and assorted A-holes will want to draw attention to themselves again this year. At our expense.

Maybe when the RCMP is finished with Justine they'll get right on that. They sure put on a good show when terrorists blocked our rail lines. And as baggage handlers at our "unconventional" crossings. Made me proud.

Discuss. IMAGINE an interprovincial snowmobile pass. I'd happily pay DOUBLE for my OFSC pass. Maybe more. It's a conversation I'm engaged with over on FB. Some say Quebec would not benefit, as virtually nobody in Quebec would ride here, but I say they (unlike Ontario...) understand investing and promoting tourism. This would definitely bring more travelers to Quebec. And a few to Ontario.

Going to be an interesting one for sure. IIRC Tekvest went into producing protection equipment. Good on 'em. I sure wouldn't want to be hanging my hopes on recreational luxury stuff at this time. We have a serious crisis about to hit. And a child without a clue or a spine steering the ship.

I say we all chip in as a group and buy it. I'd like to add a share in a hotel to my portfolio. Put Wild Bill in charge as the crusty proprietor. We can call it WildBill's Firetrap. What could go wrong? P.S. I call dibs on the T-shirt and merch concession.

I find startled speeding idiots tend to go for the brakes, and present sideways, offering a larger profile. Sadly, the old "leave yourself an out" chestnut that works on the roads does not always apply. Trails are only so wide, and if they were wider, idiots would only go faster. I have gone left to avoid out of control idiots taking corners wide, but only as a LAST resort to avoid collision. You leave yourself open to being on the wrong side of the trail when his pals come along. Happily, by then the sight line is usually better, and the trail is straighter when you have to deal with that.

That was my plan for the visor. Didn't bother, as the helmet just plain works. G-Max G11 electric. I'd be interested in a self-powered, either rechargeable or replaceable battery version.

I wonder if a self powered setup is in the works. I think I might have plugged my G-Max in once this season. Pre-emptively.

Can they charge people with trespassing on Crown Land? Last I heard, we couldn't keep trucks off.

Trudeau would be cutting a lot of 10.5 million cheques. I suggest the tried and true "wooden shampoo". Obviously, they were resisting.