PISTON LAKE CRUISER Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 13 hours ago, soupkids said: Heading out tomorrow to try to get the pickets off the lake again, attempt 1 was a failure. Off topic but I find it funny that different areas of Ontario have different dialect. In northern Ontario they are pickets and in our area we call them stakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soupkids Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 10 hours ago, PISTON LAKE CRUISER said: Off topic but I find it funny that different areas of Ontario have different dialect. In northern Ontario they are pickets and in our area we call them stakes. Up here we also call the lake stakes, down south field markers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecarnell Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Self isolation on hydroline , just son and I out for first little rip of the season (first year a full size adult bike will take some getting use too). Didn’t see , or expect to see, anyone. took pic of the only snow we found (from large drifting and in the shade). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Pussy Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 I know that trail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revrnd Posted March 28, 2020 Author Share Posted March 28, 2020 15 minutes ago, ecarnell said: Self isolation on hydroline , just son and I out for first little rip of the season (first year a full size adult bike will take some getting use too). Didn’t see , or expect to see, anyone. took pic of the only snow we found (from large drifting and in the shade). Saw 3 dual sports (individually) go thru the village today. One rider was sporting 'colours'. WTF When did H-D last offer an offroad bike? I know they did @ 1 time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volunteer2 Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 12 hours ago, PISTON LAKE CRUISER said: Off topic but I find it funny that different areas of Ontario have different dialect. In northern Ontario they are pickets and in our area we call them stakes. And sometimes we call them sticks. At least around this part of the township. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soupkids Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Self isolation day today, going ice fishing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticCrusher Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 On 3/25/2020 at 6:36 PM, ecarnell said: Lake Huron for a quick spin, as sleds all put away. Too soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigfish Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 13 hours ago, revrnd said: One rider was sporting 'colours'. WTF When did H-D last offer an offroad bike? I know they did @ 1 time. In the early 80's, I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infernobuster Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 On 3/25/2020 at 6:36 PM, ecarnell said: Lake Huron for a quick spin, as sleds all put away. Nice!!! Waiting to get mine out soon too. First posted ride of the group is May 16th. Looking forward to it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ox Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Group rides on jet ski's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidooboy Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 16 minutes ago, Ox said: Group rides on jet ski's? a group on my motorcycle racing forum ride from the keys to the bahamas on jet skis, every year. like sledding on open water. we could do it here too. any large river/lake system with no dams, or portages, we could ride town to town. Ski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revrnd Posted March 28, 2020 Author Share Posted March 28, 2020 8 minutes ago, skidooboy said: a group on my motorcycle racing forum ride from the keys to the bahamas on jet skis, every year. like sledding on open water. we could do it here too. any large river/lake system with no dams, or portages, we could ride town to town. Ski I have read of guys riding PWCs from the Midland area up the east side to Little Current. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo Doo Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 3 hours ago, Ox said: Group rides on jet ski's? Why not?. We normally ride all over lake simcoe and lake couchiching in the summer. Sometimes by ourselves, sometimes with a group of friends. Anything to tie us over till the snow flys... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo Doo Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 2 hours ago, revrnd said: I have read of guys riding PWCs from the Midland area up the east side to Little Current. Awesome.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ox Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 3 hours ago, skidooboy said: a group on my motorcycle racing forum ride from the keys to the bahamas on jet skis, every year. like sledding on open water. we could do it here too. any large river/lake system with no dams, or portages, we could ride town to town. Ski 25 yrs ago there was a story in Michigan Snowmobiler (?) or it maybe it was in some Polaris magazine (?) about two recently retired guys that had taken Jet Ski's (Polaris) on a big loop I think. I think that they started at Chi-Town and rode over to and down the Mississippi, then down the Fla coast to Key West, and then I think they came back up the east coast and back up to the Great Lakes, either via the Erie Canal (prolly?) or maybe The St Lawrence. I don't recall that part anymore, but I'm pretty sure that they completed the loop. I always thought that something like that, or - a ride to Churchill like some fella's doo, or something like that would be so much fun/interesting/bragging rights... Back in (I think) 2008 we planned to ride to Moosonee, up the coast, and back down the Albany. Starting and ending in Hearst. Prox 700 miles - mostly all on waterway. There was a chance that we would ride up to Attawapiskat to see what that looked like before much of the mine traffic effected it. However - with heavy sleighs in tow - we burnt down 2 motors before we got anywhere. Apparently we should have adjusted our needles up a bit as the steady throttle must have been right in that lean spot. Came home with tail between legs. Not to try aggin with less than fuel infection, or preferably 4 stroke, but I don't see the 4 stroke thing happening, unless I buy one just for that run... . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revrnd Posted March 28, 2020 Author Share Posted March 28, 2020 Ox, the Trent Canal links Lake Ontario & Georgian Bay. I live about 20 minutes north of the Burleigh Falls locks. Last Sept' I was in Peterborough on my bike & was talking to a woman on their boat as the lock filled & raised them to the upriver height. They were on the way to Chi-town. Another day I saw 4 US boats @ the Youngs Point locks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidooboy Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Ox said: 25 yrs ago there was a story in Michigan Snowmobiler (?) or it maybe it was in some Polaris magazine (?) about two recently retired guys that had taken Jet Ski's (Polaris) on a big loop I think. I think that they started at Chi-Town and rode over to and down the Mississippi, then down the Fla coast to Key West, and then I think they came back up the east coast and back up to the Great Lakes, either via the Erie Canal (prolly?) or maybe The St Lawrence. I don't recall that part anymore, but I'm pretty sure that they completed the loop. I always thought that something like that, or - a ride to Churchill like some fella's doo, or something like that would be so much fun/interesting/bragging rights... Back in (I think) 2008 we planned to ride to Moosonee, up the coast, and back down the Albany. Starting and ending in Hearst. Prox 700 miles - mostly all on waterway. There was a chance that we would ride up to Attawapiskat to see what that looked like before much of the mine traffic effected it. However - with heavy sleighs in tow - we burnt down 2 motors before we got anywhere. Apparently we should have adjusted our needles up a bit as the steady throttle must have been right in that lean spot. Came home with tail between legs. Not to try aggin with less than fuel infection, or preferably 4 stroke, but I don't see the 4 stroke thing happening, unless I buy one just for that run... . my latest "dream" is to put my foot in lake superior at wawa (sandy beach), then ride cross country, to james bay and stand on the ice. need some big help though. trying to get Denis, marc g, excited about this... you in? my thought is, one workhorse sled with supplies, spares and fuel. we all take turns riding it, and our own sleds. that way no one gets stuck riding the "tanker". Ski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revrnd Posted March 28, 2020 Author Share Posted March 28, 2020 I seem to recall watching a story on Snowtrax (when Big John was involved) about riders ventured a long ways north of the Corridor. This was independent of the trips between Fraserdale & Moosonee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo Doo Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 35 minutes ago, revrnd said: I seem to recall watching a story on Snowtrax (when Big John was involved) about riders ventured a long ways north of the Corridor. This was independent of the trips between Fraserdale & Moosonee. Looked like a decent season for the rides to Moosonee, from posts and pictures ive seen. Thought a bit about doing it next season. Our chat with Kenny Johnston from PBR riders in Cochrane this year, at the super 8 in timmins, was very informative about the trips, quides around. I know Bill Froud is still leading the ones from the Abitibi Base Camp. Something to ponder.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poo Man Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 4 hours ago, revrnd said: Another day I saw 4 US boats @ the Youngs Point locks. Dream of mine to take a family boat trip one way to the in-laws in Florida starting from here in Wasaga, visit then fly home. Wife says to wait until we retire but I think it would be a very unique memory for the kids. https://www.captainjohn.org/GL-ICW2.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Pussy Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Been there, done that in 2009. That's me second from left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowchopper Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 11 hours ago, Big Pussy said: Been there, done that in 2009. That's me second from left. ^^^ Like ^^^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ox Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 I've been to Moosonee on the train a long time ago, but not since. Marc G had a WT last I knew. Yeah, maybe. You thinking heading north from Ernies? I know Marc runs that, and I hope to try that one day too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtserider Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 11 hours ago, Big Pussy said: Been there, done that in 2009. That's me second from left. I think I know the owner of that Arctic Cat.3rd from right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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