Left out of the Seaforth arena today, which was a busy place!, a bit sketchy and could use some snow, with lots of snirt and gravel here and there, other areas where fair to good . It was yellow when I left home, but I see now its back to red, likely a good idea as it was pretty beat in places.    

I have so little confidence in the WE shocks that come on a VR1 that I would actually consider buying an XC with the 7S and putting ELKA stage 3-4s all around with the money saved.      This set up would be a far better riding sled than a stock VR1.   

You scared me with that title Stoney. I thought you scooped up a cheap 858 and worth looking for the fixes…..😁   Id love to see Arctic Cat stay in the market. I’ve talked to a couple Catalist riders and they say the sleds are a winner. Feels super light and nimble.  Unfortunately, with Textron announcing the closure. Even with a buy out, it will be a tough road to bring back consumer confidence.  Somebody smarter than me can probably figure that out.

I think they had VR1s for $17999

Gees, I was going to give a bit more trail report and say the best we ride today was west of Fordwich to Gorrie and towards Brussels but some of those trails are now closed. Fordwich to Clifford is mostly plowed fields and its garbage. The road allowance is good of course. Going south out of Clifford, that railbed section is thin with gravel showing. The trails from the bottom of that railbed over to the B111 west of Palmerston is 80% plowed fields and bush, garbage. Surprisingly, B111 from there around to the west side of Listowel was pretty good. The railbed from Listowel to Atwood was ok in the morning, getting snirty by the afternoon.         That restaurant will be a regular stop for us now. Awesome smash burgers. Not licensed just so you know.