How many miles this year?
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That’s a lot of miles for this area..
I struggle to put miles on in southern WI. The trails were perfect condition for a long time - watched the grommer go past my house every day. Just couldn’t get excited about the corn fields and road crossings..Kind of regret not riding more..
hemi_newman
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5miles for me. Mostly on my part, I been busy. When we did have good conditions it was to damn cold to ride. Oh well, bring on spring!
945 miles, lowest since winter of 1989-90 (31 years ago). Rode only 16 days, but all riding was from our back door, and included only 3 counties--Dane, Columbia, and Iowa. Never trailered once this winter, first time ever, due to covid and all of the guidelines and recommendations to stop the spread. Average miles per year (56 years of riding) was 2,109 last winter, and now 2,089 following the covid winter of 2020. Any new sled thoughts or plans are off the table now.
onlypolar4me
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First ride Feb. 8, last ride Feb. 20. Six days of riding 1100 miles, short season for sure!
Sleds will run another year I guess!!
Sleds will run another year I guess!!
confusion_900
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We put on around 850 miles this year , probably 750 of them in IL (Freeport area) and in lower WI 1st time ever... all I can say in Wow never had a bad trail on all the times we rode out of that area and will defiantly will be going back , we made it up to St.G one weekend and it was during that cold snap (-22 temp) still had fun but didn't ride much because it was to cold and actually left early because of it (had to go because we had a cabin rented) we usually go to the UP once a yr but didn't make it this yr (next year for sure !0
I see people talking about riding the SxS here , we actually did 2 trips last yr and rent them out of Houghton Mi , ok its not the same as snowmobiling but I'll tell you if you if I could post pictures here you'd be hard-pressed not to say Wow.. we have never done it before and we went twice in one season , I think in June and then went back for the Fall colors in Oct (Awesome)
I see people talking about riding the SxS here , we actually did 2 trips last yr and rent them out of Houghton Mi , ok its not the same as snowmobiling but I'll tell you if you if I could post pictures here you'd be hard-pressed not to say Wow.. we have never done it before and we went twice in one season , I think in June and then went back for the Fall colors in Oct (Awesome)
Yeah, you screwed up. We love to ride anywhere in the west half of Sconny!
It helps to research good areas to ride to. The fields were so flat that they were actually fun, you could really rack up the miles in a short amount of time. We based many of our rides on a food destinations. Like Old Abe said some of the areas in South West Wisconsin can be as fun as up north.
sadly not many for me and what makes it worse is, its one of the best snow yrs in my area out of the past 10+ yrs<br><br> no sled this yr, so only seat time I got this season was on a friends old back up sled and well, my back couldnl;t handle it g=for long, so had to tell him tanks for the offer to use it, but with a bad back and knee's<br> Just couldn;t take the seating position and ride of things<br><br> but like every yr, I try and enjoy reading about others enjoying things, and I really do enjoy seeing others having fun on sleds,<br><br> for me now, I just hope some day, things will turn around again and can get back on a new/er sled I can enjoy to ride and snows come more often!
LoveMyDobe
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I feel your pain. I only got a couple miles in on my old 2008 heavy Polaris 2 up IQ Cruiser Turbo4stroke sled, til she blew, best thing to happen as I had a hard time steering the tank due to arthritis in BOTH shoulders now. Bought 2 newer lighter sleds from mspease and my what a difference. Hayward Powersports took the old one off my hands. Snow melted up here since so no riding. Sad because Bayfield Co had best trails EVER this year. Looking forward to coming years and lots of miles.
Under a 1500 so far. Off from years past, but still thinking I can make one last ride. Even with low miles, I have had a great season spending more time with friends out riding when we can, rather than the planned overnight trips which is where most of my miles are done. Had 10 days off the end of Feb, rode everyday, and only did 850 ish. Lots of quality time in the woods. love it!
mike1970
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295 measly miles this year. My wife is my main riding buddy and doesn't like to ride in the extreme cold, so we missed a couple weekends because of that. Normal year for me is about 1000 miles.
Good news is that a light grease job and some fuel stabilizer is all I need to ride next year!
Good news is that a light grease job and some fuel stabilizer is all I need to ride next year!