How was your riding season ?
- Thread starter snomoman
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About a typical year for me, a little above 1,500 miles. Didn't get any chance to ride locally or lower wisco, snow just wasn't there. Definitely did not push it too much this year and totally fine with that. Did not make 2 of my usual trips due to kiddos in sports. Wanted to upgrade sleds for next year but selling it for a big upgrade to the side by side. I will have to figure something out for next snow season but probably downsizing sleds for more side by side riding. Definitely not getting out of the sport.
pclark
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Never ridden the BH's but have visited in March once before. It certainly is a beautiful area, they can get late season storms.
snomoman
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Thank you everyone for bringing this thread to life, it’s always so enjoyable to read about other snowmobile lore, it’s a passion we all have that we are able to share amongst ourselves
Big thank you to Kip at Pat’s Motorsports for his great conversations and also to Timberline Sports, they really came up to bat for me, I was on a trip and my VESS key went out on my skidoo and they were able to put a new post and key in for me and got me back on the trail
thanks again to all that made the 2022 season what it was
snomoman
Big thank you to Kip at Pat’s Motorsports for his great conversations and also to Timberline Sports, they really came up to bat for me, I was on a trip and my VESS key went out on my skidoo and they were able to put a new post and key in for me and got me back on the trail
thanks again to all that made the 2022 season what it was
snomoman
It was a good season sans a few issues, but that's why I have three sleds at the ready.2021 850 XCR had some valve issues, so at 1500 miles it was time to jump on the backup.
2200 miles from there the 2018 800 XCR had valve issues as well, so onto the backup to the backup.
Put 650 miles on the 2016 800 Pro-S until the '18 valve parts came in.
Even squeezed in 40 miles on the 1993 XCR 440 this year! That was a fun little ride.
Then put just shy of another 1000 miles on the 2018.
Now the 2021 is back from the warranty fix and sitting in the truck waiting for one more run!
I think it’s time to rebuild the 2018….
indy_500
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18 days on the snow for me. 4 of them on the mountain sled in the yoop, rest were trail riding with the fiancé and little man. Great winter full of memories, not a ton of big rides, but a big variety that’s for sure. Wish the local trails would’ve opened, love riding from the doorstep. 3 full weekend trips spent in St Germain, Minocqua, and Crivitz. Wish I squeezed one more trip in the weekend of March 12, but the little man was pretty sick so we stayed home. Oh well, onto baseball!
indy_500
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Just used “image size” app to resize them for the first time. Worked alright. Tons of pop up ads though.
X2! You're doing it right indy, it's all about family! That's how snowmobiling got to be in the beginning, eh.
I usually email them to myself, where it lets me choose a smaller size for posting.
for the wife and I it was a good year. Mass, Land O, Bergland, Munising, and Calumet were the starting points this year. All great trips. Munising was the highlight this year and oh how we like all the forest there to play in, and I did not include Calumet and Keweenaw in my decision since it is always good anytime of year we go. We have not been about the big miles days last 2 years, been riding all of the area we go and exploring as we plan to move north in the near future.
SledTL
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Never fails to surprise me how many miles you rack up in a season!
pclark
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Thanks for the heads up.
pclark
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Good idea, thanks!
It was just a tick below average year for me. 1100 miles. I had to travel for all my trips this year. We were consistently 2-4" away from our local trails opening many times. Disappointed all of our marking and brushing was for naught this season, but I look at that as my price to ride other trails! How it goes sometimes. We only took the groomer out once, and only 5 miles. had to turn around due to low snow in areas.
I made two day trips up to Tomahawk. I made it to Tim's Hill, which was on my bucket list for awhile. Great trails that way!
My 2.5 year old got on 300 miles this year. He loves it! 30 miles of that was in my backyard on his little 40CC!
He learned a hard reality when he jumped on it last weekend when I was cleaning them, and we had no snow
No breakdowns with all 3 sleds.
I made two day trips up to Tomahawk. I made it to Tim's Hill, which was on my bucket list for awhile. Great trails that way!
My 2.5 year old got on 300 miles this year. He loves it! 30 miles of that was in my backyard on his little 40CC!
He learned a hard reality when he jumped on it last weekend when I was cleaning them, and we had no snow
No breakdowns with all 3 sleds.
Indeed! The sled does not do well in deeper snow, only hardpack. This helped with him learning. When majority of the deeper stuff melted and most was hardpack, that got a little more nerve racking! It no longer kept him contained! He missed the turn and went flying towards my neighbor's driveway and I had to run after him. We then worked on the gas and brake. He got it down pretty well. We'll see if he remembers next yearVery Cool to see a little guy like that operating a sled! A life time of memories beginning for him. Nice!
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