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Well, last season I bought a 509 R3L Ignite and tried to like it. Rode with it twice. Couldn’t stand it and sold it. Since, I’ve tried ever none modular helmet I think I can find (Castle X, 509 Delta V, etc) and can’t find anything that will fit me or that I like. So, I’m trail riding in my Klim F3 and goggles this weekend and while it’s a little chilly, even in 25F temps, at least it fits and is comfortable. I was just at the large Polaris/Doo dealer tonight and still couldn’t find anything I liked or would fit. 99% of full face helmets they had were module and I won’t ride in a modular. Sorta beyond over it. Might be time to buy an old HJC CL series heavy ass bucket and deal with it.

Again, tell me where you plug the cord in, to charge the battery. I’ve done my “research”. Seems you haven’t.

Show me where the cord plugs into the car. I’ll wait.

The base car is still a really good car. That noise the Z06 makes, while very nice, can get hard on the ears during longer drives.

A lot of alleged “purists” have written it off because of the mid engine layout. Best Corvette GM has built yet, bar none, imo.

It actually has both.

TUT has been for shit, for years. It’s more for SXSs anymore.

Yeah I guess the big tall backers are even more surface area.

Honestly, unless you’re using some sort of large chisel type designed stud, I don’t know what a super long stud is even doing for traction with say a 1.5” lugged track, in a loose snow/trail type surface. I mean, maybe it’s doing a little something and once the track spins down to something resembling ice it’s doing more but that’s about it. I think a storm track would be fun with a bigger CC trail sled but with usual Michigan conditions, you’d probably be overheating too much with that much lug, to even make it worth it. 1-1/4 with studs would be better all around.

I can remember going up to Seney for a long weekend in the February of ‘98, with my brand new 98 Vmax 600 SX just to be completely skunked. Had to keep driving west to find snow. Found just enough to ride around Wetmore so we stopped, got a hotel room and rode from there. Got caught trying to come into the north end of Shingleton through 3-4 miles of mud just to get some fuel because that POS 600 twin Yammie wouldn’t make the trip back to Munising from Grand Marais because we made a side stop at the Bear Trap. Rode the side of M-28 back to the hotel in Wetmore, packed it up and headed home after one full day of riding because it was so shitty. That was the closest year that I can remember to this. I’m sure there’s been others but they all seem to blend together anymore. That and I think my old brain just tries to block out the trauma anymore. We use to ride out of Houghton Lake every weekend practically, from just before Christmas until mid-late February back in 2000-2013ish. I don’t think you could even ride a sled around that area more than a few weekends a year the past 3-4 years.

The only turned up 4S Cats that I’ve seen that can put it down are studded to the hilt but rightfully so. Seems common practice for people to put 96-108 studs in a stock 800-850 around here these days. Not everyone studs their sled strictly for drag racing. Personally I think that anyone that bought a Polaris Boost low elevation sled for anything other than a lake racer/max effort trail sled is wasting their money. That’s just me though. They do have a boost gauge in the display but I don’t know if it shows an actual number. 3-5 lbs sounds about right to me for a low elevation sled on pump gas as well.

Back on topic a bit….

Well, the last woman I dated before my wife was a redhead, owned horses, was a runner but only owned a 120 lb female Bullmastiff. So yeah. Again, can confirm. 100% on the rest of it. Our club got a $40,000 grant from the state to grade all of our trails before the snowmobile season started. They were torn to shit before December 1st.

I shouldn’t bitch too much because honestly, until all of the rain today, almost all of the UP has been good trail riding. Should have been just making the trip up there to ride but I don’t have many riding buddies that trail ride anymore. Plus, it’s 5-6 hour drive. That Duramax in my garage doesn’t run on cheap gas either.

Sounds like all of the Michigan based pages too. Yup. I enjoy reading those. Especially after a weekend like last weekend. Can confirm. Yup. Same over here.

Correct. A lot of these newer sled engine management systems don’t alert you to an issue all the time. Consistency is key though and if the engine performance/driveability is consistent, you’re fine. Also, snappy and turbo 2S sled engines don’t usually go together. The mountain guys have been talking about this for years and a lot of them are running modded NA sleds again (SLP twin outlaw pipes, etc) because of it. Trying to clutch the secondary around it is probably futile. Load it up in the primary and learn to drive around the lag. That’s most likely your best bet. Traction will also be an issue with these things because once you start getting the power through the clutches, the track is going to have a hell of a time putting it to the ground. Stud accordingly.

Because you have a subscription to the place. I’m not going to sign up for a subscription just to read an article from a media source that I won’t regularly use.

That’s the target audience for the W/T trim level Silverado EV as well. Problem is supply chains are still killing deliveries on these things. Seems like every other day there’s a delay coming out for some sort of necessary material for them too. From what I hear, there’s no immediate end in sight for those issues either.

For general around town or short commuting, EV cars are more than capable. The current EV trucks are nothing more than show pieces. They can do light hauling/towing for short distances and that’s it. A pure EV and fully capable truck for long distance truck type work, won’t be happening anytime soon if ever. Look to hydrogen fuel cell power to make that happen.

My niece jumped head first into nursing school, even after graduating from high school during the first year of this bullshit (2020) so she could be in nursing like her mother. She has changed her mind and will not be going into the medical field now. I don’t blame her a bit.

This has to be one of the most shittiest seasons that I can remember. It’s the UP or absolutely nothing here in Michigan and everyone from the entire Midwest, and some from out east, are up there. I hear it’s ok to poor riding at that. I have a trip planned to be up there next weekend. Hoping for some fresh before then but I won’t hold my breath.

Tesla’s day is coming.

They have to make him look just dumb enough to take the heat off themselves, keep working the system and let this geriatric fuck take the fall for it all. Same ol, same ol.

The words “Biden” and “Think tank” being used together are about the funniest oxymoron I’ve heard in a long time.

It was pretty funky, even in northern Ontario last year, than what I’m use to. Suppose to be back up there next month for work. Guess we will see what it all looks like post their Covid bullshit.