Stoney

9 hours ago, irv said:

I've never saddle bagged but I'm guessing I'd prefer to stay in one place then do just different day rides/loops like I did in North Bay a few years ago? 

Enjoy! 

I'm kind of looking forward to having the same base for the week...I think it'll just depend if we run out of new places to ride or if the same scenery gets boring, but I don't think it will.

5 hours ago, dirtybeacher said:

Roches.  Watch out for pressure cracks as well. 👍

Found the cracks...seemed to be the usually spots.

I think I found the one in the picture....west side not as bad though.

Simcoe was busy, nice to see all the people, kids, etc..enjoying the beauty day. 

Gotta love it when your 7 year old say daddy go faster and my son finally seems to be able to stay awake and now likes to go faster.

Looking forward to heading to QC in less than a week for a week, staying at La Rabaska the whole week, never stayed in one place before, always saddle bagged, should be interesting. 

On 2/14/2020 at 10:17 PM, Reevester said:

That is a nice picture.....but sure ain't looking like a mid Feb picture looking the snow.....

2 hours ago, dirtybeacher said:

Just now on cooks bay.  

Where about's on Cooks bay? Thinking it might be where the Holland river comes out at the South end of the bay.....

Planning to take the kids for a little toot tomorrow around Simcoe.

3 minutes ago, Reevester said:

1300 mile ride with a crew of 9. Good friends, good food, cold beer and awesome trails. Planning next years adventure already! 

 

No oh shit pictures to share after a week long saddle bag trip?!?!

This ain't OC,  you can post that stuff here......

43 minutes ago, smokin george said:

I only went to the lumber store and variety up in Kimount. Trail is good and alot of trucks/trailers parked there and saw about 20 sleds heading north. Wife and I are heading out shortly and might do the Pinery loop. The beauty part is we can go out after they've gone home lol

LOL....nice to live by the trail!

That is one thing that I find each year to get harder & harder, the drive to the trails to ride them.....

2 hours ago, smokin george said:

The trails are open (green) up in Mattawa and the Valois is busy lol

How is the morning ride, George?

a wee bit surprised that this thread made it to 2 pages of actually sledding discussions.....

38 minutes ago, smokin george said:

Want to put a few miles on it to break it in and fiddle with the suspension. We will be riding during the week from now on but it's been sitting and tired of looking at it in the garage lol

I am sure you are itching to get some miles on the new sleds.

9 minutes ago, smokin george said:

All ready to go for a ride tomorrow. Just have to throw the cover on it for tonight, get all the gear ready, have breakfast in the morning and head out the driveway.

Now why on earth would you ride on a Sat as a retired man, on top of that, the first Sat with some actual open trails not that far away.....its going to be very busy.....

Enjoy and have fun!

13 minutes ago, smokin george said:

The paw prints were pretty big and it looks well fed. It would be a scary moment

No doubt they were!

1 hour ago, smokin george said:

Somebody's gonna shit their pants in our area riding down the trail. A cougar is roaming around by the trail

There's no cougars in ON....just an overweight house cat.

Could you Imagine running into one, talk about an o shit moment. 

For those that have a hard time with the door open and reverse thing, I think an easy work around would be to wire the door switch permanently in the closed position or install an override switch to do that so you can still have your interior lights when door is open, based on your wants.....I know should not be required, but then again, a lot of the BS things we tolerate as a whole sucks because some dumb ass' went and got killed because common sense ain;t so common the last decade or so.....

I used to open my door when reversing trailers, usually smaller ones, but with the towing mirrors now that work great, I find it not needed....

My BIL who works at a dealership mentioned this feature a year or so ago, he hates it too. I don't think the HD trucks with shifter still in the column are affected....

It is a royal PITA to work on though with that 5.7....it is shoehorned in there, not a lot of space anywhere....

Otherwise, they are a nice vehicle, wife drove an 07 Commander for a while, she still misses it.

Sorry to hear, condolences to you and your wife. You did one hell of an awesome thing with him!

Dogs have a very special spot in our hearts, I am not sure what it is, but damn isn't it one of the toughest things when you loose your companion.

Better have a few of those drinks though.

2 hours ago, irv said:

We've been here for 18 yrs, Stoney, so I have no idea what has been done prior, if anything?

I just finished running my furnace condensate pump line to this drain. It will definitely help keep this trap from drying out but I'll give it a few months or until I smell sewer gas again before saying I fixed it.

Still have the dirt bike? If so, hopefully it is working well for you. 

I do have the dirt bike still! Never got out this year on it, too busy with home reno's, camping & other stuff, the previous year, we were out riding most weekends. The few times I went out this year with the kids, I used the BIL's YZ125 instead. I do need to rebuild the forks though, last year I think most of the oi leaked out, so planned on doing that over the winter, but never did of course, maybe this winter or spring....it has been a lot fun getting back on a dirt bike, other than the odd crash here & there, that take a heck of lot longer to mend now a days.....

Know any plumbing buddies that have a snake and tracer to see what runs where? Any rental places rent these, doubtful....

How long you been there for? I'm guessing at some point possibly proper sewers were added to the street and each home owner had a timeline to tie into it or the town did it for you at an inflated cost.....perhaps if that was done by previous home owner, it wasn't done correctly. 

Agreed, keep city away from this.....just asking for issues....

I have the Duratrac's, been really good tires and run them all year.....

BFG's have or had some bad reviews with sidewall issues,  towing, etc....and I don;t find them to be a very nice looking tire.

Toyo's are good, had a set on my last truck, but a very heavy tire and they are a more pricier option. 

Watching the leafs last night, for the time in a while, was sad.....must have zero big contract players and in the rebuilding stage I assume......

As for Ron, reminded me of a sympathetic rat, quite the opposite of what Don and him have represented on the corner for a long time....really makes you wonder how he was able to do this, this long with Don, but then again, I think without Don, where would Ron be now.....

I also think what he said, was expected of him by the masses, which is sad, but so is taking what Don said to the degree it has been, sad......right or wrong, that is Don Cherry, what you expect of him. Could have easily done some damage control in a different fashion.

33 minutes ago, 04nightfire said:

Can’t make up my mind on what I want

that's easy, another DOO.... 

1 hour ago, 04nightfire said:

I need a sled to put mine on

Shouldn't be much longer until you have that resolved.....

We have one of those pizza ovens as well, they do work great and fast.

Wife makes her own crust, don't know what she does but I know you have to use the correct ingredients based on pizza crust vs. other crust.

How old is Leno now? He sure moves like he is getting up there.

Very nice looking car, obviously there must be other engine choices with significantly higher numbers.....I wonder how Puzzler is dealing with all the excitement of the new Vette release....

forty-six.....i rarely think of my age, unless I am sore doing something I normally would not be or the healing process is taking longer than I recall it used too.....