22.   The first decent snowfall of Winter 2007 finally arrived at the end of January, this followed a very busy Fall spent in Area51! This year I transformed my 2-up '97 Grand Touring 500 into a single seat Renegade style sled. I changed the gearing, upgraded to a more aggressive 1.25" track,  put on a low windshield, and taller handlebars. The only part I'm waiting on is a proper 1-up seat, for now I removed the cargo rack & backrest, I'll be stripping the Grand Touring decals as well. Todd also spent some time in Area51 working on his 2005 Skidoo REV 500ss, installing a clutch kit, reeds, and a new red/white plastics package with custom decals.

21.   The long awaited first ride of the year attracted quite a large crew. Some of us met up at the Bennett ATV shop, from there we headed to Power's Road in the Goulds to meet the rest of the crew. On this trip Sooley borrowed Learning's 2004 V-max 600 triple to give his poor back a break from the old Enticer. Maffer rode his 2006 REV 500ss, Bill his 2005 Yamaha RX-1, French was on his 2005 RX-Warrior and Mike Pollard sported his old Polaris Edge Touring.

20.   We headed in Power's Road on the machines and subsequently lost the Bennett ATV crew. French, Bill, Maffer, Sooley, Todd, Hoddinott, Roger, Pollard and I stuck together.

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7.   Project Renegade was working absolutely awesome. The new track is simply amazing, the higher handlebars are much more comfortable for boondocking and the machine was looking great. The few pounds of weight shed didn't hurt eigher!

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4.   Eventually we reached Witless Bay Line where we turned South snowmobiling the open country all the way to Crane's Gas Bar on the Southern Shore Highway. Sooley, Maffer and Pollard all got stuck on a huge snowdrift coming off the open country into the woods, other wise it was a pretty smooth trip.

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1.   We were all pretty low on fuel so we gassed up at Crane's and headed back to the Goulds via the pole-less pole line. It was another fantastic day on the sleds, all of our machines are running great, I'm very pleased with the modifications to Project Renegade, I cant wait for the new seat to arrive which will finish off the new look.

Cheers, MIKE