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Area51 Project - Mike's 2006 Powertek REV: 2019-2020 Update |
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Annual winter trip February 6, 2019 shaped up to be not much better than 2018 snow level wise, but thankfully it had been cold so the pond was well frozen. Project REV was already at the cabin having been stored there all summer, I also brought Project Foreman with fleshly studded tires for these icy conditions. I managed a couple runs up the pond on Tuesday along with AJ on his new Vmax700, but off pond riding was out of the question this year.
Thursday we revived another dusting of snow so we managed a few high speed rips up and down the pond to scratch the Skidoo itch, but this trip we mostly utilized the bikes.
In May 2019 I gave Ronnie a hand to bring AJ's snowmobile to Sooley's cabin for summer storage and I decided to bring mine home to do a few repairs (and place it in more secure storage). First up was an inspection and full grease of the suspension and driveshaft bearing.
The kill switch had been acting up recently so I took it apart for a look as they often corrode and need to be cleaned. This time the black plastic on bottom of the switch was all cracked up and no longer holding the switch properly in place. I will have to replace this later.
Ready for storage!
Surprising even to me, although winter of 2020 was epic beyond measure for snowfall, Project REV remained parked. This past summer I bought back and restored our family Argo, Project 6x6, set up with tracks it seen a ton of use this winter. French and I logged a ton of seat time in our tracked Argos hauling lots of ice fishing gear into the country all over the Avalon Peninsula. Week after week found us in the woods, especially as a change in annual cabin trip attendance in February 2020 reset plans for Mark and I.
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