oh wait, they changed their minds..
"Thursday Night
Snow. Low around 23. Light northeast wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 3 to 7 inches possible."
I do believe this marks the end of SS season.
US National Weather Service Caribou ME
❄️Snow expected Thursday and Friday❄️
The first widespread snow of the season is expected later Thursday into Friday. Motorists with travel plans, especially Thursday night into early Friday, should prepare for potential hazardous driving conditions. While it is still too early to talk specific amounts, the attached graphic shows the probabilities of any location seeing 2" or more of snowfall.
Rocky Cat...looks sweet but is a 15-pound bruiser...
pffft, Bucky says that's a lite weight, he weighs in at 23 pounds.
He does like going fishing with me in the boat.
I am on the list for when Polaris ships the parts mid November.
more then likely there'll be white stuff all over everything here by then, so this'll be a spring fix for me.
Do they realize you don't have a red ride?
must be color blind.
probably snow blindness
A slingshade, F4 +5, and Baker Air wings have added time to my driving season.
Got a call from the treasurer of the local Red Knights Motorcycle club, asking if I'd like to be a member. I guess the couple of charity rides I did as rear road guard / bully keeping cars out of the line up got their attention.
I didn't bring the SS on this trip because it required 50+ miles of gravel, sometimes dirt roads, and I didn't think the SS (or me) would be too happy, so I took my jeep. But I thought it would be interesting for those of you who served.
I wandered down the Golden Road from Millinocket ME to the 1963 B52 crash site on Elephant Mountain. interesting place. On the walk up the hill, you start seeing small (1-2 foot) pieces of metal. They get bigger as you move up the trail, til your finally seeing broken landing gear, and larger pieces of the cockpit and wings.
Another interesting thing was there were abut a dozen people walking around looking at the pieces, and no one was talking. There was a quiet respect surrounding the site.
info on the site https://en.wikipedia.org/…/1963_Elephant_Mountain_B-52_crash
1 more from a couple towns over
SoCal Here's the autumn photo you asked for
The great thing about the Slingshot is that riding in cold weather works … I ride in Northern Indiana as long as there is NO snow on the road. I don't worry about the 'salt/chemicals' ---- rain will wash that all off in the Spring.
agreed, but i'll modify that slightly, I don't drive in cold weather if the roads are wet, as you can't tell if it's just wet or black ice.
ok, here's your fall foliage fix
1st is Mt Katahdin looking from the northeast a couple of days ago
2nd is Mt Katahdin today looking from the south, with some snow on top.
Katahdin is about 20 from me
noooo real winter like 40 degrees n’ clear skies . 🤪
Heading to Death Valley/Vegas this November an’ gunna be in the 70s’ during the day and 40’s at night Burrrr😜
hmmmmm 40's during the day is t-shirt an shorts weather in November
Forecast for
Millinocket ME
Tonight
Clear then
Patchy Frost
Low: 30 °F
I know you miss winter real bad, come on back and we can fit a couple of skis on the front wheels and put a studded snow on the rear of the SS. we'll be the envy of all the snowmobilers 
for our winter trips.
ummm, you mean make believe winter right?
it's like me talking about a hot summer.
it's been my daily driver since June when I bought it.
just over 11k miles on it the past 4 months.
now I'm starting to do 1/2 & 1/2 with my jeep as it's getting colder and wetter (40* and rain ain't enjoyable)
in another month or so when the white stuff starts sticking, it'll get tucked into the garage with a tank of eternal free and a battery tender.
National Weather Service Caribou ME
Rain late tonight will likely mix with or change to wet snow by daybreak Friday, with accumulation up to 1 inch
I do my business with Absolute Power Sports in Gorham NH. Great place and they've always treated me well.
thanks, I've checked with my local car mechanic and he can do 80% of the maintenance I need, but It's good to know a good polaris place for those unique items (rear end) or warranty work
Io I am changing oil about every other month in one or the other.
just curious, how many miles do you run between oil changes? 5,000 miles for a full synthetic, as per owners manual, seems to often to me.
i've thought putting a small heater core in my SS
but it seems simpler and cheaper to wear heated clothes. I have everything from a simple heated vest, to a snowmobile outfit.
this'll be the 1st winter with my SS, but I used to commute in 20* weather on my BMW R1100RT enginecycle. if the roads were dry, I was riding.
Does this put a constant pressure on the gearshift lever, however light it may be, and causes the synchro ring to wear out prematurely?
makes sense, as an example, you don't have to be doing heavy lifting / moving to get carpal tunnel syndrome, it's caused by the same repetitive motion, no matter how minor.
seems like the same principle
I've seen people wear out their clutch or brakes prematurely by using the pedal as a foot rest.
