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======================================== Well !! as predicted we had our first “Snow on the ground” yesterday with a white cover early in the morning – luckily we have a ‘Plow guy’ so all I have to shovel is the path to my shop – but with it being so wet and heavy – this was a bit… Continue reading Wednesday December 3rd/25

===================================== Answer to the last quiz – Jeff Smith and Dave Bickers – correct answers from Harlow. – quite an easy one for our older “Bloggers” And here is a shot you don’t see these days – 173 riders on the line waiting for the shotgun start at the 1976 Moose Mountain Cross Country –… Continue reading Tuesday December 2nd/25

A bit of a different pic to begin our blog today – this is because yesterday, Babsy and myself were treated to attend a concert in Vernon along with our daughter Helen and son in law Grant. – It was called “A Rocky Mountain Christmas” – with the wonderful John Denver songs performed by a… Continue reading Monday December 1st/25

================================= Last day of the month bloggers – we hope you make the most of it!! – I think winter is here now in the Valley and even working in the shop is too cold for the old guy. I did put a label on the Evo 200 that will be picked up when the… Continue reading Sunday November 30th/25

================================ Answer to the last quiz – David Cobos with Josef Paxau and the NEW Bultaco, brought out in 1999. – Brett, Bob, Harlow and Peter Varey all got it – Stan thought it might be David Knight!! We had the first of those bikes in Canada – picked it up in January from Don… Continue reading Saturday November 29th/25

Good morning Bloggers!! We hope you are all adapting to the change in the weather where ever you may be!! – As I look out at the scenes of road chaos on face book – I am just thankful that I don’t travel anymore – lots of white knuckle experiences over that 30 year spell,… Continue reading Friday November 28th/25

=================================== Good morning bloggers !!! The question I think for today is “Has winter now arrived?” Anyway – answer to the last quiz – it was a pic of John Jones at the 1971 Western Canadian National trial, riding a converted Kawasaki Enduro 175- sponsored by Kaw Importer Manley’s of Ontario. – John was lucky… Continue reading Thursday November 27th/25

=============================== Answer to the last quiz – Tommi Ahvala on the Fantic – We saw him on the first version of this new model at the 1995 UK World Round at Hawkstone Park, and have a few pics of him, plus a video of him tumbling down and out in one section, which left him… Continue reading Wednesday November 26th/25

=========================================== Answer to our last quiz – One of our regular bloggers – Harlow Rankin pictured riding up on the hill at Cochrane Alberta, when he was a Beta Dealer for Don Clark. – Yes He got that one!!! also, Brett, Roger and Walter Cukavac. Quiz today – Guess who ============================================ This showed up on… Continue reading Tuesday November 25th/25

==================================== Answer to the last quiz – our good friend (rip) Bob Work the Race manager at Yamaha Motor Canada while I worked for that company – we shared a lot of very good times both at the various functions and at race events, plus testing snowmobiles. – Although it was not my official job… Continue reading Monday November 24th/25