Welcome to Minnesota, where the riders freeze

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Edited Date/Time 4/22/2018 7:51am


but first chance we get
we're out enjoying the breeze

big bikes, little quads, vet C jumps rolling
and the riding don't start until 11 in the morning
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Asimo
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Asimo 4/21/2018 6:41pm
4/21/2018 6:41pm
I don't get it. There's more snow in California.
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StevieTimes 4/21/2018 6:51pm
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Today was the first day of the year that any track has been open in Minnesota, that I know of.

Conditions were fantastic, a huge surprise, considering how much snow had been around just a couple of days before.
http://www.motokazie.com/mk/mk_news.php

They did a great job! Riding is a lot of fun, I missed it!

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SKIDLID 4/22/2018 5:47am
4/22/2018 5:47am
It was a great time riding the motokazie track yesterday! Lee did a great job getting the track prepped after all the snow last week.

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observeroffacts 4/22/2018 5:58am
4/22/2018 5:58am Edited Date/Time 4/22/2018 5:59am
Asimo wrote:
I don't get it. There's more snow in California.
Us minnesotans got 20 inches a week ago.
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Asimo 4/22/2018 6:06am
4/22/2018 6:06am
Asimo wrote:
I don't get it. There's more snow in California.
observeroffacts wrote:
Us minnesotans got 20 inches a week ago.
LOL, Some areas of California got 5 feet out of the last big storm a week ago.
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Jtommr 4/22/2018 6:08am
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Don't forget the first Minnesota off-road race of the year is next weekend. Course prep is under way, and yes this real. Haha

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observeroffacts 4/22/2018 6:10am
4/22/2018 6:10am
Asimo wrote:
I don't get it. There's more snow in California.
observeroffacts wrote:
Us minnesotans got 20 inches a week ago.
Asimo wrote:
LOL, Some areas of California got 5 feet out of the last big storm a week ago.
Ok.
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MR. X 4/22/2018 6:15am
4/22/2018 6:15am
observeroffacts wrote:
Us minnesotans got 20 inches a week ago.
Asimo wrote:
LOL, Some areas of California got 5 feet out of the last big storm a week ago.
observeroffacts wrote:
Ok.
He argues with anybody about anything ,he's not smart enough to realize that 20 inches of snow in a community and 5 feet of snow on a mountain top are 2 totally different things .
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YamahaJT1 4/22/2018 6:30am
4/22/2018 6:30am Edited Date/Time 4/22/2018 6:35am
God Bless ya, Minnesotans!

I spent two winters 100+ miles north of Duluth.

My observations: Minnesota has two seasons: "Winter" and "Winter is coming"...

Being able to blast across Lake Vermilion winding out a 1980 John Deere 440 Liquifire was a hoot, though.

Good Luck with getting the bikes out and ride safely!

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Asimo 4/22/2018 7:03am
4/22/2018 7:03am Edited Date/Time 4/22/2018 7:10am
Asimo wrote:
LOL, Some areas of California got 5 feet out of the last big storm a week ago.
observeroffacts wrote:
Ok.
MR. X wrote:
He argues with anybody about anything ,he's not smart enough to realize that 20 inches of snow in a community and 5 feet of snow on...
He argues with anybody about anything ,he's not smart enough to realize that 20 inches of snow in a community and 5 feet of snow on a mountain top are 2 totally different things .
No, X, it's just they are prepared for it ahead of time so it's not a big deal.

Plenty of large towns all throughout the west get way more than 20 inches of snow at a time and they would rather have 10 foot at a time storms because they spend shit tons of money when the news reports "Overnight 60 inches of snow fell" because winter sports are an incredible cash cow.

Just ask all the businesses how well it was last year with 70 feet total for the year. California somehow manages to make it work even in the residential neighborhoods. They do have one of the most elaborate snow removal fleets in the world though keeping the roads and interstates open. My oldest made this site.





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r.sal923 4/22/2018 7:15am
4/22/2018 7:15am
observeroffacts wrote:
Ok.
MR. X wrote:
He argues with anybody about anything ,he's not smart enough to realize that 20 inches of snow in a community and 5 feet of snow on...
He argues with anybody about anything ,he's not smart enough to realize that 20 inches of snow in a community and 5 feet of snow on a mountain top are 2 totally different things .
Asimo wrote:
No, X, it's just they are prepared for it ahead of time so it's not a big deal. Plenty of large towns all throughout the west...
No, X, it's just they are prepared for it ahead of time so it's not a big deal.

Plenty of large towns all throughout the west get way more than 20 inches of snow at a time and they would rather have 10 foot at a time storms because they spend shit tons of money when the news reports "Overnight 60 inches of snow fell" because winter sports are an incredible cash cow.

Just ask all the businesses how well it was last year with 70 feet total for the year. California somehow manages to make it work even in the residential neighborhoods. They do have one of the most elaborate snow removal fleets in the world though keeping the roads and interstates open. My oldest made this site.





Just 5 min north of the border, we get a average of 25 feet. This season was 60 plus feet. I will be trail riding up high by mid July if I am lucky.
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Asimo 4/22/2018 7:51am
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r.sal923 wrote:
Just 5 min north of the border, we get a average of 25 feet. This season was 60 plus feet. I will be trail riding up...
Just 5 min north of the border, we get a average of 25 feet. This season was 60 plus feet. I will be trail riding up high by mid July if I am lucky.
Hell Yeah! Sunburn city! My buddies took their snowbikes out in August last year Pretty suncupped but there was still about 5 feet of snow up in most areas. On July 4th weekend not even all the alpine lakes were turning blue yet.

We went mountain biking and some were just getting a blue tint of melting out and turning to slush.. It sure helped out our drought though.

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