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General Category => Events => Topic started by: mswyka on January 10, 2013, 07:00:43 AM
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Folks:
Good morning. At the suggestion of Maxthrottle a few of us have begun discussing the possibility of a Northeast Kawasaki Snowmobile Owners Ride-In and Swap Meet (NEKSORIASM, we might need to work on this acronym). After eliminating dates when Max is in the air or others are on holiday, we are proposing Saturday, February 23, 2012. At this point we still have some challenges - snow for one - there is currently no way to predict whether or not we will have snow at that time. The second is venue. And with that said, for the lack of an alternate, and better venue, I would offer our farm with direct access to about 500 acres and again if there is enough snow, trails to further reaches of the valley.
So I make this posting not knowing for sure whether or not we can pull this off, but putting it out there for others here in the northeast who might be interested and/or who may be able to offer suggestions that would give us a higher probability of success.
In addition to access to our farm - which by the way being private property does not require sled registration - Just an hour away in Newton, NJ is the Snowmobile Barn Museum and just a half hour away in Newburgh, NY is the world headquarters of the world famous Orange County Choppers.
So there you have some preliminary thoughts. Let us know what you think.
Mark
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Great idea!!! wish it was closer but sounds great to me. Even without snow you could have one heck of a party. A great way to maybe include some tech sessions on different repairs and such (??)
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Hmmm would like to be there.. How far is it from the border?
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Hmmm would like to be there.. How far is it from the border?
Lloyd, if we keep the venue at the farm we are 6 hours from the border - pretty much regardless of which crossing you use.
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I'm "IN"!
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Mark, my acronym is no better, shorter but no better.
NEWKOR(a)S(m)......? North East Winter Kawasaki Owners Ride (and) Swap (Meet)
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I am excited to say that we picked up a nice 4" snowfall last night, so sledding is alive and well again here in southeast New York. Still to early to predict conditions for February 23.
In thinking about the acronym I want to float out NEOKawS - Northeast Owners of Kawasaki Snowmobiles - pronounced: "neo cows"
Feel free to give it a thumbs up or thumbs down.
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I like NEO KawS! :)
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Could I bring a Kawi-powered Deere? I highly doubt I'll have my Invader done, but this is too close to home to miss.
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I wish that it was closer as well. I live in N.H. They have a swap meet every year up here, But not one with just Kawasaki. I will love to see the pics when all is said and done.
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Could I bring a Kawi-powered Deere? I highly doubt I'll have my Invader done, but this is too close to home to miss.
Matt, if we are able to pull this off we would love to have you.
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Hmmmm this is very tempting. I highly doubt I'd be able to make it down from Maine though :(
I went to college in Poughkeepsie NY, how far are you from there Mark?
-Paul
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Paul, another 50 minutes gets you here from Poughkeepsie. Just up there Thursday night for dinner at the CIA.
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anything new happening with this discussion? Going to happen?
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anything new happening with this discussion? Going to happen?
At this point it all depends upon whether we have snow or not. We had some good snow after Christmas, but the temps have been up and down for us. If we do get snow, the area is pretty good and there are a number of places that can be ridden to including: Convenience store, pizza parlor and Arctic Cat dealer in the event someone needs plugs or oil. So, keep praying for snow.
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...........with just 3 weeks to go, I (for one) am praying for SNOW!!!! :)
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...........with just 3 weeks to go, I (for one) am praying for SNOW!!!! :)
Keep praying. The groundhog saw his shadow and we picked up one inch of snow. One inch each night and we would be in good shape!
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I would love to come, but my truck is older than my sled, and just fuel would cost me more than i payed for all three of my invaders together. On second thought, anyone interested in carpooling from nh? Could pull a trailer with the wife's jeep.
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I would love to come, but my truck is older than my sled, and just fuel would cost me more than i payed for all three of my invaders together. On second thought, anyone interested in carpooling from nh? Could pull a trailer with the wife's jeep.
Check with Quadgoat to see if he is up for it. We still don't have any snow. Major storm predicted for this weekend - or at least I hope it is a major storm. How is your snow situation?
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Folks, right now the snow conditions for NEOKaws are marginal to poor. We had a good storm a week ago but rain has eroded the snow cover. I will provide a snow condition update next week, but right now between the snow that is on the ground and the weather report things are not looking too encouraging.
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That really stinks. We got a ton of snow as you know, but it has been 40+ here all week since. we are supposed to get another storm this weekend. maybe you will benefit from it as well.
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I'm still hoping for the best. Same deal here in Connecticut, in the 40's all week and nearly 50 today..........Bummer.
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Well the good news is that none of the sleds are broken. The bad news is that nothing can break when nothing can be ridden. Today's rain has pretty much wiped out all hope of NEOKaws for this Saturday.
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Shouldn't stop you from getting together, I heard snow might be on the way for you guys...
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I was going to try and make the trip to the "Kawi ride & swap." Too bad it fell through. If looking at another try next winter... count me in. Although it would be a haul from "Maine" not much going on the East Coast - PERIOD!