First Ride on the new 2012 Arctic Cat Wildcat

All I can say is WOW! Riding the new Wildcat is just plain fun.

 Unloading the Wildcat from the trailer

Here it is clean and ready to go

 

 Ron one of our test riders. Hard to smile when you get dirt in your mouth.


Gerry test rider

 

 Mike test rider


Penny test rider
 

 Kirk test rider
 

 Kevin from Arctic Cat


 Here he is out on the ride with his son


 Clinton from Horseshoe Riding Adventures leading the way on the 350 Cat that we all also tested out.


Ron and Gerry out on the trails
 

 Cat also brought out the 425cc model for a test


To complete the day we also had a 550 2up machine
 

 The Wildcat into a muddy turn


Ron having fun
 

 Mike likes it


Looks like Ron and Gerry do too
 

 Everyone who drove the Wildcat are always smiling


Mike on the 425
 

 Penny and Kirk in the Wildcat


Pat from Arctic Cat out on the trail
 

 Group shot, and they are still smiling


Everyone commented on how great the suspension worked
 

 Out on the trail


Group shot on the trail
 

 Penny called the Wildcat sexy looking


The Wildcat was very stable through the corners
 

 Very bright LED headlights


Thanks Arctic Cat for this great test ride. Full story and video coming soon.

Nova Scotia Highland Quest 2011 continued.

Here are some of the pictures from our 2 day ride across Cape Breton from Wreck Cove to Cheticamp and back.

Staging area near Wreck Cove by the Hydro dams.

Registration

Packed and ready to go.

Misty clouds along the way.

Wayne our fearless tour leader on one of the dams.

Riding above the clouds.

Out on the trails by the hydro dams.

Scenic view along the way.

Coming over one of the dams.

Riding along the cliff edge.

Lunch stop in Margaree.

Stopped at a hunt camp

Looking west at Cheticamp from the top of the mountain

On the coast of Cape Breton near Cheticamp.

Nova Scotia Highland Quest 2011

Back from our great trip in Nova Scotia riding in the Highland Quest. Here are some pictures from our trip. Thanks to all who made this trip possible.

Our trip started here as we leave from the hotel.

Some of the great views as you drive around Cape Breton.

This was our starting point for the ride we did before the Highland Quest.

Trails were very well signed.

Out on the trails.

This trail was part of the trans Canada Trail.

Lots of riding beside scenic vistas.

Signs were in both English and Gaelic.

Lots of spots to stop and read about the area.

Riding in Cape Breton right along the coast, does it get any better then this!

Great view looking west from tower hill.

The sun goes down after a great ride along the coast.

While in Sydney a visit to the Miners Museum is a must.

The visit is very realistic. You go into a circa 1920's coal mine. Being 6'2" was fun when the mine is 5' tall!

Another must stop is Fortress Louisbourg. This is where we had lunch. It is like going back in time to what it was like back then.

Dan and Mark. You get one spoon for everything you eat. That's just the way it was done. Good looking bibs as well!

Goats at Louisbourg

Feathered friends as well.

This man was caught and charged with stealing a bottle of wine. As the french said "off with his head"! Oh we're too nice in Canada that was back at the homeland.

The coast by Louisbourg, bad weather moving in.

Sydney has a fiddle as large as the cruise ships that visit the city.

All this before we go out on the main reason we were visiting, the Highland Quest ride. More on that ride later.