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05-Sep-2015, 22:37
Well, thats the title given our tour by the hire company, I'm still trying to decide on my own.
Nearly back a week now and I cant get my head around all the sights and things we did. The whole tour was riddled with issues that we overcome but sadly made it much more stressful than it should of been.
The GS1200's (Loony and Toony) after the Canadian 1 and 2 dollar coin names (yes, really) were very capable but a bit... uninspiring, sorry - I rode the higher spec red, (Loony, fancy that) model and was glad of the heated grips and cruise control it must be said:
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Our routed changed a bit in the last month of planning to include a dip into the USA:
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Starting and finishing at 'J'
Yes, it was crazy, awesome, frightening and wonderful:
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and yes, we rode to the top of an 8500 foot mountain...
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We managed 2000 miles in total but, in fairness the speed limits are much lower than here and the penalties much
stiffer so we were very good boys (when needed, anyway).
I'll do a proper writeup in time but I'll finish off by saying if you get the chance to even GO to Canada, never mind ride
once there:
Just DO it :-)
Cheers - Frank & Norrie
Go on then a bit of Video from my JVC cam, can still feel the joy of being of the road!
sr_NRQnOeGY
Nearly back a week now and I cant get my head around all the sights and things we did. The whole tour was riddled with issues that we overcome but sadly made it much more stressful than it should of been.
The GS1200's (Loony and Toony) after the Canadian 1 and 2 dollar coin names (yes, really) were very capable but a bit... uninspiring, sorry - I rode the higher spec red, (Loony, fancy that) model and was glad of the heated grips and cruise control it must be said:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sVAWt2TDWVQD5cCise8Ve7rt6LNLSiylNF3RE3vUtYqwOioYM_ VqsQsZXfHn7YZ3F9pKEXRzlx6TpUSHJLwOQ_MHIOeJTH22BMTA 59kRdf3xSvARBfyB0XPQZ0ryZVK_My57lg5ZvALdvEKV_a-DwzFrPBrhe4uyQYXWC1hQ_4Cl5plqjvlslE5a7V2Icd_mq4KR2 XzZJDrntBhbj8Fk8Zdn1uTBIYPGfhUkyyqmcOz-dgyH10HlQJ6Zzu6H1UGlA8kfl3J3L7DJFMweeirc3Y_3pwlrcE W_DxZyYXdiP-ETscP_OzNVjdz-zJBf9NHtwTKUln9JPRjnJAKXaz19FeaLtihABvhqfuLfwbg0aj lYG87nV8zSh0tNidXS_SrqjJbi1MDmcFE6xz5V-g5IJQdxxjvS3O2TNtxwTWby95OqDmpAxrFdg49jaTD4AM0hxu0 q17hhtypu5RrsdyObTYV9QXfw2Ggbs7pyb13EvnL98ShWE9_QV TiU1rymgDNbAgc2EtfIzow0MmFjZRiOdGQ=w695-h926-no
Our routed changed a bit in the last month of planning to include a dip into the USA:
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Starting and finishing at 'J'
Yes, it was crazy, awesome, frightening and wonderful:
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and yes, we rode to the top of an 8500 foot mountain...
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/wL55D7Oi0k4f_lVW5s4pSHEPtwvYao0nk3mdL1eo0B4MA6rl8c Dgvpwh1Gm6h68J9a5h_ZpGT0rUdFjqiLJ5r1ciS5_DIEZVT6-aVWfdtkSxVH4YtNOVaFFRSIBy-4cNzC1wnbkLWx23VjrhdM9nF4iBkLtP9P9uC4uwGBzs8t3M4ro n5WVWpji9nQa69Uit3jKPrUhZpRk4WjBUJObaBnMnTPHMpiqwx 6niNT3SKBO7HxlcLMX4Uf_u2jkCP89jXLWD7sNgegYGHrBUiHA 3RzMjoOuMAcNSy10n_y-MZheI43mLTICCGFPwHlxBupYopAfeSQYu4iyD79s58JP7IKy15 W7M7UgrnoUQzCltC-Yf9NBGQnwxRi11czPMSweu5m0GdIbn0sn6xYTwCO3gXQ26NKW1 JulULaswU37L4N_42YJOvVVOEuElPtIIEObG123dwFIjFEBhvC n3sy_4GS2TAW4cYch9q3B0G85KNPBkhS6Qm7lGPbPhiuSJqVwH TIJlVU7FaXl-d6sQEM1DZSLy=w1235-h926-no
We managed 2000 miles in total but, in fairness the speed limits are much lower than here and the penalties much
stiffer so we were very good boys (when needed, anyway).
I'll do a proper writeup in time but I'll finish off by saying if you get the chance to even GO to Canada, never mind ride
once there:
Just DO it :-)
Cheers - Frank & Norrie
Go on then a bit of Video from my JVC cam, can still feel the joy of being of the road!
sr_NRQnOeGY