2025 rides. Where the **** are you going?

[Gaoler]

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My main goal is going to be to slow the f*** down...
Pretty much every ride out to BC I've done became a mini iron butt.. Lol
There's no reason I need to get from the GTHA to the Okanagan in 4 days...

 

[timtune]

No concrete plans. Thinking about the Smokies on the Ural maybe.

You can never go wrong with the Smokie mountains.

 

[Evoex]

My main goal is going to be to slow the f*** down...
Pretty much every ride out to BC I've done became a mini iron butt.. Lol
There's no reason I need to get from the GTHA to the Okanagan in 4 days...

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[Lightcycle]

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Lol, our ride to Toronto and back this summer took two months!

 

[adri]

My bike in Italy is currently in Salerno, right at the bottom end of the Amalfi Coast, so the plan is as follows:

Salerno --> Amalfi Coast
Amalfi Coast --> Naples / Casserta Palace (largest palace in Europe second only to Versailles)
Casserta Palace --> Abruzzo mountains
Abruzzo --> Tuscany
Tuscany --> Modena (outside Bologna, buddy lives there)
Modena --> Courmayeur in the Alps

The missus and her father are doing a 10 day hike around the Mont Blanc, so I'll be meeting up with them at the end of it.
From there she and I will take off, probably do some time back at Lake Como, Stelvio, Lake Garda, and just stay in the mountains for the remainder of the trip.

This year is a jubillee year for the catholic church so instead of something like 9 million tourists in Rome they're expecting 30 million, which will have a spillover into all of the other tourist areas in Italy, so our goal is to just stay in the backroads of Italy and avoid the masses.

 

[Mad Mike]

Hoping to loop Lake Ontario.

Looping Lake Superior requires a bike much different than a scrambler.

I done that loop on a 250 Virago, a Scrambler would be easy.

 

[mimico_polak]

I done that loop on a 250 Virago, a Scrambler would be easy.

Ontario? Or Superior?

Ontario I'm almost certain I can do in a day.

Superior...not so much. Fuel is the biggest concern.

 

[Mad Mike]

Ontario? Or Superior?

Ontario I'm almost certain I can do in a day.

Superior...not so much. Fuel is the biggest concern.

Superior.

First time was in 2016, 9 days on my FJR. Returned thru Manitoulin on the ferry.

2018 solo, 6 days, no ferry.

 

[PrivatePilot]

Superior...not so much. Fuel is the biggest concern.

Which way are you thinking of going that gas is a concern?

Either way, sometimes the KISS method is a simple solution to this. A jerry can strapped to your back seat or cargo rack or whatever gets the job done. This was my solution on the first summer of Covid when a buddy and I went to Pickle Lake.



And again for my trip to/from the Cabot a few years ago.



Took it to Sturgis as well in 2019. That little jerry can has probably travelled 25,000k on various motorcycles lol.

For the trip to James Bay this past summer I stepped it up a notch with a knockoff rotopak flat can from Amazon. Worked better for stacking things on top of.

 

[shanekingsley]

Since I took very little time off work this year, I'll have a lot of vacation time in 2025.
Hoping I can take 3-4 weeks to ride out to the northern half of the Pacific Coast Highway, from Seattle to San Fran, since I rode San Diego to San Fran in 2024.

Along the way there I'd hit up Mt Rushmore, Needles Hwy, Devil's Tower, Bighorn, Yellowstone, Beartooth, Chief Joseph, Glacier Nat Park and Mt Rainier. Then coming home I'd plan to ride through Utah, Colorado, the Ozarks, the Smokies and Appalachians.

If anyone has any tips for must ride roads along the way - I'm open to all suggestions!

 

[Relax]

My bike in Italy is currently in Salerno, right at the bottom end of the Amalfi Coast, so the plan is as follows:

Salerno --> Amalfi Coast
Amalfi Coast --> Naples / Casserta Palace (largest palace in Europe second only to Versailles)
Casserta Palace --> Abruzzo mountains
Abruzzo --> Tuscany
Tuscany --> Modena (outside Bologna, buddy lives there)
Modena --> Courmayeur in the Alps

The missus and her father are doing a 10 day hike around the Mont Blanc, so I'll be meeting up with them at the end of it.
From there she and I will take off, probably do some time back at Lake Como, Stelvio, Lake Garda, and just stay in the mountains for the remainder of the trip.

This year is a jubillee year for the catholic church so instead of something like 9 million tourists in Rome they're expecting 30 million, which will have a spillover into all of the other tourist areas in Italy, so our goal is to just stay in the backroads of Italy and avoid the masses.

I'll be in Ambro, Tuscany for the last week of August for a wedding, plus a week or two on either end. Been debating whether to have my 998 sent over (I started watching your video), but I'll be there with my wife's side of the family, so may not have much "me" time to spend riding. I would like to go on the Ducati factory tour/museum if it's open, though.

 

[adri]

I'll be in Ambro, Tuscany for the last week of August for a wedding, plus a week or two on either end. Been debating whether to have my 998 sent over (I started watching your video), but I'll be there with my wife's side of the family, so may not have much "me" time to spend riding. I would like to go on the Ducati factory tour/museum if it's open, though.

Text/call me if you wanna talk about it. I've heard people book their Ducati tours in advance. I lucked out because I played the media card. If you know for sure what dates you're going to be going, might be worth looking into it.

 

[Jampy00]

If I can burn through a tank or two of fuel I'll be happy.

 

[tat2]

Not a riding trip but Motorcycles at the center of it (like our last several trips) this time heading to the Red Bull Ring in Austria for MotoGP this August. We always hit up the surrounding region/countries and make a 2 week + trip out of it.

 

[timtune]

Since I took very little time off work this year, I'll have a lot of vacation time in 2025.
Hoping I can take 3-4 weeks to ride out to the northern half of the Pacific Coast Highway, from Seattle to San Fran, since I rode San Diego to San Fran in 2024.

Along the way there I'd hit up Mt Rushmore, Needles Hwy, Devil's Tower, Bighorn, Yellowstone, Beartooth, Chief Joseph, Glacier Nat Park and Mt Rainier. Then coming home I'd plan to ride through Utah, Colorado, the Ozarks, the Smokies and Appalachians.

If anyone has any tips for must ride roads along the way - I'm open to all suggestions!
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Before the weather changed things we had planned to ride some of Colorado. The Million Dollar highway was on our list. Kind of looks like you'll catch that between #41 and #42.

 

[shanekingsley]

Before the weather changed things we had planned to ride some of Colorado. The Million Dollar highway was on our list. Kind of looks like you'll catch that between #41 and #42.

Yes sir. That was a must to include and feels like there are 15-20 bucket list type roads on this trip.

 

[Relax]

Since I took very little time off work this year, I'll have a lot of vacation time in 2025.
Hoping I can take 3-4 weeks to ride out to the northern half of the Pacific Coast Highway, from Seattle to San Fran, since I rode San Diego to San Fran in 2024.

Along the way there I'd hit up Mt Rushmore, Needles Hwy, Devil's Tower, Bighorn, Yellowstone, Beartooth, Chief Joseph, Glacier Nat Park and Mt Rainier. Then coming home I'd plan to ride through Utah, Colorado, the Ozarks, the Smokies and Appalachians.

If anyone has any tips for must ride roads along the way - I'm open to all suggestions!
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Probably a drop in the bucket, but if you're taking the highway through Michigan and Illinois, I don't remember much to see. If you're passing by Milwaukee, my friends usually take the ferry between Muskegon and Milwaukee, which takes 2.5 hours. I don't think it saves overall trip time, but it gives you a break from slabbing on the highway:

Schedule - The most daily Lake Michigan ferry trips - Lake Express Ferry

Featuring multiple Milwaukee, Wisconsin ferry and Muskegon, Michigan ferry departures daily. Calendar of Lake Michigan fast ferry service.

www.lake-express.com

Speaking of Michigan, whenever I pass through, I make it a point to stop at the Lebanese Grill:

Lebanese Grill · 45278 Market St, Shelby Township, MI 48315, United States

★★★★☆ · Lebanese restaurant

maps.app.goo.gl

And Sportbike Track Gear is around the corner, if you need gear en route. In the past, they didn't charge tax if they knew you were from Canada:

Sportbike Track Gear · 56844 Mound Rd, Shelby Township, MI 48316, United States

★★★★☆ · Motorcycle shop

maps.app.goo.gl

 

[MacDoc]

Shane, fog will be your biggest issue sticking to the coast N of San Fran. Boring and dangerous. Impatient drivers etc. You might add in some zig zag routes across the mountains especially when there is a volcano in the vicinity.
Mount St Hellens is for sure worthwhile....good visitor center and the devastation is still marked decades after the event and is still slightly active and growing again. Gorgeous twisting ride up.

Ranier is a scary monster soaring way above the coast Rockies. You could easy spend a week exploring the activities. ( or getting injured - it is very wild and dangerous up high. )

The West Coast below San Fran is wonderful to ride is slow due to tourists. Above San Fran, okay for a bit then the fog sort of kills the touristy aspect unless you are very lucky. But there is lots just slightly inland. Good luck.

When you visiting Oz?
Have a bike you can use

 

[shanekingsley]

Thank you both for those tips and nice bike Macdoc. I love Lebanese food!

Don't want to hijack this thread so I'll start another for that ride

 

[NuggyBuggy]

I am not going to the US for the foreseeable future. Perhaps ever. And this pains me as a person who once truly believed it was the greatest country on earth.

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