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New Year's moto resolutions
- Thread starter TK4
- Start date
There is always one more ride.
bigpoppa
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I think you're missing out if you dont at least once or twice a year go to the Appalachians, especially with a bike like that.
The ADV bikes are nice for southern ontario, because we dont have particularly good roads, and the advs are the "do everything good enough" sort of bikes.
But once the speeds really pick up and the road gets really twisty (or knarly), you start wishing you had a different bike. (or you tamper expectations and slow down a bit)
If I had room for a trailer, good chance I would not ride on the road in southern ontario, a few trips to deals gap, a few track days and I'd be good. I would also have a track only bike. (But I dont, so it means I have to ride everywhere, first world problems right?)
Trying to hit up some of these…I did the 100/110 things before and looks like they’ve expanded
Book comes with a nice map and all.
Book comes with a nice map and all.
A wife and small children make for a busy household. I get it.
But you should be able to get away for a few days on your own, free of guilt. It's necessary for one's sanity. The house won't fall apart, the kids won't suddenly become dysfunctional.
My wife has never hassled me for being away. Of course, she is free to do likewise any time; in fact, it is encouraged.
The Scrambler will have no trouble doing the JBR.
You're out of excuses now, bud.
Hit this one today. pretty sure it's in one of his books.
Everything You Need to Know about Ontario's Cryptic Gravestone - Travel With TMc
In rural Wellesley Township lies Ontario's cryptic gravestone dedicated to 1 man's 2 dead wives. Who was Dr Samuel Bean, grave marker encoder?
www.travelwithtmc.com
#48 on the list in the book…Hit this one today. pretty sure it's in one of his books.
Everything You Need to Know about Ontario's Cryptic Gravestone - Travel With TMc
In rural Wellesley Township lies Ontario's cryptic gravestone dedicated to 1 man's 2 dead wives. Who was Dr Samuel Bean, grave marker encoder?
Took photos of the maps and names. It’s there.
Mad Mike
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My plan is to launch from Timmins, 1 day up, 1 day in the area then 2 days back. One night camping on return leg.
Good idea.
The 5-9 days (from GTA) others have suggested is something I don't have right now.
I guess this trip will have to wait.
Mad Mike
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5 days is a tough slog. I haven’t ridden with many that can do a 10 hour day without being uncomfortable during that leg, and for a day or two after the ride. Even tougher on rough roads.
Add in the potential for rain and remote setting means no cover from the elements should weather torn rough.
One of my aborted attempts was due to a late May blizzard that made the JBR impassible. I turned around and headed home 8 hours into the journey, had I been 4 hours from Radisson I’d have been camping for 3 days on the side of the highway.
Agreed. 5 days is for those Iron butt riders (@PrivatePilot)
Especially when you are usually limited to "weakest link" in the group. Of course you try to pick riding buddies that are on the same/similar playing field.
I went on two over night rides this year with two different riding groups.
First ride,
2 nights/3days,
These guys were good with 500-600kms /day. I think I came home with only 1600kms of 3 days of riding
Second ride.
1 night/2 days (supposed to be a day longer but we got rained out, or should I say hurricaned out)
I think we did around 900 kms per day.
Mad Mike
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I look more at hours than km. Toronto to Cincinatti, and Toronto to Kapuskasing - both about 9 hours - the run to Cinci is tiring but not exhausting, you’ll be exhausted when you get to the Kap.
afici0nad0
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ride more than 500kms for the season
bigpoppa
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bigpoppa
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ooo what did you ride?
In 2017 I did 101 of the (then, 150) things in that book. It was a pretty epic summer. In 2018 I did about another 20 or 30 of them.
This was the most westely location, almost at the Manitoba border.
This was the most northern one I did while nailing all the ones along Highway 11, Reesors siding. I think we did about 40 or 50 locations on this particular trip, focusing on all the ones north of Highway 7 for the most part across multiple days of motocamping and pretty hard core riding.
The buddy I was riding with ended up doing 149 of them that summer, the only one he missed being the one in Moosonee due to the requirement to load your bike on a train to get there and back. This was my long distance riding buddy I'd posted about here a month or so back that recently died in a wreck in Australia...that's his old Indian in the bottom photo. He was one of the few people that really understood and loved the iron butt/endurance riding thing like I do, although he ended up being insanely more hard core than me in more recently years..... RIP friend.
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