Rather than double up ride reports I'll answer and few questions and this one is thorough.
Bugs ....less than I expected tho I suspect my windscreen has a different opinion.
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Some of these are downright dangerous if your visor is open ..
As for stopping ...yeah some black flies but geared up were not an issue. Mosquitos at dawn were there but did not stay around to get a count...I did take bug spray and if you broke down it would be invaluable. Used it once. I do like motels where you can park the bike right by the door.
Lots of bees out and dragonflies which create quite a mess and would hurt on bare face. I was just pulling the visor down and something large bounced off it. About the same level as The James Bay trip - maybe a bit less. If you are doing anything outdoors, fishing, walking etc you certainly want bug spray.
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Range ....just don't depend on small stations being open but 380 km is fine...I was on a 300 km range that I was confident of tho not much more and only screwed up once coming south through the parks south of Wawa. Pulled over at 315 and had 30 km to go and did not trust the bike to make it. Was about to call CAA on the 1 bar signal ( there are many areas with no coverage ) when 3 Quebec riders pulled up and one had a liter.
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But yeah fill up when it gets to half way. Was spoiled with the CB500x which gets nearly twice the mpg and similar size tank 17.3 vs 19 on the CBF1000a. Actually was thinking the latter was 17 liter so would have made it on what I had.