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11-29-2012, 03:56 PM
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Joined: Mar 2012
Location: Red river flood plain
Oddometer: 64
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11-29-2012, 04:05 PM
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Heading There Next
Joined: Nov 2007
Location: The PEG, Center of Canada
Oddometer: 3,386
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2011 BMW R1200GS Triple Black, 2010 HD Heritage Softail, 1983 Yamaha RZ350, 1978 Yamaha XS650 SE,1967 Honda CD125. |
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11-29-2012, 10:17 PM
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Everything Wheels
Joined: Feb 2012
Location: Winnipeg, CAN / Rosenheim, D
Oddometer: 109
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Jobs ?
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I work for a smaller company and we had problems mostly with outbound loads but also coming back. Hope next year will be better, need to save up for housereno and vacation in 2014. |
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12-03-2012, 03:06 PM
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Heading There Next
Joined: Nov 2007
Location: The PEG, Center of Canada
Oddometer: 3,386
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ADV Lunch
Anyone up for lunch at the King's Head this Friday?
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2011 BMW R1200GS Triple Black, 2010 HD Heritage Softail, 1983 Yamaha RZ350, 1978 Yamaha XS650 SE,1967 Honda CD125. |
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12-03-2012, 03:48 PM
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Beastly Adventurer
Joined: Jul 2009
Location: Winnipeg
Oddometer: 1,238
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"He never met a stranger." Drif10 re DRCool Have Sporadic Spot, will travel sporadically... And a picture outside my window... Sometimes... |
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12-03-2012, 05:43 PM
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Way Out There!
Joined: Apr 2011
Location: Winnipeg, Canada
Oddometer: 237
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bike pics and misc http://s160.photobucket.com/albums/t189/mlstev27/ |
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12-03-2012, 05:51 PM
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Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Oct 2008
Location: The Peg 2 seasons short summer & long winter
Oddometer: 339
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12-04-2012, 10:35 AM
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Shorty on the 650
Joined: May 2012
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Oddometer: 459
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I won't be able to attend the lunch. But glad to hear you're back in town, Brian!
Also, I got a nibble on selling my panniers. if all goes well I'll have some sexy happy trail ones soon 
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- Mel Long Way Back - Ongoing Not all those who wander are lost 2002 Kawasaki KLR650 |
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12-04-2012, 02:02 PM
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Beastly Adventurer
Joined: Jul 2009
Location: Winnipeg
Oddometer: 1,238
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November - Long Ride West
Here are a few more pics from my ride to Vancouver Island last month.
Left Winnipeg at 8AM Nov 9, and raced to the North Dakota border to beat the forecast snowstorm... And then got stripped to my skivvies, patted down and put in a room while they searched my bike. Time lost - 75 minutes. Sorry no pics of that encounter.  Rest stop in the Dakotas with the worlds biggest sushi knife...  Which I played leapfrog with all day...  Thought the railroaders would like this big locomotive...  How big was it? This big...  Spent the night in Sioux City Iowa and hit the road early...  Entering Nebraska the road wasn't near as rough as it looked..  A full day's slog through Nebraska and Kansas, where the wind was recorded at 60/65 MPH all day. More dirt in the air than on the ground. Gas mileage took a huge hit. $$$   The next day saw me ride through a sliver of Oklahoma, the Texas panhandle and most of New Mexico... Interesting phraseology on this marker. I'm calling it Texas-speak.  After a couple of days of mostly flat terrain the bump on the horizon signals that I'm approaching Tucumcari NM.  Spent the night in the town of Grants NM where I was treated with an indicator that I had better turn south again... Minus 10 C when I awoke and the RT was not happy cranking over with 15W40 oil. Castrol makes a 0W60 that I think I'll use when anticipating future temps like this...  Into Arizona and the scenery is getting more varied...  Oh look, a curve...  Oh oh, snow!  Lots of hills coming up and it's getting warmer...  It's getting hot, but only 72 miles to Phoenix and a cold beer.  Sixth rider I've seen since leaving Winnipeg, but this Harley rider that just passed was the only helmetless one...  Finally into the cactus belt...  Spent a couple of days superbly feted by BentForks in Mesa AZ, then westbound again. Nice twisty road that Jack recommended...  Once I got down off of that mountain, sand appeared, and stayed with me until the Golden Gate Bridge...   Goodbye Arizona, I knew ye only a little, but I'll be back!  Crossing the Colorado River into California...  I wonder how many bikers have pissed behind this marker? I know of at least one.   Across the road...  Lots of traffic out of LA, but mostly in the sky... Just a few cars in the past couple of hours.  I don't recommend wandering onto the shoulder at speed...  High desert colour...  Did I mention there was a lot of sand?  Lots of drought ridden grass...  The orange trees only survive because of irrigation in this area...  Fields of cultivated flowers - there's a little bit of dirt mixed with the sand now...  And a big surprise to me - oil fields!  Nearing the coast and now there are Big trees!  This is why you have to wash the sand out of your spinach...  Spent the night in Modesto CA and picked an orange off the tree in the parking lot. Sorry, no pic. Finally, the Golden Gate bridge...  North of San Francisco and it turns green, 'cause there is a lot of rain.  Though the hills are still a bit dry...  Signs that fall is coming in Northern California...  Ok, it's here...  Arrived at a motel in Oregon, de-geared and headed out for dinner a block away. Got halfway there and remembered I'd left the credit card in the room. Took me half an hour to find it, and only so did because I ended up sitting on it. Can you see it? (The camera flash makes it easy.)  Ahh... finally, some road that hasn't been straightened!  Started to see Tsunami warning signs along stretches of the highway due to its proximity to this...  Got some good rain. Had to get off the bike in order to smoke because of it!   Got some big sand dunes around here...  Hwy 101 (Pacific Coast Highway) scenery is varied...  Can you see the seagull?  How about now?  I know that picture was in another of my posts, but hey, I like it.  Spent the next couple of days visiting family in Portland. (Thanks J and Suzanne!) Then struck out for Port Angeles where I'd take the ferry to Victoria. Still some of this stuff though!   Had a couple of hours to kill in Port Angeles waiting for the ferry, so I tried the local specialty, Dungeness Crab.  Tasty, but far too much work. I'll stick to lobster. The Blackball Ferry line let me on for free (because it was my birthday), just had to pay for the bike. :-) They also gave me a return ticket, good for a year!  They have a very unique system for securing your bike. You tie it to the upper railing!  They also gave me a stepped block for the non kickstand side of the bike, but it was too short to do anything.  Out of order, but I started to wonder about their navigation when I saw all the spares.  Was treated to a rainbow (or two) just before embarking...   Goodbye USA, I'll be back...  So ends my pictorial. I've posted pics of my stays in Esquimalt and Richmond before, so I won't bore you with more of the same. The bike is safely ensconced in Grant and Andre's garage (Thanks Grant!). I was planning on flying back in late February to retrieve it and use the free Blackball Ferry Line ticket.. and retrace my steps... with some different ones thrown in for good measure.. That said, the end of January sounds even better. Suffice to say, there'll likely be some of this in it.  Cheers, Brian
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"He never met a stranger." Drif10 re DRCool Have Sporadic Spot, will travel sporadically... And a picture outside my window... Sometimes... PiffleMaster screwed with this post 12-04-2012 at 02:24 PM |
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12-04-2012, 02:14 PM
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Expedition Style ADV
Joined: Jun 2006
Location: Lone Pine Ontario (or travelling)
Oddometer: 1,865
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Thanks for posting your ride photos....I wondered how/and where it all went.......
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12-04-2012, 02:20 PM
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Joined: Dec 2009
Location: Winterpeg - site of flatness beyond belief
Oddometer: 662
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Nice pics!
Very nice picture overview of the trip! I really like stuff like that. Have never done PC1... hopefully one day. You know, if you hang a 3rd wheel on the side of that Beemer, a little snow isn't as daunting
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Spending my daughter's inheritance one motorcycle at a time. Bikes currently owned: - '91 Honda GL1500 Goldwing with CSC Friendship sidecar (highway pig), - '92 Kawasaki KLR650 with DMC Enduro sidecar (country cruiser). |
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12-04-2012, 02:28 PM
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Joined: Jun 2010
Location: The mosquito-y Center of Canada
Oddometer: 1,007
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12-04-2012, 02:50 PM
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Beastly Adventurer
Joined: Jul 2009
Location: Winnipeg
Oddometer: 1,238
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I hadn't posted the remainder of the ride earlier as I knew it would be a lot of work to do it properly,,, and other things have beckoned since I flew home on Thursday. In fact, I spent most of today picking photos, resizing them, putting them in order and uploading them. Then the work to create a post and link the photos. It was fun for me reliving the trip through the photos, so a worthwhile exercise. An interesting note on border crossings; in comparison to the southbound crossing, the Canadian crossing took about 90 seconds. The Cdn border guard waived the duty on the extra carton of duty free smokes I claimed, I didn't have to get off the bike and she was more interested in my ride than pigeon-holing me as a ne'er-do-well. Lose some, win some. Cheers, Brian
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"He never met a stranger." Drif10 re DRCool Have Sporadic Spot, will travel sporadically... And a picture outside my window... Sometimes... |
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12-04-2012, 02:55 PM
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Beastly Adventurer
Joined: Jul 2009
Location: Winnipeg
Oddometer: 1,238
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"He never met a stranger." Drif10 re DRCool Have Sporadic Spot, will travel sporadically... And a picture outside my window... Sometimes... |
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12-04-2012, 03:09 PM
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Heading There Next
Joined: Nov 2007
Location: The PEG, Center of Canada
Oddometer: 3,386
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