Quote from: groff22 on February 21, 2006, 10:11:45 AM
budget speed demon,

Exactly where you are as far as people confirmed for the tip. My friend is going up pending the purchase of a more reliable bike but if that doesn't happen it won't break anything.

I'm going up solo if I can't find someone to depart with and I have no problems meeting other bikers (In fact would prefer that). For (Eastern) Americans, the landing spot in Nova Scotia (Via ferry From Maine) would be Yarmouth so whether I want to or not I'll probably find a group to ride with.   I just hope they understand that I'll be taking the long scenic route vs. straight highway.

Good luck and PM me if you end up going!

JG

no one will say for sure that the'll go with me. so I don't know yet. I don't really wanna do the trip solo so if I can't find anyone to ride with then I prolly won't end up going. where do you live?

It's understandable, you're looking at roughly 30 hr combined drive too... I live in Yarmouth NS which makes it an 8 hr. solid highway drive to Sydney via South Shore. The earliest I could meet other Canadians coming from the East would be a bit past Truro if I take the North Shore route to Sydney. Which is about mid-trip.

well guys, I got my m1 today, but I defected to the other side 500s. I got a pretty good deal a ninja plus the insurance is better going a little bit older.I hope to see you guys riding someday.

Budget speed demon, you still riding now? I had my bike out today around "North" Toronto. I'd be interested in a Cape Breton trip in September, tho I'm at school- some friends have a summer place at the tip of the island. Any details like how long itd take?

I'm currently not riding. my bike's in storage in someone else's garage and I don't want to bother them by constantly taking it out and putting it back in. If the nice weather keeps up I'll probably get it back out late March/early April. Although if I can get all my money and parts together, it might stay off the streets for a little longer to do the big bore I'm planning.
As for Cape Breton, map quest says about 21 hrs. So I guess that's 4-5 days travel time. I'm probably gonna have to take about 2 weeks off. (4 days to get there-4 days of the festival of speed-and 5 days to get back) I think it'd be a lot of fun. It'd be great to have another GS rider to go up there with.

Quote from: nabob1982 on February 23, 2006, 03:49:25 PM
well guys, I got my m1 today, but I defected to the other side 500s. I got a pretty good deal a ninja plus the insurance is better going a little bit older.I hope to see you guys riding someday.

Just got mine yesterday, are you taking the course offered at st. lawrence?

The ninja is a good bike too

Hope to see you out riding

Yes, I'm taking the course at St. Laurence College. I booked myself for the course in the first week of May.

I'm probably going to pay for the rest of the bike in late March/Early April because I want to practice with the bike in a elementary school parking lot accross the street (on weekends of course).

I hope this weather keeps up.

yea I will be taking it on april 28th

the weather on the other hand. we are supposed to get about 20cm of snow tonight I guess I can go snowboarding instead.

Quote from: RedShift on January 16, 2006, 07:53:01 PM
Been here in Midland Michigan so long, I'm almost an American.  But I still can't get away without sounding Canadian, Eh?

A Tim Horton's opened up in-town, so I'm only five minutes away from one.  It's a snowball's throw away from a Dunkin' Donuts shop -- talk about competition.  Heard that there's some 250 Tim's in the U.S., and over 24,000 in Canada.  Wendy's is considering spinning it off -- sounds like a great way to buy Canadian. 

. mmmmmm tim hortons   , and dammit, im american

I'm from Cambridge, Ontario... thres got to be close to 20 timmy's now  here...  so i see one from K-town and one from London.. we'll have to hook up this spring... I just got my 05 gs500e a couple weeks ago..   its sitting in the garage waiting ....

Quote from: Mr Hyde on March 02, 2006, 07:17:30 PM
I'm from Cambridge, Ontario... thres got to be close to 20 timmy's now  here...  so i see one from K-town and one from London.. we'll have to hook up this spring... I just got my 05 gs500e a couple weeks ago..   its sitting in the garage waiting ....

Yeah it would be cool if all the nearby people could hook up for a ride, no matter what they ride . I know my home town of Sudbury has the most Tim Hortons per capita I think it has about 1 Timmies for every 8 to 9000 people, it absolutley insane. THers about 160 000 people in the gretare sudbury area, you do the math.

well the weather's getting nicer boys, time to break out the bikes and get a meet going on.
at this rate it'll only be another 2/3 weeks untill its full on nice riding weather. its going up to +10 this week!!!

Quote from: budget speed demon on March 08, 2006, 10:31:12 PM
well the weather's getting nicer boys, time to break out the bikes and get a meet going on.
at this rate it'll only be another 2/3 weeks untill its full on nice riding weather. its going up to +10 this week!!!

i went for a small ride last week - my virgin gs only has 5km on it, awww 


There's lots of rain this week - hopefully it will wash all of the garbage off of the road so when it warms up the roads will be nice and clean.

Quote from: mike_mike on March 09, 2006, 08:26:27 AM

Quote from: budget speed demon on March 08, 2006, 10:31:12 PM
well the weather's getting nicer boys, time to break out the bikes and get a meet going on.
at this rate it'll only be another 2/3 weeks untill its full on nice riding weather. its going up to +10 this week!!!

i went for a small ride last week - my virgin gs only has 5km on it, awww 


There's lots of rain this week - hopefully it will wash all of the garbage off of the road so when it warms up the roads will be nice and clean.

my thinking exactly!!!

Quote from: budget speed demon on March 09, 2006, 09:11:39 PM

Quote from: mike_mike on March 09, 2006, 08:26:27 AM

Quote from: budget speed demon on March 08, 2006, 10:31:12 PM
well the weather's getting nicer boys, time to break out the bikes and get a meet going on.
at this rate it'll only be another 2/3 weeks untill its full on nice riding weather. its going up to +10 this week!!!

i went for a small ride last week - my virgin gs only has 5km on it, awww 


There's lots of rain this week - hopefully it will wash all of the garbage off of the road so when it warms up the roads will be nice and clean.

my thinking exactly!!!

Weather looks ok for saturday then its going to snow (aparently) later on in the week. Better get your riding in this saturday!

Thats exactly what I'm doing... its going up to atleast 10 today..  i'm going out for  the day on teh bike..   I've already put a whopping 25 km on it just scooting around a few streets here.. cant wait.. ya we should meet up sometime..  hear some of the roads up the bruce penisula are pretty good for riding..

i did a quick 50km today.

busy weekend streets, 1st nice day in a while, every senior citizen was on the road today tailgating in their god damn buicks.

i put on 150 km's today...whola..  I've only had my M1 for a week..  got blown around the country roadsa bit . but it was just excellent... absolutely excellent.. i'm sooo glad I got this bike..

OH MAN!!! What a wonderfull day!!! it truly was summer today. I wanted to get the bike out sooooooooooo bad, but I had to work and the bike isn;t stored at my house  it was +10 today and its suppost to be +16 tomorro!!! I just wanna go lie on a beach somwhere.  hopefully it'll stay in and around  the 10+ range.

Quote from: budget speed demon on March 11, 2006, 10:12:11 PM
OH MAN!!! What a wonderfull day!!! it truly was summer today. I wanted to get the bike out sooooooooooo bad, but I had to work and the bike isn;t stored at my house  it was +10 today and its suppost to be +16 tomorro!!! I just wanna go lie on a beach somwhere.  hopefully it'll stay in and around  the 10+ range.

Same
i had to work all day but i soo wished i was out on the bike.
To bad its supposed to rain all day tommorow