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Canada 2015: Wild Canada West

Well, thats the title given our tour by the hire company, I'm still trying to decide on my own.

Nearly back a week now and I cant get my head around all the sights and things we did.
The whole tour was riddled with issues that we overcome but sadly made it much more stressful than it should of been.

The GS1200's (Loony & Toony) after the Canadian 1 & 2 dollar coin names (yes, really) were very capable but a bit...
uninspiring, sorry - I rode the higher spec red, (Loony, fancy that) model and was glad of the heated grips and cruise control it must be said:



Our routed changed a bit in the last month of planning to include a dip into the USA:



Starting and finishing at 'J'


Yes, it was crazy, awesome, frightening and wonderful:



and yes, we rode to the top of an 8500 foot mountain...



We managed 2000 miles in total but, in fairness the speed limits are much lower than here and the penalties much stiffer so we were very good boys (when needed, anyway).

I'll do a proper writeup in time but I'll finish off by saying if you get the chance to even GO to Canada, never mind ride once there:
Just DO it

Cheers - Frank & Norrie

And Finally: Go on then a bit of Video from my JVC cam, can still feel the joy of being of the road!

https://youtu.be/sr_NRQnOeGY



Oh yes, came across a cool custom bike shop call www.Motovida.com thats working on a MegaMoto for a customer:

IMG_0529 by iconic944ss, on Flickr

IMG_0530 by iconic944ss, on Flickr

You get the idea

I went round BC and Calgary in June/July, unfortunately I was stuck in a Chrysler 300 wishing I was on the bike the entire time. I absolutely loved the place and would thoroughly recommend it to anyone.

It's such a shame you had problems, you don't need that on the holiday of a lifetime.

Cheers, I have vowed to take my other half there one day - she likes the look of a Can-Am!

There's no accounting for taste :)

wayno wrote:There's no accounting for taste :)

Really...

Nice one Frank. Just back from SW USA and already planning a trip to Canada, maybe next year. I hope we may be able to hire a bike too. Who did you use and did you take your own kit?

Frank, I'm not sure what license your missus has, but just to warn you that you ride a can am one over here on a car license, but in BC and AB you need a bike license to ride one (I'm not sure what the other states are like).

Thanks Guys,

Other half would only be riding on the back of me anyways but
even I fancied some of the Spyder LT's that we saw.

Our trip was organised by https://vancouver.cyclebc.ca/ we decided on the tour
and then added a few days and side trips into our adventure.

However, http://www.eaglerider.com/ reckon they are the largest hire
company in the world! (Any one tried them???)

We took our own riding gear, including helmets as hand luggage, worked out fine even i we left
LOTS of stuff at the hotel as we just couldnt pack it all.

If you want to know any more, please ask - Im writing our trip up .... but slowly lol

Cheers - Frank

What did you think of Banff!

Gio wrote:What did you think of Banff!

Great !!!

SAM_0590 by iconic944ss, on Flickr

Sadly, it rained the whole day we had there, we made the most of it

It was glorious sunshine when I was in Banff, and I loved the place (we were only there for 1). I think I ate my body weight in hot wings :)