Feels like there is not a lot to record for today.
Made a dash for the cape, drove 512km and got a booking for a room by afternoon. Unloaded a bunch of gear in Port Hawksbury, had lunch and then did a mini tour up the coast. Great twisty roads that had Jonathan grinning (Mike as well) and spectacular views of the ocean and Cape Breton cliffs.
The beemer needed a chain adjustment and cleaning which rewarded me with a service now indicator (just a coincidence with total accumulated km). We met a couple that was also planning to ride the cape ... with their young daughter riding pillion. They had just finished a tour of Mexico on their KLR's and were doing a family road bike tour.
I had a chance to spend some miles on gravel roads with the bike and it behaved magnificently. Kept it below 80kph, and it wiggled a bit but generally it behaved. I was able to apply throttle and push out the back end - it behaves very predictably. On panic stops (just testing) it squirmed a bit but ABS works well. Full throttle, swings out the arse end but it behaves predictably. I do like the bike.
Tomorrow, we make a dash for the cape. Forecast is not good, but we'll grin and bear it. Today was sunny all day, as the low tracked down from Quebec to Maine. Bangor had a lot of rain.
Made a dash for the cape, drove 512km and got a booking for a room by afternoon. Unloaded a bunch of gear in Port Hawksbury, had lunch and then did a mini tour up the coast. Great twisty roads that had Jonathan grinning (Mike as well) and spectacular views of the ocean and Cape Breton cliffs.
The beemer needed a chain adjustment and cleaning which rewarded me with a service now indicator (just a coincidence with total accumulated km). We met a couple that was also planning to ride the cape ... with their young daughter riding pillion. They had just finished a tour of Mexico on their KLR's and were doing a family road bike tour.
I had a chance to spend some miles on gravel roads with the bike and it behaved magnificently. Kept it below 80kph, and it wiggled a bit but generally it behaved. I was able to apply throttle and push out the back end - it behaves very predictably. On panic stops (just testing) it squirmed a bit but ABS works well. Full throttle, swings out the arse end but it behaves predictably. I do like the bike.
Tomorrow, we make a dash for the cape. Forecast is not good, but we'll grin and bear it. Today was sunny all day, as the low tracked down from Quebec to Maine. Bangor had a lot of rain.
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