We have returned!

[sarges46]

Well, after 8 thousand and 40 miles we have landed home! We survived 3 duck drowners, one tornado, two coyotes one woodchuck and a little trip through a somewhat shady area or Cleveland. I broke my helmet in PEI and lost a clutch there as well. Bought new helmet and some dot 3 for the clutch and bled it through in the parking lot of Canadian Tire. Worked great after that. Tricky part was driving 20 some kms with no clutch!

 

We have met some great people and had a few thrills on our anniversary trip.

While it feels good to get back home it will feel strange to get up in the morning and not have to load up the bike and get back into the saddle for another day of running.

 

We traveled through the following places (in no particular order)

 

North Dakota

Minnesota

Iowa

Illinois

Wisconsin

Pennsilvania (sp)

Ohio

Maine

Massachusetts (sp)

Vermont

New Hampshire

New York

New Brunswick

Nova Scotia

Caper Breton Island

Prince Edward Island

Newfoundland

did I miss something? Most likely!

 

Thanks to the gang for putting on a great rally and it was nice to meet you all.

[Phoneman1981]

Glad you are back home safe.

[friesman]

Glad to hear that you had a good adventure vacation and that youre home safe.

 

Brian

[BradT]

Missed Ontario ??

 

Glad you made it back safe and sound. Did you ever get the clutch upgrade kit installed

 

Brad

[kantornado]

Glad you made it home safe and it sounds like you had a great time.

[bongobobny]

Cool beans Rick!!! Sounds like one great vacation!!!

[tomephil]

Glad you made it home.

Sounds like a great trip!

So, you just went after the small animals, no moose?

Tom

[gunboat]

dang what a trip to tell the grandkids about someday. glad to hear ya'll made it home safe and sound. it was great to see and spend some time with ya'll at the wny international.

best reguards

don c. & cathie

[jonesy]

Glad you got home alright, your trip has got my wife going again on us doing the same when she retires. shes got 2 more years to go, we can't wait. hope to meet up again some time.

[Yammer Dan]

Good to get back in your own bed ain't it Rick? Glad you had a good trip!!

[XV1100SE]

Also glad you had a good and safe trip !

[sarges46]

I saw one moose in NFLD and he was 300 yards away in a creek bed. Marilyn was the one trying to hunt the critters, I just got to watch and see what happens!

 

Brad...I did get the upgrade done while in NY. I finally sucked up my fear of doing it and just did it. It sure was a lot easier than I thought it would be although I did not line up the solid plate with the dot and couldnt get the lever to even budge. I had a supervisor watching and he found that little error and once corrected it was all good!

 

Clutch doesn't slip at all anymore.

[BuckShot]

Glad the two of you are home safe. Gail and I have been thinking of you and were wondering how things were going. It was great seeing you two again and catching up at the International. Hope we get to see lots of Pic's....

[BOO]

Glad to see you had a good trip and got to see so much of the country.

Sorry we were not home when you called, would have loved to have dinner with you guys. Haven't see you for a while so we are going to have to try and get to the same meet somewhere along the way.

BOO

[ragtop69gs]

Glad to hear you had a great ride. It was a pleasure meeting you at the rally and I'm still jealous of the trip into the northeast. I had the same thing happen with my clutch coming out of Red Lodge,Mt. a few years back, it was a good thing I had practiced up and down shifting without using the clutch before I had to use that skill. I look forward to seeing some of your pictures.