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<blockquote data-quote="canucklehead-biker" data-source="post: 876819" data-attributes="member: 13964"><p>The official Russell seat test started as planned from Thunder Bay at 5 am eastern... saw 4 moose, 2 deer, and a timber wolf between T-Bay and Dryden.</p><p></p><p>Got drenched between Ignace and Kenora. So I don't have to wash the bike <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>Then melted (28 degrees C) as soon as I crossed the border to Manitoba.</p><p></p><p>40+mph headwinds (and that boat anchor I tow around with me) dropped me to only 200 kms a tank through Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Stopped for a bite in Regina, and the winds disappeared and it was a gorgeous evening to ride. Apparently, all the bugs thought so too, and I picked up about 20 lbs of them on the bike between Regina and Swift Current. So maybe I do have to wash the bike after all...</p><p></p><p>Figured to make Calgary around 1 am local time. The last 4 hours or so would be in the dark. As it turned out, it was darker than I'd counted on: lost one low beam, then the other about 30 kms from Medecine Hat - and that was enough for me.</p><p></p><p>Parked it for the night in the Hat, will finish the last 3 hrs or so of the ride in daylight. About 1700 kms of a 2050 km trip. Total for the whole shebang: 19,000 and change.</p><p></p><p>Methinks we can consider everyone home now. Hell, I could walk from here <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>Thanks again to MEM and her team for a great CFR. Can't wait for 2012 <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="canucklehead-biker, post: 876819, member: 13964"] The official Russell seat test started as planned from Thunder Bay at 5 am eastern... saw 4 moose, 2 deer, and a timber wolf between T-Bay and Dryden. Got drenched between Ignace and Kenora. So I don't have to wash the bike :) Then melted (28 degrees C) as soon as I crossed the border to Manitoba. 40+mph headwinds (and that boat anchor I tow around with me) dropped me to only 200 kms a tank through Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Stopped for a bite in Regina, and the winds disappeared and it was a gorgeous evening to ride. Apparently, all the bugs thought so too, and I picked up about 20 lbs of them on the bike between Regina and Swift Current. So maybe I do have to wash the bike after all... Figured to make Calgary around 1 am local time. The last 4 hours or so would be in the dark. As it turned out, it was darker than I'd counted on: lost one low beam, then the other about 30 kms from Medecine Hat - and that was enough for me. Parked it for the night in the Hat, will finish the last 3 hrs or so of the ride in daylight. About 1700 kms of a 2050 km trip. Total for the whole shebang: 19,000 and change. Methinks we can consider everyone home now. Hell, I could walk from here :) Thanks again to MEM and her team for a great CFR. Can't wait for 2012 :) [/QUOTE]
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