Prime riding territory, job and land, Canada looks better everyday

[Green1]

I live in New Brunswick on Canada's east coast,thats why I bought a Stelvio,to explore the back roads.I got tired of waiting for people to show up for rides so started looking for covered bridges as ride destinations,my rule is I can look at a map before I leave but can't take it with me and no GPS,if I find the bridge I find it if not i'll get it next time.Found 3 last Sat.The east coast is a little more layed back than the rest of Canada and may take a while to get used to,ie. the mentality "if you want it we can order it,if you want it today go somewhere else"

[ITSec]

Rugby players (so they say) think that lacrosse AND hockey players are all wimps.   A tooth count would probably verify that.

Lannis

Rugby players eat their dead, the saying goes. Of course, cannibalism does lead to Mad Cow Disease, which could also explain rugby players!

[tpeever]

"Never understood" might need some study on past history and current diversity, both of which are vastly different from the situation in Canada....

Lannis

I feared I would provoke another nonsense debate and here we are. This will be my one and only response. I am 54 years young and have lived half my life in each country so I think I have a pretty good perspective on the strengths and weaknesses of each system. And let me the first to say that I love America and all (most?) that it stands for.....on paper and occasionally in the flesh. It is a nation of great potential. It is also worth reminding that I am an immigrant. Yeah I have a PhD, and yeah I have white skin, but I am a "non-resident alien" just the same. In the current political climate that is worth emphasizing. Maybe it would be more productive for all of us to listen more and preach less? Both countries are nations of immigrants. I think I have far more perspective on the Canada/US divide than the average citizen of either country and am happy to share my experiences if anyone is truly interested. Appreciation of history and current diversity goes both ways which it unfortunately does not. Never has. In my almost 30 years in this country, I have met a handful of Americans who really understand the role of their nation on the world stage and that has been very disappointing. And what does any of this drivel have to do with the best motorcycles in the world?

[oldbike54]

 Nothing .

 Dusty

[Aaron D.]

I live in New Brunswick on Canada's east coast,thats why I bought a Stelvio,to explore the back roads.I got tired of waiting for people to show up for rides so started looking for covered bridges as ride destinations,my rule is I can look at a map before I leave but can't take it with me and no GPS,if I find the bridge I find it if not i'll get it next time.Found 3 last Sat.The east coast is a little more layed back than the rest of Canada and may take a while to get used to,ie. the mentality "if you want it we can order it,if you want it today go somewhere else"

I really like that area, running down through Cap
Pele was a fun ride to the ferry. Next trip up we hope to do the coast of NB into Quebec.

[Lannis]

I feared I would provoke another nonsense debate and here we are.

How does saying that current different living and political conditions in Canada relative to the USA have their roots in history mean that a "nonsense debate" has started?   

It's the least nonsensical and most true statement you can make about the two countries WITHOUT getting into a stupid debate about "Who's Best?"

I think you're getting a little over-sensitive.   

Lannis

[chuck peterson]

Cape Breton is a must do ride if your ever in the area...campgrounds at the oceanside, mountains on one side, ocean on the other., something like  40 ft tides in the Bay of Fundy..serious Winnebago traffic during the heights of summer, but a twist of the throttle and their gone, lots of wide two lane with lots of shoulder

Lots of smallish, drive in with showers and laundry type family campgrounds....take an ocean ride and catch the ferry out of Portland ME I believe...lots of open country, pretty rural. I lead several bicycling trips for teenagers up there.

Different location, I've wanted to take the road on the north side of the St Lawrence, up to where the road....ends. Yeah, that's it, find out where the road ends...I believe nick has a ride report from up there

Local Canadians have always been gracious, eh?

[Lannis]

Cape Breton is a must do ride if your ever in the area...

Fay and I did that a couple years ago ... two days on the Cabot Trail and we had perfect, clear weather all the time.   Not everyone gets that sort of luck.   Actually saw a whale from the road once.

Early June it was, and we saw no RVs or campers.   It's not a "parkway", though, it's a working road, with logging trucks and such, and the trucks and weather can be brutal on the road surface.

Overall it's one of the premier rides you can take anywhere.   We went "counterclockwise" so we were always on the same side of the road as the ocean - the views are incredible ....

Lannis

[sturgeon]

Different location, I've wanted to take the road on the north side of the St Lawrence, up to where the road....ends. Yeah, that's it, find out where the road ends...I believe nick has a ride report from up there

Local Canadians have always been gracious, eh?

It's a great ride. If you don't want it to end quite so soon, turn north at Baie-Comeau on your way back and head up and across Labrador, then take the ferry across to Newfoundland.