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North Road Northern Quebec.....No. 2 (complete)
« on: May 19, 2016, 07:22:01 PM »
Heading back up to northern Quebec for a North Road redux.  All is well so far.







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Re: North Road Northern Quebec.....No. 2
« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2016, 07:31:16 PM »
 What wonderful pics Nick  :bow:

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Re: North Road Northern Quebec.....No. 2
« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2016, 07:35:13 PM »
Hey, man.  We're with you!!

All hail the Great Falcon!
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Re: North Road Northern Quebec.....No. 2
« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2016, 07:40:22 PM »
Quote from: leafman60 on May 19, 2016, 07:35:13 PM
Hey, man.  We're with you!!

All hail the Great Falcon!

So far, so good. 700 kms today. About the same due north tomorrow should get us to the North Road.
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Re: North Road Northern Quebec.....No. 2
« Reply #4 on: May 19, 2016, 07:46:57 PM »
Please update the ADV Falcon thread!!
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Re: North Road Northern Quebec.....No. 2
« Reply #5 on: May 19, 2016, 07:58:31 PM »
Quote from: leafman60 on May 19, 2016, 07:46:57 PM
Please update the ADV Falcon thread!!

I can't do it from my phone. I will, and the FB page when I get back.  But feel free to copy in the meantime.  :boozing:
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Re: North Road Northern Quebec.....No. 2
« Reply #6 on: May 19, 2016, 08:02:06 PM »
Ok ok
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Re: North Road Northern Quebec.....No. 2
« Reply #7 on: May 19, 2016, 08:43:04 PM »
Not Kansas.





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Re: North Road Northern Quebec.....No. 2
« Reply #8 on: May 19, 2016, 08:59:24 PM »
Hey, please tell us where you are as you post pics so we can follow you on the map!

Is the Mighty Bird doing well?
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Re: North Road Northern Quebec.....No. 2
« Reply #9 on: May 19, 2016, 10:13:16 PM »
WOW!

pretty early to be heading north, snow forecast in the upper elevations in the rockies this weekend.

thanks for posting

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Re: North Road Northern Quebec.....No. 2
« Reply #10 on: May 20, 2016, 03:59:39 AM »
At a campground outside Amos last night. This morning we head for Matagami then north on the James Bay Road towards Radisson. We turn east towards the village of Nemicau after 274 kms from Matagami.

You wont hear any more from me for a while. Out of cell range.  The bike is trundling along well at a steady 90 kph.

Nick
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Re: North Road Northern Quebec.....No. 2
« Reply #11 on: May 20, 2016, 06:53:21 AM »
I am reading your book right now as well. . .
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Re: North Road Northern Quebec.....No. 2
« Reply #12 on: May 20, 2016, 07:27:30 AM »
this thread is wonderful and wholly unsettling at the same time.

somehow it suddenly seems criminal to be sitting at a desk while surrounded by walls....
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Re: North Road Northern Quebec.....No. 2
« Reply #13 on: May 20, 2016, 09:01:54 AM »
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Re: North Road Northern Quebec.....No. 2
« Reply #14 on: May 20, 2016, 03:54:44 PM »
Currently in the Cree village of Nemescau.





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Re: North Road Northern Quebec.....No. 2
« Reply #15 on: May 20, 2016, 03:58:05 PM »
Much better than - A Story Worth Living.

This is REAL.
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Re: North Road Northern Quebec.....No. 2
« Reply #16 on: May 20, 2016, 04:07:16 PM »
Looks like the weather is cooperating with you!  Ride on.... :thumb:
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Re: North Road Northern Quebec.....No. 2
« Reply #17 on: May 20, 2016, 04:16:38 PM »
Go you good thing.
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Re: North Road Northern Quebec.....No. 2
« Reply #18 on: May 20, 2016, 08:58:32 PM »
Glad you brought roadside assistance along, this time (Hi, Norm!).  Have am amazing ride, you guys! 

I'm so jealous -- just got the cast off my left arm, and got two of the bikes (Stelvio and Eldo) ready to ride, but I just don't have the strength to operate the clutch yet.  I've got about five more weeks of bone healing, and hope my physio will have the range of motion back by then.  Bottom line:  I'm only surviving by living vicariously through you guys.  Go get 'em!!

Cheers,
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Re: North Road Northern Quebec.....No. 2
« Reply #19 on: May 21, 2016, 10:24:57 AM »
Thanks folks. In Chibougamou now having coffee having just completed riding 410kms of the North Road, riding on marbles. Alls good.





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Re: North Road Northern Quebec.....No. 2
« Reply #20 on: May 21, 2016, 01:19:17 PM »
Wow! Now that's an adventure!
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Re: North Road Northern Quebec.....No. 2
« Reply #21 on: May 21, 2016, 06:51:55 PM »
Just for Leafman60....I'm now in Rouyn-Noranda. Long hard day. 250kms of pucker making gravel followed by 516 on empty paved roads. The falcon is flying well....but slowly.

Nick

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« Reply #22 on: May 21, 2016, 08:15:14 PM »
 Great sign Nick  :thumb: I love the term "First Peoples" , makes sense .

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Re: North Road Northern Quebec.....No. 2
« Reply #23 on: May 21, 2016, 08:15:56 PM »
Triumphant where I ignominiously stalled last time around.

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Re: North Road Northern Quebec.....No. 2
« Reply #24 on: May 22, 2016, 06:01:26 AM »
I'm a late-comer to this thread(s).  Is he going north on a vintage single?
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« Reply #25 on: May 22, 2016, 08:55:44 AM »
Quote from: sign216 on May 22, 2016, 06:01:26 AM
I'm a late-comer to this thread(s).  Is he going north on a vintage single?

 Nuevo Falcone , where have you been  :huh:

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Re: North Road Northern Quebec.....No. 2
« Reply #26 on: May 22, 2016, 09:04:07 AM »
Quote from: nick949 on May 21, 2016, 06:51:55 PM
Just for Leafman60....I'm now in Rouyn-Noranda. Long hard day. 250kms of pucker making gravel followed by 516 on empty paved roads. The falcon is flying well....but slowly.

Nick




Awesome, Nick.  Keep it up!

You're over the hump now!  Lots of people following you.

I have GS friends ready to trade for a Mighty Falcon now.

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Re: North Road Northern Quebec.....No. 2
« Reply #27 on: May 22, 2016, 09:37:31 AM »
Back in civilization. In Mattawa in the Ottawa Valley. Only 4 hours from home.



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Re: North Road Northern Quebec.....No. 2
« Reply #28 on: May 22, 2016, 11:34:35 AM »


It's interesting to note that were the pic in B&W, it'd be pretty tough to date. A vintage helmet would make it more so.


Looks like too much fun. Way to "smell the roses" Nick!

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Re: North Road Northern Quebec.....No. 2
« Reply #29 on: May 22, 2016, 05:18:56 PM »
Home!  :thumb:  The only time the bike stuttered was when I ran out of fuel.  Even pouring rain between Val 'Dor and Rouyn-Noranda didn't dampen its spirits.

The speedo cable broke, so I was using a GPS based digital one on my phone. I saw 70 mph on a flat road with no wind assist. A personal best, although most of the time I was cruising between 55 and 60 (90-100kph).

Norm and I returned by vastly different routes (we like to ride our own rides - he rode back through La Tuque and Montreal - I headed west then looped back along the Ottawa River), yet we arrived back within 10 minutes of each other.

I'll do a map and some more pics eventually.

Thanks for the support and encouragement. These old clunkers aren't just for shows and sunny coffee house runs  :evil:

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