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Ya gotta love these old bikes! On June 26th we headed out for the Cabot Trail in New Brunswick, then on to PEI and returning back through the New England states. We stayed at Lake Placid for a couple of days and then the Thousand Islands in Gananoque Ontario, again for a couple of days before returning home just west of Toronto Ontario. 4,994.0 km's. We rode in rain, sleet and 90 degree weather, and had a blast the whole time. My '82 pulled a harbor freight trailer with a car top carrier the whole way and didn't miss a beat. If I'd known the Cabot Trail was so hilly I would have put a new clutch in before I left, but the 28 year old clutch did the job with no complaints. A couple of hills I had to hold at 3,500 rpm's in 3rd, but she still made it.
Hope your summer rides are as good as ours was..
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"The book is wrong, this whole Conclusion is Fallacious" River Tam
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2008 GL1800 IIIA "TH3DOG"
1984 GL1200 Standard
1975/6/7/8/9 Arthur Fulmer Dressed Road bike
1975 Naked Noisy and Nasty in town bike
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Very neat. I want to do this ride some year. Was PEI very crowded or expensive?
OhioBill
I now have GPS so I no longer get lost, just confused.
Retired and Loving it.
When I die send my body to the scrap yard.
Two hips and a shoulder replaced.
1975 Blue/ Green (Now Black) My main ride
1975 Red Gone to my son! (Burned Feb 2013)
1979 Black (to be restored)
1979 Blue (Sold)
1978 Black (back in the fold) sold again. Bought it back, again
1993 blue 1500 Sold
1976 Restoring
Did you take the ferry at Bar Harbor? I was looking at that trip last year but concluded I didn't have enough time off for it. I'll get to it before too much longer though.
Dean Spalding
Raleigh, NC
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
PEI was good, but we thought it had more coastal rides, we were wrong. We went to the eastern tip and saw the light house there , then stayed at a newly re-open motel (first customers).. it was perfect. Then headed to Charlottetown and over to Summerside. We took the Confederation bridge back to the main land, that was neat, 13 km's of bridge!
Sagebrush, Never went to Bar Harbour, we came through Canada and headed directly to the Cabot Trail. After PEI we took Hwy 1 to St. Stephens and entered the States there. I heard that there was a catamaran along the eastern sea board that was fast and I believed had a Casino in it, but it stopped running. Is this the one you meant?
All in all it was good!
Sagebrush, Never went to Bar Harbour, we came through Canada and headed directly to the Cabot Trail. After PEI we took Hwy 1 to St. Stephens and entered the States there. I heard that there was a catamaran along the eastern sea board that was fast and I believed had a Casino in it, but it stopped running. Is this the one you meant?
All in all it was good!
That's the one, just looked it up; shut down at the end of 2009 because of removal of Canadian govt. support. It ran between Bar Harbor, Me and Yarmouth, NS. Cut off a ton of miles. Bar Harbor is a neat place to visit and stay as well if you ever get back up that way.
Dean Spalding
Raleigh, NC
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I have spent some time in Bar Harbor also. Very spectacular place.
"Agreement is not a requirement for Respect" CDR Michael Smith USN (Ret) 2017
"The book is wrong, this whole Conclusion is Fallacious" River Tam
"Yea I do dance awkwardly, and I am having more fun than you" Taylor Swift
2008 GL1800 IIIA "TH3DOG"
1984 GL1200 Standard
1975/6/7/8/9 Arthur Fulmer Dressed Road bike
1975 Naked Noisy and Nasty in town bike
Psst. oh and by the way CHANGE YOUR BELTS!!!!
That cat wasn't called the Bluenose was it? I'd hate to see that shut down but maybe that ran to Halifax. I'm getting senile with my New England stuff.
Enjoy life,
Cookie
A guy with two sidecars can't be all bad.
Owner of 4.4 76s and one lone 75 Wings (does a spare engine make .2?)
Uh - so how come you didn't stop in and see me when you were in Gan?
I got a garage full of bikes and parts, a pool, cold beer, barbecue and I know where the deals and best places to ride are around here.
Maybe next time eh?
Great trip though. Been some of those places myself.
Got any more pics?
M King
1977 GL1000 - Under s l o w restoration
1981 CB900C - Rebuilt but stripped spark plug thread
2002 VTX 1800 -Current Rider
1984 GL1200 Aspencade - Restored and Sold
1980 Suzuki GS850G - Restoration on hold
1985 750 Nighthawk SC - Sold
1976 GL1000 - Yellow - Restored and Sold (regret the sale)
1981 GL1100 - Naked - Restored and Sold
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