I had a plan to fly to SK and ride south - I’m no Snake Pliskin, but was hell bent on getting her outta Canuckistan. But with a cracked frame, a split//dangling rear fender, the occasional seize/lack of compression - it seemed completely irrational to expect a reliable trip. So, a clean US ‘78 that made at least two trips was also “stuck” in SK since 2017.

Flying has been a hassle lately, so when combined with other opportunities, I asked the owner of the ‘78 what his plans were. He wanted it, but neither of us could find a cost effective/easy/quick means to extract the bikes. It’s not a quick jaunt from CO (work) to SK, but it’s a far cry closer than GA (home). No direct flights either. So he made a gracious, almost mafia offer and I jumped on it. Clean and mostly stock, it should make it just fine.
My hope was to find a perfect window of sunny and warm Canadian summer weather to ride - my first ride since 2018 (the Tuk trip). Potential friends to ride both bikes back that had (1) time, (2) passport and (3) acceptable vax status quickly dropped to zero. Desperate, a multi-segmented plan was hatched to get my truck to Denver from Savannah in order to set up a weekend dash and grab for both bikes.
First, a trip to Pittsburgh (struggling the last two hours as my truck went into limp mode due to a sensor plugging issue):

Caught a cool bike show outside Cleveland courtesy of Low Brow Bike shop. Cool bikes - I liked this one:

Eventually get to CO and take in some sights (Tincup Pass):

But the real effort was the Goldwing/Cannonball Run. At 4am on the 12th, I left Denver and arrived in Saskatoon some 17.5 hours later. Not too much trouble at the border (no guns sir


Time to get serious. When trying to squeeze two GL’s on a 1500, it’s nice to have an overhead crane (Jekylll approves):

Both bikes tucked in for the ride:

The poor, poor tailgate….

Plan is to take the goodies off the ‘77 (Webers, Biltwell exhaust, Dyna, braided lines, threaded oil filter, LED h/l) and graft into the ‘78. Then tear down and fix frame, transplant the 1200 engine and build from there on the ‘77 (my precious). In the meantime, ride the ‘78….
Z