Spring has sprung and the local Timmies is teaming with bikes. I like places like that because you get to yak with riders of all shapes, ages and sizes, it sort of feels like home. It\u2019s also a place where I get a ton of feedback.<\/p>\n
I was out doing a test run for an upcoming article, one that I hope you\u2019ll find to be awesome. It\u2019s so neat that I actually need to ask a mess of high fallootin\u2019 experts about stuff that I didn\u2019t have a clue about until I actually tried it\u2026 Hmm, to think it all spawned out of a \u2018dumb question\u2019. Let me tell you there is no such a thing as a dumb question, just unanswered opportunities. In the next issue I hope to show you just what I mean. Regardless, My GS \u2018Pig\u2019 had measuring instruments, tubes and wires zip-tied all over the place when I pulled into the Timmies.<\/p>\n
Before I even got the chance to roll a rim, a local rider, Louise, walks over and says, \u201cI\u2019ve seen that bike in more than just a few pictures\u2026\u201d, and off we go with her telling me about her new ride and trips planned. Way to go Louise, You Ride Girl! By this time I have three other riders wondering what the heck I had strung all over my bike, and somehow I\u2019m explaining to a fourth rider why in April \u201909, I still have July \u201908 muck from some gravel road way north of Whitehorse still stuck on my bike. I\u2019ll clean it, honest, maybe. Hey it\u2019s a GS, they look great with a mud patina. Kind of a hard concept to explain to a polisher. Besides, the stuff that needs to be clean, is.<\/p>\n
Then comes the inevitable question\u2026<\/p>\n
So what are we going to read about this year? I cringe with that question. I have a bazillion ideas, some completely absurd, some doable, hey, I even asked permission to ride the Polar Bear Express rail line from Cochrane to Moosonee with Paul Mondor. You can guess what the ever-so-polite answer was. Jeeze, I really wanted to do that one.<\/p>\n
The answer?<\/p>\n
Aside from trying to jot down the true meaning of life, I can tell you that I\u2019m riding to Mojo\u2019s sponsored \u2018Atlanticade\u2019 hoot in Moncton, New Brunswick. Yup, I\u2019m goin\u2019 east this year and I really hope to see you there \u2019cause it\u2019ll be a blast. I\u2019ll be the wandering Mojo Scribbler; Gwen tells me that I\u2019ll be very identifiable, so if someone who looks much like me taps you on the shoulder, well, be prepared to be asked anything. Have a look at our website and you\u2019ll see that Atlanticade will be one sweet ride and a whole bag-o-fun! After taking the twisty way home, I\u2019m going to see if I can differentiate the trees from the forest and stay local to my Eastern Ontario area. Upper New York State has a nice ring to it and my better half wants to roll some fun klicks on her baby Beemer.<\/p>\n
Then comes February and I\u2019m going to do something a little different, actually more like \u2018certifiably\u2019 different. While people are lining up nice warm Tuscany tours and Hawaiian Hawgs, I\u2019ll be attempting the F.B.T., short for the Frozen Butt Tour: 4,400 kilometres of the Trans-Labrador Highway, Canadian style. Minus 20 will be considered very good and pleasant weather, but it will probably be a whole lot cooler than that. After all, Mojo is all about Canadian Motorcycling Perspectives and who says you can\u2019t ride in winter? I\u2019ll finally have a taste of Areostich studded tires, snowbank rest stops, ice covered rutted gravel roads and Canadian nature at its best. Afterwards I\u2019ll probably spend a month in a sauna to thaw out and then spin some \u2018yarns\u2019.<\/p>\n
If those ideas strike your fancy then join in, the more the merrier, email me at: stu@motorcyclemojo.com.<\/p>\n
Yup, it\u2019s a hard concept to explain to polishers.<\/p>\n
Ride Safe. Ride (very) Far, Stu<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Spring has sprung and the local Timmies is teaming with bikes. I like places like that because you get to yak with riders of all shapes, ages and sizes, it sort of feels like home. It\u2019s also a place where I get a ton of feedback. I was out doing a test run for an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49613,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,1856],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n