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Riding in Japan

Think it's a debadged GSXR-600
 
...Hotel staff asked me to park my bike in the lobby because it "may rain tonight."

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Pretty awesome of them.

This is very typical of Japanese hospitality and thoughtfulness. You will not find that here in north America. Bike porn, Japanese food porn...LOL!
 
Would this trip be doable for a person that can't speak any Japanese?
 
Would this trip be doable for a person that can't speak any Japanese?

Absolutely.

At the very least you should remember "Hai-Ee-Aw-Ku Man-Tan" which is what you tell the attendants at the gas stations. It basically means Hi-Octane. Fill up the tank. (and the bike rental company tells you to remember that phrase too) The majority of the gas stations there are full service and I never found a self service one while I was there.

Before I left for Japan I learned a bunch of words and phrase in Japanese. I learned all the different ways of saying hello and goodbye as well as please and thank you. I think it's very important to learn how to say please and thank you in the language of the country you are visiting.

However, when I was ordering food I would mainly point at the menu and the majority of people in Japan understood basic English.
 
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Here's a video from the 2nd day. Short clip of Route 120 a.k.a Nihon Romantic Road.

The corner carvers on here may not like the pace I was taking in this vid.:p But the accumulative worry of the odd yellow bumpy strips in some corners as well as the funny groves in other corners that made the bike feel unplanted meant I took most corners at a leisurely pace.

https://youtu.be/5PUecF5hU4I
 
If Toronto had even 10% of the curves in that video, I'd be a happy man

The road conditions look really good for a country that sees four seasons of weather. I recall cities like Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong having really smooth roads
 
It's still a current machine in Japan and Australia and the retro look is very much in style these days

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Very much in the tradition of the RD400 back in the day.

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The Vtech lets the CB400 punch above its class while staying in learner class. Inline 400 from Honda ...sweet as it comes.
I love the cb1300! It socks honda N.A doesn't bring it to Canada.. If they did, I would buy one in a heart beat

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Although this is too late, if you go again, contact Jim Davis at easternbeaver.com
He is a Canadian living in Japan and builds electrical equipment for 2 wheelers
 
Just got caught up with this thread. Enjoyed it before....and then the food porn. My son so wants to go to Japan, and now so do I!

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