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It is awesome and the instructors are great (and patient). I was there quite a few years ago when I was still fairly new to street riding -maybe about 2 years experience. I registered the first time because I was tired of dumping my bike in gravel parking lots - lol. Thought off road training...

Sherwood Inn is also a decent choice - their breakfast is a pack of dry instant oatmeal with hot water availble (no milk but creamer) - crummy coffee - but there is a Dunkin Donuts and a grocery store right across the street - and everything else within easy walking distance which is nice.

I've stayed in the Laurelwood - pros are price, attached steakhouse has really good food but huge portions - has a hot tub and neat place for breakfast 2 minutes ride or 5 minute walk down the road - think its called Fez? Also very bike friendly - that area gets a lot of Ontario riders and...

Yeah sometimes you have to work with what you've got - I max out at 2 consecutive weeks for my vacation at work, though I get 4 in total. So sometimes its 1,000 k + days on interstates to go where I want to go. Shrug - I figure the payoff is worth it - but its not for everyone. Really tough...

Since apparently spring doesn't want to find us in Ontario I decided to go looking for spring. Good news is I found it in WV. With both Friday and Monday work holidays for me I did consider a spring version of last years fall run to Deals Gap but with the riding season just started figured...

Trying to find true "ghost towns in the U.S. is hampered by the Yank's entrepreneurial spirit which I don't necessarily mean in a bad way :-) Route 66 is a perfect example - plaster a 66 on any flea bag motel or roadhouse and its a tourist attraction. Jerome and Oatman are two trendy "ghost...

That's why heated gear is a tourer's best friend :-) Even when I went to Arizona in June a few years back, most mornings I at least started off with heat on for gloves, if nothing else - then down to the mesh jacket by the afternoons. Posting pictures from the road is a pain. You would...

It was actually unseasonably warm in the northern part of the State and higher altitudes. One of the store clerks in Prescott told me they really hadn't had much of a winter there and even up into Flagstaff. I didn't have heated gear - not even a lined jacket, but I was fine with a layer of...

Its pretty well a guarantee that you will not see everything you want to see. Despite my two previous tours out to Colorado/Utah/Arizona/New Mexico and then my trip to AZ this year and renting a bike for the week - still a lot of places I wanted to see that I just didn't have time. And that's...

Except for the 6'4" (subtract a foot from that) sums up my general thoughts nicely! I don't understand the "hate" for a type or brand of motorcycle that someone else rides. I enjoyed my recent vacation in Arizona on my rented Honda 750 Shadow (my first experience in riding a cruiser). I had...

Home now and I'm lamenting - -6 today - REALLY! Final thoughts on my rental 750 Shadow. Power was an issue for me but not enough to ruin my ride :-) In Arizona secondary highways are mostly 65 mph and run at 80. Interstates are 75 and at 85 you are being passed - but not really a problem...

I love going through Jerome. Jerome, Mingus mountain, Sedona and the Oak Creek Canyon run are rides I have done on previous trip on my FZ1. Yesterday I hit a route that made me long for my bike but to be fair my little Shadow performed just fine. I am in Wickenburg and rode 93 south to 97, to 96...

Motorcycles have rear brakes? Who knew! Seriously I was trying to brake 2 fingers on brakes thumb 2 fingers on throttle, downshift blip mode, which is a quick sequence on my bike. Eliminating the blipping and using both brakes helps but still no comparison. Still am pleasantly surprised by...

I don't hate this bike except for the brakes. No two finger braking this baby! On the Beeline hwy from Phoenix to Payson there are a few stop lights u come up to in a 55 mph zone - giving myself the stopping space I need on the fz1 almost crapped myself. Passing trucks on the interstate is an...

There is a CMC National Forum which lists chapters within the provinces - you don't need to be invited. As well as CMC there is also the Southern Cruisers, which is again not limited to but mostly are cruiser riders. There are also various brand and/or model specific clubs around Ontario which...

Sounds awesome - can hardly wait. With unlimited mileage on the bike, it opens it up for where I can travel, so I can follow the sun. I do want to do the Oakwood Canyon/Sedona/Cottonwood run again - maybe Route 66 between Kingman and Seligman if its not too chilly that far north - but I think...

Once spring comes you will see rides posted and yeah, some of them specify sport or sport/tourer only, but certainly not all. I actually belong to a riding club (CMC) which is probably 90% cruisers or touring bikes, ie. the big Harleys, Goldwings. In the chapter I ride with there are maybe 2...

I think this pretty well sums up my mindset for this trip. I have ridden to the SW twice and with the givi case, tent, and other gear and doing thousands of miles on interstates I'm glad I had the FZ1. These are the areas I want to explore because the furthest south I got was Prescott - once...

Well tomorrow is my deadline for cancelling and I'm still waffling a little. I'm getting a good deal on this bike - 99 bucks a day, unlimited mileage and no deposit. This guy has other bikes - Harleys - but without a frame of reference its hard for me to know what works for me. I'm thinking...

I'm flying to Phoenix next Saturday and decided to rent a cruiser for a change of pace. Based on my size the guy who owned the rental company would only rent me the Honda 750 Shadow Aero - but after researching it on line I'm a little worried I'll find it seriously under powered compared to my...