Best Ride Eva!!!

[Lightcycle]

So I see that @shanekingsley has posted up one of his legendary rides:

https://www.gtamotorcycle.com/xf/threads/monday-aug-4-lunch-in-calabogie.233072/

Leaving Mississauga around 6:30am

I text Shane, "Can we meet up at 10AM instead? I'm not much of an early riser"
Shane: "Whut?!? Fine."

experienced riders only, since this has a fair amount of twisty and hilly roads.

When I roll in past 10AM, Shane takes a look at my 50/50 knobby dual-sport tires: "Uh... okay... You know we are doing fast-paced twisties today, right?"
Gene: "Oh really? Can you wait for me at the end of each road? These tires don't like going fast on twisty pavement."
Shane: <<speechless>>

Also, every time we stop, I park like this:

Shane: "WTF dude. You just blocked me in! I hope you ride better than you park..."

1000km round trip from Mississauga.

Me: "Oh, I can't do 1000 kms today. Too long! Can we do a short day instead?"
Shane: "Fine, whatever"

will have a nice sit down lunch - hoping for a seat on the Redneck Bistro patio.

Gene: "Let's order lunch at this burger shack. We can sneak our food into this nice restaurant!"
Shane: "Uh. I'm a vegetarian. But, fine."

We sneak our food into this fancy sit-down restaurant:

Waiter: "I'm sorry guys, you can't bring outside food here. Both of you will have to leave. NOW!"
Shane: "OMG, so embarrassing"

No gravel intended - just paved roads.

Me: "My Adventure bike is getting tired of doing pavement. Can we do gravel instead?"
Shane: "Argh, fine"

On one of the bumpier off-road sections, Shane's fog-light on his left fork leg vibrates off.

Shane: "OMGWTF! Did Mr. ADV at least bring any tools?!?"
Gene: "Um. Nope."
Shane: "Argh!"

We get back from the short day ride and I text Shane: "That was the best ride ever! When can we meet up and do another one?"

<<crickets>>

Gene: "hullo...?"

 

[shanekingsley]

I was just scared of those pipes

 

[Sunday Rider]

A great day for a ride. There were only the two of you? How was traffic?

 

[Hardwrkr13]

Sorry, wife had a pre-wedding hair appt for half the day otherwise I woulda brought out a second pair of knobbies to the ride.

 

[Sochi]

We have so many actual riders on GTAM so we had to borrow one from BC

 

[Malks]

Shane must really like you to put up with all those changes to his ride. You guys went up to cottage country on a holiday Monday?! That's something I would avoid at all costs.

I did a ride with him years ago (May 2016) and we stopped lake side and ate our lunches we were told to bring along. He showed us roads I have never ridden and it was an awesome day.

 

[Lightcycle]

A great day for a ride. There were only the two of you? How was traffic?

You guys went up to cottage country on a holiday Monday?! That's something I would avoid at all costs.

Haha, we were heading up the 400 pretty late in the morning ("It's me, I'm the problem, it's me") and traffic was already building up on the southbound side.

We had quite the adventure coming back, Shane was like a wizard routing us past all the congestion. While riding, he'd pull out his smartphone from his jacket pocket and cross-referencing Google Map's traffic with his GPS, he'd find these obscure, empty backroads to skip all the traffic.

On a holiday Monday, most people never get to drive the speed limit on the way back to the city.

Let's just say, we also never drove the speed limit on the way back...

However on our ride back from the Muskokas to Toronto, we may have ridden through Port Perry... not sure how that happened...?

 

[Lightcycle]

Sorry, wife had a pre-wedding hair appt for half the day otherwise I woulda brought out a second pair of knobbies to the ride.

Do you feel comfortable leading an ADV ride in your neck of the woods?

 

[Lightcycle]

We have so many actual riders on GTAM so we had to borrow one from BC

I actually came all the way out here to correct an injustice on the GTAM Photo Tag thread.

Not fixed yet. The injustices are still happening... nay, piling up, as we type.

More needs to happen before my work here is done.

 

[Lightcycle]

Shane must really like you to put up with all those changes to his ride.

Despite his gruff demeanor, he really is quite a softie underneath...

Although maybe a tad passive-aggressive.

He got tired of my constant shiite parking jobs that towards the end of the ride, he'd wait for me to park first and then:

Ok. Message received. Will work on my parking lot etiquette...

 

[shanekingsley]

Shane must really like you to put up with all those changes to his ride.

Well he does buy me roti!

 

[Lightcycle]

Well he does buy me roti!

I always find that even a little bit of flatbread is better than naan...

 

[Hardwrkr13]

Do you feel comfortable leading an ADV ride in your neck of the woods?

Indeed. Just have to know in advance how "Adventury" you want to get.

 

[Lightcycle]

Indeed. Just have to know in advance how "Adventury" you want to get.

I had full knobs before the @shanekingsley ride... but now they are slicks after trying to keep up with him...

Still willing to try anything provided you help pick my bike up!

Can I bring a friend? He rides a silver FZ1GS Adventure...

 

[shanekingsley]

I had full knobs before the @shanekingsley ride... but now they are slicks after trying to keep up with him...

Still willing to try anything provided you help pick my bike up!

Can I bring a friend? He rides a silver FZ1GS Adventure...

lol
Do they sell spoked rims in typical street tire sizes (180 & 120)?
Add some Dunlop Mutants and a couple guys with bigger arms than me to pick up my bike and I'm there.