6/20 – Jack in the Mud
The rain broke sometime in midday, which meant Jack was going to ride his first twist-shift! I think he had fun. Everyone watching certainly did....
6/19 – Delayed
174 miles. Who would have thought, the BMW would break down. Thankfully, two different people recommended a shop nearby in Warren, NY, and Paul of Slagle’s Speed and Sport showed up with a trailer to save the day. It took 4 or so hours, but they isolated the problem...
6/18 – Ragtag Two Wheeler Party
210 miles. The time to leave Toronto came too soon. We bid Wally farewell and many thanks, and made tracks for Buffalo. While Davide was detained at the border for attempting to smuggle maple syrup (just kidding), I caught up with Jack! Remember him from Austin, TX? Alas, Buffalo...
6/17 – Crepes Before Bos
Ed, another member of the Toronto Motor Scooter Club, invited Davide and I for breakfast in his shop. I had no idea what to expect, but I couldn’t have predicted this anyhow. Ed has rented the boiler room in the back of a storage unit for years, and converted...
6/16 – ADVers at Timmy’s!
Super exciting day today, Davide and I rode up to a KTM demo ride to meet Neda and Gene of RideDOT! They’ve been traveling by motorcycle around the world for three years, and blogging it. We also met up with fellow ADVer, Brent. Between all of us, we couldn’t...
6/15 – Wally-Style Welcome to Toronto
298 miles. Davide and I poked around the Heidelberg Project a bit before heading east. Wally had reached out to me a while back from the blog, and we were aiming for his home. Progress was slow, getting turned around at the tunnel and then stuck in traffic on the Ambassador...
6/14 – Cruise Assist
266 miles. Back on the road with Davide! The roads to Detroit are long, straight, and empty, so we got to play and I got to test out my new throttle lock. We found an unfurnished room on Airbnb for $20/night, and I introduced Davide to indoor camping....
6/13 – Scooters on Break
Today, I scooted in the pride parade and then on the Indy Speedway track! We were limited to 35mph though… I met Addison last year when he worked at Indy Hostel, so it was cool to run into him again. After the Amerivespa banquet (they didn’t even argue furthest...
6/12 – Cat Nap
Us crazy rally goers… are taking it easy today. Indy Hostel has some great huge bean bags in the common room....
6/11 – Backup Fuel on the Long Ride
144 miles. I enjoy the long rides at rallies, and this year about 300 scooterists went to Shelbyville. I’m not sure why I still enjoy this after pretty much 300 miles of the same scenery the day before…it must be the people. That being said, fuel stops are pretty...