Canadian X Riders Forum

[joeracket]

:D :D :D ..............xtree, xtree, read all about it..........after due democratic process the official dates for the ride will be the 26th, 27th,28th & 29th of July 2007 :D :D :D



:D :D :D ............hokay.........although our numbers are nearing the 28 rooms booked.........the contingency plan is in the works..........continue all bookings through joan..........she has other rooms blocked for our group........hell lets make this the biggest canadian x rider meet ever.........fifty sounds reasonable

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...........make your vacation plans now..........

...........reservations may be made through Joan at the Valhalla Inn in New Denver...........great riding.........hot springs.........spectacular scenery........plus great hosts

.......when booking be sure to state that you are with the canadian X riders.......

The Valhalla Inn
P.O. Box 157
New Denver BC
V0G 1S0

Phone 250 358-2228
Fax 250 358-7989
e-mail: info@valhallainn.biz

Your hosts:
Joan McKay & Albrecht Jost

............the racket & his better half are already booked........arriving on the 26th & departing on the 30th.........

.........for those wishing to continue on to the wack with the racket on the 30th.........i will arrange an overnighter in cache creek or lillooet......then down through the fraser canyon complete with seven tunnels......or the duffy lake loop through whistler & the sea to sky highway.........

.........the valhalla inn is a 28 room hotel in the heart of the kootenays........there are a number of two bedroom suites available......for those wishing to camp......there is an excellent camp-site in the immediate vicinity........or joan will allow you to pitch your tent in the back........

........for the wives flying out.........you can meet your hubbies in calgary & hitch a ride.........or fly to abbotsford........my wife will be driving her car up.........she can accomadate three passengers with minimal luggage

........now for the $65,000,000,000.00 question.........why not in chilliwack.......all the riders from BC & Alta put there heads together when we had our ride to new denver and came to agreement that this was the better location........

.........if we book all 28 rooms the rules change........the hotel is ours.......you can run naked through the halls......hell you can run naked to the lake & skinny dip.......did i mention that there is a lake with excellent swimming.........did i mention three different locations with hot springs in the area with lots of twisties to get there.........

........did i mention that they will have karaoke set up so that blinky & angie can wail all night.......plus all the other crooners who wish to howl can join right in.....

.........kim........you can start working on your flag now.......

.........see you all in New Denver........

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Mr. Biker List of Those Attending to Date

1 Joeracket.................B.C................booked............moe & carole
2 Mr.Biker...................Quebec..........booked.............leon & solange
3 Sandy Mike...............B.C...............booked.............mike & lynn
4 Ricardo.....................B.C...............booked.............rick & irene
5 Chumbly...................B.C...............booked.............darrel & lucy
6 Knight.......................Alberta..........booked.............brad & karin
7 Big Dave...................ONT..............booked.............dave & joyce
8 McJeep.....................B.C................booked.............rob & teresa
9 Hammerman.............ONT...............booked.............george & kim
10 Gasbr.......................ONT..............booked.............mike & lynn
11 OldSchool.................ONT..............booked..............del & peggy
12 Al.............................B.C..............booked.............al & sharleen
13 KT Rider...................B.C...............booked.............ken & marilyn
14 Stillflyin....................SASK............booked.............danny & annette
15 ArmyBoy..................Alberta..........booked.............derrick & wilma
16 Bigbadbrucie.............B.C...............booked.............bruce
17 Mal...........................ONT..............booked..............mal & angie
18 Gaolbird...................B.C................booked.............scott & victoria
19 Beachhondas............ONT...............booked..............jeff & angela
20 Lobo........................B.C................booked..............reg & donalda
21 BamBam.................B.C.................booked..............don & teresa
22 JD...........................ONT................booked...............jeremy & karen
23 Cat.........................ONT...............booked...............pete & phyllis
24 VTX_XTC.................ONT...............booked...............steve & heather
25 RandyGuy...............ONT...............booked...............randy & cynthia
26 HDA........................BC................booked...............angie
27 Mikester...................ONT..............booked...............mike
28 Happy......................BC................booked...............harpaul & vroni
29 Don Juan..................SASK............booked................don & bern
30 CPWelder.................SASK......................................
31 Geayt.......................ONT.......................................geayt, kim, carley & abbey
32 VTX-Pat....................BC................booked..............robert
33 Robox......................ONT
34 Wolfpack..................ALTA..............booked..............les
35 Goon........................BC.................booked..............matt
36 Yosam......................COLORADO....booked..............steven & heather
37 VTXRoger.................MICHIGAN......booked..............roger
38 WPGVTX...................MANITOBA......booked..............len
39 1800RetroS...............ALTA..............booked..............randy & doris
40 VTXX........................ALTA..............booked..............john & doris
41 Bubbaganoosh...........BC.................booked..............dwayne & dawn
42 AltaVTX.....................ALTA..............booked..............dean
43 Kingedward................ALTA..............booked..............edward
44 Aussie........................ONT...............booked..............peter & ewan
45 Croman......................ALTA.............booked...............herman
46 Ladyrider....................ALTA.............booked...............caroline & warren
47 Rick...........................BC.................booked...............rick
48 KDKing......................BC..................booked...............charles & karen
49 Bambino.....................SK..................booked..............
50 Newfie Jim....................NB.................booked..............jim
51 Glen Brown..................ALTA..............booked.............glen
52 Ned.............................ALTA..............booked.............ned
53 Cookiemonster.............US.................booked.............richard & daughter
54 G&J.............................BC.................booked...........george & janice
55 V&J.............................BC.................booked............vince & jenn
56 G&S.............................BC.................booked...........gary & shannon


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Campers

1 Capt90.....................ONT.........................................pete & lori
2 Vtxman7..................ONT..........................................tom & fiona

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Accomadation Not Required......(in the area)

1 VTXRD......................ALTA.......................................ron & wanda

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New Denver Trivia

One of the most under-rated attributes to life in New Denver is the lack of biting insects. People here leave doors and windows open in the summer (without screens). People sit out at picnic tables, actually picnicing at all times of day. Couples stroll down 6th Avenue in the evening with bare arms. You can actually enjoy yourself in the out-of-doors, after the sun goes down, even out on the lawn. No itchy bites.

You may scoff at the significance of the above statement. If you do, you are very likely not a Canadian. Or, if you are a Canadian, you haven't seen much of your country. Biting insects are the stuff of legend in this country, and any self-respecting Canadian has a few hyperbolic mosquito stories up his or her sleeve. But don't come to New Denver for any of those stories. Because the surrounding terrain is so steep, there is no stagnant water for the little buggers to breed in, so we count our mosquitos here on one hand.
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biker pal mosey

[mr.biker]

That's great news moe, thanks.

I'm on the phone making my reservations now.

Just spoke to Joan and my room is booked, July 26 to 29, 2007.
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Enjoy the ride

[Cat]

So?...how far from New Denver to Pacific?
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[joeracket]

[Sandy Mike]

We're in. :D

And thanks for the work on this JR, should be a great time.

And for those of you who want to make it to the Pacific, happy to show you the way, all the way to the water on the way home! 8)
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The oil is located in Alberta, BC, and now Newfoundland - but the dipsticks are in Ottawa!

[LOBO]

Good Job...Good Area for cruising.....
Thanks JR...
Any idea what the group rate will be?
Later....
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[joeracket]

[Rickardo]

Blinky and I are booked. That's 3 rooms gone out of 28. Joan is waiting for your call!

[Chumbly]

Ok...Atom Aunt and I are booked...got a double room (26) so we'll be hooking up with another couple I guess. Cost- approx $80 per night less whatever discount we end up with. We'll be there the night of the 26th...leaving on the 30th. Anybody interested in the run through Lillouette, Whistler, Vancouver (Duffy Lake road), after the meet, let me know...could take that route back too. Chumbly- 8)
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Gone to the dark side times 2
'02 1800C "triked"

[VTX1300 JIM]

Time Mile Instruction For Toward
Summary: 2412.9 miles (6 days, 17 minutes)
DAY 1
9:00 AM 0.0 Depart Hamilton on Local road(s) (North) 43 yds
9:00 AM 0.1 Turn RIGHT (East) onto Wilson St, then immediately turn RIGHT (South) onto Catharine St N 0.2 mi
9:02 AM 0.3 Turn RIGHT (West) onto HWY-8 [King St E] 1.2 mi
9:04 AM 1.5 Keep STRAIGHT onto HWY-2 [HWY-8] 0.1 mi
9:04 AM 1.6 Take Ramp (RIGHT) onto HWY-403 [HWY-6] 5.9 mi HWY-403 / Toronto
9:10 AM 7.5 Keep LEFT onto Ramp 1.3 mi HWY-407 ETR
9:12 AM 8.8 *Toll road* Road name changes to HWY-407 Etr 13.7 mi
9:27 AM 22.5 At exit 24, keep RIGHT onto Ramp 0.2 mi HWY-403 / QEW W / Toronto
9:27 AM 22.7 Take Ramp (LEFT) onto HWY-403 8.9 mi HWY-403 / Toronto
9:36 AM 31.7 Take Ramp (LEFT) onto HWY-401 Express [MacDonald-Cartier Fwy] 10.0 mi RTE-401 / HWY-401
9:47 AM 41.7 Take Ramp (RIGHT) onto HWY-400 52.2 mi HWY-400 / Barrie
10:39 AM 93.9 At exit HWY-93, keep LEFT onto HWY-11 16.8 mi
10:56 AM 110.7 Road name changes to TC-12 [HWY-11] 1.5 mi
10:58 AM 112.2 Road name changes to HWY-11 127.2 mi
1:19 PM 239.4 Turn LEFT (South-West) onto HWY-11B 1.9 mi
1:21 PM 241.3 Turn RIGHT (North) onto HWY-11B [Lakeshore Dr] 3.4 mi
1:26 PM 244.7 Turn RIGHT (East) onto Morris St 0.1 mi
1:27 PM 244.8 Turn RIGHT (South-East) onto Worthington St E 0.2 mi
1:27 PM 245.0 Road name changes to Old Callander Rd 32 yds
1:28 PM 245.0 Road name changes to Industrial Ave 76 yds
1:28 PM 245.1 Turn LEFT (North) onto Local road(s) 54 yds
1:28 PM 245.1 At North Bay, return South on Local road(s) 54 yds
1:29 PM 245.1 Turn RIGHT (West) onto Industrial Ave 65 yds
1:29 PM 245.2 Road name changes to Old Callander Rd 32 yds
1:30 PM 245.2 Road name changes to Worthington St E 0.6 mi
1:31 PM 245.7 Turn LEFT (West) onto HWY-17B [Fisher St], then immediately turn RIGHT (North) onto HWY-11B [HWY-17B] 0.6 mi
1:32 PM 246.4 Turn LEFT to stay on HWY-11B [HWY-17B] 109 yds
1:32 PM 246.4 Turn RIGHT (North) onto HWY-17B [Main St W] 2.8 mi
1:36 PM 249.2 Bear LEFT (West) onto TC-17 74.8 mi
3:05 PM 324.0 Turn LEFT (South) onto TC-17 [Keziah St] 0.7 mi
3:06 PM 324.8 Keep STRAIGHT onto HWY-144 [Elm St W] 94.3 mi
5:00 PM 419.0 End of day
DAY 2
9:00 AM 419.0 Stay on HWY-144 0.9 mi
9:01 AM 419.9 Turn LEFT (West) onto Local road(s) 0.2 mi
9:01 AM 420.1 Bear RIGHT (West) onto Local road(s) 1.3 mi
9:03 AM 421.5 Bear RIGHT (West) onto Local road(s) 17.2 mi
9:33 AM 438.7 Bear RIGHT (West) onto Local road(s) 1.1 mi
9:35 AM 439.8 Bear RIGHT (West) onto Local road(s) 15.3 mi
10:01 AM 455.1 Bear LEFT (West) onto Local road(s) 14.7 mi
10:27 AM 469.8 Bear LEFT (West) onto HWY-667 22.1 mi
10:53 AM 491.9 Bear RIGHT (West) onto HWY-129 12.5 mi
11:08 AM 504.4 Bear LEFT (North-West) onto HWY-101 80.3 mi
12:45 PM 584.7 Bear RIGHT (West) onto TC-17 212.4 mi
5:00 PM 797.0 End of day
DAY 3
9:00 AM 797.0 Stay on TC-17 11.8 mi
9:14 AM 808.8 Keep STRAIGHT onto TC-11 [TC-17] 63.6 mi
10:30 AM 872.4 Turn LEFT (South) onto HWY-11B [HWY-17B] 6.8 mi
10:38 AM 879.2 Turn RIGHT (West) onto Harbour Expy 0.5 mi
10:39 AM 879.8 Bear RIGHT (North-West) onto Ramp, then immediately turn LEFT (South) onto Balmoral St N 0.4 mi
10:39 AM 880.1 Turn RIGHT (West) onto Local road(s) 43 yds
10:39 AM 880.2 At Thunder Bay, return East on Local road(s) 43 yds
Check your departure time; the next stop is in a different time zone.
10:40 AM 880.2 Turn LEFT (North) onto Balmoral St N 0.3 mi
10:40 AM 880.5 Turn LEFT (South-West) onto Ramp, then immediately bear RIGHT (West) onto Harbour Expy 1.3 mi
10:42 AM 881.8 Take Ramp (RIGHT) onto TC-11 [TC-17] 3.6 mi
10:46 AM 885.4 At exit HWY-102, bear RIGHT (East) onto Ramp, then immediately turn LEFT (North) onto Red River Rd 164 yds
10:46 AM 885.5 Road name changes to HWY-102 20.4 mi
11:11 AM 905.9 Turn RIGHT (North) onto TC-11 [TC-17] 13.0 mi
11:26 AM 918.9 Keep STRAIGHT onto TC-17 160.4 mi
2:39 PM 1079.3 Turn LEFT to stay on TC-17 102.5 mi
4:42 PM 1181.9 Turn LEFT (West) onto TC-17 [2nd St S] 0.6 mi
4:43 PM 1182.5 Turn RIGHT (North) onto TC-17 [Main St S] 14.1 mi
Check local time; this stop is in a different time zone.
5:00 PM 1196.6 End of day
DAY 4
9:00 AM 1196.6 Stay on TC-17 17.6 mi
9:21 AM 1214.2 Road name changes to TC-1 94.5 mi
9:21 AM 1214.3 Entering Manitoba
11:01 AM 1308.7 Keep STRAIGHT onto HWY-135 [Fermor Ave] 0.8 mi
11:02 AM 1309.5 Turn RIGHT (North-West) onto HWY-62 [Dunkirk Dr] 0.8 mi
11:03 AM 1310.3 Turn LEFT (West) onto HWY-125 [Jubilee Ave] 1.1 mi
11:04 AM 1311.4 Turn RIGHT (North) onto HWY-42 [Pembina Hwy] 0.3 mi
11:05 AM 1311.7 Bear LEFT (North) onto HWY-70 [Stafford St] 0.4 mi
11:05 AM 1312.2 Turn LEFT (West) onto HWY-105 [Grant Ave] 7.7 mi
11:14 AM 1319.8 Road name changes to HWY-241 [Roblin Blvd] 3.8 mi
11:19 AM 1323.7 Bear RIGHT (North) onto HWY-334 [Bridge Rd] 0.6 mi
11:20 AM 1324.2 Turn LEFT (West) onto TC-1 [Portage Ave] 37.6 mi
12:05 PM 1361.8 Keep RIGHT onto Ramp 0.8 mi
12:06 PM 1362.7 Keep STRAIGHT onto TC-1A [Saskatchewan Ave E] 5.7 mi
12:13 PM 1368.4 Keep STRAIGHT onto TC-1 89.1 mi
2:00 PM 1457.5 Turn RIGHT (North) onto HWY-250 0.6 mi
2:01 PM 1458.1 Turn LEFT (West) onto HWY-455 7.0 mi
2:09 PM 1465.1 Bear RIGHT (North-West) onto HWY-21 7.2 mi
2:18 PM 1472.3 Turn LEFT (South) onto HWY-463 2.3 mi
2:20 PM 1474.7 Keep STRAIGHT onto HWY-254 4.1 mi
2:25 PM 1478.7 Turn LEFT to stay on HWY-254 2.2 mi
2:28 PM 1481.0 Keep STRAIGHT onto HWY-259 9.5 mi
2:39 PM 1490.5 Bear RIGHT (North-West) onto TC-1 [HWY-83] 116.9 mi
3:10 PM 1516.1 Entering Saskatchewan
5:00 PM 1607.4 End of day
DAY 5
Check your departure time; the next stop is in a different time zone.
9:00 AM 1607.4 Stay on TC-1 56.3 mi
10:07 AM 1663.7 Take Ramp (LEFT) onto TC-1 [Ring Rd] 290.5 mi
3:14 PM 1920.2 Entering Alberta
3:54 PM 1954.2 Keep RIGHT onto Ramp 174 yds
3:55 PM 1954.3 Bear RIGHT (North-East) onto HWY-3 [Gershaw Dr SW] 54.1 mi
Check local time; this stop is in a different time zone.
5:00 PM 2008.4 End of day
DAY 6
9:00 AM 2008.4 Stay on HWY-3 79.8 mi
10:32 AM 2088.2 Turn RIGHT (North) onto HWY-2 [HWY-3] 2.7 mi
10:36 AM 2090.9 Road name changes to HWY-3 151.1 mi
11:55 AM 2157.2 Entering British Columbia
1:37 PM 2242.0 Keep LEFT onto Ramp 0.3 mi
1:38 PM 2242.3 Keep RIGHT to stay on Ramp 0.3 mi
1:38 PM 2242.5 Keep STRAIGHT onto HWY-3 [HWY-95] 3.2 mi
1:42 PM 2245.8 Turn LEFT to stay on HWY-3 [HWY-95] 2.2 mi
1:44 PM 2248.0 Turn RIGHT to stay on HWY-3 [HWY-95] 42.5 mi
2:36 PM 2290.5 Turn RIGHT (North) onto HWY-3 24.7 mi
3:05 PM 2315.2 Keep STRAIGHT onto HWY-3A 47.0 mi
4:02 PM 2362.2 *Check timetable* Take Balfour - Kootenay Bay (South-West)
4:16 PM 2362.2 Take HWY-31 (East) 21.8 mi
4:42 PM 2384.1 Turn LEFT (South) onto HWY-31A 14.5 mi
5:00 PM 2398.6 End of day
DAY 7
Check your departure time; the next stop is in a different time zone.
9:00 AM 2398.6 Stay on HWY-31A 13.7 mi
9:16 AM 2412.2 Turn LEFT (South) onto HWY-6 0.4 mi
Check local time; this stop is in a different time zone.
9:16 AM 2412.7 Turn LEFT (East) onto Local road(s) 0.2 mi
9:17 AM 2412.9 Arrive New Denver

SUMMARY
Driving distance: 2412.9 miles
Trip duration: 6 days, 17 minutes
Driving time: 48 hours, 3 minutes
Cost: $170.43


Just a thought..lmao
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First Officer SCRC
Hamilton chapter 011

[OldSchool]

OK, so I have just begun to plot in the details for the two of us (Peggy and I), and from Ottawa it looks like it will be 2769 miles. The first route that popped out of my GPS unit was through the US, crossing at Sarnia, passing the Second City, St Paul, Billings, and then north on 41/31 to Nelson and then on to the VTX centre of the world. That would allow a hook up with the lower Ontario group for a "fleet" run to BC.

I haven't tried to look at a Canadian route but maybe others have some thoughts on this.

Did we ever come up with some options on shipping the bikes (at least one way)??? There was some discussion about this at Wasaga. I wouldn't mind shipping my bike out there and then taking a very scenic route back (like the US path). That way I will still feel like taking some long runs through the mountains.

[VTX1300 JIM]

Sorry guys the map part wont show up..oh well
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First Officer SCRC
Hamilton chapter 011

[gasbr]

HI Oldschool
I was thinking it would be better this route myself for Niagara, Hamilton,Toronto even the guys from Wasaga and Wawbasene where ever that is anyways .Can't see much sense going north around the Great Lakes when you could scoot under them.WTFDIK
later GASBR
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[Chumbly]

Wives, or significant others, that would rather fly out, check my last post under "2007 meet in B.C. Chumbly- :D
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Gone to the dark side times 2
'02 1800C "triked"

[OldSchool]

Yes I must admit that there is kind of a nice appeal to have a bunch of X's shooting across to the left coast. According to my GPS, it would seem to take around 40 hrs to make the journey (from Ottawa). That is based upon the assumption that you are doing around 65-70 mph and that the dash across is mostly on the Interstate. I am finding that on my 1300 if I go fastter than 70 MPH, the old gas consumption really rises, making the stops more frequent...

Lots of time left though to "fine tune" things and get the groups organized. Any others want to respond to the part about one-way shipping of the bikes?