2500 km, motorcycle, west coast

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Since you're going to be in the Seattle area, maybe stay at Hotel 1000. While you are at it, take a pouty-face/arrested picture in front. :cry:

Are you going "Mantracker" in pursuit of the elusive Banerjee?

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"There's an old saying in the Hotel 100— I know it's on Beyond.ca, probably in Hotel 1000— that says, banerjee me once, shame on — shame on you. banerjee me — you can't get banerjeed again."

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Not sure if you've seen it, but on HarleyDavidson.com they have a sweet route planner that shows affiliate hotels and gas stations and points of interest.

I developed an epic 9-12 month road trip while I was bored here at work. Haven't decided if I'd like to do it in a car or on a bike yet.

http://rideplanner.harley-davidson.com/rideplanner/share/309210

[adidas]

Couer d'Alane is like Kelowna, very small but quite nice. A day is all you will need in that city. Spokane is quite close by and its much bigger, but the city itself is nothing special and kinda resembles Red Deer.

When in Seattle, plan a trip out to Bellevue(Coast Plaza Hotel) is quite nice and cheap on Fri and Sat nites. As for Seattle itself not sure what hotel to recommend, but close to downtown would be a smart choice, as you can walk around downtown without having to park.

If you are looking for a more touristy thing, then go for the 5 attractions for one price. The city pass is $60, but really fun. If you can only do one of the attractions(http://www.citypass.com/seattle) then do the ship cruise.

Also, when in Vancouver area, its a must that you go to White Rock. Very nice little place.

Also great calamari here (http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=white+rock&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=White+Rock,+Greater+Vancouver+Regional+District,+British+Columbia&gl=ca&ei=hD8gTPDuOc-HnQfOlqxj&ved=0CB0Q8gEwAA&ll=49.023124,-122.811441&spn=0.032926,0.090895&z=14&layer=c&cbll=49.022109,-122.808351&panoid=oiyy1KDz-WsVYPTrIDWeWw&cbp=12,357.61,,0,-31.63) The entrance is on the side and you will have to go up the stairs in order to access the restaurant, but the view is great especially on a sunny day.

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250k a day is easy ;) no need to worry about saddle sores ...

What kind of bike?

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sounds like a sweet trip!

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Since 250km is only around 2.5 hours ride time it will be an easy ride. I generally put the limit at ~ 6 hours. On a R6 that is plenty. Any more and my butt and wrists have had enough.

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sweeet!! looks like a lot of fun bud!

i wish my vacation days kicked in by now..

[HHURICANE1]

If you want to make your Calgary-Vernon ride MUCH more interesting try Calgary-Revelstoke then south to Nakusp to the Farquir/Needles ferry then take Hiway 6 to Vernon. What a great ride! You may want to split it into 2 days though, it is 702 km and about 10 hours but the roads are great and way better than the boring Hiway 1. There are 2 ferries so it breaks up the day nicely.

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Originally posted by revelations
250k a day is easy ;) no need to worry about saddle sores ...

What kind of bike?

Yah, 250/day is cake......I did calgary to san fran and back in 8 days, 6700km total, on my gsxr750......longest day was 870km......have fun on the ride, I love road trips! :burnout:

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[Shlade]

wow man that looks amazing! What a memory to have doing all that riding and visiting those places! I wanna do something like that next summer soooo badly!

Awesome man :thumbsup:

[Shlade]

I may of missed it but did you just ship the bike back or did you end up driving back?

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Must of been a blast! Id love to do it in my car but its too loud to handle driving on the streets sometimes letalone taking it for a long road trip lol..

Might have to take a look into a nice bike cruiser.

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Originally posted by Cos


http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l183/brendankharris/road%20trip%202010/4c96b7d7.jpg
Not entirely sure whats up with this pic but....


Cool trip!!! Seattle is really interesting isnt it? If you ever have the chance, go check out Portland. Its a lot like Seattle, I really liked that place. I was planning on riding out there again this summer, but we didnt actually have a summer this year... so that kind of killed that. :nut:
If we actually HAVE a summer after this repeating winter, then I'll do it next year fo' shizzle!

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that looks awesome man! i did a trip with a few buddies this pas summer to radium, invermere, cranbrook and back home in 4 days. it was all riding and stopping at random lakes we found during the day and getting drunk at night. best 4 days i had in a loooooong time.

planning a vegas ide this summer, hopefully it pans out....the more the merrier, think about it|! lol

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