Calgary to Vancouver on a Sport..

[badatusrnames]

Originally posted by JfuckinC
my lower back is a vagina

[Graham_A_M]

^ then try this http://www.throttlemeister.com/ Its quite honestly, cruise control. You can instantly snap it back too. Its a must for long trips.

When on my bike, I just have a gel seat, and that works fine. I stop every couple hours to stretch out my legs but its no biggie.
I hate having a 600, because i have no fuel gauge, so I'm not very adventurous at all when it comes to taking long trips with my bike. I have to plan it out so I know there will be a gas station every 200kms or so.

I'd do Vancouver no problem. Just make sure you check the weather reports quite carefully, and dont go so early or late that there is a chance of freezing rain or snow.

[Cowtown_Raider]

Don't be a wuss...just go for it. You'll have a blast. You should be able to easily do 500-600 kms a day without your body hating you. One a sportbike, straight highways suck because you're stuck in the same position for a long time. Take the scenic route and avoid the Trans Canada! There's some of the best roads in Canada between here and Vancouver. I'd be happy to suggest a route for you if you want to take 3-4 days for the ride and have it be really fun.

[fluid]

yeah if your out of shape it will hurt a bit, but itll be a adventure.
workout on legs back and neck before the trip if your still worried.

it is a fun riding long distances on a sport bike, but its not as bad as your think. When ive rode long distances, i noticed the trip back is longggg unless its a different route

[Graham_A_M]

Originally posted by Cowtown_Raider
Don't be a wuss...just go for it. You'll have a blast. You should be able to easily do 500-600 kms a day without your body hating you. One a sportbike, straight highways suck because you're stuck in the same position for a long time. Take the scenic route and avoid the Trans Canada! There's some of the best roads in Canada between here and Vancouver. I'd be happy to suggest a route for you if you want to take 3-4 days for the ride and have it be really fun.

If a Ducati sportbike owner will tell you that, then I'd say it may as well be a go for anybody on anything short of a moped.

[180882]

Its a great trip. i did it last summer! well i went all the way to Victoria. make sure you have good rain gear. my ride out there wasnt so good. it rained from canmore all the way to kamloops. imy back was fine but my wrist got sore after a while. i did it in 2 days.

[turbotrip]

Originally posted by Cowtown_Raider
There's some of the best roads in Canada between here and Vancouver. I'd be happy to suggest a route for you if you want to take 3-4 days for the ride and have it be really fun.

please do, we have nothing but time on our hands lol

[revelations]

Took me 10hrs, on a VTR1000 - I wouldnt think about this ride on a CRB600rr though - unless youve done some modifications to it to make it more comfortable and safer.

For eg:

double bubble screen
vista cruise (throttle lock)
tank bag
tire seal kit
extra tools
raised handle bars about 1" (the clip ons)


My neck was the most sore, followed by my ass - I've heard that cheap imitation lamb skin car seatcovers cut to fit a bike seat make the bum less numb.

[HHURICANE1]

Bike shorts are your best friends. The liner gives you that bit of extra cushion and your butt will thank you for it. I find on my R6 that it is my knees and my right wrist that get sore first and worst. At hiway speeds most sport bikes will direct enough air at your chest that it will buoy you up and relieve the stress on your back. I usually ride about 200 km gas stop to gas stop. That is usually around the 2 hour mark and by that point I am ready for a break. 5-6 hours on the bike is about all I want to do in a day, things start to get pretty sore by that point and there is no point in making a pleasant days ride into a death march.

[Cowtown_Raider]

Originally posted by Graham_A_M


If a Ducati sportbike owner will tell you that, then I'd say it may as well be a go for anybody on anything short of a moped.

I didn't do much touring on the 996, but I've done a couple longer trips on the Gixxer 1000. Most I did was about 900 kms in one day from Hope to Kelowna, to Calgary. I had a long break on the beach in Kelowna so it was tolerable

Sadly, both bikes are gone ...other priorities at the moment, but I'll get back on the saddle eventually.

To the OP, I conjured up a route that I took in 2006, but asked my buddy for his opinion and he gave me an even better route. The Kaslo - New Denver road is arguably the best road in Canada. Sadly, I missed it and ended up going through Nelson...don't make the same mistake lol

This route is about 1600 kms, so 3 days should do it.



Google Map Route

[HHURICANE1]

Originally posted by Cowtown_Raider


The Kaslo - New Denver road is arguably the best road in Canada. Sadly, I missed it and ended up going through Nelson...don't make the same mistake lol





Google Map Route

I rode that for my holidays last year, great trip. The road from Nakusp over to Vernon is supposed to be even better and I am thinking of taking that as part of my route this year. Creston, Kaslo, Nakusp, Vernon and then where ever takes my fancy from there.

[fluid]

looking at that map, is highway #68 a good road to drive on? Just looking for some new roads that are not too far from here

[CUG]

Originally posted by HHURICANE1


I rode that for my holidays last year, great trip. The road from Nakusp over to Vernon is supposed to be even better and I am thinking of taking that as part of my route this year. Creston, Kaslo, Nakusp, Vernon and then where ever takes my fancy from there.

There's a lotta deer there at night, be fucking CAREFUL. By a lot, I mean hundreds of them.

[HHURICANE1]

Originally posted by CUG
There's a lotta deer there at night, be fucking CAREFUL. By a lot, I mean hundreds of them.

Thanks for the warning. Lucky I'm not planning on going through there at night. Deer+bike=really bad day!

[lastlatvian]

Originally posted by HHURICANE1

Thanks for the warning. Lucky I'm not planning on going through there at night. Deer+bike=really bad day!

you mean really bad night right?

[Go4Long]

I rode out to victoria last may long weekend on an R6. did it in two days. kelowna the first day(fuel stops were lake louise, golden, revelstoke, and one other small town), the trip from kelowna to the coast is a lot easier as far as fueling goes, fill up in merritt before blasting down the coquahalla, I did the coquahalla fairly quickly until I came down near the bottom of descent then slowed RIGHT down, there were 5 huge radar traps coming through the lower section. then just fill up whenever the fuel light comes on all the way in.

Vanouver is decent to ride in, but the island has some WAY better roads, coming back here and doing the old banff coach road you realize how much alberta really has no good roads whatsoever.

for fun highways on the way out rather than the coquahalla take highway 3, it'll add an hour or two of travel time but it's a really fun highway, couple tight sections, lots of long sweeping corners with some amazing scenery. me and a buddy rode it on our way back to kelowna(splits off just after hope, takes you through fraser valley - princeton - peachland - then in to kelowna) to meet up with the rest of our group there(I was solo for the whole trip to the island, rode with one other for the trip back to kelowna, then 11 bikes from kelowna - calgary)

Fuel stops really aren't as big of an issue as people are making them out to be, we had two ducati 1098's with us on the way back, they only get 150-170 k a tank and they still didn't have any issues.

[2BLUE]

I have done the vancouver trip 4 times and to kelowna 7 times. Easy easy easy.. 212kph speeding ticket in revelstoke doesn't help either. Either way watch for radar/laser thats the only thing i can say to that. Blinder all the way!!!

[bjstare]

Ya me and a cousin rode from Vegas to LA, up the 1/101 next to the ocean all the way to Van, then Vic. It was epic down south, then started gettin chilly/sore. It wasnt my wrists or back, but neck that got me super sore. (I ride a '01 R1)

The moral of the story: keep an eye on your fuel and bring rain geart. CGY to Van is a short enough ride for 1 really long day/2 easy days..

[Brokenstunter]

does no one do long trips anymore?
its an 8hr ride thats nothing, do it usually 3-4 times ayear on sport bikes
I stop every 280-300km with agressive riding and I send my stuff down on a bus the day before and pick it up when I get to van
I went from Melfort Sask. to Montery Califonia in 4 days a couple years ago on a 2003 R1.

[Toilet_D]

i wanna go from calgary to merritt.
i do banff and golden runs and my back gets pretty sore, i always figured it was because of my height though