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Ride Canada! Canadian Motorcycle Rentals - Grumpy Goat - 07-02-2022
For some time now I have been mulling over touring in my beloved Canada, but getting my bike all the way up from Texas is a nightmare in terms of cost, logistics and probably most significantly, time, as I am not yet retired. So it looks as though getting the RS (or the Tracer) to Canada to go touring would simply take too long, and shipping the bike there could be costly and be a logistical nightmare. I was looking into renting a bike but pickings were slim especially since I want to start in Newfoundland and work my way west, even if I have to break the tour into more than one trip. Renting a bike like a BMW GS in Canada is not simple and I was coming up empty renting in Newfoundland. It was (is?) probably best to buy a bike and keep it in Canada, and I have options there. But this is not a post seeking a solution to my problem; it is intended to share my excitement regarding the subject option.
During the last 2022 BMW MOA Rally in Springfield Missouri, I visited the most important (to me) vendor in the whole Rally - Canadian Motorcycle Rentals / Renedian Motorcycle Tours. I met and had a great chat with Rene Cormier, who I believe is a born New Brunswicker (last name fits) living in BC, and who is the Founder of several ventures including Canadian Motorcycle Rentals and Renedian Motorcycle Tours. Rene was telling me how St.John's (Halifax and Toronto) drop-offs were going to be fully on-stream in 2023 (presently they do Western Canada - Kelowna / Penticton / Vancouver and Calgary).
Another option for my bucket list tour (if I don't move back to Canada post-retirement).
RE: Ride Canada! Canadian Motorcycle Rentals - maxredline - 07-08-2022
You could spend a week or two just in BC. The roads in the Okanagan and Kootenays are some of BC's best.
In my experience I would bypass most of Alberta and all of the rest except Nova Scotia and Newfoundland unless you like the slab.
Today on GL there is a 06 RT with 110K km for just under $4k usd
RE: Ride Canada! Canadian Motorcycle Rentals - Grumpy Goat - 07-08-2022
(07-08-2022, 07:20 PM)maxredline Wrote: You could spend a week or two just in BC. The roads in the Okanagan and Kootenays are some of BC's best.
In my experience I would bypass most of Alberta and all of the rest except Nova Scotia and Newfoundland unless you like the slab.
Today on GL there is a 06 RT with 110K km for just under $4k usd
Alberta is not high priority of places to see in Canada, although I would like to visit Banff. BC and the Easy Coast are high on that list.
What is "GL"?
RE: Ride Canada! Canadian Motorcycle Rentals - Lee - 07-09-2022
(07-08-2022, 09:16 PM)Grumpy Goat Wrote: although I would like to visit Banff. BC and the East Coast are high on that list.
What is "GL"?
Definitely visit that SW part of Alberta. That's the nicest section of the Rockies in North America.
Are you thinking of riding across Canada or doing one rental in Eastern Canada and another year doing a rental in Western Canada?
RE: Ride Canada! Canadian Motorcycle Rentals - Grumpy Goat - 07-09-2022
(07-09-2022, 06:16 AM)Lee Wrote: Definitely visit that SW part of Alberta. That's the nicest section of the Rockies in North America.
Are you thinking of riding across Canada or doing one rental in Eastern Canada and another year doing a rental in Western Canada?
Probably the latter. Top priority is to go to Newfoundland and the Maritimes ... my old stomping grounds. In terms of mountains, Alberta may have the (taller) Rockies but Newfoundland and the Maritimes have the Appalachians, which also make for nice riding / scenery. Riding across Canada would have to be after I retire.
