This is not the trip that I had planned for this year. I had originaly planned a nice long two to three month tour through eastern Canada. Work was going well but then the bike broke down with its phantom electrical problem. That took almost two months to get sorted (bad fuse block) so I stayed at work, bought another motorcycle and waited for the end of my work. (...)

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One thing about having your own web site is that you want all the content to be yours only. This way you get to control your own copyrighted items and if it does well you can make money off of it.

So with this in mind I have been struggling to get videos to play here correctly.

The main issue was for a file to have any reasonable resolution it had to have a large bit rate which means a larger file size and this what was causing problems. (...)

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I had my high school reunion on the weekend (no I won't say how many years) and decided to camp for the weekend. 

I wanted to stay at Turkey Point Provincial Park but it was full so instead I went to nearby Backus Heritage Conservation Area. After living in the area for eight years I never knew about this place. (...)

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O.K. My first breakdown has happened. 

I left work, riding for about 10 minutes when the engine started to sputter like it wasn't getting any fuel and then finally quit.

I was lucky enough to roll into a driveway where I started to look for the problem. (...)

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This was the second Friday the 13th so far this year, the first one in February. I did not attend that one as the bike was not prepared for the trip (not enough stuff to keep me warm). (...)

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Yes the first time on the snow. Finished work around 04:00 and there was a couple of centimetres of snow down. Ride home with no traffic, O.K. I saw three cars, and learned a few things.

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Just added a new photo of the bike with the addition of the sidecar nose luggage rack and the fender rack on the side car

Just passed the first 100 Km on the odometer.

So it begins...

As my search for a year round vehicle slowly narrowed I began to question what exactly I was looking for.I did want something that I could drive all year round and something that could go anywhere. I first decided on some type of convertible but something kept nagging me that this was not what I wanted.

I decided that I am the happiest when riding a motorcycle. (...)

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