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Old Jun 22nd 2009, 10:22 pm
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Im living over in Ontario and every year a couple of mates and me do a bike trip, ideally on BMW 1200's. 2010 is the 4th year and i'm trying to get the trip planned for either BC or AB.

The idea was to head west from Calgary, through Banff,Lake Louise, through the Glacier and Mt Robson parks and into Jasper and back down to Calgary etc.

BUT I cant find anyone that has 6 BMW1200's or whether we should aim for a Vancouver start and head to Wistler and area etc.

Any one got any ideas or suggestions?????

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Pick more interesting bikes.

Why does everyone have to ride the same model?
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Im living over in Ontario and every year a couple of mates and me do a bike trip, ideally on BMW 1200's. 2010 is the 4th year and i'm trying to get the trip planned for either BC or AB.

The idea was to head west from Calgary, through Banff,Lake Louise, through the Glacier and Mt Robson parks and into Jasper and back down to Calgary etc.

BUT I cant find anyone that has 6 BMW1200's or whether we should aim for a Vancouver start and head to Wistler and area etc.

Any one got any ideas or suggestions?????

The drive up to Whistler's & beyond is beautiful, but nothing beats the Rockies.....
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The drive up to Whistler's & beyond is beautiful, but nothing beats the Rockies.....
Rich, you cant knock the 1200's, bullett proof and the way we ride they need to be

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I've driven from Vancouver to Whister when I had some spare time on a work trip, fantastic. Just looking for around a 1000m circuit kind of thing.
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Rich, you cant knock the 1200's, bullett proof and the way we ride they need to be
Sure, they're good bikes, but if you ride them as you suggest, get something that handles mountain roads with more enthusiasm


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I've driven from Vancouver to Whister when I had some spare time on a work trip, fantastic. Just looking for around a 1000km circuit kind of thing.
Do you only have one days holiday?
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Sure, they're good bikes, but if you ride them as you suggest, get something that handles mountain roads with more enthusiasm




Do you only have one days holiday?

Haha! Managed to keep my brit holiday allowance when i came over, which was nice!

Never been to the Kamloops, whats it like there?
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Haha! Managed to keep my brit holiday allowance when i came over, which was nice!

Never been to the Kamloops, whats it like there?
Hot and dry in the summer. A few nice roads, particularly heading east towards the Shuswap lakes, and south into the Okanagan. Infomercial here: http://www.kamloops.ca/media/placeinthesun.shtml
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Hot and dry in the summer. A few nice roads, particularly heading east towards the Shuswap lakes, and south into the Okanagan. Infomercial here: http://www.kamloops.ca/media/placeinthesun.shtml
Nice, looks just like Milton Keynes ;-)
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These people were very helpful to my cousin when he was visiting from the States and wanted to rent a bike for a week - not sure what range of bikes they had but he seemed to get a pretty good deal .. http://www.allseasonmotorsports.ca/r...otorycles.html.

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