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Old 30 May 2013
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I am not sure how to start a thread but I am looking to ride across Canada in August starting in Victoria making my way to Halifax on a budget. If anyone has any advice of routes to take or places to see let me know.
Slightly off topic from the OP's original question, but I see there are some mini meets going on in Langley, BC and definitely attend the next HU meeting out West. You will get the opportunity to meet some great folk that have already done what you plan on and can share their experiences. You may have to indulge those out West with a or 2 or 3.

Back on topic though, have you considered buying bikes for your N.American jaunt vs shipping your bikes over?
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Firstly IS THERE a RORO ferry to the US? When I went over in 2006 - 17,000 miles, three months, East Coast to West Coast and back again, there wasn't one. What there was, was a vast Wallenius Wilhelmsen Line container ship which went from Southampton Terminal to Newark, NJ. I can give you details, phone numbers, people to speak to if you require.

Advice? Well I wrote shedloads on my trip at the time and will only re-write it if there's a demand.

125cc? There's no way I would undertake such a journey on such a small bike - I did it on a Pan European. Maybe you just want to try New England and (say) Niagara Falls?

Get back to me if you'd like more advice.
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If you are looking for some inspiration, here's a couple of guys who rode from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego on a pair of Honda Cubs - just 100cc each.

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I wrote to them one time and asked if they found it any problem to ride such small motorcycles such a great distance. This was the response I got:
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We didn´t have any problems with our bikes being too slow. The further south you go (away from the US border) the slower traffic gets.

In the US and Canada we rode mainly backroads. Most places we went were so remote that there was virtually no traffic anyway. In big cities (we were in Las Vegas, Vancouver, Panama City, to name a few), the C90´s were plenty fast enough.

In Central and South America we found we could keep up with traffic well. We ALWAYS pulled over if a faster truck or car wanted to pass us, just to avoid holding them up (we had all the time in the word anyway), but this really didn´t happen all that much.

There were a few scary moments (torrential rainstorms in Panama, bad potholed roads in Costa Rica in the rain), but these same situations would have scary on any bike! In fact we travelled together with a German on a KTM 640 four more than two months who just putt putted along behind us, enjoying the scenery, stopping for pictures and saving shitloads on gas. He thought our speed was brilliant.

One thing: two slow bikes is better than one. With two slow bikes you can occupy more space on the road (use 3/4 of the lane) so upcoming traffic will spot you earlier and be able to get a better reading on your speed vs theirs.
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