jacobhawkins

Getting fucked at work now, apparently taking a week and a half and trying to miss the Saturday you come back is frowned on. I'll plan on making the 83/93 intersection, get a few hours in at least. If I get really hosed, I'll post up.

Yeah man, I just wasn't sure if you were holding back too much last time. Looking forward to it.

Thank UP, that is what I'm looking for. Quicker than I normally ride but I felt comfortable following you two. Saturday opened up for me but I'll work as late as 11 depending on when the meet is. Sunday is better for me all around though.

Cool, sounds like my sort of thing.

Don't know how brisk is brisk... I'd like to ride Sunday. If I'm behind at the road changes, is waiting a minute OK with this group? Otherwise I can catch up at gas if need be. No ego here.

Med fast for me.

Seemed to me it was at about 2 in the morning judging by the lack of customers, night time, and zero cars in the lot. I'm "sure" there were plenty of carts available to people who really needed them. Funny video. I'd be curious to see the next 20 minutes of what happened.

Groups are kept under 10. Come on out, lot of good people to meet.

I was hoping you'd chime in, it seems like you love your vfr1200. Next bike around I'll have to give one of those a look.

It was a good looking bike, led lights were cool too.

And Todd dates a Tranny?

Oo Oo Oo! Ouch! You ok? Looked like it ended about as well as it could have.

Haha It is kinda funny though, zzzzZZZZ! Not as bad as some Honda STs I've heard, but come on Yamaha...

Last pic not from the ride, but just down the road from where we are staying is English Bay, awesome in the morning. For all the wussiness of their speed limits, it sure is a beautiful place. Can you belive 30k over the limit is 7 days impound of your vehicle??? Luckily only saw one cop the whole trip! haha

Yeah man, I was thinking the whole time how right you were... Still a great time!

Can't post pictures very well so I'll wait until I get home... Picked the VFR up and rode through the city to get to where I needed to be and thought it was awesome. You're right, Nivin, around town it was great, really easy to control, fun exhaust note compared to the sewing machine of my FJR. From Vancouver to Whistler on 99 was easy fun, kind of like the BRP but with higher speed traffic. Easy curves, great views, really a fantastic "highway". Pemberton to Lillooet was the best part of the ride, minimal traffic, awesome mountains, followed several creeks along the way. Road conditions were pretty good overal, a few sections without edge lines and gravel, but there was lots of new pavement as well. Curve intensity was pretty low with the exception of a few gravel filled switchbacks, nothing like what I was hoping for, but SEO is pretty tough to compare too. Would I do it again, oh yeah, maybe look for another road, but this was a cool day to start of experiencing BC motorcycling. The VFR? Having come from a Nighthawk to an FJR, I was excited to try something more sport. Seating position was great, not sore at all after 650k, had a lot more in me, but dinner was calling and getting back into Vancouver can be hell in the evening. After I turned it back in, I asked the guy if they detuned these things before letting them out (No). It was an absolute dog above 150K, (about 90mph) and could barely get to 200k. Don't really need to go that fast, but it was surprising how little go it had compared to my FJR. I thought it handled well, getting down the mountains was fun, but I know I'm faster on my FJR. Of course I'm more willing to push it on roads I know on a bike I'm familiar with but the lack of power was noticable. ABS was pretty smooth, not nearly as agressive as the (Gen 2) FJR and while it had traction control, I don't think I used it. The VTEC was kinda neat, there was a noticible change in exhaust note and power just kept coming. I know there were complaints about the old versions being overly aggressive when the VTEC kicked in. I didn't get caught too many times kicking into VTEC mid corner thankfully. When it did happen, the sound was more distracting then the power. 2 up was fine for the hour and half Katie was with me this morning, she was hoping for more time, but we needed to get back to turn it in. When I was riding through town and up to Whistler, I was thinking I wouldn't mind having this instead of the FJR, but after a day on it, I don't think its for me. Really fun bike, I think in a more low speed, tighter situation, it would really excel and the fact that it had ABS and traction control is appealing.

Yeah, Mike, that's where I'm heading first. Plenty of water and snacks in the tank bag, long day planned. https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Vancouver,+BC,+Canada/Kamloops,+BC,+Canada/Cache+Creek,+BC,+Canada/Whistler,+BC,+Canada/Vancouver,+BC,+Canada/@50.3675185,-121.0996639,8.82z/data=!4m42!4m41!1m5!1m1!1s0x548673f143a94fb3:0xbb9196ea9b81f38b!2m2!1d-123.1207375!2d49.2827291!1m15!1m1!1s0x537e2cd33d0d3b31:0xd23e96aa9a6945e7!2m2!1d-120.3272674!2d50.674522!3m4!1m2!1d-120.6716738!2d50.6298326!3s0x54802b5cffd85071:0xb8e66ceb4db5cc69!3m4!1m2!1d-121.0579497!2d50.5243581!3s0x54804aeac70eb4e7:0xa4c3b5d2ffa28618!1m5!1m1!1s0x548015650485d761:0xc7660968933f7707!2m2!1d-121.3233237!2d50.8108099!1m5!1m1!1s0x54873cb203957b87:0x4ab741e875f5cff6!2m2!1d-122.9573563!2d50.1163196!1m5!1m1!1s0x548673f143a94fb3:0xbb9196ea9b81f38b!2m2!1d-123.1207375!2d49.2827291!3e0?hl=en-US

Seems like my decision was made for me, all the Triumphs are spoken for at this rental place, so its a VFR for me! Never would have thought a modern 800 cc bike would be called anemic... Haha. Been looking up routes and there are some really beautiful areas within a day's loop. Can't wait!

I'll be in Vancouver, BC from July 27-August 5

I'm going on vacation on the north west coast next week and will likely rent a motorcycle for a day. Looking between a new VFR and a Triumph Sprint. Katie will be on the back for maybe an hour and a half, but then I'll be gone the rest of the day. Thoughts between the two? Never been on either one, but they both appeal as something lighter/more nimble than my FJR. I will be in the mountains looking for fun, but some amount of comfort is important to get the most out of my 24 hour rental. Would the Sprint be too much like the FJR?