Tonik Posted July 5 Report Share Posted July 5 We leave in a few minutes. Newfoundland, you have been warned. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba Posted July 5 Report Share Posted July 5 Dude, Haven't you already done an "epic" trip at least once this year? Yer taking this retired thing WAY TOO SERIOUSLY! Have fun. Send pix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted July 5 Author Report Share Posted July 5 Not much in the way of pics today. Slab to Rome NY and a casino. Tomorrow will be better ride. 9 across VT and NH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted July 6 Author Report Share Posted July 6 Nice ride through the mountains so far on 7. Bizarre store at the Vermont border. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted July 6 Author Report Share Posted July 6 Found @Pauly 's bike in Vermont. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted July 6 Author Report Share Posted July 6 (edited) Stopped at a light in Concord NH. Cop pulls up beside me and looks over. I tapped like hell on the top of my helmet. He lost it. Edited July 6 by Tonik 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted July 7 Author Report Share Posted July 7 Dover NH tonight. Dinner at Newiks Lobster House. If I am within a few hundred miles of this place I stop. It will be the best lobster you have ever had. Yes, it all comes on paper plates with plastic utensils. Deal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pauly Posted Monday at 02:36 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 02:36 PM Isaac lives in Dover. Now I have two reasons to make a trip out there this summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted Monday at 03:14 PM Author Report Share Posted Monday at 03:14 PM 37 minutes ago, Pauly said: Isaac lives in Dover. Now I have two reasons to make a trip out there this summer. You will want 9 and 7 across VT and NH. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted Monday at 05:55 PM Author Report Share Posted Monday at 05:55 PM (edited) Casino in Bangor, then Stephen King's House, and the standpipe that inspired It. He wrote much of it in the park there. Edited Monday at 05:56 PM by Tonik 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted Monday at 07:55 PM Author Report Share Posted Monday at 07:55 PM On 7/6/2025 at 1:24 PM, Tonik said: Found @Pauly 's bike in Vermont. A day later and 50 miles into Canada ran across this guy again. He is off to do the Cabot trail. It's a sign Paul, you need to buy it back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted Monday at 10:14 PM Author Report Share Posted Monday at 10:14 PM Shaved prime rib on a Yorkshire puff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pauly Posted Tuesday at 06:05 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 06:05 PM On 7/7/2025 at 11:14 AM, Tonik said: You will want 9 and 7 across VT and NH. I was taking that route when you were still riding a Kawasaki. I have the written warnings to prove it. 😆 Side note: NHSP are very polite. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted Tuesday at 09:48 PM Author Report Share Posted Tuesday at 09:48 PM (edited) 3 hours ago, Pauly said: I was taking that route, and cluelessly driving right past the best lobster in the world, when you were still riding a Kawasaki. FTFY Edited Tuesday at 09:48 PM by Tonik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted Tuesday at 09:51 PM Author Report Share Posted Tuesday at 09:51 PM Foggy, very cool and damp slab ride to northern NS. We are parked for the night right next to where we grab the ferry in the morning. Wife was very uncool and would not let me repel off the 12th floor of yesterdays hotel. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted Tuesday at 11:45 PM Author Report Share Posted Tuesday at 11:45 PM Lot of Harleys at the hotel tonight. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted Wednesday at 11:33 AM Author Report Share Posted Wednesday at 11:33 AM Boarding in a couple of hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tonik Posted Wednesday at 09:45 PM Author Report Share Posted Wednesday at 09:45 PM Ferry ride is done. Parked nearby at our hotel. Canada is weird. Newfoundland has a 30 minute time zone offset. As usual, cagers in the way getting off the ferry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bowdog Posted Thursday at 01:26 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 01:26 PM Interested to know your thoughts on the actually fairy ride itself...Supposed to take that exact fairy in September for a Moose hunt in Newfoundland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted Thursday at 02:58 PM Author Report Share Posted Thursday at 02:58 PM 1 hour ago, bowdog said: Interested to know your thoughts on the actually fairy ride itself...Supposed to take that exact fairy in September for a Moose hunt in Newfoundland. I am assuming you are doing the North Sydney to Aux Port Basque run. Try and get the midnight to 7 am ferry and get a cabin and sleep. If you don't you end up spending the night before nearby, ride the noon to 6 pm and basically drive to another hotel. The night run seems to sell out pretty far in advance so plan ahead. If you are doing North Sydney to St Johns that is 16 hours, so you damn well better get a cabin. We had to take the noon run. Still got a cabin. Well worth it, you can get away from everyone and have at sea sex. Food and whatnot is actually pretty good. There is a bar too. You will be tempted to get there early. Don't bother. Loading won't start until 90 minutes before departure. They want you there 2 hours ahead, so 2 hours and 1 minute is more than enough. Lots of people came well after the 2 hour warning. All in all, it was a very enjoyable time except tying down the bike. Their straps blew dead goats. The ratchets were corroded with salt and you had to fight them. Plus I had to do it twice, old French dude in front of me had no idea what he was doing. There are moose everywhere you look. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted Thursday at 03:00 PM Author Report Share Posted Thursday at 03:00 PM Oh, and no matter what they say, the wireless Internet does not work at sea. It's always broke I was told. And it was a very calm ride. Honestly we probably didn't need to tie the bikes down. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted Thursday at 09:00 PM Author Report Share Posted Thursday at 09:00 PM Parked for the night in St. John NL. Damn that was a long ass ride. Non stop amazing scenery, fucking moose everywhere. No pics, couldn't do the scenery justice. Tomorrow we hop on a boat early to go whale hunting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted Thursday at 11:58 PM Author Report Share Posted Thursday at 11:58 PM Cod tongues and a moose burger for dinner. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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