10/24/08 - Re: Northern Canadian Odyssey - James Bay Road

I forgot about this as I got a bit annoyed about being unable to post the rest of the report and no answe from Xplor on my problems.

If anyone is interested in reading this report in it's entirely, it's on my webpage at the following link:

 http://www.jdmetzger.com/rides/rr-jbrtoc.html

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02/12/08 - Re: Northern Canadian Odyssey - James Bay Road

I'd like there to be more.  I've been trying to post the next update and it keeps giving me errors that there has to be body text and a subject.  I have both.  I've also tried shortening the next section, and a million other things.  Emails to the site go unanswered....  I'll try something else later tonight and see what happens.  Stay tuned! 

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01/30/08 - Re: Northern Canadian Odyssey - James Bay Road

Now that the setup is out of the way, the trip begins.
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Riding across Wisconsin over miles of smooth pavement through sparse traffic was a rather anticlimatic way of starting what was to be my ultimate trip for the year. The engine hummed beneath me in a way only an Airhead boxer at 75-80mph can. In the meantime, visions of the journey ahead swam through my mind. I stopped infrequently when the sudden stumbling of the engine reminded me we were short on fuel, and once switc...

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01/30/08 - Northern Canadian Odyssey - James Bay Road

I posted this story on the BMWMOA website and on other websites.  It was received well, so I'm putting it up for people over here, as well. 

With that out of the way; this is the story of my trip on the James Bay Road in July '07. I started from the BMWMOA rally in Wisconsin, worked my way north around Lake Superior, across Northern Ontario into Quebec, and then up the James Bay Road. This first post is just a prologue, and from there will be the story. Enjoy!

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