Yet again, another old and familiar story: I’m in the process of trying to plan a North American trip this summer on our 2008 1200gsa . The premise of the plan started after hearing about the “Fly your Bike” scheme that Air Canada had been running previously.
So the idea is to:
• Fly me, my wife and the bike to Toronto in mid-May.
• Travel via Manitoulin Island to Sault Ste Marie and then cross into the USA.
• Then spend the remainder of the 10 weeks meandering due west, through North and South Dakota, Montana, into Washington and Oregon.
• After the allotted time, pass back into Canada and fly back from Calgary.
• I’ve spoken with Air Canada who’ve given a rough price of £750 to fly the bike out as long as we fly with Air Canada. I haven’t as yet got a price for the flight back from Calgary. I’m also considering other shipping companies such as James Cargo but travelling back from LA.
Although I’ve done trips around Spain, to Croatia etc. I’ve never done anything like the above. With this in mind, can anyone:-
• See any glaring problems with the plan- weather, insects/mosquitos etc?
• Give recommendations for motorcycle insurance and health insurance which will of course cover a prolonged motorcycle trip?
• Recommend suitable tyres as I suspect some roads and byroads in the north west of the US may be gravel etc.
I’m sure other topics will come to me.
Thanks in advance for any future advice/recommendations.
Cheers Andy
So the idea is to:
• Fly me, my wife and the bike to Toronto in mid-May.
• Travel via Manitoulin Island to Sault Ste Marie and then cross into the USA.
• Then spend the remainder of the 10 weeks meandering due west, through North and South Dakota, Montana, into Washington and Oregon.
• After the allotted time, pass back into Canada and fly back from Calgary.
• I’ve spoken with Air Canada who’ve given a rough price of £750 to fly the bike out as long as we fly with Air Canada. I haven’t as yet got a price for the flight back from Calgary. I’m also considering other shipping companies such as James Cargo but travelling back from LA.
Although I’ve done trips around Spain, to Croatia etc. I’ve never done anything like the above. With this in mind, can anyone:-
• See any glaring problems with the plan- weather, insects/mosquitos etc?
• Give recommendations for motorcycle insurance and health insurance which will of course cover a prolonged motorcycle trip?
• Recommend suitable tyres as I suspect some roads and byroads in the north west of the US may be gravel etc.
I’m sure other topics will come to me.
Thanks in advance for any future advice/recommendations.
Cheers Andy