Hello from Victoria, BC

[EskimoDave]

I'm a little late from the yahoo group too ... I was a lurker there until just last week when I had a question about exhausts. That is being taken care of as we speak so in the meantime I should post here and make myself less of a stranger.

I have a 1985 FJ1100 which is stock except for a supertrapp exhaust and I'm missing the belly pan. I am planning a trip in the next few days to see some old friends in Edmonton ... then a week in Inuvik to see family, hence the eskimo in my moniker ... and then a move to Ontario on the bike no less. Most of my stuff will be mailed or shipped to me later but I really wanted to take the bike to do this move. It's a little over 5,000Kms on the bike so I hope the old girl holds together ... actually I hope I hold together too.

Nice to see lots of old faces here ... I will definitely take more time to post here ... seems like a great group again!   

[Fred]

Welcome!  post a report on your trip!

fred

[jvb_ca]

Hey Dave...[waving from Ontario]...welcome..
Sounds like you have quite a trip in front of you. I am sure you will thoroughly enjoy it. And I'm he sure the FJ will get you here.
What part of Ontario are you heading for? And why are you leaving Victoria?? ..that place is like a piece of heaven.

Cheers...Jake

[EskimoDave]

Victoria is a beautiful city and the ("quote-unquote") year round riding is nice ... the rain wasn't too bad this year, it was the 3 week of snow that kept us all off the roads. But alas I was laid off from my job in August and have been making ends meet with contract work ever since so I figured it was time to get back into the work force and it seems as though Ontario is doing better than BC at the moment.

I used to live in Haileybury, up past North Bay so I am heading there first and then I'd love to find work in either Nrth Bay, Sudbury or Ottawa but I would move to TO as well if need be.

I will definitley post some ride reports ... and just to be clear I am not driving to Inuvik, I will be flying. I was just there about 3weeks ago though and some guy had driven his BMW up the Dempster in a snow suit ... it was -30 while I was there for a few days so you know he was devoted to biking!

Dave