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7 INTAKE Letters from our members.

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10 NEWS AROUND THE WORLD Daytona hits 75; PD13 preview; H-D® Museum news; To wave or not.

14 BACKSTAGE Bike Night at the Harley-Davidson Museum™ in Milwaukee.

16 GALLERY Photos from the field. On the cover: 38 A group of riders on the backroads near Frontier Ghost Town, near Durham, Ontario, 47 BACK SHOP 54 RIDING STORIES en route to the Freedom Machine Show last The Maritimes by Motorbike: summer. Photo by Dan Lim. 48 PIT STOP On Canada’s East Coast, the people Touring 101 – Things to consider before are as nice as the roads. you take your first big motorcycle trip. Northern Migration: Trip of a lifetime for a Virginia couple. 50 RALLY RIDES 2016 North American HOG® Rallies. Recharging in California: December ride to the Golden State just what 52 ENTHUSIASTS Meet Angela Shulman. these Quebec riders needed.

66 ARCHIVES History Unfolded: Vintage posters showcase the Motor Company’s storied past.

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TOC.indd 4 2/11/16 1:13 PM THE PHOTOGRAPHY ISSUE HOG® MAGAZINE CANADA SPRING 2016

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22 CAPTURING THE PASSION 30 CRUISING THE WINDY CITY 40 LOW RIDER Toronto chapter photographer HOG®‘s Wide Glide takes on The 2016 Low Rider™ S model is H-D’s Dan Lim’s passions for photography Chicago’s city streets. most powerful Dyna® motorcycle yet. and motorcycles converge. By Josh Kurpius. By Charles Plueddeman. Story by Dustin A. Woods. Photography by Dan Lim. 38 A CVO SEA CHANGE 42 EUROPEAN VACATION The 2016 CVO Pro Street A two-up, two- wheeled alpine 28 SMARTPHONE: Breakout® model. CAPTURING THE RIDE By Charles Plueddeman. adventure on the road to Faaker See. No fancy camera required. Story and photos by Matt King. Tips and photos by Carlan Tapp.

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Say Cheese! If you’re over the age of 30, you probably remember the days before cellphones. Now, you probably can’t remember the last time you saw a payphone. I’m dating myself by saying this, but I do remember life without a cellphone. I even held out on getting one for a while, adamant that nobody needed to be able to reach me anywhere, anytime. Admittedly, I do still feel that way most of the time, but I like having the option to be on or off the grid whenever I want (is there any feeling better than hitting decline on an unwanted caller?). But I also admit I never leave home without my phone and usually feel anxious without it. Besides, riding a Harley® is still one of the best ways ever to leave the world behind, with or without your phone. Unlike Harley-Davidson® motorcycles, cellphones haven’t aged particularly gracefully over the years since they were introduced. Remember Gordon Gecko in Wall Street working some big deal while talking into a gigantic brick of a phone? That thing was gee-whiz back in 1987, but it looks really hokey today. Compare that to the timeless look of a late-‘80s Heritage Softail™. But I digress. My point is that advancements in mobile phone technology have been phenomenal, and that’s been a boon to riders in particular. Regardless of how you feel about our social addiction to mobile electronic devices, there’s no disputing that a smartphone is a really handy device to have on a motorcycle, especially when Advancements in mobile you’re lost, almost out of gas or need to take a picture. Great photos are always at phone technology have your fingertips when you’re armed with a smartphone. This issue of HOG® Magazine Canada is packed with articles that bring all these been phenomenal, and points into focus. For an example of the power of great photos, see the feature on that’s been a boon to riders HOG® member Dan Lim, who’s combined his passion for photography and riding in particular. ... Great photos into an amazing body of work. Then take a look at the HOG® rally map and our riding features for some great ideas about places to go and things to see. Finally, check out are always at your fingertips “5 Tips to Capture the Ride with your Smartphone” to learn how to get the most out when you’re armed with a of your own cellphone’s photo capabilities. smartphone. Armed with the motivation to create your own memories and the skills to record them, please share your stories and photos with us, no matter what kind of camera you use. The sharing part is really easy: Use the “Share Your Story” submission button on hog.com or email us at [email protected]. Or, if you insist on doing it the old-fashioned way, you can even mail us through Canada Post. If you need the address, just Google it on your phone.

Matt King, Editor in Chief

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for the harley canadian -davidson ® I just wanted to tell you of our appreciation for the great edition enthusiast since 1916 articles on riding in different parts of the USA. My wife and I are Canadian snowbirds with a winter home in Sun City, Ariz., and HOG® MAGAZINE CANADA IS PUBLISHED BY have an extensive trip planned for June, through Texas to New HARLEY-DAVIDSON CANADA LP AND THE Orleans and then up to Johnson City, Tenn., taking in the Tail HARLEY OWNERS GROUPTM of the Dragon and the Blue Ridge Parkway to D.C. From there SEND US YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO: we will go to Ohio and on to Chicago. In Chicago, we will meet [email protected] up with a group called the Mother Road Ride Rally, which will HOGMAGAZINECANADA.CA HOG® MAGAZINE CANADA FEATURES SOME CONTENT follow the original Route 66 all the way back to Santa Monica. FROM THE US, EMEA AND AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND This will be our first trip of more than two or three days on our EDITIONS OF HOG® MAGAZINE. 2007 Electra Glide® Classic, and we have been anticipating the PRODUCTION, DESIGN & SALES BY adventure for over two years. Please keep the articles 2016 HOG ® 2016 RALLIES: ADVENTURES AHEAD WINTER $6.99 48 HOURS IN MONTREAL can and ride ideas coming. PILGRIM ROAD

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Canada & Arizona MATT KING EDITOR IN CHIEF GORDIE BOWLES EDITORIAL & PRODUCTION KAT MORGENROTH DESIGN CHRISTINA NEWBERRY COPY EDITOR DUSTIN WOODS SENIOR WRITER AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN and could see the fairly long LANE SPLITTING, TYLER HUNT WEB DESIGNER HIGH ENOUGH straightaway ahead. It’s slick – CALIFORNIA PAUL SOLOVYOV IT PROGRAMMER The Pit Stop article “Because I can “see” around the curves Please direct any advertising inquiries to STYLE [email protected] It’s There” (Winter 2016) was so I know what to expect next. While my wife and I were very interesting and informative. travelling on our 2005 FLHTC We care about you. Ride safely, respectfully and within the limits of the law and your abilities. ® I live in Montana and spend Bill Greer Electra Glide Classic in Always wear an approved helmet, proper eyewear much of each short season Via email Los Angeles, I noticed other and protective clothing and insist your passenger does too. Never ride while under the influence of riding back roads in the Rockies, bikes “filtering” through. alcohol or drugs. Know your Harley® motorcycle and read and Bitterroots, Cascades and BRAVE THE I remembered I’d read in understand your owner’s manual from cover Cabinets. What a privilege! ELEMENTS California it was acceptable. to cover. HOG® Magazine Canada is published quarterly by Harley-Davidson Canada LP and ® Several of Mike’s suggestions We have a 2005 Road King I put on my high beams and the Harley Owners GroupTM. Due to various are important and useful, but Classic. We’ve been everywhere slowly started to move past circumstances, some information in this issue is subject to change. I’d like to add another one: on her with no windshield: the cars. Of course, the width of No part of this publication may be reproduced invest in a GPS. East Coast on the Cabot Trail to the bike concerned me, but I for any reason without the expressed written consent of Harley-Davidson Canada LP and the My wife gave me one for the Tail of the Dragon, N.C., then felt more confident as I rode. Harley Owners GroupTM. By sending your submissions, you are giving Christmas a couple years south in the Florida Keys and Passing a cop car would be Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Harley- ago. I mounted it on my trusty west to B.C. and the California the test, but he didn’t even Davidson Canada LP, the Harley Owners GroupTM, and their affiliates, the unrestricted right, ® 2009 Road Glide , thinking it coastline and through the Rocky look at us. As I slowly kept permission, and authority to use and publish would be useful for navigation. Mountains on the Beartooth moving, cars would pull over your name and city of residence, any photograph or image of you, including any statements you And it was! But there was Highway – and more. We have as much as they could to help make, for publication in HOG® Magazine Canada another huge benefit that I two windshields (large and me pass! Get to the front, go or for posting on hog.com, without consideration or compensation of any kind whatsoever. You never realized until a trip to small) like brand new sitting like hell at the green light and further hereby irrevocably release and waive any right, claim, or cause of action you may have California. As I was leaning in our trailer. If it gets to the repeat. This was amazing! against Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Harley- into a tight turn, I thought to feeling we need a windshield, I encountered no negativity Davidson Canada LP, the Harley Owners GroupTM, and their affiliates, for compensation, libel, or myself, “I wonder what’s on the we will get a convertible car. at all. invasion of privacy, or any other liability whatso- other end of this curve; does ever. Harley Owners GroupTM reserves the right to edit stories for content, length and clarity. With it straighten out or tighten Bill & Rosey Bourne Tom Anguish the purchase of any new Harley-Davidson® model ® up?” Then I glanced at my GPS Ontario St. Thomas, Ontario from an authorized Canadian Harley-Davidson Dealer, you will receive a free, full one-year membership in HOG. Always ride with a helmet. Ride defensively. We welcome all letters and feedback to HOG® Magazine Canada. Distributed exclusively in Canada by Harley-Davidson Canada LP. To find your local Letters should be 100-150 words. E-mail your feedback to authorized Canadian Harley-Davidson® Dealer, [email protected] and put “Intake” in the e-mail subject. visit www.harley-davidson.com today. ©2016 H-D or its affiliates. H-D, Harley, Harley-Davidson and Include your name, telephone number and e-mail address. We reserve the bar & shield logo are among the trademarks of H-D U.S.A., LLC. the right to edit submissions for length and clarity. Printed in Canada.

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H-D ROCKS and Low Rider™ S at the first- GAME OF ever HOG Black Curtain events THRONES MOTORCYCLE in Toronto and Montreal. STARS TO PLAY SHOWS H-D Canada started 2016 with VIVA KNIEVEL H-D PIONEERS a cross-country tour of the The Discovery Channel has cast Supershow and the 7 MMIC BIKE ON THE two Game of Thrones actors to motorcycle shows in Calgary, MARKET star in Harley and the Davidsons, Edmonton, Vancouver, Quebec The Harley-Davidson® XL1000 a based-on-a-true-story City, Moncton, Toronto and Sportster® motorcycle used miniseries. Michiel Huisman Montreal. in the feature film Viva Knievel will star as Walter Davidson, and With great attendance at was on view earlier this year British actor Robert Aramayo will all eight stops of the tour at Bonhams’ sixth annual play William Harley. Bug Hall (of there was tremendous buzz motorcycle auction in The Little Rascals) will portray in early March. Once surrounding model year 2016 Las Vegas. The motorcycle was Arthur Davidson. The miniseries, synonymous with the Daytona products, pricing, HDFSC custom built by Bud to be released sometime in 2016 200 motorcycle race, which offers and the Low Ekins with cosmetic on The Discovery Channel, will moved from the hard-packed Rider™ S and CVO modifications and tell the story of how the young sand of Daytona Beach, Fla., Breakout® launches in an eagle head fairing Milwaukee friends created the to the high banks of Daytona Toronto and Montreal. to look similar to building blocks of the mega- International Speedway in 1961 HOG members Evel Knievel’s Harley- brand of Harley-Davidson. (won by Harley® rider Roger enjoyed VIP entry at Davidson XR-750 Reiman), the rally has become select MMIC shows model. The bike was one of the largest in the world and exclusive recently repainted by DAYTONA and is for many the “official” members only George Sediak, HITS 75 start of riding season. The 2016 previews who did the The Daytona Bike Week will event dates are March 4-13th. of the CVO original paint work celebrate its 75th anniversary daytonabikeweek.com Breakout® for the movie.

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DIVIDED HIGHWAYS TO WAVE or NOT? WE ASKED: With a simple hand gesture, motorcyclists connect on the road without saying a word. Yet the wave isn’t as simple as it seems. What are the right times to wave at a fellow rider? How do you wave? And do only Harley® motorcycle riders deserve your attention? How – and why – do you wave?

YOU SAID: I wave to everyone and most wave back, but most of ... We may not agree on bikes, brands or gear, but we’re all out there in the sport bike riders don’t. Sometimes when they see I’m a woman, the wind, loving the ride. –ZACH B. … The wave shows our awareness they don’t wave. –LYNN M. … I find myself waving much more often of one another, as well as delivering a message: keep the rubber on to fellow cruisers – regardless of brand – compared to sport bike the road, and have a safe and fulfilling ride. –JACKIE A. ... One day riders. I always return a wave to anyone who initiates it, but I almost when I was riding, a guy on a Harley® wearing leathers, looking never initiate a wave to a scooter rider. –JOE W. … When a young bad-ass, gave me the wave. I felt like I was now included. I give the lady dressed in pink riding a pink scooter gave me the biker wave, wave to all bikers, no matter the type of wave; it all counts. –BILL K. you bet I waved back. It’s not about what we ride but that we ride. … I wave at pretty much any rider. It takes a certain type of spirit –VIC E. … On a group ride, the responsibility of the wave belongs to ride, so why discriminate? –MARK W. … While I’m riding, it’s my to the sweep road captain, or there could be all sorts of confusion time, and I’m sorry, but I’m not waving at you while we pass each when hand signals are so important. –ERIC V. … I know older other on the highway. –ERIC P. … As much as possible, I wave at all bikers who can no longer throw their leg over the saddle but have riders. It’s about acknowledging a brother or sister who also rides no trouble mounting a scooter. I think these riders are definitely free! –GLENN W. … I believe the right time to wave is only when it’s deserving of a wave. –MIKE B. … In a world of lost civility, a simple safe to do so based on road and weather conditions. –BILL H. … gesture like a wave transports a person from isolation to a sense of I see riders more worried about waving than paying attention to community, even if only for a moment. It’s powerful. –TIMOTHY W. the road. –GREG S.

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hile the date may the event, a visit to the H-D W also be famous for a Canada booth promises successful movie franchise, to be well worth the trip. Friday the 13th has become Special guests include design synonymous with Port Dover team representatives. HOG® for those who ride. The 2016 members are encouraged to edition occurs in May, and stop by the booth to see new with Harley-Davidson Canada additions to the H-D® lineup in planning something big at all their glory.

What: Where: When: PD13 Ride Port Dover, Ontario Friday, May 13, 2016

HOG Frontshop.indd 11 2/11/16 1:50 PM FRONT SHOP NEWS 5 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT WELCOME RENEW THE RIDE THEY SAY MONEY IS According to a survey of Harley- 1 Davidson® motorcycle owners, HOME 99 per cent say one of the best aspects of A LETTER FROM motorcycling is being able to enjoy the great BILL DAVIDSON outdoors from the saddle of their Harley®. THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL. Renew the Ride™ is all about protecting and By now, you’ve probably heard the news preserving that freedom. that admission to the Harley-Davidson Museum™ here in Milwaukee is now Harley-Davidson is partnering with free to all HOG® members as part of your 2 the world’s leading conservation membership benefits package. Our doors organization, The Nature Conservancy, to are open any time you want to drop by. continuously producing motorcycles out of ensure we can enjoy riding now and long Just show your membership card and the the more than 150 motorcycle makers that into the future. tickets are on us. once operated in the United States. They If you’ve had a chance to visit since we also instilled in the company its foundational Through Renew the Ride, Harley- opened in 2008, you already know what a principles of staying focused, authentic 3 Davidson is rallying its community special place the museum is, and I hope and true to our purpose of building great of riders to get behind The Nature you’ll take advantage of this opportunity motorcycles and delivering incredible Conservancy’s Plant a Billion Trees to make many more visits. But if you’ve experiences to our riders. These elements initiative and support the planting of never been here, I’d like to tell you are in our “bricks” to this day and you can 50 million trees by 2025. a little about what makes it such an feel that here in the museum. unforgettable destination for anyone who The museum is also a gathering place for For approximately each dollar loves Harley-Davidson. people from all walks of life and every corner 4 donated, The Nature Conservancy When I walk through the exhibits, I get of the world to share their camaraderie, can plant one tree in endangered forests chills thinking about stories that come their stories and their motorcycles with around the world. alive here, starting with our four founders, each other. It’s a great atmosphere, and one of whom was my great-grandfather, Milwaukee is a greatNATURE place to visit. It’s the INDÉHarley-DavidsonPENDA dealershipsNTE are William A. Davidson. Beginning in 1903, home of Harley-Davidson,LES CARTES-CADEAUX and I’d like you 5 getting H-D® involved SONT by hosting Renew the these adventurous young men had the to feel like that makes it your home, too. Ride events and rides. Reach out to your foresight not only to save important objects And just like home,OFFERTES our doors are always DÈS MAINTENANTlocal Retailer to learn CHEZ about any LES upcoming from the company’s earliest days, including open and we can’tCONCESSIONNAIRES wait to see you here. Renew PARTICIPANTS. the Ride events. at least one motorcycle from every year of production, but also to make the right For more information about Renew the decisions at the right time that allowed Bill Davidson Ride or to sponsor the planting of trees, Harley-Davidson be the only company still Vice-President, Harley-Davidson Museum visit renewtheride.com.

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* $7,999 is the MSRP of the 2016 Harley-Davidson Street 500® in Vivid Black. Model depicted is the 2016 Harley-Davidson Street® 750 in Vivid Black with an MSRP of $8,899. Dealer pricing and availability may vary, check dealer for 12 hog® magazine canada » spring 2016 details. Not an offer for financing. ©2016 H-D or its affiliates. Harley-Davidson, Harley, H-D, and the bar and shield logo are among the trademarks of H-D U.S.A., LLC.

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THE LIQUID-COOLED REVOLUTION XTM ENGINE, NARROW FRAME, NIMBLE HANDLING, CAFÉ-INSPIRED WINDSCREEN AND NEW STOP-ON-A-DIME BRAKES LET YOU CUT THROUGH THE URBAN GRID. THE HARLEY-DAVIDSON STREET® 500. JOIN THE LIFESTYLE FOR $7,999.

*$7,999 is the MSRP of the 2016 Harley-Davidson Street 500® in Vivid Black. Model depicted is the 2016 Harley-Davidson Street® 750 in Vivid Black with an MSRP of $8,899. Dealer pricing and availability may vary, check dealer for details. Not an offer for financing. ©2016 H-D or its affiliates. Harley-Davidson, Harley, H-D, and the bar and shield logo are among the trademarks of H-D U.S.A., LLC.

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HOG = VIP Stunt rider Chris “Tice” Theis executes an artistic burnout as a new Harley Owners Group™ member benefit is ushered in during the mid-December Bike Night at the Harley- Davidson Museum™ in Milwaukee. The museum has swung its doors wide open to HOG® members from around the world by adding unlimited admission and VIP access to more than 112 years of Harley-Davidson history to the package of exclusive HOG membership benefits. As of 2016, all Full, Life and Associate HOG members simply show their membership cards at the door for exclusive members- only access to programs and benefits at the museum and online. For more information, visit h-dmuseum.com.

Photograph by Brad Chaney.

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1. More than 1,200 women riders gathered in California’s high desert last October for the Babes Ride Out. Photograph by Staci Wilt.

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2. Tracey Kerestesh takes in a brilliant moment of sunshine aboard her 2012 Harley® Fatboy® model after earning her motorcycle licence in October 2015. Photograph by Raina Reiland. PHOTO CREDIT: Raina Reiland 3. Michelle Arbour is planning her 2016 riding season after logging more than 9,000 kilometres on her 2013 Harley- Davidson® Switchback model in 2015.

4. Dan Buell of Kelowna, B.C., is more than stoked when he hops aboard his first Harley- Davidson® motorcycle.

5. Scot Ritchie and friend logged nearly 7,000 kilometres over 10 days alongside nine firefighters on a ride for the Fallen Firefighters Memorial.

6. Steve Cameron of the Chatham Kent Chapter in Ontario stops for a photo op.

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7. Malcolm Bunting riding in the clouds at more than 2,000 metres.

8. Todd Shulman takes in the “Grand Canyon of the East” in Pennsylvania during the NY State HOG Rally in 2015.

9. Rodney Bakken at the highest point of the Trans Canada Highway (Highway 1 at the Rogers Pass between Revelstoke and Golden, B.C.).

10. Bruce Wallace stops roadside while travelling from Vancouver to Nelson, B.C., going east along Highway 3 and passing through Greenwood.

11. Mark Keating captured this interesting perspective while riding in New Mexico (near Shiprock) in November 2015 aboard his 2005 Road King® motorcycle.

HOG Frontshop.indd 21 2/11/16 1:51 PM Dan Lim: Capturing PasSionthe Dan Lim’s passions for photography and motorcycles converge in his work as the Toronto chapter’s official photographer.

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22_27_Dan Lim.indd 23 2/11/16 1:35 PM You don’t choose your passion – it chooses you. Sure, there are external influences, circumstances or people in your life that create both memorable and pivotal moments, but you don’t get to pick what gets your motor running. The first time professional photographer and Toronto chapter member Dan Lim felt that undeniable gravitational pull was when he laid eyes on his Dad’s pride and joy, a twin lens reflex Yashica camera.

“My dad was what you would much of a handful. Harley was call a serious amateur,” always an aspirational brand Lim recalled. “He enjoyed I WAS BLOWN for him, and when it came time photography, but it wasn’t his to get back into riding, he was job. He made it very clear that I also attracted to the community AWAY BY THE ® was never to touch the camera that HOG offers. Having always unsupervised.” ridden alone or with a small The fateful day he was MAGIC OF IT group of friends, rather than granted permission to use the with a pack, he was drawn to Yashica, his life changed forever. ALL ... I WAS the culture of enthusiasm and “I remember I took a photo mentorship. of a friend riding a bicycle; I “I’ve never felt safer or had a panned as he rode by,” Lim said. HOOKED. greater sense of camaraderie He was clearly transported back to the moment as he than I do when riding with our chapter,” Lim said, adding recounted the experience, animated and enthusiastic, that the more experienced, veteran riders made him feel leaning forward and mimicking the motion as he spoke. welcome and treated him with respect. He said he found “My dad processed the image and I was blown away by himself improving as a rider by associating and riding with the magic of it all. That was it – I was hooked.” the group and found comfort, as did his wife, in the theory This fascination led Lim to pursue photography as a of safety in numbers. career, a path that has earned him numerous national “You’re safer together than and international awards and accolades. alone,” he said. “Motorists Sometimes lightning strikes twice, and for Lim, that give us the right of way or second surge was a bite from the motorcycle bug. Lim keep a wide berth. When you recalls the intoxicating exhilaration of speed on the ride solo, you don’t get the “crotch rockets” he rode during his formative years and same respect, if they even admits that he is lucky to be alive. “I had a few close see you at all.” calls resulting from inexperience and being stupid.” While he loved his 1200 Lim took one particularly close call as a sign that he Custom Sportster and now should put his hobby on ice for a while. Being a good wishes he’d had the foresight husband, father and provider meant being present in the to hold onto it as a lives of his wife and children while working hard to be chopper project, his successful in his career. But that spark never goes away, aspiration to participate no matter how much you try to extinguish or suppress in longer rides in more it. Now that his kids are older, Lim has once again comfort led him to embraced the call of the open road. “Time is something step up to a touring we don’t have much of,” he said, “so I don’t see any model. He chose a 2010 reason not to spend it doing things you enjoy.” Road Glide® model When Lim returned to riding as an adult, he did so because he believes it with a more mature mindset. Not having ridden in a to be the most visually while, he gravitated towards the Sportster® motorcycle. interesting bagger in It was powerful enough and fun to ride, but not too the lineup.

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DON’T SEE ANY REASON NOT TO “ SPEND IT DOING THINGS YOU ENJOY.

“It just resonated with me,” Lim said. “It sounds cliché, but the Lim said, “bringing the craft bike and I have bonded and I feel completely comfortable and at and aesthetic of professional one with it.” photography to the motorcycling Then came the day when his two worlds converged. Three years community, which I haven’t ago, Toronto chapter president Ron Porter asked Lim to be the really seen being done.” group’s official photographer, an offer he was initially somewhat Capturing the individuality reluctant to accept. of a motorcycle that has been “I love my work, but I approach it in specifically customized and a very professional manner,” he said. gear that has been weathered “Photography isn’t my hobby, or worn tells a story. It can it’s my job.” make for very powerful imagery Shooting campaigns for clients if you know what to look for and such as HBO, The Movie Network, how to catch it. TD Bank and Danier Leather requires Lim’s goal is always to capture working within strict parameters, the true essence of who a whereas Lim’s exploration of the person is when they are riding, Harley community captures real human which has been very rewarding experience through a shared passion for to him as both a photographer inanimate objects. Drawing out real and and a fellow rider. The best spontaneous emotions isn’t easy, and results come from spontaneous you can’t fake authenticity. moments when subjects aren’t Accepting the request as a acting or posing for the camera, commitment to his chapter and more sometimes when they don’t even of a personal project, Lim didn’t make a know he is shooting. conscious decision to shoot in a certain Motorcycles provide a unique aesthetic or style – he just did what came connection, but it is the people naturally. The results capture the mood in the community that keep and feelings experienced on the road. Lim inspired. He excels at both “I’m trying to filter this small piece of finding interesting subjects motorcycle culture through a new lens,” and making them comfortable

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22_27_Dan Lim.indd 26 2/11/16 1:35 PM CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

> Featured in a 20-minute Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) documentary on his photography work. > Featured photographer on Canada’s Next Top Model seasons 2 and 3. > Featured artist in numerous arts and photo industry magazines. > Winner of international awards including from the Communication Arts, Advertising and Design Club of Canada and Photo District News. WWW.THEMOTOFOTO.COM/#1

DAN’S TIPS: HOW TO SHOOT YOUR CLUB

> Remember: Photography is an intimate medium. Don’t be afraid to come in close on your subject. > Crop within your viewfinder. Fill the frame with your subject, whether it is a close-up of a bike, a portrait or a group shot. > Unless you’re photographing your enough to radiate the moment. Among the more subject against a majestic background memorable subjects was a man Lim crossed or a place for identification purposes, paths with at a HOG® rally in New York State get rid of the background. This will who had logged more than one million miles give your photos an immediate visual on a motorcycle that looked like it had lived photography has brought more impact, thus connecting your photo to through the apocalypse. Another had ridden passion to his career. It has the viewer. from Toronto to Uruguay, and his entire bike was allowed him to use his gift > Depending on the situation, adorned with signatures and quotes from shared for capturing the beauty and sometimes you can come in tighter experiences throughout the course of the ride. spontaneity of the moment, on your subjects without them even His bike was monument to that trip – a snapshot something he has spent a knowing. Amazing candid and real of happy moments in time shared by people with lifetime perfecting. moments can be captured this way. a common bond. “Being able to spend my free Use a compact, lightweight, wide So what is the result of Lim’s mixing business time exploring new places with magnification range zoom lens to and pleasure? He is not only convinced that good friends and meeting new accomplish this. A focal length range it has not taken away from his enjoyment of people is such a privilege,” of 24–135 mm should do the trick, and riding with his chapter, but actually believes he said. “I never take either try to compose your shot at maximum that combining his enjoyment of riding with for granted.” telephoto length.

22_27_Dan Lim.indd 27 2/11/16 1:35 PM MOVE IT –Moving the phone and reframing changes the composition to include more TIPS foreground or sky. to capture the Note that the two ride with your trees have remained 5 the same size; only their position SMARTPHONE within the frame framing has changed. No fancy camera required. 1 and focus exposure

everal years ago while on a here’s an old saying in commercial photo assignment, I was photography: The photographer EARLY MORNING is responsible for what goes in S asked a question that has stuck with T the frame. Before you take a picture, me ever since: “What’s in your toolkit?” In take a moment to look carefully at other words, what do you need to get the job the screen on your phone. Is there done? It really got me thinking. A camera anything in the picture you don’t want? is a tool, and a powerful one at that. But Sometimes moving your phone less taking good pictures is not so much about than an inch can make the difference the camera as it is about how it’s used. Good between a good picture and a great photographs require the photographer to one. Move the phone around to see how slow down, to see and personally express your composition within the frame will the world in front of them. This is true no change. Once you have the framing, a matter what type of camera you’re using. simple tap on the screen will set the focus and exposure. How do you do this travelling on a motorcycle? The answer, as it so often is on two wheels, is to keep it simple and travel light. These days, chances are the smartphone you carry comes with a pretty TWILIGHT good camera. And if you use it well, that Seeing can be all you need to capture memorable THE LIGHT images from any journey you take. Here are 2 a few tips for using your phone camera (or s the sun rises in the morning, a simple point-and-shoot) to improve your travels overhead, begins to fade picture taking and capture your next ride. Aand slowly disappears, the quality and feeling of the light changes. Our eyes adjust to the changes quickly. The TIPS AND PHOTOS by CARLAN TAPP camera can record the changes and colours in ways our eyes may miss. Try making photographs first thing in the photographs for this article were made morning, at midday, at twilight and in with an iphone using the hipstamatic app. the evening. Practice making pictures ©carlan tapp 2016, www.carlantapp.com. after dark; the results will amaze you.

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28_29_Capturing the ride.indd 28 2/11/16 1:22 PM LEFT Getting closer to the tires makes them appear gaining larger. RIGHT Warm colours some against cool colours create 3 perspective dimension. he distance of objects from your camera and from each other affects perspective. The closer your t subject is to the camera, the larger it will appear. Colour can affect perspective, too. Warm colours (reds and oranges) often appear to come forward, while cool colours (blues and greens) appear to recede. In addition, light-toned objects often appear to be closer than dark ones. Your point of view or vantage point can also have a strong influence on perspective. Look at the subject of your photograph standing at your normal height, then cut the height in half and then in half again. Look for angles and elements that can add interest.

LEFT Holding the phone about one metre off the ground. RIGHT Holding the phone above my head. Notice how the road in the second photograph The importance opens up with the change in camera height. 4 of Scale rain or shine ne reason landscape photographs may f you’re like me, you sure are happy when O not turn out as the sun is out and the road ahead is dry. expected is that they lack 5 I But the weather will change – always. scale. To create scale, use And weather, rain or shine, can help create interesting familiar objects in your photographs. When you stop to put on the rain gear, photographs. Small objects remember to pull out your phone and make some pictures. make the landscape appear A zipper-lock bag with a small hole cut for the lens makes wide and big. Large objects an inexpensive waterproof case for your phone. in the foreground make it appear smaller. As you frame your next landscape picture, try adding a familiar object – maybe your bike or a fellow rider.

top The rider in the foreground provides dimension in the surrounding environment. to p LEFT Early morning light bottom The motorcycle mixed with light fog on the helps create a sense of horizon. top right Riding into scale and depth in the storm clouds. RIGHT Heavy landscape. rain softens the scene.

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Stopped at the base of Willis Tower, which everybody still calls by its old name, the Sears Tower.

30_37_Chicago.indd 30 2/11/16 1:22 PM Cruising the WINDY

CITY HOG®'s Wide Glide takes on Chicago’s city streets By Josh Kurpius

* Riders depicted on location where helmet laws are not required. We recommend wearing an approved helmet, proper eyewear and protective clothing.

30_37_Chicago.indd 31 2/11/16 1:22 PM he truth is, I really don’t like riding in the city all that much. I would much rather be on an open road riding west into Ta sunset and not see another soul for hours. It doesn’t even have to be curvy, just … open. But it’s easy to find the beauty in every riding situation, whether it’s relaxing or testing your focus and endurance.

In the city, you’re dealing with traffic, chaos, distractions, noise, cabs, bike lanes, buses. But then you look up, and there’s all of this amazing architecture. And there are people everywhere. I love mountains and switchbacks, but I also love the challenges of riding in Chicago. Speed up, slow down. People on their cell phones. You have that whole element. It keeps you on your toes, and there’s a definite adrenaline rush. There’s so much to see and do in the city, and a lot of my best friends live in Chicago. I used to live there, too, but I just couldn’t handle all the congestion; I needed to get away. Now I live in Rockford, a couple hours west, but I go into the city as much as I can between road trips. That’s where the action is. You have all

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30_37_Chicago.indd 33 2/11/16 1:23 PM these amazing people to meet and places to experience. Chicago has an incredible skyline, second only to New York City, in my opinion. And Lake Michigan makes it a really special place. There’s a rhythm to the city. It takes on a whole different feel depending on when you ride there. I try to avoid riding during the day, especially during rush hours, when the traffic is really intense and the sidewalks are filled with businessmen and women. And parking is a real bitch. Even for a motorcycle, they make it difficult. You’d think they’d want to encourage motorcycles in the city to relieve some of the congestion, but it’s not hard to get a $100 parking ticket. Around 7 or 8 p.m. it starts to empty out, and you see a whole different crowd of people – more of the happy hour or tourist crowd, people out having a good time, not as serious as the businesspeople. But around 1 or 2 in the morning is when it really becomes my flavour. The streets empty out and get quiet. Partiers and second-shifters haunt the streets and bars. It becomes a whole different city. Between 4 and 5 a.m., if you’re still up and just leaving the Continental, the city seems more like a glassy pond at sunrise: still as can be Above: Heading north on Michigan Avenue near Congress Street. Right: Stopping with the occasional splash of a fish. These in at the Billy Goat Tavern, famous for the curse of the Cubs and the old Saturday are my favourite hours in Chicago. Night Live “Cheezborger, Cheezborger, Cheezborger” sketches.

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30_37_Chicago.indd 34 2/11/16 1:23 PM … around“ 1 or 2 in the morning is when it really becomes my flavour. The HERNANDEZ JUAN BY PHOTOGRAPHS streets empty out and get quiet. Partiers and second-shifters haunt the streets and bars. ”

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30_37_Chicago.indd 36 2/11/16 1:23 PM Recently, my friends and I took the work on our bikes, have a few cold ones great ride through Chicago. It always is 2015 HOG® project bike out for a spin and sometimes just pass the time. when you’re riding with good friends. through the city. Rain was a problem – as Starting from our shop on Grand and My buddy Lutchman (of Kendall I understand has been sort of a pattern Western, we headed east on Lake Street Painting and Fabrication), who painted the with the project bike this year. Instead (which runs underneath the “L”), south tank, had the honour of riding the 2015 of heading out on Saturday night as on Wacker past the Willis (Sears) Tower Wide Glide® project bike. He’s not used to planned, we hit the streets on Sunday and further east through Millennium such a luxurious ride; most of the bikes he morning. Normally things would be Park, then onto Lake Shore Drive heading usually rides are stripped-down choppers. pretty quiet then, but Chicago’s annual south. Then we ran back up past Soldier But I could tell by the look on his face he Lakefront Marathon made things lively. Field and made a little stop at the Adler was enjoying the change of pace. We hit all the spots we wanted to ride Planetarium. Then it was up Michigan Riding in the city is pretty amazing. It’s and made a loop through the city like Avenue past Grant Park to the Art Institute not the same as riding into the sunset on a we usually do. until it spit us back onto Lake Shore Drive. wide-open road or down a twisty coastline, The others in our crew were Mark, The crowds made it difficult to park and but the beauty is in the challenge of Cody, Dan and Tom. Along with 13 others, hang out like we otherwise would, and fighting taxicabs and seeing the diversity we’re all part of a collaborative shop we we couldn’t get onto Lake Shore Drive in the crosswalks – because you never call “Bravetown.” It’s our home away from heading north this time because “Bike the know what you’ll find on the ever-evolving home, a place to hang out with friends, Drive” was on. Besides that, it was a pretty streets of Chicago.

30_37_Chicago.indd 37 2/11/16 1:23 PM A CVO ® new, darker side of Harley-Davidson Custom Vehicle Operations (CVO) A emerges with the introduction of the ® 2016 CVO Pro Street Breakout motorcycle, a new model that combines performance with a long, muscular look steeped in drag- SEA CHANGE racing attitude. Its signature style comes from cutting-edge finishes applied with obsessive attention to custom detail. “The Pro Street Breakout is a sea change motorcycle for CVO,” said Harley-Davidson Styling Director Brad Richards. “In the past, THE 2016 CVO CVO has been about intricate paint in bright, primary colours and lots of chrome. But our customers tell us they are hungry for a different look. The Pro Street Breakout takes its cues from the streets and reflects our own changing tastes. It still delivers the depth of detail and value and the bragging PRO STREET rights the CVO customer expects, but gets there in a different way. Its colours may be subdued, but they also have incredible depth. We’re developing alternate finishes to bright chrome – brushed and anodized surfaces and tinted clear-coat, for example. BREAKOUT The Breakout really lent itself to this new styling direction.” STORY BY The CVO program is often used to CHARLES PLUEDDEMAN introduce new custom elements and techniques, and the dark styling direction of the CVO Pro Street Breakout model provided the Harley-Davidson design team with an MODEL opportunity to use several new treatments, like the Smoked Satin Chrome finish. “We worked intensely with our plating suppliers to develop the hue and depth of Smoked Satin Chrome, and we are the first to use it in the motorcycle industry,” said Harley-Davidson Senior Stylist Dais Nagao. “It’s a finish that looks really contemporary and exclusive but also kind of sinister. We’ve carefully placed Smoked Satin Chrome next to a black surface so it creates a layered effect. “For example, the top rocker cover is gloss black, and the lower cover is Smoked Satin Chrome. It’s on the exhaust heat shields next to the black engine and black mufflers. We used Smoked Satin Chrome on the oil lines and fittings to add an unexpected detail.”

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38_39_CVO.indd 38 2/11/16 1:24 PM Restyled derby and timing covers have gripped in a robust three-bolt triple-clamp, lights. Electronic cruise control and the a new mechanical look. Sheet metal is plus the added stopping power of dual front H-D® Smart Security System are also finished in solid Starfire Black or two-tone disc brakes with floating rotors, a Reduced standard equipment on the CVO Pro Street White Gold Pearl/Starfire Black, each with Reach front brake lever, and standard Anti- Breakout model. a single hand-applied graphic stripe flowing Lock Braking System. The stiff front end and “The Pro Street Breakout represents along the tank and rear fender to reinforce 19-inch front wheel enhance agility, while a new look for a CVO model, but the the performance theme of the CVO Pro a massive 240mm-wide rear tire effectively content and detail and exclusivity that has Street Breakout model. transfers power to pavement. always been a CVO hallmark is still there,” That performance is delivered by the There’s a lot of drag-racer influence found Richards said. “You can’t really see all of Screamin’ Eagle® Air-Cooled Twin Cam on the Pro Street Breakout model, from the this motorcycle on first impression. This 110B™, the most potent Harley-Davidson flat 1.25-inch drag-style handlebar to the bike takes five or six reads, and you’ll keep production engine. wind-cheating speed screen and the colour- noticing more and more details. That’s the To extract maximum performance, matched chin spoiler. Other styling features real magic of CVO – the bike keeps revealing the engine is fitted with black blunt-cut include a trimmed front fender, blacked-out itself even after you’ve been riding it for a mufflers, an open-element Screamin’ Airflow Collection accessories on hand and few months.” Eagle Heavy Breather Elite intake, and foot controls, black Profile custom mirrors a high-performance Assist & Slip clutch and a low-profile console with Smoked with hydraulic actuation. To help the rider braided vent lines. take full advantage of the Screamin’ Eagle LED lighting technology is featured “THE PRO STREET power, the CVO Pro Street Breakout model throughout the motorcycle, including the is equipped with new 43mm inverted forks headlight, turn signals, and tail and brake BREAKOUT REPRESENTS A NEW LOOK FOR A CVO MODEL, BUT THE CONTENT AND DETAIL AND EXCLUSIVITY THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CVO HALLMARK IS STILL THERE”

38_39_CVO.indd 39 2/11/16 1:24 PM THE LOW RIDERTM S COMBINES SCREAMIN' EAGLE ® PERFORMANCE AND DARK CUSTOM STYLE IN A POWERFUL NEW CRUISER

low RideRRideR LOW RIDER S THE 2016 CHARLES PLUEDDEMAN STORY BY

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® SCREAMIN' EAGLE TWIN CAM 110TM ENGINE

he Low Rider™ S model offers Those essential elements begin with it shares an attitude. This is how Harley- the unrelenting power of the the powertrain. The Screamin’ Eagle Twin Davidson defines performance.” Screamin’ Eagle® Twin Cam Cam 110 engine is a powerhouse V-Twin One element of the Low Rider S model 110™ engine and is the most and the largest displacement engine relevant to both style and performance is a TT ® powerful Dyna model ever produced by Harley-Davidson installs at the factory. distinctive speed screen fairing, a feature Harley-Davidson. Upgraded suspension Equipped with a Screamin’ Eagle Heavy that gives the bike a strong visual identity and brakes complete the performance Breather performance intake and Fat on the road. package of a motorcycle that’s stripped Bob®-style 2-into-2 exhaust, this engine “When you ride fast in this upright down and ready for action. pounds out 115 foot pounds of peak torque position, you need a little wind protection,” The Low Rider S joins the 2016 Fat at 3500 rpm – 13 per cent more than the said Harley-Davidson Senior Stylist Dais Boy® S and Softail Slim® S models as the standard Low Rider model. Cruise control Nagao. “The way we inset the headlamp third in the Harley-Davidson® S Series of enabled by an electronic throttle control is deeper into the speed screen also gives cruiser motorcycles. Designed to deliver standard equipment. the Low Rider S an aggressive face. It’s maximum performance with styling inspired The Low Rider S model is equipped to be a powerful way to communicate the by cutting-edge trends in global custom as maneuverable as it is powerful. Premium personality of the motorcycle.” motorcycle culture, S Series models are Ride nitrogen gas-charged emulsion shocks The solo seat, chopped rear fender and built for riders who want to stand out on the and a Premium Ride cartridge fork deliver side-mount licence plate keep the rear end toughest bike in town. exceptional handling and comfort. Triple uncluttered. No colour makes a statement “Many customers have asked when disc brakes with dual floating front rotors like black, and the Low Rider S model is Harley would build another FXR,” said are equipped with standard ABS. A new solo offered only with Vivid Black on the sheet H-D Styling Director Brad Richards. “This seat, flat drag bar on 5.5-inch-tall risers metal. Other black finishes maintain the is our answer to that question. The Low and mid-mount controls put the rider in an dark theme, from the forks to the console Rider S is informed by the current tall-bike aggressive hands-up position square over to the rear fender struts. The single custom trend and our own styling heritage, the pegs. exception: new Magnum Gold lightweight but also seeks to define Harley-Davidson “The Low Rider S is not a pretty-boy bike,” cast-aluminum wheels. The “de-saturated performance for a new generation of Richards said. “It’s meant to be a bruiser. gold” colour is inspired by the gold-tone riders, delivering instantaneous power and It’s definitely an homage to the FXR-based magnesium wheels used on many race cars agile handling with a bike that’s trimmed to customs we see on the street. This bike will in the 1960s, and the gold tank badge is a the essentials.” outperform those classics in every way, but nod to the iconic XLCR model.

40_41_Low_Rider_S.indd 41 2/11/16 1:58 PM EUropean vacation A two-up, two-wheeled alpine adventure on the road to Faaker See. Story and Photography by Matt King

42_45_European Vacation.indd 42 2/11/16 1:36 PM ntil the invitation been riding together for more than came from 10 years, including on many HOG Edelweiss Bike GERMANY touring rallies. Their joint mission on GMUNDEN Travel to join its SALZBURG their first trip to Europe was to rack European Bike up as many ABCs of Touring points Erzberg Week tour, the Eagle's as possible. Our small group was Nest thought of jetting SEEFELD the perfect size for a fun and friendly AUSTRIA FOHNSDORF Red across the Atlantic for a motorcycle tour Bull week of riding. Dolomites Nockalm Ring had never seriously entered my mind. Road The first order of business after

I’ve always admired dazzling photos of European check-in was getting set up with Bolzano Bike Week riding in the Alps, with their picture- CORTINA VILLACH my bike. Edelweiss has access to d'AMPEZZO perfect lakes and villages, and twisty a huge fleet of late-model Harley® roads that defy engineering logic. Yet ITALY SLOVENIA motorcycles, and I requested a bike while I appreciated the beauty, with I knew would be familiar to ride so many great places to ride in North and comfortable for me and my America, the challenge of trying to get passenger: a 2015 Ultra Limited. a bike over there and sorting out all the Here I should mention that even other arrangements had kept it low on though I’ve worked at H-D for 10 my bucket list. “They went over years, before this trip, Erin and I had never But as a partner in the Harley-Davidson® ridden together on a motorcycle for longer Authorized Tours program, Edelweiss, European road signs, than 30 minutes. So despite considering which has been hosting motorcycle tours speed limits, general myself a competent rider, with experience around the world for more than 35 years, on some of the most technical roads in makes it their business to sort out all those traffic navigation, North America, I was a bit nervous about details. All I needed to do was book a flight, group riding and, most tackling so many unfamiliar alpine passes pack my gear and show up ready for eight with a passenger on board. awesome days of riding through Austria, important, some tips on Most of my concerns were allayed Germany, Italy and Slovenia, with a two-day how to ride a motorcycle during the opening briefing, when our break at European Bike Week – the largest multilingual tour guides Ted Goslinga, motorcycle rally outside of the United in the Alps.” a retired Dutch Navy commander, and States. Edelweiss handled everything else, Rob Stoll, an American from Denver including arranging a motorcycle, booking with Swiss-German parents, gave us the the hotels and mapping the route. The tour lowdown on what to expect during the package even included most of the meals ride ahead. They went over European along the way. It sure took the stress out of road signs, speed limits, general traffic planning a riding vacation. navigation, group riding and, most Getting to Austria was easy. My wife, important, some tips on how to ride a Erin, and I flew from Chicago to Berlin, motorcycle in the Alps (see “Because then to Salzburg – birthplace of Mozart It’s There” in the Winter 2016 issue for – before hopping trains to the village of more). As they explained the basics of Seefeld in Tirol, a small ski resort about corner entry and exit, late apexes and 30 minutes from Innsbruck, where we met negotiating tricky mountain switchbacks, our fellow tour participants: Sonia and the sound of scraping floorboards and my Ricardo, a couple of doctors from São Paulo, wife screaming in my ear flashed through Brazil, riding two-up; and HOG® members my mind. But, I’m happy to say, all those Gene Rueckert, a building contractor sounds remained in my imagination for

from Cincinnati, and Dan Ross, a retired HOG® members Gene Rueckert and Dan Ross the duration of the tour. firefighter from Detroit. Dan and “Gen-O” were on a quest for points in the ABCs of From Seefeld, we hit the road back to Touring contest. met playing adult-league baseball and have Salzburg, where we toured the historic old

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town that lies at the foot of a spectacular HBO’s Band of Brothers when Easy Company of the morning, at least until we got to castle perched magnificently above the city. “liberated” Hitler’s wine cellar, and it was Hallstatt, a touristy town on a lake near a We dined at the St. Peter Stiftskeller – an interesting to learn that the building and massive salt mine that was packed with amazing restaurant carved into the rock much of the surrounding area remained Japanese and Chinese tourists. We stripped face of the cliffs below the castle, which bills under U.S. military control until 1995, off our rain gear long enough to wander itself as the oldest in Europe – to the tunes when it was returned to the local Bavarian the streets and grab some coffee and apple of a Mozart-themed dinner opera. Jokes government. Today, the Eagle’s Nest strudel (which became a daily ritual), and about the time a bunch of uncouth bikers houses a restaurant and is a popular tourist were amused when some tourists asked to crashed an opera amused us for the rest of destination as one of the few intact Nazi-era take pictures with us. Harley riders really do the tour, but in hindsight it was one of the buildings remaining in Germany. stand out anywhere in the world. highlights of the trip. From Germany, we rode back into Austria We finished day three with a stop at On day two, we packed up and headed to through terrain that reminded me of the the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, home Germany, with a stop at Hitler’s infamous Smoky Mountains to Gmunden, a resort of the Austrian round of the Formula 1 Eagle’s Nest in Berchtesgaden, which town on the shores of Lake Traun. We world championship, before checking into offered a stunning panoramic view from enjoyed a great dinner and a few beers at the coolest hotel of the trip, the nearby its perch 1,800 metres above sea level. our hotel, and woke up the next morning to Schloss Gabelhofen, a genuine castle built Fortunately, the weather was clear enough find that the weekly farmers’ market in the in the 1400s and now owned by Red Bull’s to appreciate the scenery below, but I plaza next to the hotel had parked in our Dietrich Mateschitz. Yeah, we slept in think we were all a bit creeped-out by the bikes and chase van. Watching our guide Rob a castle. building’s sordid past. The whole time I was negotiate with a flower seller to move his Waking up the next morning in a castle up there, I was thinking about the scenes in van so he could move ours was a highlight was cool, but I was pumped about ending

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42_45_European Vacation.indd 44 2/11/16 1:36 PM Harley-Davidson® Authorized Tours are operated by independent tour operators selected for their proven ability to deliver outstanding experiences that reflect the Harley-Davidson lifestyle and the unique experience of seeing the world from the seat of a Harley-Davidson® motorcycle. Offering fully and semi-guided tours on four continents, including many custom tour options for groups large and small, H-D Authorized Tours operators can help you see the world in new and unexpected ways. For more information about Edelweiss Bike Travel and other Harley-Davidson Authorized Tours, visit H-D.com/tours.

the fourth day at Faaker See, a.k.a. the and lighter Dyna® and Softail® models through solid rock. And nothing beats having Sturgis of Europe. This was the whole outnumber Electra Glide® bikes by a Italian food in Italy. reason I chose this tour in the first place. wide margin. The eighth and final day of our ride was I figured if I was going to spend a week Our two-day stopover at European Bike planned to be the longest, with a route across in Europe, the least I could do was get a Week included day rides around the area, two mountain passes through the Dolomites, firsthand look at how Harley-Davidson with routes through two awesome national but an unexpected road closure caused by culture has established a foothold abroad. parks in Austria and Slovenia. With 52 a bicycle race forced a change in our plans. Well, let me tell you, it has grabbed curves in 35 kilometres, the Nockalmstrasse Fortunately, the combination of the pass we more than a foothold. I knew we were big in northwest of Faaker See was worth the detoured over and the sinuous road back Japan, but we’re big in Germany and France 10 euro price of admission for the photos down the other side into Innsbruck was and Italy, too. Faaker See has a really cool alone, and the road through Slovenia’s another highlight of the trip, with a perfect vibe, and much like Sturgis, getting there Triglav National Park threw something mix of technical corners and panoramic and being there is as much about the riding completely unexpected at me: cobblestoned vistas. You can ride a Harley anywhere, but as the event venue itself. The excitement switchbacks on the ascent to the summit. some roads are more perfect than others, and built as we got closer to the event, with Trying to hold a line over the rough, uneven we definitely found one that day. bikes from all over Europe (mostly of surface on the way up made me glad I Back in Seefeld, we shared a final dinner the Harley variety but other brands, too) wasn’t descending them in the rain. together before our group went its separate amassing like a giant armada headed for After two full days at European Bike ways, and I had some time to reflect on the a tiny lake in southern Austria. The scene Week, we packed up and headed out for the ride. Even with some weather challenges that has sprung up around the lakeside final weekend of the tour, but if I thought the and a few unexpected turns in the road, resort of Faaker See looks a lot like any big highlights were over, I was in for a surprise Edelweiss had planned and executed a U.S. rally, with scores of vendors hawking when we hit the Dolomites of Italy – starting nearly perfect tour. If I had to sum it up in T-shirts, leather and all sorts of motorcycle with the ride to Cortina d’Ampezzo, site of a few words, it would be great roads, great parts and riding gear, not to mention the the 1956 Winter Olympics. Ripped from the hotels, great meals and great company all bars, bands, burnouts and all the other pages of a European guidebook, Cortina is enjoyed on a great bike. There are many “unmentionable” stuff you see at rallies ringed with rocky spires that host amazing ways to visit Europe, but now that I’ve been everywhere. There were loads of cool bikes light shows as rays of sunset and sunrise there on a Harley, I think I know the best way. all over the place, but what really struck bounce off their peaks. The roads were ---- me as most different was how many fewer spectacular, especially as we rose above Edelweiss Bike Travel covered some tour and baggers I saw compared to home. But after the tree line and could fully appreciate the accommodation expenses for this article. All riding through the mountains and villages magnificent engineering feats required to opinions are those of the author and HOG® of Europe, it’s not surprising that smaller cut a ribbon of highway over, around and Magazine Canada.

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PIT STOP Touring 101 – Things to consider before you take your first big motorcycle trip.

RALLY RIDES 2016 North American HOG® Rallies. ENTHUSIASTS Meet Angela Shulman.

RIDING STORIES The Maritimes by Motorbike: On Canada’s East Coast, the people are as nice as the roads.

Northern Migration: Trip of a lifetime for a Virginia couple.

Recharging in California: December ride to the Golden State just what these Quebec riders needed.

ARCHIVES History Unfolded: Vintage posters showcase the Motor Company’s storied past.

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Touring 101 Things to consider before you take your first big motorcycle trip.

By Mike Zimmerman

o you’ve decided to take a long motorcycle trip. Your first one? Great! Welcome to the wide world of touring. Here are a few tips to Shelp you get the most from your maiden voyage – and some food for thought (we hope) for the touring veterans, too.

Before You Go but here are a couple of “in-between” And don’t forget that the HOG® Best suggestions to get you started. Western Ride Rewards program offers a It’s always good to have a plan, even Consider making a reservation for number of ways to make finding a great, if you don’t necessarily stick to it. But every other night or every third night. This affordable hotel a little easier. before you start planning, you should ask will provide the comfort of having a few If you’re the more adventurous type, yourself: “What’s my tolerance for the planned stops, as well as the ability to be leaving that choice to the last minute unexpected?” Part of the adventure of flexible along the way. Another option is to can be part of the thrill of travelling. And motorcycle touring is that you never know make reservations a day at a time. Plan for don’t forget that if you’re travelling with what’s going to happen. How prepared the day before you leave in the morning. others, you should make sure you’re all do you need to feel? This will affect how Check the weather forecast. Study the on the same page – regarding hotel stays, much pre-ride planning you should do. map. How far do you think you’ll feel like dining preferences, riding styles and so For instance, some people won’t hit the riding today? Pick a destination and make on. Travelling together can be a great way road before booking a hotel reservation a reservation before you set out or when to grow closer to someone – or to drive for every night they plan to be gone. you stop for lunch. That way you can take a wedge between you. Don’t wait until Others prefer to play it by ear and take your time all day, if you choose, without you’re hundreds of kilometres from their chances. There’s no such thing as having to worry about stopping in time to home to realize you have different the “correct” approach in this regard, find a suitable hotel with rooms available. expectations.

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Also, even if your only real goal is to see Packing luxury. You’d be surprised at how having where the road takes you, it’s nice to have warm hands warms your whole body. at least one planned “destination.” It could Now it’s time to think about what to bring – HEAT – There’s not a lot to say here, but be Vegas. Or Pikes Peak. Or Nashville. and how to pack it. a basic approach is to pack light, breathable Or the ocean. Whatever. Having a goal CLOTHES – Don’t over-pack. You’ll be clothing that will keep your arms covered gives your trip more sense of purpose and surprised how little you can get by on. Two while you ride. A mesh riding jacket is a provides a greater sense of satisfaction pairs of jeans are plenty. Even one can be great choice if you know it’s going to be hot when you get there. enough, depending on your willingness to (and remember, if it cools off, you can slip wear dirty, sweaty clothes on the road. Tip: your rain jacket over it). Your Bike You’re a biker. Nobody expects you to look WET – A waterproof jacket of some sort clean and polished all the time. is a must. Rain pants are a close second. Now that you have a plan, it’s time to get That said, it’s nice to have fresh clothes Again, a lot depends on your tolerance your bike ready. Here are a few things to wear to dinner, so consider packing two for discomfort. Waterproof riding boots to consider: sets: One to wear while you ride, the other that are comfortable to wear while riding COMFORT – How far have you ridden to wear after you stop for the night. and walking should be a high priority; on your bike? Any motorcycle can be a Remember that most hotels have wearing them precludes the need to pack “touring motorcycle” if you want it to be, but laundry facilities, so take advantage of rain gaiters or overshoes. They’re less hundreds of kilometres a day can wear you them. Also, wearing synthetic underwear important, however, if you’re riding a out a lot faster than trips around town. A and socks lets you rinse them out and hang motorcycle with lower fairings, which do a test run might be in order to find out if, for to dry overnight on the shower curtain pretty good job of keeping your feet dry in example, you might want to consider putting – with help from the hotel blow dryer if the rain. When it’s warm out, getting your on a more comfortable seat or adding a necessary. jeans wet is not the worst thing in the world. windshield. RIDING GEAR – Again, how much you CAPACITY – Have you thought about how bring depends somewhat on your tolerance Miscellaneous you’re going to pack everything you need? for discomfort. It’s nice to be prepared for If you don’t have saddlebags, you’ll need to everything, but you’re still going to have to SUNSCREEN – Wear it, even if you don’t make sure you can securely strap a bag to make a few choices. think you need it. Nothing puts a damper on the passenger pillion (assuming you’re not COLD – You never know when you a trip like a sunburn on the first day. Trouble carrying a passenger). Consider adding a might hit some cold air, whether it’s in the spots can include the back and sides of your backrest and/or luggage rack if necessary. mountains, in the desert at night, or just neck, along with your wrists – that space A backpack is always an option, but make unseasonably cool temperatures. Dressing between your gloves and the end of your sure it’s small enough not to interfere with in layers is key, so you can add clothing as sleeves. And yes, you can get sunburned that bag you just strapped on, and light needed. Thermal underwear helps a lot and through the face shield of your helmet. enough not to cause fatigue over the doesn’t take up much packing space. If all NAVIGATION – Don’t forget that you can long haul. you have – or are planning to bring – is a plan and download routes on the H-D Ride MAINTENANCE – Check your medium or lightweight jacket, remember Planner (h-d.com/rideplanner). Also, in this maintenance schedule. Is your trip going that a rain jacket and pants will break the age of easy GPS, there’s still something to be long enough for your bike to need an wind and hold in a surprising amount of about a good old-fashioned paper map for oil change? How do your tires look? Will body heat. pondering the next leg of your trip. The you need a new one (or new set) before you Keep in mind that cold has a way of HOG® Touring Handbook is full of them – get home? If the answer is yes, think about “soaking in” over time. The longer you ride, and conveniently sized for easy packing. where and when you’d like to get this done. the worse it gets. Riding for an hour or two In conclusion, please remember that H-D® Retailers across the continent are in the morning cold (or as the sun goes these tips are just that – they’re not rules. usually eager to help out “travellers,” but down) is not nearly as bad as riding all day And they only scratch the surface of what they appreciate a heads-up when they can in frigid temps. If your schedule allows, there is to know about touring on a Harley- get it. Make an appointment a day or two there’s no shame in waiting for the air to Davidson® motorcycle. The best source of ahead of time, if possible, to make sure the warm up before you set out in the morning. information is your fellow riders and HOG® work can get done as quickly as possible. Make sure you have a warm pair of members – most of whom love to share It’s also advisable to have your bike gloves, especially if your hands are exposed their knowledge. So don’t be afraid to ask, professionally checked out before you set to the wind (rather than shielded behind a never stop learning and never stop taking to out on any long trip. fairing). And heated grips are a wonderful the open road.

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LLOYDMINSTER, AB 8/18-20

CHILLIWACK, BC 7/14-16

BOZEMAN, MT EVELETH, MN 7/21-23 6/23-25 DAKOTAS RALLY (SD/ND) PACIFIC NORTHWEST WATERTOWN/MANDAN/ HOG RALLY (WA/ID/OR) SPOKANE VALLEY, WA RAPID CITY 6/9-11 8/25-27 STURGIS RIVERTON, WY MOTORCYCLE RALLY 7/6-9 STURGIS, SD 8/6-13

RENO STREET VIBRATIONS RENO, NV 9/22-24 TELLURIDE, CO KANSAS CITY OPEN HOUSE 6/23-25 KANSAS CITY, MO 8/26-27

LAUGHLIN RIVER RUN LAUGHLIN, NV 4/28-30

WOODWARD, OK OPEN ROAD WEST 9/1-3 SANTA FE, NM TO LANCASTER, CA 9/8-17 DENISON, SIERRA VISTA, AZ TX 10/13-15 5/12-14

MAUI, HI 10/7-9

KENAI PENINSULA, AK 6/16-18

HOG® RALLIES Whether you’ve got a weekend to spend in a city nearby or are looking KEY for a cross-country adventure, HOG® rallies offer something for everyone.

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SAGUENAY, QC 7/21-23 BIKER'S REUNION NEW LISKEARD, ON 7/1-3 EVELETH, MN 6/23-25 SUDBURY, ON MONCTON, NB DAKOTAS RALLY (SD/ND) 7/28-30 LACONIA MOTORCYCLE WEEK TOMAHAWK OPEN HOUSE LACONIA, NH 6/23-26 WATERTOWN/MANDAN/ TOMAHAWK, WI RAPID CITY 6/13-18 9/16-17 WHARF RAT RALLY 6/9-11 IRON ADVENTURE RUN MILWAUKEE RALLY DIGBY, NS STURGIS (NH/VT, MA/RI, CT) BANGOR, ME MILWAUKEE, WI 7/13-16 9/2-4 MOTORCYCLE RALLY HARBOR SPRINGS, MI LUDLOW, VT 9/1-4 8/18-20 AMERICADE STURGIS, SD FRIDAY THE 13TH 7/28-30 8/6-13 HOG BREW CITY EXPERIENCE PORT DOVER, ON LAKE GEORGE, NY MILWAUKEE, WI 6/8-11 5/13 9/1-3 ALEXANDRIA BAY, NY 7/14-16 SEASIDE HEIGHTS, NJ OHIO BIKE WEEK YORK OPEN HOUSE 9/29-10/1 SANDUSKY, OH YORK, PA ST. CHARLES, IL 5/27-6/4 9/22-24 HARRINGTON, DE 8/18-20 WILLIAMSPORT, PA 5/19-21 KANSAS CITY OPEN HOUSE ZANESVILLE, OH 7/28-30 ROLLING THUNDER® XXIX KANSAS CITY, MO 6/23-26 WASHINGTON, DC 8/26-27 LEWISBURG, WV 5/28-29 6/14-18 LEXINGTON, KY LYNCHBURG, VA OSAGE BEACH, MO 6/8-11 6/22-25 8/25-27 HISTORY IN THE HILLS RIDE BIKES BLUES & BBQ GETTYSBURG, PA TO FAYETTEVILLE, AR MEMPHIS, TN OAK RIDGE, TN 6/16-23 9/21-24 5/31-6/4 ANDERSON, SC HOT SPRINGS, AR HUNTSVILLE, AL 4/21-23 6/23-25 5/19-21 MYRTLE BEACH BIKE WEEK DENISON, TUPELO TO MYRTLE BEACH, SC TX NATCHEZ, MS 5/18-21 5/12-14 10/26-29 THUNDER BEACH SHREVEPORT, LA SPRING RALLY 3/31-4/2 PANAMA CITY BEACH, FL ® 4/27-30 BIKETOBERFEST DAYTONA BEACH, FL HOG.COM/EVENTS 10/13-15 For specific U.S. rally details, DAYTONA BIKE WEEK visit www.XXstatehogrally.com DAYTONA BEACH, FL 3/5-12 with “XX” as the two-letter POLK COUNTY, FL state abbreviation. 10/26-29

PIN STOPS Plan now to catch up with HOG at one of this year’s Pin Stops and collect a commemorative pin. Meet HOG staff and get the VIP treatment just for stopping in.

Event details subject to change.

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A BIKE OF ONE’S OWN By Dustin A. Woods. Photographs by Dan Lim. Life can often take unexpected turns. Starting her career in radio broadcasting before finding her way to real estate, Angela Shulman never expected to become a member of a motorcycle group – but she’s glad she did. Not every wife supports her spouse’s choice to pursue the passion of motorcycling. Angela not only encouraged her husband, Todd, to purchase a Harley-Davidson® Dyna® Super Glide® motorcycle, but was an eager passenger – that is, until she took the plunge by purchasing a bike of her own (much to the surprise of the neighbours). It is often said that the family that plays together stays together. After raising two children, Angela and Todd now spend their weekends riding, volunteering or socializing with fellow members of the HOG® chapter. Seeking and experiencing new adventures with the group has not only widened their social circle, but also brought them closer together as a couple and enriched their lives.

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A BIKE OF

ONE’S OWN It sounds cliché, but there is something magical about the open road, the wind in your hair and the sun on your face ... The simplest of things can bring you the most happiness ...

happiness: a full tank of gas, discovering new roads, getting lost and then finding your way back home again. When I get off 1997 Sportster® 883 that has been bored the bike after a few hours of riding, my out to 1,200cc, and I’m still riding it. cheeks hurt because I have been smiling Volunteering at the demo days at Davies * so much. Harley-Davidson, I fell in love with the Fat Boy®, which will definitely be my next bike. What benefits have you I love the way it looks, the way it rides – experienced as a member of the everything. HOG® chapter? Whenever we get together, I learn How many rallies have you hy did you first become something new about motorcycles or riding. attended? Is there one that a HOG® member? Interacting and riding with our chapter has stands out? W My husband started riding a made me a better, safer rider. I have yet to So far we have attended rallies in Kingston Wfew years ago, so I had the benefit of being establish a comfort level riding alone, so I and Owen Sound, but we’re already immersed in the culture and meeting the feel way more secure riding with a group planning our vacations to coincide with people. I started as an associate member of experienced riders. Another unexpected rallies for 2016. Kingston stands out until I purchased my own bike. element is that some of my dearest friends because I ran into an issue with my clutch today are HOG members. when we were coming home in the pouring What is your motivation for riding? rain. My bike has over 80,000 kilometres It sounds cliché, but there is something What was your first Harley® on it and I don’t know how well it was magical about the open road, the wind in motorcycle? maintained. I was really impressed with your hair and the sun on your face. When I bought my first bike before I even got how my club helped me out. They gave me you enjoy riding, your priorities shift. The my licence, so there was no question tips and made me feel more protected, simplest of things can bring you the most that I would begin riding myself. It’s a knowing I wouldn’t be stranded.

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THE MARITIMES BY MOTORBIKE On Canada’s East Coast, the people are as nice as the roads.

Story and photos by Frank Fantigrossi

n early July 2015, at the ripe age of 66, I headed out on my second-ever road trip. My brother, Tony, has been riding his whole life. Together, we set out I on an epic adventure into Eastern Canada and the beautiful Maritimes. The plan called for at least 9,000 kilometres of riding, but that was nothing compared to our previous trip – nearly 18,000 kilometres to Alaska. I’d prepared the list of stuff to bring and had my bike thoroughly inspected at Thunder Bikes in Port Jefferson Station, N.Y. We had reservations for the seven-hour ferry from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland, but everything else we planned to play by ear – that’s how we roll.

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JULY 11 JULY 12 DAY 1: After an uneventful After some much-needed sleep crossing on the 7 a.m. ferry at a hotel in St. Stephens, N.B., from Port Jefferson, N.Y., to we got on the road at 9 a.m. Bridgeport, Conn., we were off. Having missed the 8 a.m. ferry We headed for Portland, Me., to Nova Scotia, we decided to for a quick visit with Tony’s ride all the way to Halifax. On son, daughter-in-law and the way, we got off the highway grandson. Milo was born one and took a coastal road so we year ago while we were on our could see the Bay of Fundy. trip to Alaska. About 80 kilometres from Three hours into the trip, Halifax, I noticed my voltmeter Tony discovered he did not was showing 11 volts. Since it’s have his passport or enhanced normally 14 volts, it seemed driving license, which he something was wrong. We would need to enter Canada. stopped for gas and decided to Fortunately, his daughter attempt to make it to Halifax. Shannon was also heading to The voltmeter dropped from Portland for Milo’s birthday 11 to 10 volts in about half an and she saved the day. Our visit hour, so I thought we could lasted four hours instead of probably make it before the one, as we waited for Shannon bike shut down. But then the to arrive, but it was better than voltage drop on the battery the seven hours we would have accelerated, dropping from 10 lost riding back home. to 8 in a matter of minutes. Finally, we headed for Saint The gauges all shut down, the John, N.B. When it got dark engine began to sputter and I at about 8:30 p.m., we were knew the end was near. I pulled still hours from the border. to the side of the highway as We continued riding in the the engine shut down. dark, on backwoods roads. Since I’m a HOG® member, The trees were black. The sky I called for Harley-Davidson® was black. The moose were black. Fortunately, we did not encounter any wildlife, but the Having missed the 8 a.m. ferry to Nova adrenaline was flowing. At about 11 p.m., we Scotia, we decided to ride all the way arrived at Calais, Me., and the Canadian border. Tony drove to Halifax. On the way, we got off the up to the booth to speak with highway and took a coastal road so we the border agent. He saw a * green light and thought that meant “go.” He got less than could see the Bay of Fundy. three metres before a siren went off. He stopped and about six armed officers ran out of Roadside Assistance. They had to play the slots. After 10 dealership before they opened. the building to get him. He arranged for a tow truck to minutes, he was up 100 bucks Tony was ready to tow me to the explained his actions to their come and get us. We loaded and cashed out. I guess he had dealer, but as we started to exit satisfaction and after about the bike on the flatbed and off a better day then me. Maybe he the parking lot, a gentleman 10 minutes, they reviewed his we went to the Harley® dealer should pay for my bike? with a Harley® shirt came documents and let him enter in Halifax. Of course, they were over. He said he worked at the Canada. Good thing we waited closed on Sunday, so we went JULY 13 dealership (we later found out for the passport in Portland, or to a nearby hotel. Since the We woke up early in Halifax so he was the general manager) he would have gone to jail. hotel had a casino room, Tony we could get the bike to the and would get a trailer to

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get the bike to the shop. Five road from Halifax along the minutes later, we loaded my Atlantic Ocean: 240 kilometres The road we travelled is bike into the trailer and were of winding, curvy roads and no off. He said it would probably be traffic or traffic lights. known as the Viking Trail. either a small job or a big job. After getting back to the * Translation: It would be a lot of main highway, we headed for After arriving in town, money or really a lot of money. North Sydney to meet our By 11 a.m., the bike was ferry to Newfoundland. We we proceeded to the repaired, and I was out $705. crossed the bridge onto Cape We got on the road about 11:30 Breton Island and arrived at lighthouse at the point. and headed for Cape Breton the ferry terminal a couple of Island about 640 kilometres away. hours early. We got in line with The shoreline is quite We began on a two-lane 29 other bikers and hundreds highway headed for the coastal of cars and trucks. The ferry impressive, with road. A large tractor-trailer was huge, with eight lanes and was approaching on the other three levels of vehicles. soaring granite cliffs side of the road. It was nothing We had a cabin with a unusual, until it was adjacent window looking out over the to the south. to Tony, who was riding about bow of the ship, with two 20 metres in front of me. Then, beds and a bathroom – not boom! A tire on the truck bad accommodations for the exploded, and large shreds went seven-hour overnight trip to off the ship and headed north. After riding for 650 kilometres, flying all over the place. Two Newfoundland. The ride was We headed to Deer Lake, then we stopped early in St. Barbe large pieces flew over Tony’s smooth and quiet. Gros Morne National Park, a for a good night’s sleep. head. We were able to evade the scenic landscape of mountains large pieces that landed in our JULY 14 and fjords. We rode up the JULY 15 lane: We’re trained to keep our We woke up to the sun rising west coast of Newfoundland We headed north to cool in the face of adversity. to the east and Newfoundland along the water, with a rocky St. Anthony. Located on the After that, we took the coastal off our bow. By 7:45 we were coastline and small harbours. peninsula farthest north in

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Newfoundland, it was originally highway where the hotel clerk kilometres, we wanted to stop into St. John’s before it got visited by the Vikings around was also the restaurant cook at the Harley shop in Gander dark and got a nice hotel. The 1000 AD. The road we travelled and the bartender. to have the oil changed on our scenery was kind of bland most is known as the Viking Trail. Tony said today’s ride up bikes. Without an address, we of the way. Trees lined the side After arriving in town, we north was amazing: The road just drove around looking for of the road, and lakes dotted proceeded to the lighthouse was about 15 metres higher the shop, and unbelievably the landscape. Most of them at the point. The shoreline is than the ocean and about stumbled across it after a had large rocks and boulders quite impressive, with soaring 15 metres away from it. It did few turns. Tony says he has protruding above the surface. As granite cliffs to the south. turns and banks and twisted automatic homing to Harley we got closer to St. John’s, the We spotted a large iceberg just the way a motorcycle shops in his head, kind of like a landscape changed dramatically in the harbour entrance. The loves. homing pigeon. It was uncanny, to a very rocky environment with icebergs travel in the currents since I had stopped to Google few trees. from Greenland, taking about a JULY 16 the location to no avail. For dinner, we had moose year to make the trip. This one We got up late today and left While there, I discovered that burgers at the hotel. Tony, of apparently ran aground and the hotel about 9:30 a.m. We my rear tire was pretty low on course, had to sample the local will stay until it melts a bit. rode across the central part of tread. Instead of taking a chance cuisine. After leaving St. Anthony, Newfoundland, all inland. As we on slick roads, or getting a flat we headed south to begin the were leaving, the rain began. It and needing a tow, I exercised JULY 17 two-day journey to St. John’s. was very light and stopped after good risk management and had The alarm went off at 4 a.m. Our target destination was a few kilometres. a new rear tire installed. Bottom so I could make my way to Deer Lake, but since we got As we rode east, though, line: I’m about $450 lighter. Cape Spear for the sunrise to there early, we kept riding for we hit pockets of rain or Tony also asked to see if they capture the first light on North another 1.5 hours. We stopped rain-soaked roads. As we could fix his cruise control, America. It was a half-hour ride at a hotel on the side of the approached about 300 since he’s been riding without it in the dark and cold. At 5 a.m., there were seven cars and one motorcycle in the parking lot. We spotted a large iceberg in the I hustled around anticipating where the sun would come up harbour entrance. The icebergs on the horizon to allow a nicely composed shot. I only saw one travel in the currents from other person sitting next to the lighthouse. I don’t know where Greenland, taking about a year the others were. * It was definitely worth getting to make the trip. up. The sky was clear except for a small band of clouds along the horizon. As they began to light up, I positioned myself for the whole trip. That’s tough and the camera. Then the first on your hand when you’re riding edge of the sun illuminated the eight to 10 hours per day. They landscape. Snap! The sun rose were able to fix that too, to his quickly. delight. Back at the hotel, I picked up While the bikes were being Tony and we hit the road before worked on, the owner of the 10. Our first stop was the local place brought us out to grab Harley-Davidson® dealer – lunch at Rosie’s Restaurant and fortunately, it was only to buy a Bakery. Tony likes to eat the T-shirt. The store is called Mile local specialties, so he ordered 1 since it is located at the start Jiggs dinner, a local favourite. of the Trans Canada Highway It was a dish that included (TCH). Last year on the trip to salted beef, potato, carrots, pea Alaska, we were at the complete pudding and turnips. I stuck to other end of the TCH. mac and cheese. We went back to Cape Four hours after arriving, we Spear so Tony could visit the were back on the road. We rolled furthest east point of land in

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North America. We spotted numerous whales off shore. They were pretty far away, but my telephoto lens allowed me to capture one as it surfaced. We also saw a large tanker farther out than the whales. However, after reviewing the photos, it turns out that what we thought was a tanker was actually an extremely large iceberg. We left the cape and started heading west, beginning our trek toward home after 4,000 kilometres. Our destination was Bonavista, a town on the northern tip of a large peninsula. After exiting the highway, continued our journey. Since We finally boarded the ferry we got separated about 125 it was still relatively early, and at 9:30. We tied the bikes up ... we kilometres before reaching the based on the rain forecast for so they wouldn’t fall over while continued on town. I stopped when I hit the the next day, we continued underway and headed to the main road and waited. I called westward toward the ferry. cabin to get ready for the seven- about another Tony on the phone, but I didn’t We stopped for the night at hour trip back to Nova Scotia. know where he was and he Corner Brook, a relatively big We left about 11:45 p.m. and 30 kilometres didn’t know where I was, so we harbour community on the west were sleeping by midnight. to Mount agreed to meet in Bonavista in coast of Newfoundland. For an hour and a half. dinner, Tony had cod tongues for JULY 20 Washington, We did meet up in town, got a the second night in a row. He said We docked in Nova Scotia about nice hotel room on the harbour, he really likes them – too bad they 7 a.m. and were off the boat at the highest had a lobster dinner and took don’t serve them at home. 7:30. It was raining, so rain gear some photos as the sun set. was the order of the day. mountain in JULY 19 We headed for Ingonish on the northeast. JULY 18 Trying to avoid the rain, and the Cabot Trail. The GPS told us We took a coastal road back to with only about 190 kilometres to go toward Englishtown, where We paid our the highway, with nice coastal to the ferry, we slept in. We left we had to board a small ferry landscapes, rock cliffs and the hotel about 12:30 and didn’t to take us about 150 metres entrance waves from the high winds. need to be at the ferry until 9 p.m. across a river. It took about two We stopped at King’s Point to We got to there about 2:30. minutes, but saved us about half fee and see if we could find the icebergs They told us at the ticket booth an hour of riding. began the reported to be in the inlet. that if we went into the waiting We were in very heavy After driving through town, we area, we wouldn’t be able to fog, with visibility of about 12-kilometre spotted the inlet and the very get back out, so we decided 15 metres as the road wound impressive icebergs. There to go to town and kill some its way up a mountain. I kept uphill were several of them fairly time. Unfortunately, instead my hazard lights on for any close to shore. We stopped, and of backing out of the ticket traffic approaching from journey – I found a trail down the hill to plaza, Tony went in. Security behind. The fog prevented us a real test the water’s edge and captured was called to get him. They did seeing the coastal sights along several shots. The largest one let him out, but he went out a the way. of skill had a very rich blue colour to it. different exit than the one where When we arrived in Ingonish, It also had bluish clear streak I was waiting. After five minutes, we stopped at the Coastal and nerves, running diagonally from top to they told me he left, so I went Waters Restaurant to have especially on bottom. The water around it into town. He was there in a gas breakfast and get a T-shirt. seemed to glow azure blue. station waiting for me. We went The owner is a rider and wrote a motorcycle. After a few shots, I climbed to lunch and rode around town a very good description of the back up to the road and we and local neighbourhoods. Cabot Trail for motorcyclists,

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which he posted online. That’s donned my riding jacket and After a few photos, we began the then headed home. The weather why we decided to stop there. gloves. Off we went, headed trip down. I kept it in first gear was gorgeous. It was still raining when we for North Conway, N.H. After most of the time and was able to We left at about 10 a.m. left. As we crested another negotiating the tourist traffic take some photos. and arrived at Bridgeport just mountain, we saw blue sky on in the town, we continued on We headed back to North in time for the 2:30 ferry. We the other side. For the next about another 30 kilometres to Conway, had lunch at the Muddy arrived in Port Jefferson about 50 kilometres, we had sun Mount Washington, the highest Moose and then started for the 4 p.m., and it was a short ride and clouds. The views were mountain in the northeast. Kancamagus Highway toward home. I said goodbye to Tony, tremendous, and the road was We paid our entrance fee and Laconia. The “Kanc” was a great and thanks for the ride. We’ll great for riding. Then we left the began the 12-kilometre uphill ride of about 40 kilometres talk about next year’s trip Cabot Trail, and Cape Breton journey – a real test of skill through the White Mountains – shortly. Island, and headed back to and nerves, especially on a up, down and all around. We ended up covering 7,200 the mainland of Nova Scotia, motorcycle. We headed to the Harley kilometres. Aside from the one carrying on to get a hotel in I was unable to take any shop in Meredith to get Laconia mechanical/electrical problem Moncton, N.B. photos on the journey up the T-shirts, then on to Weirs I had right before Halifax, the

JULY 21 It rained during the night again. When we woke it looked threatening, so we donned rain gear and hit the road toward home. On the way, we stopped at a small town south of Saint John, N.B., for gas. Tony spotted a car wash, so we spent half an hour washing and cleaning the bikes. They needed it after travelling nearly 6,500 kilometres. We continued on the highway to St. Stephen, where we waited to pass through U.S. customs. Then, we continued through Maine for four hours on our way to New Hampshire. Unfortunately, about 80 kilometres short of New Hampshire, the sky turned narrow, steep mountain road Beach, the site of Laconia trip was problem-free. Tony’s black and we were riding in a since I had to keep my hand Motorcycle Week each year. We bike, which he had rebuilt right fierce downpour with lightning on the throttle. We had to ride stopped at the Margate Resort before the trip, functioned and thunder, the worst rain so up in first gear most of the on the lake to have a drink in perfectly. He’s got about 270,000 far. I checked the radar and saw way because of the slow car tribute to Tony’s friend Sal, kilometres on it now. that we were heading straight drivers in front of us. It would then dinner and on to Barton’s We saw very little wildlife on into a severe storm that would actually have been much easier Motel in Laconia. this trip, but we can confirm last several hours. We decided if we could have gone faster. Tony said the roads we rode that there is at least one moose to go to the closest hotel and When you go too slowly on a today, right from the get-go in Newfoundland. We saw it on call it a night. motorcycle, you fall over! in Maine, rivalled any we’d our last day there, and a couple We made it up the winding, been on throughout the entire of deer in New Brunswick. JULY 22 twisting road with severe country, with winding, twisting, During the trip, we visited four We woke up to clear blue skies drop offs and no guard rails, tree-covered back country Harley dealerships – one for and 26 C – the best morning parked the bikes at the top roads that reminded him why repairs and T-shirts, one for oil of the trip. Tony decided to and proceeded to take some he loves riding a motorcycle. changes and T-shirts, and the strap his helmet to his luggage photos. The summit was others just for T-shirts. That’s and ride in his T-shirt. As a clouded over. Actually, the JULY 23 what we do. good risk manager, I strapped clouds were blowing by at a We got up this morning, got the It’s good to ride. It’s also good my helmet on my head and rapid pace of about 50 km/h. bikes uncovered and loaded and to be home.

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NORTHERN MIGRATION Trip of a lifetime for a Virginia couple.

By John Crosson

It all started with a simple request from my wife, Anita: “Let’s ride up Route 15 to Canada.” That was all I needed to plan the trip. It was 2012. I had just retired the year before, and Anita was not working. Since we had no time restraints, I planned a four-week trip. >

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e left Fredericksburg, Va., at the beginning of WAugust. It was a rainy morning, but nothing was going to put a damper on our ride. We took Anita’s brand-new 2012 Harley-Davidson® Tri Glide®. It was comfortable for us both, so long days of riding would not be bad. We headed up through Pennsylvania and New York on the way to Toronto. We stopped to see our grandchildren and Niagara Falls, then pushed on to our campsite outside Toronto. We planned to camp most nights and stay in a hotel once a week. I had Blue Jays tickets and by luck the Yankees were playing. Our next stop was Ottawa, the capital of Canada. We We went north to Cavendish, P.E.I. ... This visited Parliament and went would be our home for the next three weeks. to ByWard Market. From Ottawa, we headed * P.E.I. has some of the best touring roads, east to Prince Edward Island. Taking Highway 40 to Highway and we took advantage of our time to 20, we stopped in Montreal and Quebec City. We stayed at a explore the entire island. hotel in Edmundston, N.B. The next morning, looking at our atlas, I asked a trucker about Mistake number 2 was not KOA campsite. This would We spent time visiting family Route 108. He said it was a asking more about the road be our home for the next and friends, and it took us good road and should save us conditions. It turned out that three weeks. another two weeks to get home. some time. With that advice, Route 108 was a logging route P.E.I. has some of the best As we pulled into the driveway we headed out on 108. and in places was a dirt road. It touring roads, and we took back in Virginia, we both knew I decided we would get gas rained all day, but our Harley® advantage of our time to we had just finished the trip of somewhere along the road – rain gear kept us dry. explore the entire island. We a lifetime. that was mistake number 1. I took the trike to Stewart’s took the northern route to East Since 2012, we have both There were no gas stations on Harley-Davidson in Miramichi Point Lighthouse. Then we had health problems that have Route 108 until we reached for a much-needed oil change. travelled the southern route to limited our ability to ride. Anita Miramichi, N.B., some 140 The folks there were very Charlottetown and Red Rock had a kidney transplant, and kilometres away. The Tri Glide’s helpful and got us back on the Harley-Davidson. I have had heart problems fuel warning light went on about road in no time. Crossing the We had a great time on P.E.I. that mean I need a heart 65 kilometres into the ride. We Confederation Bridge, we were and hated to leave, but when we transplant. If you get the made it to the gas station, but ready for the break we had left for home our trip was not chance to take a road trip you we learned our lesson: Always planned on the island. We went over. We headed down the East have been thinking about, don’t fill up when you start a ride. north to Cavendish, P.E.I., to the Coast through New England. hesitate to do it.

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RECHARGING IN CALIFORNIA December ride to the Golden State just what these Quebec riders needed. By Jessica Judd

s soon as we arrived in California this December, we went to get our bikes. They had been resting in storage there since November. My husband’s bike fired right up.A Mine was dead: no lights, no spark, no juice. After spending an hour disassembling parts, we decided to find a place to test the battery and get some booster cables. We finally got the bike started and were ready to take off.

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PALM SPRINGS magnificent. The lake levels Our first destination was keep dropping, and for locals, Palm Springs. There are the situation is becoming Both sides some good outlet stores alarming. But for us tourists, of the road there, and we were combining it was breathtaking. At the top * my two passions: riding and of the mountain, we found the feature only shopping. Palm Springs has Lookout Roadhouse, a small an impressive number of giant restaurant with views as far mountains wind turbines, taking advantage as Big Bear Mountain, 138 and desert, of the constant stiff breeze. kilometres to the northeast. When you ride there, it feels A few minutes away, there’s which like you might lose your bike a more biker-type bar and from under you. Both sides of grill known as Hells Kitchen. makes for the road feature only mountains It’s a bit more rock ‘n’ roll and desert, which makes for and the atmosphere is a perfect a perfect funnel effect. The purely Californian. funnel panoramic landscape is Soon we were on our way on just awesome. US Route 1 (the Pacific Coast effect. Highway), taking in the beauty LAKE ELSINORE of its attractions and views of Taking the most direct route the ocean. is not always the way to go if We took a few days to relax you want to see the country. and appreciate our hotel To take full advantage of the during the holiday period. surrounding landscape and After a good breakfast at the nature, you’re better off taking best restaurant in Huntington the back roads. Route 74 brings Beach, the Sugar Shack Cafe, you through the mountains, we got back on our bikes and and the views are quite simply headed for Long Beach.

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VENICE BEACH Heading toward Venice Beach, we stopped at the Harley- Davidson® dealership in Marina Del Rey, a suburb of Los Angeles. This huge dealership has everything you can think of that might have the Harley-Davidson name on it. We stayed in Venice Beach two days to celebrate the New Year. During this time we explored on foot to truly discover this outlandish place. We visited the Santa Monica Pier, where I recommend the Café Crêpe, a fantastic spot. Back at the hotel, dying for good coffee, we followed our noses to Menotti’s, a surprising little coffee shop.

MULHOLLAND It was time to hit the road again, taking US Route 1 to get to our next destination, This turned out to be a winding road filled Agoura Hills – but not before stopping at Neptune’s Net, with tight curves and extraordinary views. the best ocean-side seafood * restaurant and bikers’ meeting From the summit, you can see Malibu’s place on US 1. The motorcycle parking lot is overflowing with beaches, Los Angeles, Santa Monica and, sports bikes, choppers and of course, the Pacific Ocean. even prestige cars. We left the restaurant and stopped on the side of the road to snap some pictures of the beautiful sign regulars. After eyeballing welcoming us to Malibu. Then, all the original and modified heading east, we got onto the bikes, we headed out to the famous Mulholland Highway. start of the “track.” I played I could see the excitement in photographer, taking pictures my husband’s eyes. He brought of people going by – some the GoPro specifically for this on bikes, others in cars and famous road, nicknamed “The even some on bicycles. What Snake.” From the top of the a great day watching people mountain, you can see the road having fun enjoying this road. as it twists and turns down. We spent the day with some There are very fast bikes, but renowned photographers. I caution is required, especially took photos with Paul Herold, the first time down. This whose work can be seen much-loved road has seen at rockstorephotos.com; many accidents. the videographer known as We started at the Rock Rnickeymouse; and Shera Store, where we became Richter, a photographer who’s

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very active on Instagram. Job, and Gone in 60 Seconds. vintage cars were lined up. These fantastic and friendly The original bridge will soon We found a quieter spot where people suggested we take be demolished and replaced I was able to put on my pinup Puma Road, near Malibu by new infrastructure, and girl outfit and have our own ... we got onto Canyon. This turned out to access will be closed during photo shoot. When that was the famous be a winding road filled with the construction period. When done, we headed back for the Mulholland tight curves and extraordinary we got to the downslope, the hill where we came in. Kenneth * views. From the summit, you little girl in me came out and Karagozian, a photographer, Highway. I can see Malibu’s beaches, the chicken in me surfaced. asked us if he could snap us could see the Los Angeles, Santa Monica and, At a height of 1.5 metres (just with our bikes. We accepted excitement of course, the Pacific Ocean. under 5 feet), I am not as without hesitation. He told us stable as I would like to be about a must-see restaurant, in my 6TH STREET BRIDGE on my bike, and my husband Philippe The Original, and husband’s I count myself among the lucky had to bring the bike down we had lunch with him there. ones in this world: I’ve visited the steep hill and go through People are so nice: If you give eyes. He the canal under the 6th Street puddles of stagnant water. We them a chance, you’ll meet brought Bridge in Los Angeles. If you arrived during an automobile awesome people. the GoPro don’t know about this marvel, photo shoot: 2016 Mustangs, It was quite the trip, and the think back to Grease, The Italian Mitsubishis, the Audi R8 and road came home with me. specifically for this famous road, nicknamed “The Snake.”

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