Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Ride Giveaways!

'Cause we love you guys for showing support and 'cause the dudes from Bullit Custom Cycles in Georgetown are so rad, we'll be raffling off some slick goods courtesy of them! Send some business their way and support local builders! Just be at the run for your chance to win.



Just between you and me - they're not the only cats nice enough to be supplying us with some free giveaways. The handsomest, maybe, but they've got competition in the freebie giveaway department. We're keeping quiet on this one for now, though - check back in the coming weeks to see what else will be up for grabs to people on the ride!

Thursday, April 25, 2013

New Swag Photos!

Design guy checking in with an update!

Some folks have been asking about how to score a copy of the savage poster art we put together to help promote the run. There's good news and bad news.

Good news - Our retro trash promo print of the poster is complete and ready to roll out, measuring in at just shy of 9" x 12". We're not greedy, we don't want all your wall space. And, as a bonus, we've got business cards and punk rock buttons for you cats. Even better, they're free.

Bad news is that they're limited quantity. Scoring gear is gonna take work. Catch us at any of our pre-run meetups (you'll find the events posted on the GBR Facebook page as they surface) or during the ride to get some.

Check HERE for photos of the goods and get down to a meetup before we're out of junk to give away. Next meetup is this Saturday (April 27th) from 12-3 at the mighty Town Moto on Ossington in Toronto, so come shoot the shit and support those cats.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Check out the Facebook Page

To see and talk to some other riders who are going.

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GEAR AND FOOD

Thought it might be helpful to make a quick list of essential gear for camping on a motorcycle. There are a lot of websites with huge checklists for what to take, but here is what I am bringing based on some experience:

• Motorcycle gear (jacket, boots, gloves, helmet etc)
• 2 sets of clothing + spare socks
• Rain gear
• Extra pair of gloves
• Tent
• Sleeping pad (foam or inflatable)
• Sleeping bag
• Stuff sack pillow (stuff it with hoodie, tshirts etc)
• Pocket knife
• Flashlight/Headlamp
• Sunglasses
• Basic tool kit
• Cell phone charger
• First aid kit
• Bug spray
• Toiletries
• Snacks - Cheese, jerky, crackers etc. Trail mix. Granola bars. Water. Apples.
• Booze – Tallboys or a handle of the finest hooch
• Cash
• Spare garbage bags and large ziplock baggies
• Whatever else you can’t live without

Optional:
• Extra footware
• Towel
• Tarp, extra pegs, string or rope
• Kickstand support (little wood square to go under stand)
• Camp chair
• Camera

I have found it is helpful to pack your gear into two bags – one for easy access items like rain gear, camera and sunglasses and one for your camping gear. I have an 80 litre pack I can strap to my bike to carry all this shit plus a smaller bag. Room to spare. A duffle bag would work fine I typically use bungee cords with hooks of the variety available at Canadian tire. They are cheap and do a great job. Ratchet straps are a huge overkill.. If you are hard core I’m sure you could do the weekend with a blanket and a bottle of whiskey but that is up to you. We are running rain or shine so some $35 rain gear from Rona or Canadian Tire goes a long way to you not dying of hypothermia in the rain. If you lack gear, many outdoor stores will rent sleeping bags, tents and sleeping pads. I like to pack anything that I don’t want to get wet in garbage bags or large ziplock bags within my main bag. Its not much fun to try to sleep in a soggy sleeping bag. Protip – Don’t leave any food or anything that smells like food (gum, toothpaste, beef jerky) in your tent, ever, unless you want to wake up with a skunk or a bear sitting on your junk trying to get at the half eaten snickers bar in your pocket.

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What About the Food????

After we did this route last year, food availability was only sketchy on the first evening. Here is our plan for food on this trip, obviously you can do whatever you want. Strap a hibachi to your handlebars or eat some dirt, we don't care. Anyone could bring pots, pans, grills, stoves etc. and do all their cooking on site, but if luggage space is at a premium (which it usually is on a motorcycle) here is a decent alternative.

Friday
- Breakfast at meetup Tim Hortons
- Snack/coffee break somewhere up Hwy 11
- Bring some cheese, crackers, etc for dinner. Maybe some hotdogs to cook over the fire. Restaurants may be kind of hard to come by in the pre-tourist season French River.

Saturday
- Breakfast/Coffee at some wilderness diner or wait until Sudbury
- Lunch/Coffee in Espanola. Great little mill town at the top end of Manitoulin. Buy some dinner at the grocery store.
- Dinner at Hutchinson's Cabins. I expect they'll have a BBQ we could borrow, I'll check in advance. I'm thinking burgers and brats on the grill + veg alternatives if people are into that.

Sunday
- Breakfast waiting for the ferry at South Baymouth.
- Lunch and snacks are available on the ferry
- Dinner and beers in Sauble Beach

Monday
- Who knows? Lots of places to eat back in Southern Ontario.

Thursday, March 28, 2013


The Georgian Bay Run 2013

We are meeting HERE,10AM on Friday June 14th. :
Tim Hortons, 4901 Steeles Ave W, Toronto, ON M9L 2W1

We plan on rolling out 11AM sharp.

Here is the route we are taking: http://goo.gl/maps/hlhU3

Friday June 14th: North Toronto to French River
Saturday June 15th: French River to Manitoulin Island
Sunday June 16th: Chichimaun Ferry, 11:10AM. Tobermory to Sauble Beach.
Monday June 17th: Sauble to Guelph, split up, ride home

This run is going to go about 1000km from start to finish. Expect 5 or 6 hours on the road daily including lunch and gas breaks.

YOU are invited! 

This run is open to any hip fucker with a motorcycle and a sleeping bag who has 20 minutes to make 4 phone calls to book some campsites and a trip on the Chichimaun. We did some cost estimates for the run, it clocks in around $90 for camping and the ferry ride.

YOU are responsible for your motorcycle, license, insurance, food, booze, gas, gear, tools, equipment and life. That and everything else. This is a self sufficient kind of party, bring everything you think you'll need.

WE are not responsible for shit. We are not "organizers" "leaders" or anything else. We are not providing any services, trip bookings, chase trucks or hand-holding. We're a bunch of dudes going on a motorcycle run who would like to share our plans with the world and offer you the invitation to come. So come! It'll be fucking fun.

YOU should expect some of the best riding Ontario has to offer. Canyon running up HWY11 and Whitefish Falls on Manitoulin Island. Killer sunsets on the bay, serious bonfires and some guys talking fly fishing at Hutchinsons. Bugs of terrifying girth. Dodging crepuscular bears and deer at dusk in the middle of the highway. Sunday night party tearing up the beach strip in Sauble. Good times man! We did it last year, check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_cw-HdKWD4

WE are a bunch of youngish dudes who never got into that Live To Ride doorag culture. No tough guy attitudes, just a few fellows interested in some motorcycle adventure across this great land of ours. Yeah, America birthed up this biker culture but we all know we've got better beards and better beer. Lets get out there and make something to call our own.


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HOW TO DO THE DO

Here are the places we have booked campsites for ourselves. We hear they are cheap!


  • Friday June 14 - Loon's Landing RR #2 Alban Ontario (705) 857-2175 www.loonslanding.ca
  • Saturday June 15 - Hutchinson's Cabins 22 Hutchinson Rd Sandfield Ontario (Manitoulin Island) (705) 859-3345    www.hutchinsoncabins.com/
  • Sunday June 16 - Sauble Beach Resort Camp 877 Main St RR 1 Sauble Beach Ontario (519) 422-1101 www.saubleresortcamp.com/
  • The Chichimaun Ferry runs from Manitoulin (South Baymouth) to Tobermory and back a few times a day.We plan on taking the 11:10AM trip on Sunday, June 16. Cost is around $45 total. You have to book a reservation beforehand, otherwise you may get stuck on Manitoulin and will most likely be eaten by wolves. Hopefully this is what you are into. The Reservation number is 1(800)265-3163. Website is here:  http://www.ontarioferries.com/ontarioferries/english/schedule.html

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GBR UPDATE

Hi all. After high level discussions with a Corporate Buzz Killer and our team of high priced lawyers, much conversation has been had regarding the potential for personal and criminal liability of a group of people accepting a predetermined amount of money to "organize" an event of any variety. This means that if we were to accept some cash to provide a good or service, specifically a service with the potential for serious personal harm such as a crazy 1000km motorcycle rip, then we might get in some big shit if someone were to accidently injure the fuck out of themselves or someone else.

This is a bit of a problem!

While we would love to provide an open and closed motorcycle run for a small fee, it seems like this hangs our asses too far out in the wind to be reasonable.

So instead of offering this particular service, we would like to INVITE you and the world at large on the Georgian Bay Run, 2013. Three of us plan to run an approximate 1000km route around Gerogian Bay, leaving 11AM on Friday June 14, and finishing up sometime Monday June 17th.

We'd like some other motorcyclists to come with us. Like you!

We are a small crew of relatively young motorcyclists with an interest in camping, bikes and adventure. We do not have Live to Ride tattoos. We did not spend more on HD brand dog bowls and doo rags than our motorcycles. We like us some things like Dice Magazine, Biltwell hardware and Poler Stuff adventure gear. We want to get out in the wind with a bunch of like minded riders and see if we can hook up something cool along the lines of the Ed Diablo Run, the Revenge Run and the Gypsy Run.