canadian rockies – Chin on the Tank – Motorcycle stuff in Philadelphia. https://www.chinonthetank.com Home Fri, 09 Dec 2022 00:53:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.6 Canadian Rockies – Film Extras https://www.chinonthetank.com/2019/11/canadian-rockies-film-extras/ https://www.chinonthetank.com/2019/11/canadian-rockies-film-extras/#respond Wed, 27 Nov 2019 16:10:13 +0000 http://www.chinonthetank.com/?p=21599 The film photos I posted months ago were my favs.
I still have a ton extra film shots I didn’t think were great.
Below are some unseen ones that were somewhat decent.

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Same exact camera/film setup I used on the Denver trip about a decade ago. I’m into it.

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I’m the meantime a few pics from my phone.

]]> https://www.chinonthetank.com/2019/07/canadian-rockies-not-film/feed/ 3 Canadian Rockies – recap https://www.chinonthetank.com/2019/06/canadian-rockies-recap/ https://www.chinonthetank.com/2019/06/canadian-rockies-recap/#comments Sun, 30 Jun 2019 16:53:12 +0000 http://www.chinonthetank.com/?p=21413 Trip is over. Most of the guys flew home. Adam and I fly home in a couple hours. Hanging at Colin’s shop “number 8 wire” at the moment. Film photos to come in a month probably.

Thought I’d do a quick recap.

  • Overall I had a ton of fun. Really great time
  • I’ll quote Quinn; not the trip I would’ve planned but glad Ben and Adam and others planned it
  • Beautiful scenery everywhere. Mountains and hills. Wildlife. Stuff I’ve never seen in this capacity and scale
  • Covered 2100 miles total
  • No major bike breakdowns
  • 4 crashes: 1) Ben lost a water bottle on dirt trail and it took down Andrew. 2) Ben slid on slick wet mud and toppled over at 1mph. 3) Quinn lost it on a dirt road and went down at speed but was okay. 4) Quinn tries to climb a hill and lost
  • Impressed with Quinn doing everything on Guzzi
  • BMW GS did everything really well
  • No motels
  • XR650L was a champ. Did everything great except over 75mph sucks bad
  • Weather varied a ton. Super cold then hot
  • This trip def made me rethink my rain gear and cold weather gear
  • I accidentally burned my RSD gloves by the fire
  • Shinko 805 tires did great but not going to get them again. Was impressed more with other guys TKC80 tires
  • This trip was mostly on-road but we def did a nice amount of off-road
  • Def adding an oil cooler to the XR
  • 6 people and everyone was able to compromise at times
  • XR650L averaged 47mpg
  • Favorite Quinn quote: “I got caught partying” … when he crashed on dirt road

All setup now in Montana to do future trips heading south all off-road so happy about that.

Trans continental divide trail off-road going south, Cali desert, then ultimately Baja someday. But probably come out to visit Colin again soon, and explore more of Montana off-road for a long weekend.

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  • Great weather
  • We do some more off road riding to get to Colin’s town which is Philipsburg which is just outside Missoula
  • Great scenery out here. Cowboy movie type scenery with all the rolling hills
  • Again – I’m shooting 5 rolls of film so I’m saving all the photos for then which I’ll post later
  • Colin’s place is a cabin in the woods with a wrap around porch. It’s sick
  • All hang at his place and booze
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  • Woke up in shit rain
  • Colin has a huge tarp to sit under which is great
  • Waited out rain but rain never stopped so we packed up, shit soaked
  • Rode in rain for over an hour
  • Got to Seeley Lake. Weather got awesome
  • Hung and had bbq and basically relaxed for a couple hours
  • Find a campsite 10 miles down a sweet dirt / gravel road with tons of turns
  • Set up camp and it hails insane hail
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  • Wake up and hang at general store in Polebridge. Such a great spot
  • Colin takes us into Glacier
  • Take the Going to the Sun road up 6k miles … great views at top
  • Pretty touristy area
  • Rode in a bunch of rain to get to campsite
  • Watched some dude on a 30k Harley bagger dump it. Tried to help him out
  • Camped with the bears again
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  • Leave our campsite and go back to hot springs in the morning
  • Met some cool girls from Portland
  • Head back into America
  • Do a 40 mile off road trail up and over a couple mountains, it was epic
  • XR650L ripped
  • Quinn’s Guzzi held up but front wheel didn’t
  • Polebridge MO was epic, great weather good people
  • Camped 1 mile down from the bar
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  • Leave Jasper fuck the cold
  • Head south
  • Pass Banff entirely. Never saw the town of Banff
  • Waitress few days ago told us about natural hot springs
  • We went. It was awesome. Great to warm up. We made friends
  • Camped down road after
  • Quinn tried to go up a hill on Guzzi. Failed
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  • Woke up in light rain and headed north towards Jasper
  • Was ultra cold for me
  • Almost didn’t go to Jasper because was too cold and rainy
  • Have on every single layer of clothing, thermals, rain suit, 2 gloves and still cold
  • Decided to go anyway
  • Get to campsite and sun came out. Was great
  • Jasper mountains are wild looking
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  • Camp spot is so epic we stayed again 1 more night
  • Met up with NZ Colin
  • Saw Lake Louise – it was awful tourist trap but pretty lake
  • Great weather but then rained a little
  • I went into Golden for dinner. Was okay.
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  • We’re just a couple hours west of Banff
  • The weather has finally gotten sunny even though it’s warm one min and cold the next
  • We have the most epic renegade camp spot ever. It’s on a really clear teal river
  • Longest day of the year … we basically stared at the mountain all day in a mesmerizing way
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  • Another day of rainy riding in our rain suits. On / off rain
  • Very cold day for me, I was struggling
  • Arrive at our campsite outside Glacier BC which is in the middle of no where
  • Found a fire service camp spot and slept with the bears next to an epic river
  • Cold but good laughs at night
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  • The guys swam in an insane cold lake at our campsite in the morning. I soaked in the sun
  • Got on the road and after some time stopped in Whistler to address Andrews trans fluid leaking issue
  • A Whistler 5 is a Philly 10
  • Head towards the road which takes us up and over the mountain range going east
  • Weather shifted
  • Rain and shitty sharp cold
  • We got wet, then pulled over to put on rain suits
  • I fucked up and didn’t put on my rain boots. Red wing boots got drenched
  • We rode in rain for what seemed to me like hours.
  • Amazing landscapes. Insane views. As epic as epic gets. Shame it was raining and freezing
  • Found great campsite
  • Regarding the bikes: Adams bike runs a million degrees hot. Andrews trans seal leaks over his rear tire. Quinn’s guzzi is rattling itself loose. My XR has a bent wheel so vibrates at highway speed. Bens bike is ugly
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  • Take an awesome dirt road across entire Vancouver island W to E. Was epic. Super dusty though
  • Get to Namaino and find a Honda dealer. Try and solve Adams over-heating issue. Put in oem paper air filter and remove his emissions canister and plug air box. Still reading 275deg on highway.
  • Take ferry back to main land
  • Dr Andrew bike is now leaking trans fluid so trying to figure that out
  • Vancouver city seems awesome. Super clean. Insane views. Nice people.
  • Camped at Cat-Lake with the bears
  • I’ll say this – XR650L – what a fantastic bike, I’m having a blast on it. Even highway for hours at 70mph is chill
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  • Leave Andrews island and take 23 ferries to get to Vancouver island
  • Quinn’s first time ever out of America which blew my mind
  • People may or may not have smuggled things over the border
  • Didn’t know Victoria was a city that existed. Had lunch and people watched
  • Rode through a rain forest on way to port renfrew
  • Such drastic air temperature differences it’s insane. 80deg sweating one hour and 40deg shivering the next
  • Slept on a beach tonight
  • Adams XR still running hotter than mine going to try to solve that soon
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  • All meet in Portland. Stay with bens buddy Justin. Slept in his backyard
  • Portland is nicer than I remember. Hung with Ryan for the day.
  • Wake in morning and take highway to Dr Andrew island to meet Andrew there
  • 10 mins on highway outside Portland Adams XR650 shits it’s DG silencer out and almost decapitates me at 70mph
  • We pull over and notice his bike is running hot at 280deg oil temp
  • Stuff a sock over his k&n air filter to restrict it
  • Get back on highway and my clutch cable snaps
  • Ride all way 6 hr to the island with no clutch and go through 15 traffic jams near Seattle. That was fun
  • Ben looks like a 70s porn star with creeper hair cut
  • Quinn’s shit box Guzzi is running the best surprisingly
  • I’m shooting 5 rolls of film
  • Andrew island is rad. Took ferry to get here. More to come tmrw…
]]> https://www.chinonthetank.com/2019/06/canadian-rockies-day-1/feed/ 2 MC Trip 2019 – Canadian Rockies https://www.chinonthetank.com/2019/06/british-columbia-mc-trip-2019/ https://www.chinonthetank.com/2019/06/british-columbia-mc-trip-2019/#comments Thu, 06 Jun 2019 14:43:50 +0000 http://www.chinonthetank.com/?p=21274 In a little over a week Ben, Andrew, Alex, Ed, and myself are heading out West to explore British Columbia. Last month we all packed our bikes and shipped them out to Portland, OR. Our final stop be will Missoula, MT where Ed and I plan to keep our XR’s so we can fly out again to keep this trip going.

This is the general route we plan on taking. If anyone knows of anything worth checking out along the way leave a comment. This means bars, diners, free camp spots, scenic things, historic stuff, swimming holes, strip clubs, etc.

GOOGLE MAP

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