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Originally Posted by pottsy
Is a single cylinder bike suitable for a tour of the West US/Canada. I ask this (silly?) question as the mileages between the areas i'm likely to be interested in are that much further than those of my Euro trip, and on much straighter roads.
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There's a way to find out. I see in Wikipedia that the 1A highway in the UK is 409 miles end to end. If you are travelling in the US or Canada, that would be a relaxed (one) day's ride. So if you were touring, you would be riding this distance every day, and you would be riding it on highways or motorways, at steady speed of say 65-70 mph or 110-120 kph plus. So if you can ride your bike from London to Glasgow and back on a weekend and still be smiling, your bike will suit typical NA touring.
That's assuming are doing 'typical' riding of course, but no matter what kind or riding you do, you will likely be riding much longer distances per day than you are used to. I met a Swiss guy just outside of Yellowknife who was riding a bicycle across Canada, so anything is possible.
As you can see from the attached link, singles are OK, but I haveta admit that sometimes a gold wing might be nice as well!
nwt_trip
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