Canada and the US on a '79 Triumph
At last 22 years after my first visit I am back in North America for a 3 month tour of Canada and the US. Under normal circumstances I would have brough my tried and tested 1991 BMW R80GS which has taken me to a few places before and has proven pretty reliable, but after plying me with alcohol a friend suggested my 1979 Triumph 750 would be a better choice, against my better judgement I agreed.
I have had this bike from new and it has had the odd mechanical hiccup in the 109,000 miles that I have travelled on it, most of these were through my inexperience at the time, I hope the overhaul I gave it before leaving will have ironed out potential problems.
Yesterday I retreaved the bike from the port in Halifax, Nova Scotia with the help of David George aka Lightkeeper, a Local GSer and friend of Tiffany Coates who put me in touch, many thanks to him and his trailer as the throttle cable was badly frayed despite seeming to be ok before it left. That is now fixed and the bike packed for a departure tomorrow morning.
The photo is taken outside of David's house in Peggy's cover which is a beautiful fishing village on the Nova Scotia coast.
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