All of a sudden, heretofore un-
reachable locations are beckoning.
Areas that are too treacherous to ride
a motorcycle through become twisty
roller-coaster style routes for your
sled. Impossible water crossings
become high-speed runways marked
out with pine trees (called a tree line)
or trail stakes. And the adventurous
take off into the wilds of the Canadi-
an back country once more.
I have been what is now referred
to as an adventure motorcycle rid-
er for going on 7 years. From April
until November I ride my motorcy-
cle – currently a 2014 V-Strom 1000
– through some of the most beautiful
and remote regions of Canada.
And up until the winter of 2016 I
was like many, if not most Canadian
riders; I really, really disliked win-
ter. I spent those long, dark and cold
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