Ontario Cannonball 500
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bigsheep
Running Like a Top
Hamilton, ON
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Ontario Cannonball 500
So I did the Ontario Cannomball 500 today. I'm a little less than 12 hours I ride through countless towns rode alongside 3 Great Lakes, visited ten different motorcycle dealerships all on my CB1100 without a windshield of any kind.
I'm a little sore on the backside a little stiff and very tired, but it was a fantastic day! I'll post some photos later, there aren't many, no time!!!
1968 CB350
1981 CB125S
2002 CBR600F4i
2013 CB1100
2014 Honda CTX700N (sold)
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06-11-2017 06:02 PM |
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The ferret
Forum Moderator
Ohio
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RE: Ontario Cannonball 500
Sounds like a full and fun day. Looking forward to the pics. You wear your new leather jacket?
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Defender of the Realm
2014 DLX (the pleasure horse)
2021 NC750X DCT (Angry Bird)
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06-11-2017 07:49 PM |
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bigsheep
Running Like a Top
Hamilton, ON
Posts: 407
Joined: Nov 2016
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RE: Ontario Cannonball 500
Haha, no it was too hot, I wore a mesh textile with body armour. It performed brilliantly, nice and breezy all day.
1968 CB350
1981 CB125S
2002 CBR600F4i
2013 CB1100
2014 Honda CTX700N (sold)
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06-12-2017 05:24 AM |
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Nortoon
High Mileage
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 1,409
Joined: Jan 2015
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RE: Ontario Cannonball 500
We had an Open House yesterday as our current home is for sale, so I had to disappear from 2 to 4 PM. It was so miserably hot I did not wear my usual gear, just an open face helmet, T-shirt, shorts, white socks, sneakers and deer skin gloves. Now I really felt retro. Like some time machine had dropped me back into the late 60s.
A couple of years ago I tried this on my CB500XA and felt very venerable. Oddly enough this time I was so glad to be free of my heavy and hot gear, I was smiling from ear to ear. Rode to Smith Falls for an iced coffee and maple dipped donut. Felt like I was twenty something again.
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06-12-2017 11:24 AM |
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bigsheep
Running Like a Top
Hamilton, ON
Posts: 407
Joined: Nov 2016
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06-13-2017 04:44 PM |
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Lord Popgun
I find your lack of RLETs disturbing
Virginia Beach
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RE: Ontario Cannonball 500
Who names a motorcycle shop Crashburn?
If you come to a fork in the road, take it!
2013 CB1100
2012 ST1300
Holder of the CB1100Forum Secret Decoder Ring
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06-13-2017 04:57 PM |
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The ferret
Forum Moderator
Ohio
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RE: Ontario Cannonball 500
really!
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Defender of the Realm
2014 DLX (the pleasure horse)
2021 NC750X DCT (Angry Bird)
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06-13-2017 05:52 PM |
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Cormanus
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Queensland, Australia
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RE: Ontario Cannonball 500
Here you go, popgun:
Quote:"How did you get the name Chris Crash ?"
"I don't know if it's an advert for a story... It all stemmed from back in the day when we made stunt videos and were total hooligans on the streets. I wrote off two brand new sport bikes within a three month period.
After a couple crashes that nobody else could have walked away from, plus all the small crashes from learning the stunts, I earned the nickname Chris Crash. My last name is Washburn, so it wasn't too much of a stretch to come up with CRASHBURN
for a business name.
I don't think it's something to brag about but it definitely played a role in naming the business... lol!"
No, I didn't make it up. See http://www.crashburncycles.com/about.html
Great name.
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06-14-2017 01:20 AM |
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