Comments on: How to: Go touring https://canadamotoguide.com/2019/05/20/how-to-go-touring/ The Canadian Motorcycle Guide Fri, 27 Dec 2019 16:05:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: Craig https://canadamotoguide.com/2019/05/20/how-to-go-touring/#comment-44501 Fri, 31 May 2019 13:33:32 +0000 https://canadamotoguide.com/?p=113579#comment-44501 In reply to arewethereyet.

Interesting. I got the “01000” trick off a local motorcycle chat group a few years. I tried it, and it worked. But … the three numerals in my postal code are “010” as well. So what you say makes sense. Perhaps the person who posted it on the site where I found it also had a postal code with the digits “010.”

]]> By: arewethereyet https://canadamotoguide.com/2019/05/20/how-to-go-touring/#comment-44496 Fri, 31 May 2019 03:21:14 +0000 https://canadamotoguide.com/?p=113579#comment-44496 In reply to Craig.

Hmmm, I’ve always been told it’s the 3 numbers in your postal code followed by 00. Works for everyone I’ve ever been to the US with.

The numbers in my postal code are 010, so I can definitely say that 01000 works for me. 😉

]]> By: Craig https://canadamotoguide.com/2019/05/20/how-to-go-touring/#comment-44463 Tue, 28 May 2019 16:22:35 +0000 https://canadamotoguide.com/?p=113579#comment-44463 If you are in the U.S. and gassing up your bike, you might be asked to enter your zip code if you want to pay at pump. The five-digit U.S. zip code has to match the one on the mailing address for your card. So your Canadian postal code won’t work, nor will any U.S. zip code. But you don’t have to go inside to pay. The code for non-U.S. cards is 01000. (I remember it as “zero-one-thousand” so that I’m not trying to remember where the “1” goes.) Type it in when prompted for your zip code, and you can pay at the pump.

]]> By: Brent https://canadamotoguide.com/2019/05/20/how-to-go-touring/#comment-44457 Mon, 27 May 2019 17:35:10 +0000 https://canadamotoguide.com/?p=113579#comment-44457 Duct tape and a zip tie saved my ass at dusk in the mountains when my shifter mechanism lost a nut. I snugged the zip-tie around as best I could to realign the bits and criss-crossed the heim joint with thin strips of duct tape… and road safely home. My point? NEVER forget duct tape and zip ties!

]]> By: Denis Gadoua https://canadamotoguide.com/2019/05/20/how-to-go-touring/#comment-44415 Tue, 21 May 2019 22:20:32 +0000 https://canadamotoguide.com/?p=113579#comment-44415 I check-in with my location on Facebook every time I stop, so my family and friends can see where I am. It might help the search party if I go missing.

]]> By: Cam https://canadamotoguide.com/2019/05/20/how-to-go-touring/#comment-44414 Tue, 21 May 2019 20:15:16 +0000 https://canadamotoguide.com/?p=113579#comment-44414 I never leave home with out my Spot device on track, many places in BC and NW United States are devoid of people and cell coverage, and have someone you trust check your progress now and again. I always bring my heated gear, socks, gloves, jacket. I have driven through 5 deg and driving rain on the Coquihalla collector in the middle of summer, my cousin got so cold that he almost passed out. Also the same conditions in the Crowsnest pass except add 80 km/hr west wind and some snow, again in the middle of summer. You get the idea, it can and does snow in AB and BC year round. It can also be 40 deg and I have experienced both on the same day. Cranbrook 35, Crownest Pass snowing. If you come west please be prepared, especially the Icefields parkway. I have Lenz heated socks, Power in Motion gloves and a Milwaukee jacket, all amazing. All my bikes have heated grips as well, I have Raynauds. Cam

]]> By: Shawna https://canadamotoguide.com/2019/05/20/how-to-go-touring/#comment-44405 Tue, 21 May 2019 10:12:03 +0000 https://canadamotoguide.com/?p=113579#comment-44405 I always carry a 4’ long, clear 1/4” tube to use as a siphon in case I run out of gas in the middle of nowhere. For long trips into the middle of nowhere, I carry a 1 litre gas container. Both have saved my arse in the past.

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