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Excellent. I'll see how things pan out. Thanks.

Good looking route. I'm stuck on the farm until we finish hay ... damn rain! I have a friend in Thunder Bay and hope to get up there this year. Your prerunning roads will help me decide on a route. I've also got an itch to explore New Brunswick. Hopefully weather cooperates and I can get finished on the farm and be free. I have the Transalp pretty much ready. New Trailmax Missions next week and I'll be ready.

I looked at a 660. Very appealing but I never rode one. No dealers close to me and I found the deal on my Tracer so I didn't pursue it. Still, very happy I ended up with the Transalp ... it's a great bike on the highway and works really well on gravel and trails too.

Ya, they're very popular. I think I lucked out when I got $600 off on mine, plus they installed a bunch of accessories no charge.

Sure is a sweet powerplant. Not the same HP as the Tracer, but I'm satisfied. This is the first year Honda brought the Transalp to North America. I'm sure they will bring different iterations in time.

Up and down on is standard on the Transalp. Down is perfect, up works best with lots of RPM and throttle.

My 900 GT was the first bike I've owned with cruise, and I loved it. The lack of cruise was, almost, a deal breaker for me with theTransalp. I use cruise all the time in any vehicle and I'm looking forward to getting my Veridian kit.

Theory is that Honda is trying not to step on Africa Twin sales by equipping the Transalp too well. Basic suspension, no CC, no IMU, etc.

So much speculation (and whining 😉) about the lack of CC. Like I mentioned though, the Veridian system is affordable. There's other, more upscale, CC options too. Like most bikes, there's lots of areas of the bike to upgrade/modify to make it suit you. I bet there's a lot of people that buy bikes and just ride them as they are from the dealership ... until they start hanging out on forums and "learn" about all the bike's shortcomings. 😁

Actually, I thought the worst part of that video was the amount of time Ryan spent talking about the WhateverCam 360.

The more I ride mine the more I like it. Every bike has its shortfalls. You either learn to live with it or learn to fix it. My Veridian cruise control should arrive soon so that'll be one thing crossed off the list. Don't know of I'd even bother with getting an ECU flash, if one comes available. I don't think it runs that bad.

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Planning on Bancroft ... weather dependent. Roads up here are still covered with sand and salt. We got a few inches of snow last night, which didn't help.

Well, figure I might as well finish where I started. The Tracer is gone. I posted it up for sale and a guy offered me a very fair amount to take it off my hands. Looking forward to focusing on putting miles on my Transalp. Good luck and rubber side down to all.

The Big Dog!