On Labor Day Weekend 2017, we once again drove to the great white north (almost) for the yearly pilgrimage of speed, cramped legs, road food, hotel beds, and surprisingly cold weather!
Joining this year was my extremely patient and understanding girlfriend Hannah, as well as great (and slightly crazy) friends Drew and Maggie.
Side note: Drew and Maggie rode 650 miles two-up on a Honda VFR800 to be there. They are the true heroes of the weekend, and I bravely salute them from my heated truck cab.
Photos courtesy Maggie Rusch, Hannah Knight, and Myself.
After work on Wednesday, I picked Hannah up from the train station and drove directly to the Port Jefferson ferry. We were first on and off, and got the best seat in the house!
After spending the night with a friend outside of Boston, we headed north.
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| Mount Katahdin! |
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| Haystack Mountain |
We arrived in Presque Isle on Thursday night, and spent Friday going through registration and tech inspection at the track, settling into our hotel, and purchasing wool socks and gloves because of the "unseasonably cold" high-40's weather.
By that evening, Drew and Maggie had arrived and we warmed our bones at a nearby pub.
By Saturday morning the weather had improved, and we arrived at the track and set up. We were able to make 5 runs during the day, and the bike got progressively faster with each pass as we worked out the bugs. We made several tuning changes to the transmission, but in reality most of the improvements were made by properly inflating the tires....
The final pass on Sunday morning was 86.5mph flat out, the class record, so we packed it in and began the long trek home.
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| My other favorite Maine tradition!!! |
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