Sunday, August 16, 2015

2015 Blogger to Blogger Tour - the Kilner Interlude

Ed Kilner swung through Montreal on his way to a grand tour of the Maritimes, and spent a night with us.

I made room in the garage for his BMW R1200RT.  It was the second time there were two Beemers and three bikes in the Masse garage.
We caught up on a bunch of topics including all types of things we discovered we had in common professionnally that you would never suspect.  Mostly boring change management stuff and the role of information technologies, or at least boring to most people, but endlessly fascinating to Ed and I.

I barbequed some steaks, Susan made a salad, and I cooked some market fresh new potatoes, all of which went nicely with an organic cabernet sauvigon blend.

Ed was up at the crack of dawn gearing up for a ride up to the Gaspé.
At Ed's suggestion I threw a modest breakfast together.
Ed asked for the best route to take to the south shore route to Quebec City. It took me fifteen seconds to let Susan know that I was going to ride with Ed to the South Shore via the Champlain bridge.
The ride was uneventful, though the morning rush hour was in high gear.  Fortunately the route I took was flowing nicely and we made it over the bridge and off the island in very good time.
We pulled off route 132 on the South Shore, onto a side street in Longueuil where Ed programmed his GPS for the road to the GaspĂ© Peninsula.  We said our goodbyes, I wished Ed safe travels, made a U-turn, honked a goodbye blast of Thunderbird's air horn, and headed back home.

Around supper time Ed sent me an e-mail message saying that he had arrrived safely in Rimouski. You can read about that leg of his travels here.

PS: Ed's Beemer cracked its oil pan on a misplaced brick, ending his Maritime tour, and ending his Beemer too.  Ed's fine, back home, but for the time being, bikeless.  Read all about it.

17 comments:

SonjaM said...

Isn't it always great to meet up with fellow moto bloggers

After reading about Ed's journey I am both, excited and a bit anxious about my trip.

VStar Lady said...

Glad you hit it off with Ed. I now very much appreciate the 30 bypass so I don't have to do high traffic bridges or tunnels heading east.

Dar said...

Hopefully one day I will meet more of my blogging buddies!

redlegsrides said...

Nice meetup and hosting!

Coop a.k.a. Coopdway said...

David, a fortunate for all overnight visit. Thanks much for the link back to the last time there was 3!

Trobairitz said...

A bloggers home is always a welcome sight after a long day's ride.

RichardM said...

Nice meetup. Did you change the exhaust on the Shadow yet or decide to live with it?

Deb said...

Such a good time, you guys!

Some day we blog buds will all ride together...maybe a camp out and sit around the fire late at night and trade stories and laughs.

David Masse said...

Sonja, if it makes you feel any better, when I was getting ready to leave the dealer after the Honda's service, one of the mechanics walked by and said "Ah, a Honda Shadow... indestructible!"

David Masse said...

I had dropped in on Ed at his home for coffee on my way to meet you in State College a few years back.

The 30 bypass is a really useful ring road that avoids the whole highway 40 elevated section through the middle of the island. Much faster and less traffic.

David Masse said...

Dar, business is taking me to Victoria in a few years' time :)

David Masse said...

Thanks Dom.

You never know when our paths may cross.

David Masse said...

Thanks Doug. Who knows... I'd be thrilled to host one of your many bikes. It's a little bit of a ride though.

David Masse said...

Brandy that is so true.

David Masse said...

Richard that's a funny thing.

I did change the exhaust, and you know what? The OEM exhaust sounds way better than the Cobra pipes. Much deeper exhaust note, plus the bike has less vibration, and the engine's happier too, only very minor backfiring on compression now. I honestly don't know why anyone would want to spend money on those pipes.

Go figure!

David Masse said...

Deb, I would love nothing more.

David Masse said...

Ed, you're welcome here any time!

I am curious to see which bike you will choose.

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