Trans Labrador Highway Adventure on a Honda CB500X & Kawasaki KLR650 - Part 2
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- Опубликовано: 11 окт 2024
- Day 2 of a 10 day motorcycle trip around the Atlantic Provinces to discover Labrador and complete the Trans Labrador Highway. We covered 565 kms from Gadou Falls, Quebec to Fermont, Quebec.
Points of Interest:
Gadou Falls
Manic 2 Dam
Manic 3 Dam
Manic 5 Dam
Manicougan Reservoir Viewpoint
Relais Gabriel
Gagnon Ghost Town
Bikes:
2020 Honda CB500X
2008 Kawasaki KLR650
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Awesome video great editing.
Thanks so much!!
What an awesome shout out! And you pronounced it properly! Lol. Thanks again for the mention!!! Motivation to get back into making videos for sure!
Any time man! Your videos really are great. And yes….please start making more videos. I won’t be hitting the Trans Taiga or James Bay next year, but it’s on the “list”. Cheers!
Good gosh that truck drifting sideways at 9:20 about put me in the hospital.. I thought i was having a stroke lol
😂😂 I figured the truck from the movie Duel was suiting to how we were treated by the lead truck of that group.
My brother, being a trucker gave so many excuses of it’s all in my head. But we caught up to them again crossing all of the railway crossings and the lead trucker blatantly tried to not let my brother pass after I did. That time, once we stopped for the night my brother said “I thought you were kidding but nope…..that guy’s just an asshole!”
I’m glad you got a kick out of the Duel reference. Cheers!
Looks like a great time on the two wheels!
Man, this was the trip of a lifetime. This area of Quebec is amazing. Little to no cell coverage….very few people. Perfect! 😂
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My kind of trip.
So crazy right beside the river outlet, it's the EXACT same spot i pitched my tent on July 23, 2023... oh and I was riding my 2014 CB500X with RR suspension on Shinko 705s
I had the added bonus of waking up at 3am to my tent shaking all over the place because a raccoon got stuck in my tents vestibule! It was a great spot to camp. Cheers!
Its wild how built up that town was before it was all taken down. There were some major buildings there. Watching your adventures makes me realize that I need to plan more sightseeing stops on mine for sure. I usually get so caught up on the ride that I spend 100% of the day in the saddle and I'm starting to think I'm missing a lot. But Dammmmmmmmmmm you found some great scenes.
I think the craziest part of a town of 4,000 people at it’s peak, complete with churches, schools, and even an arena, is that it was only accessible by plane at the time. The road through wasn’t completed until 2 years after everyone left!
I definitely over plan things but my process is basically to research places I want to see in the area I’m going and then map the coolest route I can to get to them. Then I try to estimate what’s doable in a day while still getting to the final destination before dark. I always have a “must do” and “nice to do” mentality of things and adjust accordingly during the day.
It can make for long busy days but it works for me. And my brother still wants to travel with me next year so I guess I didn’t wear him out or drive him nuts.😂 Cheers!
Great vid! Living in Moncton now, lived in Lab City 48 years, drove 389 a million times haha back in the 1980's it was roughly 20H to do 389 from LC to Baie Comeau.
From one McLean now living in Moncton to another, thanks so much!
Yeah, I had a roommate from Lab City when I was attending UNB in the 90’s. I always wondered why his car had very little mileage on it yet was almost destroyed! Road was a little rougher back then I assume. 😂 Cheers!
Man you really know how to stretch a day with all those amazing sights and landmarks, so impressive and fun to watch your adventure unfold. It must be rewarding at the end of each day knowing your research and planning pays off dividends. Love the drone shots, and kudos for da French dialect there! Lol. Well done, thanks again for sharing, cheers and keep well!
I get up at 5am….. 🫣 Definitely not for everybody.
My brother had it easy. He rarely even uses the internet for anything and did zero research. Just along for the ride saying “Wow! This is great!” the whole time. 😂 Cheers!
Good storyline, it is so Canadian. From one adventure coast to another.
Thank you so much! It’s an amazing area to ride through. Cheers!
Proper enjoyed your film sir 👍great scenery,top editing 👌, we encounterd forest fires in BC this June 😮 the brotherhood of biking is alive and strong. 😎👍🤘
Thanks so much! Yes, it was a bad year for forest fires throughout Canada. Not where I live though as it rained most of the entire summer here. Cheers!
Another great video, looking forward to the next one!
Thanks so much!
Great drone shot of manic 5 and very good video , nice trip to do ......will be watching (now I am going for a ride with Yellow my Ryker to see the leaf turning red Alain & Yellow
Thanks so much! Yes, definitely get in as much riding as you can before the snow flies. Cheers!
great riding area...won't be long and all will be paved...gotta get there next year, for sure
As it stands right now roughly 100kms between Manic 5 and Relais Gabriel and 65kms from Fire Lake to Mont Wright are the only sections of the main Labrador loop that remain unpaved. It’s an amazing area to ride through regardless. You won’t regret going. Cheers!
This is a great series! I attempted a similar trip back in 2013 on a KLR but a dead battery in Relais-Gabriel and tight schedule kept me from continuing. I still had a great time in Quebec and Nova Scotia. Might have to do a Newfoundland trip this summer! Keep the videos coming!
Thank you so much! The Labrador loop isn’t the challenge that it once was but it is still an amazing ride. We didn’t spend a lot of time in Newfoundland on this trip so we’re going back to the island for this year’s trip. Thanks for watching, and ride safe!
Love the cool way that you do your videos. I did the same trip last august on my VStrom 650 with another buddy and it brought back great memories. My GoPro stopped working at one point and I only had footage to Relais Gabriel. I am looking forward to see your ride to Cartwright where, since the hotel was full, someone rented us their one of their houses for the night for almost nothing.. Love that Labrador hospitality!!
Thanks so much! I had some camera issues myself for a couple days after we ran into a hail storm outside of Goose Bay. We ended up camping next to an abandoned radar station in Cartwright. One of my favourite places that I have ever camped. I’m working on that video now and should have it up in a few days. Cheers!
Thank you!! Will be checking out for that latest video. Bonjour de Montréal!!!
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Your ride is a lot more in-depth than mine was. I rushed through a lot of the cool places you stopped at. Oh well, I'll have to go back i guess...
They washed the graffiti and scraped all of the stickers off of the Labrador sign a week after I went through. We all have to go back! 😂
Great video. I hope to be there summer of 2024. I will have to download your videos for the gps coordinates. Thanks for all the great details.
Thanks so much! It’s an amazing ride and you’re going to love it. Cheers!
Excellent video . I drove past the vehicle you walk up to at the end of the video while I was driving west into Lab. City on July 29 @ 6pm . I believe it was the first vehicle I passed in Labrador . An hour later in Lab City the PC wouldn't start . Great shot of Manic 5 !
We must have just missed crossing paths. This video was recorded on July 30th!
The bike broke down on July 29 around 6pm . I was in Lab. City on the 29 and 30th. I left Lab City on July 31st at 6am . After driving the first long dirt road in Quebec I made it to a truck stop / Emergency telephone 511 ? stop about an hour before I got to Relais Gabriel . While I was there 2 bikes went by going east . I thought that one was an African Twin but wasn't sure as it happened quite fast . Actually I thought that you guys probably already drove the Trans Lab by then . Anyway it could have been you guys . It would have been on July 31st . @@506motoadv
We would have been making coffee and oatmeal at our camp in Fermont when you left Lab City. An Africa Twin and another bike sounds like the guys I suggested Station Uapishka to.
Loved the videos and am thinking about doing this ride next summer. Any regrets/second thoughts to taking the KLR on this ride?
My brother has no regrets on the KLR and you shouldn’t have any second thoughts on taking it on this ride…. plenty have done it. My recommendation for the KLR is a fresh oil change using generic 10w40 just before you leave home, carry a quart or two when you leave home and expect to top it off every night. Each town should have access to some sort of oil if you run out. Keeping the kph below 100 helped. Overall I think he burned between 4 and 5 litres over roughly 5,000kms. Do it! You won’t regret it. Cheers!
One of the best vids i've seen on the Lab run. Quick easy question, what device are you using for navigation? Cheers!
Thanks so much! It’s an Umidigi Bison Pro. Chinese rugged android phone. It’s mounted to the bike using a Quad Lock universal phone mount. I create my routes in Gaia and upload the .gpx files into the DriveMode Dashboard app.
It works fairly well. My only complaint is that the glossy screen can be difficult to see in bright sunlight. Cheers!
@@506motoadv Thanks for the reply! Is the screen size adequate or have you wished for a larger screen? Cheers from Sussex NB
@@bradcrossman5068 adequate, yes. Do I wish it was a little bigger? Also yes.
At the time there wasn’t really an available economic rugged tablet. Now there are a few options. I’ll likely be upgrading it to an Ulefone 8” rugged tablet or similar. Cheers!
The Ulefone Rugged 8 is what i'm considering also. I'm just afraid it may be too heavy but since it's going on the R1200RT, it might not be a problem. Do you know of anyone with that model of Ulefone?@@506motoadv
Unfortunately I don’t know anybody who uses one. Online reviews seem decent and I’ll only be using it for a couple apps and to save my .pdf edition Backroad Mapbooks.
Pictures don't do justice either at LaGrande dam network
I bet! I’ll be able to experience that network in person in a couple years as it’s on the short list for future trips. Thanks for watching. Cheers!