“So, let me understand this better,” I said to my student. “You and your 6’2” [then] boyfriend, bought a 1983 Honda CM250 Custom in Vancouver and rode it 6,000 km two-up across Canada to Kentville, Nova Scotia?”
“Yes,” said Justine Sturgeon, one of my students on the motorcycling basic course in New Minas, N.S., in the spring of 2012. They were out in B.C. planting trees in 2011 and decided to load up their camping gear and belongings on a trusty, small (17 hp) Honda and ride it across Canada.
Justine and Nathan Mentink’s fun 10-day adventure crossing Canada on a small-bore bike made me think that maybe many North American motorcyclists are missing out on a fun segment of riding. Often, over the eight years that I taught as…
