Musquodoboit is a native indian name given to the geography of the harbour. Translated, it roughly means "a wide opening after a narrow passage."
In spite of a cold and wet spring, our vintage bike club was able to get in the first three scheduled runs of 2019. The first two were in cool conditions to say the least, but the Musquodoboit run was on the warmest day yet this year. In fact, many of us were over dressed for the afternoon temps.
We met outside of town at a gas station/convenience store. There were 22 of us and we occupied the parking area for over 30 minutes until everyone was there. To somewhat justify taking over the place I always encourage everyone to gas up their bikes there.
From there I led the group inland away from the cooler coast and eventually pulled them over for a rest before making the non-stop run to Middle Musquodoboit. There are any number of places using the Musquodoboit name; harbour, middle, river, upper, center, valley.
Middle is a favourite stopping place for a rest and pictures by the fire station.
In the background is a thriving little business of bakery, restaurant and provincial liquor store. It satisfies several needs
The food is excellent, but seating is limited. It would hold all of us if there were no other customers so we opted to ride another 30 minutes to Harbour. Harbour village has grown over the years and now offers 3-4 good places to eat. When we arrived the group split up and chose their preference. Some riders chose to motor on and others left early for home so no more group pictures.
Some of the notable bikes on the ride.
This is the only roadworthy AJS of this model in the province.
A 500 Triumph café racer.
A nice little Yamaha that made its first appearance.
A nice Norton that has been seen before.
My friends are always kidding me about my clean and shiny bikes. One of them took this picture of my BSA victor Roadster using the "sparkle" feature in his camera
It was a good day out with good friends in excellent weather. Others rode farther to join the ride, but for me it was a 201 km (126 miles) loop.
This is the whole gang at the fire station in Middle. My jacket has the red trim.
In spite of a cold and wet spring, our vintage bike club was able to get in the first three scheduled runs of 2019. The first two were in cool conditions to say the least, but the Musquodoboit run was on the warmest day yet this year. In fact, many of us were over dressed for the afternoon temps.
We met outside of town at a gas station/convenience store. There were 22 of us and we occupied the parking area for over 30 minutes until everyone was there. To somewhat justify taking over the place I always encourage everyone to gas up their bikes there.
From there I led the group inland away from the cooler coast and eventually pulled them over for a rest before making the non-stop run to Middle Musquodoboit. There are any number of places using the Musquodoboit name; harbour, middle, river, upper, center, valley.
Middle is a favourite stopping place for a rest and pictures by the fire station.
In the background is a thriving little business of bakery, restaurant and provincial liquor store. It satisfies several needs
The food is excellent, but seating is limited. It would hold all of us if there were no other customers so we opted to ride another 30 minutes to Harbour. Harbour village has grown over the years and now offers 3-4 good places to eat. When we arrived the group split up and chose their preference. Some riders chose to motor on and others left early for home so no more group pictures.
Some of the notable bikes on the ride.
This is the only roadworthy AJS of this model in the province.
A 500 Triumph café racer.
A nice little Yamaha that made its first appearance.
A nice Norton that has been seen before.
My friends are always kidding me about my clean and shiny bikes. One of them took this picture of my BSA victor Roadster using the "sparkle" feature in his camera
It was a good day out with good friends in excellent weather. Others rode farther to join the ride, but for me it was a 201 km (126 miles) loop.
This is the whole gang at the fire station in Middle. My jacket has the red trim.
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