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    THE ANNIVERSARY RIDE

    Sep 21, 2018 8 minutes
    Story and photos by Allen and Bobbi Wood

    Last summer, my wife, Bobbi, and I were discussing plans for celebrating our 20th wedding anniversary that August. Bobbi wanted to go on a cruise. I thought that was a great idea, so I started getting my 1974 Suzuki GT750 “Water Buffalo” ready for the ride. Come to find out, her idea of a cruise was on a ship. Silly girl.

    Of course, we don’t own a ship, so we had a meeting of the minds and settled on a motorcycle cruise. I love riding long distance, and Bobbi often goes with me. Bobbi mapped out a route that would take us from northwest Florida to Colorado Springs, then north to Calgary. From there we’d head east and then drop down back into the states to Michigan, and then south back to Florida, staying west of the Appalachian Mountains to stay cool.

    Preparation

    Getting ready for the trip wasn’t that involved. First on the list were passports, and since temperatures would range from almost freezing to 110 F, we needed to make sure we had appropriate riding gear, including lots of Ziploc bags in case of rain. I installed a Garmin Zumo 550 GPS, had the bike wired for our Gerbing electric heated liners and gloves, and I installed a set of fork protectors from a Kawasaki ZRX1100 to protect

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