Via Ashcroft, BC-97C S, Merritt, and BC-5 S
06/28/2010, 266 miles
In the morning we took the SV to South Cariboo Motorsports just down the road. Unlike the shops in Prince George they agreed to look at it even though they're a Yamaha dealer, even though it was Monday, and even though they were busy. The mechanic cleaned up the area and said he didn't see any new leaks. He said we'd probably be OK, but suggested we take a detour toward Kamloops where there's a Suzuki dealer just in case anything went wrong. We called the dealer in Kamloops and they were closed, but we assumed they'd be open Tuesday. The other option was to put the bikes on a U-Haul and drive home. We'd found a U-Haul place in 100 Mile House.
We decided to press on. At a gas stop in Cache Creek we met another Bandit rider on an immaculate '97 Bandit with only 32,000km (19,883 miles) on it. He was from 100 Mile House, just out for the day. He suggested it might be a more enjoyable route for us to go through Ashcroft to Merritt and then down BC-5 rather than take 97 to Kamloops (why is it almost every route through BC is called 97-something?) or contine down Fraser canyon. He said Merritt is a good size town with a dealership so we should be Ok. I was skeptical but decided to follow his advice. It turned out to be a very scenic twisty route through the middle of nowhere with no cell phone reception, but Merritt was indeed a good size town with a dealership. Fortunately neither bike seemed in need of a dealership so we continued on to Abbotsford. Even BC-5, a major highway, was really quite spectacular.
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