About the only month that you can count out snow happening is July, perhaps riding across Canada should be left until a little later in the season like late May or June.... DonG
Depending on the spring, you may or may not freeze your nuts off crossing the prairies, the mountain passes are a whole other story, perhaps swinging south would be a good idea. Good luck! DonG
The lifts from Princess Auto are good quality, used to have two choices, foot pump or pneumatic. I took the clamp system off and installed a chock, much better now. DonG
Bring on that pie! I have one similar on my Cafe Sport, different muffler. I run it with out the DB killer, sounds good, dont know if it affected HP or not, give it a try whats to loose? DonG