Road trip up to Canada

[stormi]

We never had any problems. Could tell it was a tad rich at some of the highest stuff, but nothing bad enough to put a damper on the fun. Certainly nothing like the time I rode my GS750 over some of Colorado's 10,000' passes where it was so rich it would only do ~50-60 mph.

As for the lack of AB pics, we were only on the roads for maybe 4 hours, so that's a lot of pics of AB compared to the other states & BC.  

LOL! I can see where a bike might get upset at that elevation.  A little 400 shouldn't have any more trouble with the richness of the gas than a 1200, should it?  It might be a little more gutless, but other than that?  It turns out that I will "only" be going to the second highest point on the parkway, so that's only 6677ft.  Hmm,.. here's an interesting point.  it's 120kms one way from the Jasper townsite to where I want to go... if the bike is running richer than usual, I will go through gas faster, right?  Gonna need to take gas with us somehow.  

Ok,.. per KM you did well, but still, the volume wasn't there.  You need a do-over.  

[Red01]

Shouldn't really go thru gas any faster, it's rich because the air is less dense. You should still be metering the same amount of gas for a given rpm. If you have problems running too rich, you could try removing the air box snorkel or lid and that should help lean things out.

And I'm looking forward to another run up there... Next time we'll make it to Banff and Jasper. Won't be this year though.

[stormi]

Shouldn't really go thru gas any faster, it's rich because the air is less dense. You should still be metering the same amount of gas for a given rpm. If you have problems running too rich, you could try removing the air box snorkel or lid and that should help lean things out.

And I'm looking forward to another run up there... Next time we'll make it to Banff and Jasper. Won't be this year though.

Oh good,.. I was thinking she'd be harder on gas.  I think I will probably play with the airbox a little up there then.

When you do go through Banff and Jasper, you'll love the IceFields Parkway.  (Hiway 93) It's a beautiful drive, and I'm hoping to do half of it next weekend.  The big thing is that it's 230kms with only one gas station at 153kms (from the Jasper side).  I don't plan to go as far as The Crossing, so I need to make sure I can get to where I want to go and back without running out of gas.  

The Crossing is also a nice little place to stay if you want to stop for the night.  The bar has a neat relaxed atmosphere where you can cook your own meals.  Great for us, cos we usually roll in after the restaurant closes. We've stayed there a couple of times, once in off season and once in high season.