{"id":7619,"date":"2025-11-01T05:38:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T12:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-ca\/?p=7619"},"modified":"2026-03-02T05:40:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T13:40:46","slug":"10-for-26-ride-5-the-great-lakes-great-vibes-loop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-ca\/10-for-26-ride-5-the-great-lakes-great-vibes-loop\/","title":{"rendered":"10 for &#8217;26 Ride #5: The Great Lakes &amp; Great Vibes Loop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"intro wp-block-paragraph\">Ontario | 1,036 km<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"feature wp-block-paragraph\">Image: Destination Ontario<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Check-in location<\/strong><br><em>Sculpture of the Big Apple, 262 Orchard Rd., Colborne, Ont., K0K 1S0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starting at Pfaff H-D, head east toward The Big Apple in Colborne (a great stop for pie), with Lake Ontario shimmering beside you. Enjoy the twisty roads of Prince Edward County, and pause for a break at Sandbanks Provincial Park or the patio at Waupoos Estates Winery before popping into Kingston H-D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Take a day to explore Kingston, then start Day 3 on the Rideau Lakes roads, leaning a little deeper into each turn. Some call Perth Ontario\u2019s prettiest town; everyone agrees it\u2019s got the best butter tarts. By afternoon, the Parliament Buildings rise ahead, as does Freedom H-D of Ottawa. End the day with a milkshake at Zak\u2019s Diner in Byward Market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Day 4, ride the curvy asphalt ribbon of Highway 118, lakes flashing blue through the pines. Visit the wolves at Haliburton Forest Wolf Centre before lunch at McKeck\u2019s Tap &amp; Grill. Overnight in Haliburton or Minden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Day 5 has you rolling down through cottage country and the Kawartha Lakes, where winding roads suddenly open to wide lakes and little towns where time moves slower. Eventually, the road bends south, carrying you home to Durham H-D, or back to Pfaff H-D, where it all began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Take your time<br><\/strong>We recommend taking five full days for this loop of lakeside roads, wine country, the nation\u2019s capital, Highlands twisties and Muskoka charm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.harley-davidson.com\/share\/rides\/cBce0cm_sU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Click here to view this route in the Harley-Davidson Ride Planner and start planning your next adventure.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ontario | 1,036km<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":7621,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-7619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-riding-routes"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7619"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8635,"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7619\/revisions\/8635"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}