It's a great place to tour, having something for just about any style or time frame. The southern half can get very busy with tourists, but obtaining good local maps will allow you quieter alternate routes bypassing the main drags. You need to take a couple of months off at least to cover most of the Island. Credit card touring can be expensive, especially during tourist season. A lot of potential visitors don't realize that there are a good number of challenging grades even on the main roads, and if you're into riding forestry or logging roads, very steep and long ones. The motel accommodations are mostly along the main thoroughfares. Many riders do the main Island highways and then cross over to the mainland for the ride back to Vancouver either by using the Comox to Powell River, or over the Texada Island and then to the mainland.