One rider’s sporadic thoughts on motorcycling and whatever else life throws at him.
Yesterday I put 250 more miles on the new F658GS trying to break it in properly for the first 600 miles. I led a friend from Virginia around north Georgia on some roads as he headed back north toward NC and home. We got up pretty early and drank some coffee then headed out toward [...]
Today I did two things….Well, three if you count the construction of one damned good BLT sandwich for dinner.
I got out in the garage after eating quickly, and re-installed the new windshield for the third time. The well nuts sent by BMW with the screen support, said I need the rubber grommets installed in the [...]
Today I connected the battery wires with the lock washers I bought at Ace Hardware on the way home, and buttoned up the covers. Before I checked if the bike would start and all would work, I proceeded to connect my old Hyperlites that I took off the R1150R. The folks at Hyperlites Co. said [...]
My friend Rob came over yesterday and together we got the accessory power strip wired in along with my wiring for the auxilliary lights. It took a lot of soldering connections and connectors, but Rob does it “right”! I was very lucky to have had his expertise doing this task. It would taken me several [...]
Here she sits with 26 miles on her after a 20 mile ride home on back streets to avoid the I-75 backup and extended idle times in traffic. Seat is HARD…Engine is SMOOTH…Fun factor is OFF THE CHARTS!
As I’m typing this I look outside my room door at school and there she sits waiting for [...]
The new bike is now here at the dealer’s and waiting for me to come and pick her up this afternoon. They called me yesterday and left a message, but by the time I got home it was too late to run down to BMW of Atlanta to fetch it. I spent the evening saying [...]
A good friend of the whole BMW community has died in Louisianna after losing control of his bike and running off the road on I-49 in Louisianna. Here’s the article:
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Lyle was 79 years old I believe and had ridden more than a million miles on BMW motorcycles. He was always at our Georgia Mtn Rally [...]
I’m posting this from work because for two days I have not been able to get on to my site via my Comcast account at home. Its a documented issue so its not just me or my browsers.
Work has me drained due to the fact that I’m not used to it for one thing. The [...]
I’ve been back at it with the little tykes now for three days and I feel exhausted already. I suppose I will get used to it after a few weeks…and then there’s the anxiety surrounding the acquisition of new wheels! The new bike will actually help me make it through on the job. I’ll be [...]
Well, “preplanning” as they call it, is over and the little kiddies return for the school year this coming Monday. I was happy to get my art room back and spent the greater part of my last 3 days there getting the room decorated and supplies in order for the first few weeks of school. [...]
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