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Have a triple black 1000XR, so i get you

Three friends from California are headed out this Sunday for Spain. Will be riding their motorcycles (which they keep in France). How are the restrictions in the Pyrenees region?

Still loving my R18, the original model. The full bagger version looks great from the side. It is definitely a direction switch for BMW, looking at their models from the last 30 years or so. But, going back, it fits in their history nicely. Think of it as a Harley that works.

I was supposed to be on this trip with the AGALOS band, but work interfered Continental Divide Ride - New Mexico to Wyoming A very special place to the AGALOS Front and center - Dennis Godwin - US GS Trophy Team / Thailand. Makes a GS look like a 450! Its only flat on one side, right?

Probably not much this weekend, cept for putting crash bars and skid plate on new GS. Oh, and recovering from last weekend's marathon to Idaho, Montana and Bonneville (to see the time trials). Brother's place near Missoula, MT His wife trains Doberman's (they have 3). Here Sofie is saying "hi" to me! That is really her smile as she is a big sweetheart! Brother's garage (14 bikes in there. He has more of a problem than I <G>) Near Stanley, ID Bonneville: SpeedDemon's pits. They run between 400 and 500 mph. Big murican V8, with even bigger turbos The 'salt Random roadster shot on the salt.

Its a stretch, but i'm assuming you are at the bottom left quadrant of the picture? no thong pics necessary...

Is that the "sport" where grown men flop on the ground, faking pain?

almost like a Harley trying to be a BMW (Pan America)? (but, the BMWs do look more like a HD than the HD looks like a BMW)

wednesday, July 31????

We are trying to be more inclusive. Its very difficult, but we are trying

Yeah, they weren't all that crazy. These connect the various camp grounds in the area, so are pretty well maintained. We only had four go down, but that was due to the high speeds more than the conditions.

Saturday, club run up Angeles Crest Highway (look it up - local squid run for Los Angeles) to Lake Arrowhead for lunch. First thing we saw was a body on the highway, covered and surrounded by Highway Patrol. Found out later a bicyclist climbing up the mountain must have expired. Makes for a sober ride. some fine classics at the meetup spot. After lunch, a spirited ride back over the Crest, and down Upper Big Tjunga (one of my favorites in that area) and out and down to civilization. Trying to find the most curves we could. Then, Sunday, another friend was leading a group ride for Aether Apparel and back up the Crest we went: Newcomb's Ranch was busy. Still trying to figure out why it closed and the land is up for sale. Trying to get the club to chip in $6k each to buy it! Would make for a great clubhouse, BNB, restaurant, shop, etc! Sunday's ride included some offroading along the myriad of forest service roads in the area. Kind of hard to grasp that we are about 15 miles from around 12 million people! It was a long, hot day on the trails. But lots of fun riding new roads and finding new camping options. Woke up this a.m. to proof its Monday: Couldnt run over that with the old tire. had to pick it up with the one that has just 50 miles on it!

Ah, yes. Highway 12! Told my brother (lives in Stevensville) to spread my ashes along that road, when the time comes. for some reason, he keeps offering to do it now.

serious question: what's the purpose of this trip? meaning, you staying on asphalt, or looking for some dirt? (i might have some ideas....)

Beauty of riding bikes, YOU get to choose Where was this happening? Just seems out of the norm for most of Calif. I've seen the flag bears go a little Respect my Authoritay sometimes. Fun to school them on the real rules.

really? That doesnt compute. You arent lane jumping when you filter, so i'm guessing a heavy handed flag holder. We've been flagged to the front of stopped traffic in several states. Its usually Colorado where we run into the "sensitive" types and get 511'd. Next time that happens to me there, i'm getting the group to drive the speed limit in all lanes and let them sallies behind me stew Double fines dont apply if you arent violating a regulation. I would have instructed the yellow creature in the errors of their way.

oh, yeah!!

you werent in California? We've never waited in line at any construction stop like that. Most people dont even blink, when we ride to the front. No matter the state. There is zero impact on car drivers as you are gone much quicker when they let traffic start moving again.

Get the strange feeling we may have crossed paths last Saturday. Four of us were in Mariposa, on Hwy 49, just outside Yosemite. Saturday we rode Sonora Pass - west to east. If you were there on Saturday, i'm sure we passed each other. If not, then it was probably one of several hundred other bikes out there Sonora Pass has new asphalt and was great. We came back from Mono Lake (the one in your pic) over Tioga Pass and back thru Yosemite.

That's Mono Lake - never dry, tho. Laws that state that LA City has to maintain flows into it, before filling the aqueduct to Los Angeles. Good to see you hit some curves. Just rode over that last weekend, myself.

Jeez, i'm gone for 5 days and no one searches for me. Just for that, gonna rub another trip/rally into y'all's faces. BMW Club of Northern California does a weekend shindig called the 49er Rally. Probably the first one of the year, due to the kung flu. It has been a favorite of mine for some time now cause of camping, roads, Yosemite Park, roads, Sierra Nevada passes, roads, drinking and drinking! we dont need no steeking gps thingy. Pizza! Created in the newnited states. dont care what the italians claim. Mono Lake, near Tioga Pass. Branded with the FTroop sticker, cause we get lost and things. Some Sonora Pass pics Half Dome in Yosemite, from the back side. Bike games courtesy of the GS Giants. I prefer the tent Some dont

What i thought i had read in one of the comparos was that there was the stock seat (two positions) and that they offered the Reach seat and the Tall Boy seat options. Not sure if they also have two seat heights. The Tall Boy gives you a 35-inch seat height, which is ginormous!

taken off to keep from breaking.

there are 3 seat types, low to high. should fit you, pretty easily

After the Pan America ride test, my buddy and i head south, towards San Diego. He had being searching out some new roads, and the ones he found were epic, as much as they were new. It's pretty mind boggling to get up into the twisty's and forget that you are surrounded by about 15 million people! T This was the route, i'm pretty sure. All the green is the hilly section. Some of the highlights included a few miles of dirt between two paved sections, a decent that was over 26%, and a stop at Josie's Hangout, a re-opened biker hangout near Palomar Mountain. Josie's is where Gary learned not to give me the finger when i am sitting behind a Hells Angel wanna be The day was capped off at a diveish motel, next to Del's Hideout where i had the best hamburger i've had in years!. Not to be outdone by Gary, i plotted Sunday's return route and we spent a good three hours in the hills, with maybe three cars: We did have to forgo tacos in Baja, but that will happen soon! The bonus of Sunday's route was about 15 miles or so of good dirt at the highest point, culminating in some knee dragging as we descended back to pirate territory. Lunch stop at Josie's was time perfectly as we arrived and ordered before the parade of about 60 of Milwaukee's finest chrome showed up. There was the requisite burnouts and wheelies, but the greatest was the wideglide with the German Shepherd riding in front!