The BMW K-Bike of the 80s and 90s, aka the Flying Brick is a classic. Developed in desperation by BMW to keep up with an industry moving to liquid cooled, fuel injected bikes with anti-lock braking systems. BMW’s Boxer motor, still air-cooled (and would remain air-cooled OR oil-cooled until 2013) was not keeping up with …
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My Bike: My Insurance Experience with a Totaled (Write-Off) R1200GS
Housekeeping: This post is going to be missing some specific financial figures and mostly work in round numbers adjusted to the nearest hundred dollars. The location of the crash is also going to remain private Not going to name anyone or any company specifically In case I forget to mention, I suffered no injuries or …
My Bike: The 2016 Beta 500 RR-S Modifications Overview
July 14th 2018. I brought home the Beta 500 RR-S. Since May, I’ve been shopping around for a motorcycle I can take nearly anywhere. I was initially set on a KTM 500 EXC or 350. Then i started leaning toward a lower cost Honda / Kawasaki. At Dirt Daze, I finally demoed a KTM 690 …
My Bike: Every Modification and Farkle on my R1200GS Adventure
On 3/22 yours truly: “As far as the list of mods, I NEED to document this but it’s massive. Maybe I’ll document ones I can remember now from Memory? No, It’s 8PM and I need to make dinner and finish packing. Thanks so much for reading. Stay tuned” A person who watches my videos on …
Ride Report: North Carolina with BMW Club Quebec Spring 2018
Prologue: (How did we get here?) September 2017: I’m attending the B MW Motorcycle Owners of Vermont Green Mountain Rally . I’m alone, a solo rider and new member of this club. This is my 4th rally in 2 years and Saturday morning I wake up and look around…trying to find a group I …