“This time, do it with one hand” Trainer Brian yelled out in my direction as I rolled by on a fully fueled BMW R1250GS Adventure slaloming by between offset cones on a corner of their track making a 180 degree turn as you take the bike full steering locked left or right. I was working …
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My Bike: My Beta 500 RR-S is for Sale (Update, Sold)
I spent a lot of time on this for-sale ad and I had a few people who messaged me saying it was the best for-sale ad they’ve ever seen so I figured, instead of letting the Internet forget about it, I’ll put it on my blog where the ad can live forever. If some formatting …
Linked/MyBike: My AltRider Crash Bars Review for the BMW MOA
BMWMOA.org: Last year, I had a crash on pavement that totaled my bike simply because the slide into a guardrail bent my lower right foot peg mount, which is a part of the frame. As I slid about 45 feet at 30 miles per hour into the guardrail, I knew it was going to be …
My Bike: 4 more weeks of Winter?
Every year around March 1st, I grow tired of Winter. I’m ready to embrace Spring. Sit out by the lake by the fire, ride into the woods, go camping, have all of the windows open at the house and let in the fresh air (of pollen). Since this yearly winter-mental-breakdown repeats itself, I’ve adopted a …
My Bike: My ‘new’ BMW K75 RT
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 …