very nice looking BMW ! I'm sure the ride is comfortable and fast too.
Even better looking with the trunk off
Even better looking with the trunk off
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Just Ride.
- Thread starter Jim
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Well hell.....this wasn’t how my ride was supposed to end today.
And now for........the rest of the story.
I have been knee deep In a whole house painting project, something that I had been promising my wife for a long time. But I told her that I wanted today off for a little down time. So this morning I pulled the XS2 out for a little run.
“ I’ll be back in a couple hours.” I told my wife as I headed out the door.
About ten miles from the house there is a zoo and aquarium, the place is usually packed....not today.
“There ain’t nobody here but us chickens, there ain’t nobody here at all.”
Leaving there, I headed West through farmland. The day is perfect, sunny , mid 80’s and the bike is humming.
Irrigation running on a field of carrots,
Less than a mile down the road is an altogether different scene, one that is playing out over and over around here.
Square miles at a time disappearing to homes and warehouses. How I hate seeing open land go away.
They’re building right up to the edge of the mountains.
When I was a kid, my dad used to take me hiking , camping and hunting for mule deer, back in this mountain range. Back then it was way beyond the edge of nowhere.
I turned to head back home, I was passing through the community of Verrado, when I turned onto this street, I heard a pop, I thought I rolled over a rock.
That was no rock, I picked up a drill bit, instant flat.
The end of the trail for me today, well crap! And because of all the Covid stuff, I was informed I could not ride with the driver, I had to call my wife to drop what she was doing and drive twenty five miles to come get me, she was thrilled!
Especially with the two hour wait for the tow truck to show up.
So my bike got to ride back home by itself.
And I have a project waiting for me.....when I finish painting the house that is.
Later,
Bob
And now for........the rest of the story.
I have been knee deep In a whole house painting project, something that I had been promising my wife for a long time. But I told her that I wanted today off for a little down time. So this morning I pulled the XS2 out for a little run.
“ I’ll be back in a couple hours.” I told my wife as I headed out the door.
About ten miles from the house there is a zoo and aquarium, the place is usually packed....not today.
“There ain’t nobody here but us chickens, there ain’t nobody here at all.”
Leaving there, I headed West through farmland. The day is perfect, sunny , mid 80’s and the bike is humming.
Irrigation running on a field of carrots,
Less than a mile down the road is an altogether different scene, one that is playing out over and over around here.
Square miles at a time disappearing to homes and warehouses. How I hate seeing open land go away.
They’re building right up to the edge of the mountains.
When I was a kid, my dad used to take me hiking , camping and hunting for mule deer, back in this mountain range. Back then it was way beyond the edge of nowhere.
I turned to head back home, I was passing through the community of Verrado, when I turned onto this street, I heard a pop, I thought I rolled over a rock.
That was no rock, I picked up a drill bit, instant flat.
The end of the trail for me today, well crap! And because of all the Covid stuff, I was informed I could not ride with the driver, I had to call my wife to drop what she was doing and drive twenty five miles to come get me, she was thrilled!
Especially with the two hour wait for the tow truck to show up. So my bike got to ride back home by itself.
And I have a project waiting for me.....when I finish painting the house that is.
Later,
Bob
OUCH
The old girl does look "regal" back there tho.
The old girl does look "regal" back there tho.
I'm sure we will get to see Bob drill into this minor setback in a bit. He'll do it without even getting tired. Right through this rough patch and back on the road. Prolly document it on youtube. It'll air soon.
You can't let a flat stop you. In the right hand saddle bag was tubes, air compressor, tools and other bike stuff. Left saddle bag and duffel was for rider stuff. Only thing I didn't have in the right bag was spare fuel filters. The one part I needed.
A drill bit... well shoot.
Projecting your "inner" self?
Tiesco
XS650 Addict
Hey at least it wasn't a mechanical issue
Tiesco
XS650 Addict
It got pretty hot today(around 60) and the concrete floor and everything metal started sweating the moisture out. My bike was dripping with water.
I didnt take any pictures of the sweat but I took random photos of my bike
I didnt take any pictures of the sweat but I took random photos of my bike
Garage floor here was sweating yesterday too. Slippery on the painted surface.
MaxPete and Lakeview on the Way to (Not That) London.
Lakeview chose the one with a windshield for his first spring run.
Good ride.
Knocked some of the winter dust off WJL and went riding today.
Was out house shopping...
Stopped and took pictures at many places, mostly one kick and brrm brrm, no more than two, running great, had a wonderful afternoon. Mostly putzing on back roads but saw 70 several times.
Our Town hall.
A former schoolhouse.
Mebbie 40 miles all told.
So pretty with all the trees popping out their leaves, apple trees and many spring flowers blooming.
With Wisconsin's "safer at home" canceled Devils Lake State Park was crowded but looked like people were mostly social distancing. Comfortable mid 60's temps
Was out house shopping...
Stopped and took pictures at many places, mostly one kick and brrm brrm, no more than two, running great, had a wonderful afternoon. Mostly putzing on back roads but saw 70 several times.
Our Town hall.
A former schoolhouse.
Mebbie 40 miles all told.
So pretty with all the trees popping out their leaves, apple trees and many spring flowers blooming.
With Wisconsin's "safer at home" canceled Devils Lake State Park was crowded but looked like people were mostly social distancing. Comfortable mid 60's temps
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Looks like my kinda place! A little fixer-upper! And, one damn fine looking bike! 
What a nice day for a ride on that bike. Your pretty country roads are just where that XS1 shines!
See any drill bits in the road?
Drill bits... Hahaha It does really suck!
Hahaha It does really suck!
Yup, Lakeview and I rode up to London, ON yesterday (me from Windsor and I picked him up near Chatham) to see a buddy who just bought a bike after many years away from it.
It sure was great to be out. We went on the back roads - not much traffic but lots of OPP, so we had to behave.
I did a total of 270 miles (about 450 km) on Lucille 
- and she ran really well except for a couple of unexplained misses near the middle of the ride. I always check everything before and after rides and never find anything wrong - but she nearly always does that.Lakeview somehow managed to keep up with me on his FJ09...
Ah, Spring...
Put a couple of hundred miles on the FJ today, rode up to grandson's place to return some grow bags he brought us some daffodil plants in on Mother's Day. (Good an excuse as any...). Temps in high 60's, lots of sunshine, not much breeze and a crapload of bugs as you can see. Took backroads as much as possible, not a lot to see other than scrub woods and beaver swamps. The only visual highlights were:
The Penobscot Narrows bridge. HUGE improvement over the old riveted steel span it replaced. One lane on this one is wider than the whole damn bridge was before. Plus open mesh steel deck, it was a scary sumbitch on a bike.
A little further upstream there's the little town of Frankfort and this old mill spillway. If I'd thought ahead, I'd have known I was going to cross the bridge behind it in that view and gotten a better picture.
All in all, a good ride, but 200 miles is a LOT for the first real ride after a Winter's layoff. The ol' derriere is barkin' at me...(waiting breathlessly for the Usual Suspects to go with that one...)
Edit for Pete: Poor Lakeview...he must have had to shift all the way up to second gear...