Bike looking good.Out playing tag games again..40 miles in 90* temps..felt great!
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Bike looking good.Out playing tag games again..40 miles in 90* temps..felt great!
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Looking Good! When it comes to putzing around riding it's still hard to beat an XS650!
Barns and scenic waterways in buccolic tobacco country... Morning cruise..fresh air..ahh its the best.. low 80s..This time of year its early a.m. or late afternoon to evening for what i consider prime riding time...97 miles before lunch...Bike is running fine...hasnt missed a beat...It really likes the backraods best...and around here thats all we have..
It is pretty visceral compared to my ST1100..which is a sewing machine that rides well but leaves you feeling disconnected from the road...The XS650 the road is in your face..the wind the road connection is direct...Just filling it to the proper levels of oil and you can feel how the engine is more willing to rev at 55-60 mph..also just lubing the chain and i notice how much smoother the bike runs...So i am getting used to it..It still is a limited use machine..but then again so am I....somewhat....Ben, it looks like the XS650 is growing on you.
Barns and scenic waterways in buccolic tobacco country... Morning cruise..fresh air..ahh its the best.. low 80s..This time of year its early a.m. or late afternoon to evening for what i consider prime riding time...97 miles before lunch...Bike is running fine...hasnt missed a beat...It really likes the backraods best...and around here thats all we have..
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I'm happy too and so is the bike..I have been meaning to ride these roads for a while. I have pics at these various stops with all my other bikes but not the XS650...Its now close to 90* and its becoming rather humid...welcome to the SaunaEast...Its Siesta time....Nice photos in some very pretty country! I’m happy to see you giving the old girl some love!
It came down to the wire but the beemer won for the trip down to Gary Hoos Shop today. Adapted, fitted the riders backrest last night and ahem had to test it. About 375 miles round trip.
Crossing the Mississippi back into Illinois from Iowa.
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View from a hill top in North West Illinois.
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Great day for a bike ride! but had GPS set for adventure route, even though I had checked no gravel roads, spent about 30 miles on gravel, with wind 15 gusting 25 it was kind of "interesting".
R1150RT makes a pretty good road bike. Plenty of power for one up touring, good cornering manners.
Had a nice chat with Gary, purchased some pipes for YWAI,. and um a couple other little goodies for a different project...
If you havent already been spoiled by a sport tourer...you prolly are now...It came down to the wire but the beemer won for the trip down to Gary Hoos Shop today. Adapted, fitted the riders backrest last night and ahem had to test it. About 375 miles round trip.
Crossing the Mississippi back into Illinois from Iowa.
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View from a hill top in North West Illinois.
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Great day for a bike ride! but had GPS set for adventure route, even though I had checked no gravel roads, spent about 30 miles on gravel, with wind 15 gusting 25 it was kind of "interesting".
R1150RT makes a pretty good road bike. Plenty of power for one up touring, good cornering manners.
Had a nice chat with Gary, purchased some pipes for YWAI,. and um a couple other little goodies for a different project...
Bob you know how to go for the juggler. It does have the cylinder head highway pegs so there's an alternative knee position.Nice! I’ll bet you hardly even felt the miles go by on that Beemer! How’s the legroom?
It does have REALLY good road manners Was on some concrete "slab pounder" road. That would have been brutal on many bikes, barely know those edges are there on this. I'm old but narrowed the chicken strips considerably. Wisconsin 78 is a fun road from the Illinois Border all the way to Prairie du Sac. No tail of the dragon but enough hills n sweepers, delightful small towns to keep it interesting. Wish I coulda got a pic,really pretty small town Main street, cars parked both sides, couple Harleys stopped middle of the road chatting with a guy in a Buick Gran Sport convertible, wooded hillside with an old iron water tower, the background. No one minded waiting while they chatted. Brakes are very good. The suspension makes Wisconsin roads seem better than they are. A rail crossing that can REALLY punish me on say the XS650 (I slow way down with the van and car too) was barely noticeable. This chassis really emphasises counter steering cornering, on some bikes it's kinda yeah that's a theory. On this one it's how you ride.If you haven't already been spoiled by a sport tourer...you prolly are now...
How’s the legroom?
Bob you know how to go for the juggler.
We're good.Sorry buddy! I really wasn’t trying to poke at you.
I had just recalled you saying once, that you had long legs and you thought that BMW’s would cramp your legs. I was just curious if you had changed your mind after your ride yesterday.
My quietride helmet has a slow leak in the pump up ear cushions,
I was just thinking about that statement and realized, I’d never heard of that brand of helmet. Is it a fairly new design? It’s been a couple years since I went helmet shopping. I looked it up, it’s a very interesting design.
How do you like it?
Poor thing. Didn't get no love when it was new... and ain't gettin' any now...I expect these in the front yard are getting rare.